How do you tame a wild heart?Mal: Everyone’s got a talent. Mine is running away.Well, that, and picking the wrong guys.So I guess I have two talents.Lucky me.The problem is, my psycho ex won’t take no for an answer.He won’t even take me leaving the state as an answer.And when he tracks my cell phone to a roadside motel, I have two options:Lose my freedom, and possibly my life.Or disappear … two options:
Lose my freedom, and possibly my life.
Or disappear completely.
Which is how I wind up on Summersea–a tiny island off the coast of Georgia, where the ice cream shoppes outnumber the people and the air smells like unicorns and happiness.
It’s a fairytale on steroids, and me, with my past and my demons?
I definitely don’t belong.
Until I meet Deacon Murphy.
Deacon, owner of the Wisteria Inn and my boss for the summer, is unfairly perfect.
He’s strong and warm and raising six stray kittens he found in his yard.
He’s hot, in that soccer-dad-with-a-secret-sadness kind of way.
He’s so far out of my league, he’s out of my solar system.
So of course I fall head over heels for him.
There’s no way a guy like Deacon wants someone like me.
But he listens when I talk.
He makes me feel like I matter.
And for the first time in my life, I find myself wanting to stay.
When your only talent is running, trust is terrifying.
But when my past comes knocking, I’m faced with a new choice.
Do I run, or tell the truth?
Run, or stay and fight?
Run–or trust Deacon with my heart?
Wild Heart is a 116,000 word m/m romance that’s got more sweetness than sunshine and peaches, more angsty pining than a coniferous forest, and more steam than a south Georgia summer night. Hurt/comfort and out-for-you themes. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed HEA.more
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In this book we meet Mal Turner and Deacon Murphy. Mal is a man looking for someone to love him even with all his faults. He thinks he finds this in Stephen however that turns into more of a fatal attraction kind of love. Mal leaves town and thinks that he has put his past with Stephen behind him little did he know leaving wouldn’t solve his problems at all. So now with nothing he boards a ferry for what he thinks is Palmetto and instead ends up on Adair. He hopes this will increase his luck but he still worries the past will find him again. Deacon is a man who isn’t ready to come out of the closet yet. He went as far as marrying a woman and having a child with her just to prove he was straight. Now that his divorce is final though he wonders if it is time for him to step out and live the life he was meant to. When he meets Mal something in him stands up and takes notice. Can these two find a HEA on the island or will the past be something that will make sure that never happens?
This is an amazing story. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don’t want to ruin it for any other readers. I will say this book will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
A tiny island town and a friendly innkeeper: will they offer Mal the fresh start he needs?
June 4, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 stars
This one has great heroes in hotelier Deacon and runaway chef Mal, Deacon’s lovely young daughter visiting for the summer, lots of yearning, and tension through to the end thanks to a previous relationship that DID NOT END WELL and a real estate developer eager to transform their sleepy summer vacation town off the Georgia coast.
I loved the slow build-up of the romance and the complicating issues, like Deacon’s dilemma of how to get more family time with his daughter Lily. Author Spencer Spears knows how to develop complex characters that draw you in to their imperfect lives. The story’s well-written and has a smile-inducing conclusion. Still not my favorite by the author (Gray for You holds that top spot for me), but an emotional and sometimes steamy romance with a coastal, breezy, beach backdrop and tons of heart.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
This is an enjoyable, interesting & heartwarming MM romance. It has a well-paced story-line & plot filled with some unexpected situations. The complex characters are quite well-developed & display realistic & believable emotional feelings.
There is: a man (Malachi aka Mal Turner) on the run from a psycho ex-boyfriend & stalker (Stephan) & lands up on a small island, He comes into contact with the owner & later his boss (Deacon Murphy) of Wisteria Inn, his precocious daughter (Lily), rambunctious kittens, family issues, a manipulative company (Lyles & Blackstone), monetary offers, some twists, intrigue, drama, threats, violence, memories, attractions, compromises, verbal banter, longings, sexual overtures, apologies, devious manipulations, a unpleasant surprise, eavesdropping, heartbreak, decisions, confrontations, declarations, love, happiness, some steam & a satisfying conclusion.