3.75 stars.

Sweet enjoyable prelude novella to the Alpha Tau series.
Scout and Trey seamlessly go from roommates to bros to boyfriends. There’s no angst, just bros being bros!

There’s such depth to the strong but flawed main characters of Dominic and Ren in this beautifully complex storyline that kept me turning the pages from start to end. My heart hurt as I learned of the tremendous difficulties these two wonderful men had to endure, Dominic from childhood onwards and Ren in his adulthood, when their lives were turned upside down. Circumstances bring them together and they slowly begin to heal their battered minds and bodies but not without some difficulties along the way. Difficulties that lead to some drama and angst but nothing and no one can stop them from getting a well deserved and hard earned HEA.
The smooth and seamless plot formation, perfect pacing and fantastic main and secondary characters are all beautifully balanced, brought together and wrapped up in the wonderful story telling ability of this talented author. There’s some sweet and some heat, some fun banter mixed in amongst some very difficult break your heart conversations and a make you smile till your face hurts HEA.
This is book two in the series. It can be read as a standalone but reading book one would enhance the reading experience as characters appear from it and play an integral part in Dominic’s story.

This is a well written tale of good verses evil where the good are a group of morally grey brothers seeking vengeance against those who are the epitome of all that is evil in the world - greed, corruption and so much more. Balanced against the darkness of that is the love that this found family has for each other despite the bickering and the usual sibling dynamics.
Gabe and Mason are brought together in unfortunate circumstances and it takes some time for Mason to see the man behind the mask that is Gabe. Mason and his friend JJ are soon entangled within the Saint Brothers family and find themselves involved in the drama and action as Gabe and co seek their vengeance.
I found this to be an interesting and enjoyable read with a great cast of main and secondary characters, plenty of action and drama which is perfectly balanced with the romance element, some sweet and some heat and a hard earned and well deserved HEA. There’s plenty of brothers needing their story told and I look forward to the next instalment and the rest of their stories.

“Mason had become my lighthouse in the never-ending storm that was my life….I could be the same for him.”