Publication date: March 17 2014
Published by: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: MM, Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Crime
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Home from their unexpected deployment, the former members of Marine Force Recon team Sidewinder rejoin their loved ones and try to pick up the pieces of the lives they were forced to leave behind. Ty Grady comes home to Zane Garrett, only to find that everything around him has changed—even the men he went to war with. He barely has time to adjust before his brother, Deuce, asks Ty to be his best man. But that isn’t all Deuce asks Ty to do, and Ty must call for backup to deal with the business issues of Deuce’s future father-in-law.Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott join Ty and Zane at the wedding on an island in Scotland, thinking they’re there to assuage Deuce’s paranoia. But when bodies start dropping and boats start sinking, the four men get more involved with the festivities than they’d ever planned to.
With the clock ticking and the killer just as stuck on the isolated island as they are, Ty and Zane must navigate a veritable minefield of family, friends, and foes to stop the whole island from being destroyed.
2nd read (Nov 2 2018)
Ha! Who was I kidding? Of course I would re read Ball&Chain! It's a Ty&Zane book, I mean come on.
I admit, it was slightly better than I remembered. Although that probably had something to do with the fact that my opinion of it could not get any lower :/
Like I said, Zane seeing Ty for the first time after coming back from his deployment is pure perfection. In some weird way it reminded me of the first time Alexander saw Tatiana at a bus stop in Bronze Horseman. Nothing can compare to that of course, but both scenes stirred the same emotions in me. Different intensity, but still.
Nick continues to remain awesome and cool, having the best story line, the best character development, the best lines. He even beat Ty in greatness, which is an impossible feat! For me, Ty and Nick's friendship falling apart, as interesting as it was, came out of blue. I didn't really know what brought on such huge and emotional fights between them, until they explained it in the end and it still kinda didn't make any sense. I really liked their heartfelt scenes, but what was the point of them exactly? To drive a wedge between Ty and Nick so Nick seems closer to Kelly? To make Ty drop out of Nick's life eventually so Roux doesn't have to write Ty in Nick's books? To avoid writing Ty and Zane scenes? Latter seems most possible, as Zane was a secondary character in his own book in B&C. Didn't participate in any action, always hanging back with Kelly, he even let his unbelievably claustrophobic boyfriend to traverse through an underground maze alone. Really?? I didn't really like their sex scenes either, they were just there to fill the pages.
Also as I mentioned before, what was with all the laughing and snorting and chuckling and smirking, even in situations that was just weird and creepy to do so?
B&C is 100% a Sidewinder book, Nick O'Flaherty galore. With a little bit of Grady on the side.
If you are a fan of Nick, you are not going to completely hate it.
If you're on the fence about him, don't even bother.
1st read (Jul 3 2018)
I'm so disappointed, I think I'm gonna cry :( Expected a whole lot more, being so close to the end.
I can't decide if this book is a C&R book or a Sidewinder book. I think it's neither. It doesn't do Nick and Kelly justice, it definitely doesn't do Ty and Zane justice. For sure the less romantic/sexy book out of the bunch, even with all the
Ha! Who was I kidding? Of course I would re read Ball&Chain! It's a Ty&Zane book, I mean come on.
I admit, it was slightly better than I remembered. Although that probably had something to do with the fact that my opinion of it could not get any lower :/
Like I said, Zane seeing Ty for the first time after coming back from his deployment is pure perfection. In some weird way it reminded me of the first time Alexander saw Tatiana at a bus stop in Bronze Horseman. Nothing can compare to that of course, but both scenes stirred the same emotions in me. Different intensity, but still.
Nick continues to remain awesome and cool, having the best story line, the best character development, the best lines. He even beat Ty in greatness, which is an impossible feat! For me, Ty and Nick's friendship falling apart, as interesting as it was, came out of blue. I didn't really know what brought on such huge and emotional fights between them, until they explained it in the end and it still kinda didn't make any sense. I really liked their heartfelt scenes, but what was the point of them exactly? To drive a wedge between Ty and Nick so Nick seems closer to Kelly? To make Ty drop out of Nick's life eventually so Roux doesn't have to write Ty in Nick's books? To avoid writing Ty and Zane scenes? Latter seems most possible, as Zane was a secondary character in his own book in B&C. Didn't participate in any action, always hanging back with Kelly, he even let his unbelievably claustrophobic boyfriend to traverse through an underground maze alone. Really?? I didn't really like their sex scenes either, they were just there to fill the pages.
Also as I mentioned before, what was with all the laughing and snorting and chuckling and smirking, even in situations that was just weird and creepy to do so?
B&C is 100% a Sidewinder book, Nick O'Flaherty galore. With a little bit of Grady on the side.
If you are a fan of Nick, you are not going to completely hate it.
If you're on the fence about him, don't even bother.
1st read (Jul 3 2018)
I'm so disappointed, I think I'm gonna cry :( Expected a whole lot more, being so close to the end.
I can't decide if this book is a C&R book or a Sidewinder book. I think it's neither. It doesn't do Nick and Kelly justice, it definitely doesn't do Ty and Zane justice. For sure the less romantic/sexy book out of the bunch, even with all the
The plot was almost laughable, characters went unutilized (we barely saw enough of Deuce, even though it was his wedding) and there was so much going on, and none of it made any sense. The writing brought back some not so great memories from book 1, it was very erratic and I'm pretty sure unedited.
With the exception of the first 50 pages or so (I will never forget the moment Zane sees Ty at the bus depot <3 and="" at="" average="" awesome="" best="" completely="" is="" nbsp="" nick="" pretty="" relationship="" rest="" s="" span="" the="" ty="" unmemorable.="" was="" which="" with="">
I mean, Zane was MIA for almost the whole book! He was just there so other people could go and dumb all their emotional baggage on, and him going "Yes, hm, yes" or laughing. The guys laughed A LOT on this one, even when shit was getting serious-what's up with that?
Anyway, so when did Zane become everyone's "go-to" person for advice and personal stuff? And coming after book 7 especially, when he comes completely unhinged! Granted, some time passes between books 7 and 8, but we haven't been shown how he grew/changed AT ALL. We are just supposed to imagine it I guess, and that's that. That's ridiculous imo, and Zane just wasn't Zane in this one at all. He didn't even get involved in the action, he always stayed back with Kelly and let the others fight and be heroes. I mean, really??
It will probably be the only book in the series I am not planning on re-reading *gasp*
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