Serve your purpose. It’s the code by which Elijah McMillan lives and breathes. There is no alternative. He was born to service other men, and he does so with pride. At least until his irresistible brainiac of a counselor Silas Rutledge comes along and tells him he can’t.That it’s wrong.That he’s “worth more.”As if.Only the more Silas talks, the more Elijah starts to think that it might be … that it might be true—that he’s someone of value instead of a toy made for better men.
That maybe he can be saved.
Elijah McMillan doesn’t want to be fixed, but his case is one Silas Rutledge refuses to give up. With his sharp mind, quick wit, and stunning good looks, he has the potential to do anything.
If only he’d let Silas help.
For every step forward, Elijah bounds three paces back, and one of these days when he jumps, Silas is sure he’ll come tumbling into his arms. All he can do is hope that when it happens, he’ll have the strength to turn him down.
He can’t fall for his patient.
Not now. Not ever.
No matter how badly he wants to.
Save Me is the second novella in the Rutledge Brothers series. Please note: this book was previously released in February 2017 under the same title, but its contents, including plot, have significantly changed.
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This is the second book in The Rutledge Brothers series. I’ve read this book three times already, but this is my first time reading the updated version. I liked this updated version a lot, and I had fun reading this book. Compared to Love Me, the first book in this series, Save Me has a much better plot structure and pacing, but due to its short length, I think it falls a bit shy of its true full potential.
Save Me focuses on Elijah, one of the rescued omegas from The White Lotus, an illegal brothel. Elijah is angry at the world and holds a very low opinion of himself and omegas in general. It takes working with Silas, an alpha counselor, to finally break through his defenses and help him on the path towards healing.
I recommend this book, especially since it introduces one of the main character from the first book in His Command series, Obey.
Sometimes patience IS it’s own reward
I loved this book! What a great second book in the Rutledge Brothers series. Though the other brothers are mentioned, this is not their story. It is Silas’s story.
Silas defied his father and became a counselor for abused omegas. Not your usual alpha. When a raid on a brothel puts a damaged, brainwashed Elijah into his lap, Silas is in over his head. The connection between them is immediate. How do you remain professional when all you want to do is be closer to your client. When Elijah is trying to seduce you. As an omega, it’s all he believes he is good for.
You will cry with them as the walls Elijah has built begin to crumble. You will feel their joy, their angst, their burgeoning trust, and finally, their love. You will marvel at Silas’s restraint and patience. Yes there is sex, but it comes after a long period of recovery. It is worth the wait. You will love this book!
This book contains adult themes and language, mm sex, and is intended for mature readers only.
Elijah: a tough nut to crack (or is he?)
September 13, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
Essentially, I liked this story and the two main protagonists. There’s some steam, but it’s mostly about omega trafficking victim Elijah’s rehab treatment and transformation of his self image, largely with the assistance of alpha counselor Silas whose soup kitchen manager brother featured in Love Me. I do wish this story had delved a bit into exactly how Elijah was conditioned by his trafficker into his extreme loyalty; was he treated somehow differently from the other young men with whom he was rescued?
After reading Save Me and its predecessor Love Me, I preferred the earlier Love Me which provided a fuller description of where the characters were coming from before they meet. Save Me can be read on its own but it makes much more of an impact if you read Love Me first.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
Second release 2019
This is a great followup to Love Me, the first book in the Rutledge Brothers series. This quick read is an extremely slow burn romance, and rightfully so.
After the takedown of The White Lotus, Director Baylor’s sex trafficking ring, the omegas were brought to a rehabilitation facility. Elijah, having been told all his young life that omegas were a drain on society and only good for one thing, is not interested in being rehabilitated. He wants to go back to what he knows, and not betray Baylor, the man who got him off the streets and in his rightful place.
Silas Rutledge is an Alpha who specializes in counseling the most traumatized and difficult omegas. When he is put on Elijah’s case, he knows he is in for a battle. Not only because Elijah refuses to accept that his life is worth more than what he has been dealt, but also because Silas knows that he is starting to have inappropriate thoughts about a client. Still, he does his best to help Elijah understand that his genes do not control his worth.
Elijah had a plan. He knew what he was going to do, but after talking with his roommates at the center, he begins to realize he may be going about things all wrong. What if he really wants the things he was planning to con Silas into? When he changes tactics, Silas offers another chance to get outside for a little while.
But this time, Elijah is overcome with anxiety and fear. When he gets trapped in a dangerous situation, Silas is there to protect him. But should he now be afraid of Silas? He’s gone into heat, and everyone knows alphas are ruled by their instincts. Elijah fears that he could be facing the same danger as before, only this time from his protector.
Silas is a professional, but more than that, he respects Elijah. He gets him to safety, and leaves. When Elijah awakes to find his heat is over, he is told that Silas wants to see him. But, Silas is there to say goodbye; at least for the time being. If Elijah works to find his own worth, and makes a life for himself, then he can come to Silas. Not as a patient, but as an independent man. In the end, there is a coming together of the two, but this is definitely not a book filled with sexy times. It is, however, a book about patience and the knowledge that one must be whole as a person before they can ever be half of a whole with another. The slow burn over, our MCs are well on their way to their very own HEA.
Happy reading!
* I received an ARC of this book and I am leaving my honest review. *
By far the best story in the trio, Save Me was full of character depth, relationship growth, self-sacrifice, and the best parts of love. I believed so much in Elijah and Silas’s evolution and in them individually. What occurred between them was exactly right to allow for Elijah to achieve his potential. Being so completely brainwashed for much of the story as well as seeing his motives that stemmed from that, it would have cheapened anything he shared with Silas and would have spelled disaster for any kind of mental and emotional healing. I still wanted more, especially from Silas and why he is who he is, so that I could call the story complete.
There is one thing wrong with stories in this series… they are too dang short!!!
The idea for the world and back story is absolutely brilliant and the second pair of MCs is even better, than in part one! Plenty of intense feelings and difficult choices that got me totally hooked.
An awesome page-turner!
Despite the short length, Piper does a great job building an authentic relationship between Silas and Elijah. When they first meet, Silas tells Elijah he needs to learn to love himself and that’s the journey we are taken on. There is no insta love but rather a mutual respect and gradual attraction as Elijah finds himself. I was drawn into the story on the first page and didn’t stop reading until the end. They are a cute couple and I wish the book was longer!
Save Me is the second book in the Rutledge Brothers series by Piper Scott. This book is the story of an omega, Elijah, rescued from a sex trafficking ring who is trying to figure out what to do next. He is a bit jaded and still a bit brainwashed into thinking he is only meant for one purpose. But the sexy Alpha councilor, Silas Rutledge, is going to show him he is worth so much more. This story is a quick read but filled with a sweet love story that I really enjoyed. I wanted to know more about the omegas from the White Lotus and I am happy some of these omegas are getting their HEA. I can not wait for next book.
I received an advanced reader’s copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest post review and recommendation.