Series Review: Sex in Seattle

 Title: Sex in Seattle Series:  The Trouble with Tony, The Enlightenment of Daniel, The Mating of Michael

Author: Eli Easton

Publisher/GR Link: Dreamspinner, GR

Genre: MM Contemporary

Vice: Cops, disabilities, healing

 

Rating: 5 for the series, (5 for Tony, 4 for Daniel and a 5+ for Michael!)

Lock this book up : 4 keys out of 5.  This book is HOT, but so sweet.  The sex totally fits in the story

Length: Novellas for the first two, novel for the second

Satisfaction: HEAs

Cover Impressions: I love them all, but especially the last one.

 

Best Line: “I really, really like him. I mean, I like him more than it makes any sense to... Like my heart has already signed the contract and picked up the keys even though my brain is still going 'wait... what?” 

Synopsis: Book #1: As part of the investigation into the murder of a young woman, Seattle P.I. Tony DeMarco poses as a patient of Dr. Jack Halloran, the therapist who treated the victim at a Seattle sex clinic. This isn’t the first time Tony has gone undercover, but it’s the first time he’s wanted to go under coverwith one of his suspects. He can’t help it—Jack Halloran is just the kind of steely-eyed hero Tony goes for. But he’ll have to prove Halloran’s innocence and keep the doctor from finding out about his ruse before he can play Romeo.

Dr. Halloran has his own issues, including a damaged right arm sustained in the line of duty as a combat surgeon in Iraq and the PTSD that followed. He’s confused to find himself attracted to a new patient, the big, funny Italian with the puppy-dog eyes, and Tony’s humor slips right past Jack’s defenses, making him feel things he thought long buried. But can the doctor and the P.I. find a path to romance despite the secrets between them?

Book #2: Business tycoon Daniel Derenzo lives for his work until his dying father reminds him life is short. When Daniel starts to reevaluate his world he experiences a startling revelation—he’s attracted to his business partner and best friend, Nick, even though Daniel always believed himself to be straight. In typical type-A fashion, Daniel dissects his newfound desires with the help of the experts at the Expanded Horizons sex clinic. He goes after Nick with the fierce determination that’s won him many a business deal.

Nick Ross was in love with Daniel years ago, when they were roommates in college. But Daniel was straight and Nick patched his broken heart by marrying Marcia. Two kids and fourteen years later, they go through the motions of their marriage like ships passing in the night. But Nick’s kids mean the world to him, and he’s afraid he’ll never get joint custody if they divorced. If he can trust his heart to an awakening Daniel, they all might find their way to a happily ever after.

Book #3: Everyone admires Michael Lamont for being a nurse, but his part-time work as a gay sex surrogate not only raises eyebrows, it's cost him relationships. Michael is small, beautiful, and dedicated to working with people who need him. But what he really wants is a love of his own. He spends most of his spare time reading science fiction, especially books written by his favorite author and long-time crush, the mysteriously reclusive J.C. Guise.

James Gallway’s life is slowly but inexorably sliding downhill. He wrote a best-selling science fiction novel at the tender age of eighteen, while bedridden with complications of polio. But by twenty-eight, he's lost his inspiration and his will to live. His sales from his J.C. Guise books have been in decline for years. Wheelchair bound, James has isolated himself, convinced he is unlovable. When he is forced to do a book signing and meets Michael Lamont, he can’t believe a guy who looks like Michael could be interested in a man like him.

Michael and James are made for each other. But they must let go of stubbornness to see that life finds a way and love has no limitations.

Impressions: First off, I don't know what took me so long to read these!!  I was hooked right way.  I love Eli Easton's work, and if you love this author's classics like Blame it on the Mistletoe or Superhero, then read these ASAP!

In the first book, it was impossible to not fall in love with Tony.  He is adorably geeky, and Jack is hot, smart, and oh-so flustered by Tony that you cannot help but cheer as they fall into each other's arms.  

In the second book, Daniel and Nick are so adorable as they fall in love, and so heartbreaking as they struggle to make it work.  

The third book, however, was a whole new ball game for me.  I've been crushing on Michael in the first two books, but in this one, I fell head over heels.  I think it was just a beautiful love story, and Michael's huge heart is the only thing I can imagine breaking down James' humongous, and hard earned, walls.  

Check these out ASAP if you have not.  Then again, I'm late to this party, so you may be rereading them or the 3rd time by now!