Recommended for mature audiences only.My name is Logan Black… I’ve always known I was different, that something dark and twisted lurked just below the surface of my skin. Waiting, for her… Five years of passion and pleasure so intense, we begin and end together. Until one dark and rainy night, my life is forever changed… A heartbeat, a breath, or the blink of an eye, that’s how quickly your … quickly your perfect life could cease to exist. In a few short weeks, everyone I love is slipping through my fingers… Now, how can I possibly choose between the woman who owns my heart, and a family that needs me? Walking away is the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. I’ve convinced myself she’s better off without me, but the monster inside ache’s for her… Callan will always be the light to my darkness. A year has passed by and I still crave her touch, her body tangled with mine. Until, one phone call changes everything. Now it’s time to claim what’s always been mine. The Claiming of Callan is a passionate and compelling novel—a riveting story of love, heartache and one man’s struggle to live without regrets about decisions he cannot change.
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This story does a good job explaining the aftermath from the head of the family committing suicide. The chain of events from this seemingly selfish act are the backbone of the story. Logan’s life is turned upside down when he blames his father for taking his life, he has to step up and be the head of the family. This decision takes him across the country, far away from Callan, the woman he has loved since he was fifteen. Time and distance do nothing to quench their love for one another as demonstrated by the lengths the two will go through to find one another again.
There are a couple of good twists to the story which help to diffuse the tension, while adding new tension of their own. There are also numerous, steamy sex scenes in which Logan uses sex to help him through his struggles with his inner anger. This coming-of-age romance hits all the right notes for a good weekend read.
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I absolutely love everything about Logan and Avery! First love that lasts a lifetime, best friends AND lovers, and dang at the steam! Excellent character development and world-building, I truly hope Gavin gets a story!!
Pippa, My Secret Book Spot
Another amazing page turner from Connie Lafortune! You can never go wrong with her books and the Claiming of Callan is no exception. It’s steamy, exciting, emotional and just a great read all around!
I highly recommend you read this well written, modern day, steamy romance! The author gives us a complex story with compelling characters, Logan and Callan. I enjoyed following Logan on his complicated evolution. A wonderful sexy romance but also so much more.
Although this was written second, I read it last. I enjoyed both Because of You and Bound by Steel more than this one. It is still a good story, but IMHO the other two are better. It was fairly well edited. The thing that bothered me most was the use of “woman” instead of “women”. It was missed several times, which shouldn’t make it to publishing as It is such an easy thing to catch.
Logan and Callan meet when they are 15 and Logan’s family moves in next door. They fall in love and spend the next 5 years together. Tragedy visits Logan’s family, and they move across the country to New York. Of course, this is heartbreaking for the couple. After a year, in which it is inferred that they graduate college, Callan applies for a job with a company near Logan’s new hometown. Through coincidence, Callan is at the bar where Logan happens to work. They end up spending a day reconnecting and then Callan flies back to California. Two months later, they are communicating, but Logan thinks Callan is still in California. She is not. Thus begins the journey towards the future they have always dreamed of.
Some of the references to things they did together seemed a little odd. Sometimes it seemed that they had more of a childhood together than possible. It seemed odd that Callan would have been to Saratoga Springs at all. I think one reference to her travelling out with Logan was supposed to cover that, but it really was just odd. Maybe she went along when he visited relatives? I don’t know. Also, the whole situation around Logan’s father was odd. It is never explained what was so bad that led to his decision.
Overall, this was a good story of true love triumphing over time and distance. Logan is left as the man in the family, so he steps up to the plate to help his mother and siblings. Callan refuses to let go, so she sets out to find a way to be closer. Their path is bumpy, but isn’t that the way of true love?
This is the first book that I have read by this author and I was really impressed. The story was well written in dual point of view which is my favorite writing style. I immediately fell in love with Logan, what is there not to like? He is a commanding, tattooed, muscular, bad boy that is willing to sacrifice anything for his family and has a heart that only beats for Callan. My heart broke every time Logan said that he didn’t deserve Callan because he had a monster inside. I took an immediate liking to the sweet, caring, and loving Callan. She is everything that Logan needs to calm the trouble brewing inside of him along with enticing the monster inside of him to come out play. She is the perfect mate for Logan and it shines throughout the story.
Now let’s get to the juicy part, no pun intended. The sexual tension was off the charts and reading about Logan and Callan’s sexcapades left me needing a cold shower yet anticipating their next go round. I love to read about characters who have been friends that exploded into so much more. Connie knows how to write with a combination of sweet, romantic and downright naughty. I highly recommend if you are looking for a heartfelt, steamy love story that will have you reluctant to leave Logan and Callan’s world.
A will they won’t they romance that keeps the reader guessing to the end- steamy and secretive with some surprising twists. Logan is a possessive Alpha male that just can’t seem to come to terms with his own feelings and desires causing him to run from his feelings and the love of his life again and again.