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Gianni Holmes

Auteur van Take Care of You

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Werken van Gianni Holmes

Take Care of You (2019) 23 exemplaren
Take Care of Me (2019) 18 exemplaren
Take Care of Us (2019) 15 exemplaren
Biker Daddy (2020) 14 exemplaren
Unwrapping Ainsley (2018) 8 exemplaren
Lure (A Hitman's Bait Book 1) (2022) 7 exemplaren
Let Me Remind You (2021) 6 exemplaren
Grudge (2022) 6 exemplaren
Let Me Love You (2021) 5 exemplaren
Taking A Chance: Charity Anthology (2021) — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Marking What's Mine (2018) 4 exemplaren
Ginger Kisses (2021) 4 exemplaren
A Little Christmas: Zahair (2022) 4 exemplaren
He's Mine Not Hers 4 exemplaren
Marking His Mask (2019) 4 exemplaren
Love in Slow M'Ocean (2022) 3 exemplaren
Class Act 3 exemplaren
Lemonade & Loose Lips (2019) 3 exemplaren
Corporate Bondage (2018) 3 exemplaren
Branded: Daddy 3 exemplaren
My Dear Mr. Corporate (2018) 2 exemplaren
Tyrant: An MM Mafia Romance (2023) 2 exemplaren
Niccola: A Prequel (2018) 1 exemplaar
Dashing & Daddy 1 exemplaar
The Chris Must Pact 1 exemplaar

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Perhaps because I'd shared Book #1 and #2 with Declan and Owen, I was loved spending more time with them, like a good TV soap opera.

And I've said it before, I love the cover on this "Us" book - these models are a great representation of our MCs.

I knew this book would be the road to Declan and Owen's marriage. There wasn't one big story line, but a series of involving happenings that knitted together well to lead us to the denouement. I found these "chapters" - the resolution with Summer, the visit to the dungeon, recognition for Declan's philanthropy, the adoption of the abandoned dog, and so on - plenty interesting enough to make a novel.

John Solo gives each of the MCs there own easily distinguished voice - Owen's deep warm tender voice, and Declan's staccato more strident, nasal tone, are just right for each of them.
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Okies | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 3, 2024 |
Read book #1 in the series about a month ago and found it startling. Ditto book #2. Weird and wonderful as Declan and Owen are, the dynamic between the two is fabulous, and a revelation to me.

Makes this series hugely interesting. So much so that I found the continuing "sidebar" of Owen's family a slightly boring distraction from Owen and Declan's story.

As in book #1, there's something magnetic about Gianni Holmes' romantic leads, Owen and Declan, with the inimitable aid of narrator John Solo.

John Solo does such a brilliant, brilliant job of Declan and Owen, as I mentioned in my review of book #1. In John Solo's hands, the guys are both accessible and gorgeous - such different life experiences, yet so complementary, so rawly honest and accepting of who they are and what they bring to each other.

I agree with the commentator below (Carol420), that it's hard to believe that society would be very accepting of them. Yet, somehow, what each brings to the relationship, Declan the dom, and Owen the submissive, provides a cocoon for the other. Despite all, we know they will be themselves and survive and thrive.

About the roles they play, ie dom and submissive, while I don't doubt they are authentic mantles for them both, they are also roles they play - and it is a kind of play ie playfulness, as much as role-playing. Owen, in particular, seems to hold on to his true self, and willingly play the role he is given, initially by Declan, and later inhabited at his own initiative.

The two are deeply in love by book #2, though Owen has to cross the rubicon and accept the idea they are forever - this isn't a temporary indulgence. It sounds so humdrum in commenting on a romance novel to say that they both have a huge capacity to love and care for each other - but it's like the living breathing third character in the story.

The contrast between Owen's first life, and his second life with Declan, is the stuff of romantic fiction - oh, that's right! that's what this is!

I love the depiction of Owen on the cover. Unfortunately, Declan was too much in shadow to recognise on the book #1 cover. However, I see them both clearly on the cover of book #3, where they stand together, and you do see the publisher's idea of Declan, and wow! that works!

Fortunately, Holmes has written 8 series and 58+ books, according to Library Thing. I'm curious to meet more of her characters.
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Okies | 2 andere besprekingen | Jan 24, 2024 |
OMG! what an interesting book. And I bow to John Solo - his voice, his narration, his empathy for his material - what a superlative job he did with this book and added enormously I'm sure to my own response to the story.

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain

Age difference is one of many themes in the novel - but Gianni Holmes brings home Mark Twain's message in a stellar way. She convinced me of the point like I've never experienced before.

There are 21 years between chauffeur Owen and business tycoon Declan. Owen has 3 kids, and a childhood sweetheart wife, Jenna, who has left him 15 years before he meets Declan. In those years, he has devoted his all to raising his children in the complete absence of Jenna, though we do learn what happened to her before the end of the novel.

These events are sidebars to the relationship that develops between the mature self-sacrificing giver, Owen, and the dominating "daddy" that the 25-year-old Declan craves acting out.

Declan is also a giver - he lives to look after his "boy", Owen.

These words are crazy, but Owen comes to understand them and Declan, and when he decides to use them, it seems to be a product of his empathetic character, as much as realising it is also a way to get his needs met, while gifting fulfilment and care to Declan.

There's a richness to the story which I appreciated - the trip to the mardi gras in Brazil and to the kids in Columbus, and meeting Jenna again - and Declan's friend Ridge is a great supporting character.

I've never heard of this author but I'll definitely be reading part two of the story, and any other books I can find by her.
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Okies | 2 andere besprekingen | Dec 1, 2023 |
Austin Villiers can’t believe that, not only was he dumped, but that Bryce, (which I hated just on general principals), had been with him only to use him to get recognition, popularity points, and praise for sticking with him throughout his cancer and treatments. Now he realizes it’s for the best that they never consummated their seven-year relationship. Something never felt totally right and now he knew why. Do you think!!!? When his long-time oncologist, Dr. Malcolm Greer, questions Austin he breaks down and tells him the whole sad, Bryce story. Austin soon realizes it was really always Dr. Greer that he'd fallen head over heels for and proceeds to pursue him endlessly. Malcolm resists for a short time, after all he knew what could happen to his career if he should ever give in to his own secret desires for Austin...his patient. I understand there being rules in place to protect vulnerable patients and doctors alike... but when two people are meant for each other and they follow all the proper protocol... Malcolm had already turned Austin’s care over to a fellow colleague...so he was no longer his doctor and should have been free to follow his heart. Then there was Austin's Mom, who he still lived with. What would she think? Austin is 23 years old, so I thought "Who gives a rip?" Austin & Malcolm haven’t broken any of the "forbidden" rules. You can’t control who you fall in love with or where you meet them...and they did follow the proper channels. Malcolm’s peers & colleagues were overbearing and judgmental as soon as they found out and I spent some time hating them also but since his job wasn’t in jeopardy at the Cancer Center, I figured hating was a waste of reading time and the ending wasn't going to change. Then there was the dying old man at the center that Austin visited regularly even though the old guy's family seemed to have some long-held grudge and only visited him to have him change his will. Austin and Malcom attended his funeral, but the family was unwelcoming thinking that Austin had only paid him attention hoping to inherit something. We never did find out what that deal was with them. Good things were in the picture for both Malcom & Austin as well as Austin's Mom, who I didn't have to spend time hating:)... so I guess all's well that ends well...but I just felt that a lot was left unexplained.… (meer)
 
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Carol420 | Nov 23, 2023 |

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Werken
58
Ook door
2
Leden
274
Populariteit
#84,603
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
25
ISBNs
12
Favoriet
1

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