Mistakes aren’t supposed to feel this good… I learned early on that pretty much everything in life is a scam, and love’s at the top of the list. Easy to fake, maximum payout, and people just never stop falling for it.Watching my mom break hearts and empty bank accounts as we bounced from house to house taught me just how dangerous feelings could be. That’s a whole lot of hassle I don’t need.… whole lot of hassle I don’t need.
These days, I stick to three basic rules. I don’t take something just because I want it. I don’t ask for help, even if I need it. And I never look twice at a guy who has a bigger bank account than I do. I know where those things can get you, and it’s not anywhere I need to go.
I’m perfectly happy never getting too close to anyone. Just scraping by with my guitar, chasing the rock star dream until my time or my sanity runs out. At least, I thought I was.
Until Brett showed up.
Another thing I don’t do is think about the past. Ever. So, the last person I need to go breaking all my rules for is the cocky, spoiled brat who used to be my stepbrother.
No matter how gorgeous he is now.
No matter how filthy he is in bed.
No matter how good it feels when he says all he wants in the world is me.
Working Out the Kinks is a 98,000 word kinky romance novel about a grumpy, broken rock star who refuses to fall in love and a lonely, relentless, spoiled brat looking for someone to belong to.
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I’m reading all the back list now. This is a mm contemporary story in first person. I love this author ‘s work and this book is outside my usual genre but it had me hooked. Landon and Brett are the main characters and the book is Landon’s view on the world. Great story, and again lotsa highlighting. Off to read the bonus now.
3.5 stars Rawness, vulnerability, and sexiness.
Lan ruling his life by his feeling he has debts to fulfill. His mother took from men, more than once. Ten years ago he left everything behind and started a life of his own with the promise never get involved with someone who has more money than he had. Never the feeling of taking what wasn’t his. So, there he was in an awful apartment, an empty fridge and shabby clothes. But it was all his own and that’s the point.
When Brett hit on him in a bar he didn’t recognize him at first, then he saw it was the boy he lived with ten years ago. The son of his moms’ husband number umpteenth, a sort of stepbrother. A rich boy he doesn’t want to get involved with. Brett has other plans.
Brett was the biggest brat I’ve ever read about and he got sometimes annoyed demanding. Because there was no view from his point, I didn’t like him at times, way too demanding.
I really didn’t get to understand why he loved Lan so deeply.
Lan has a rude, filthy mouth, with a big heart. He was weak when it concerned Brett, way too weak.
A lot of f – words, a lot of cursing. A lot of push and pull and a lot of sexiness.
For my fun, it had too many repetitive actions. I also wanted desperately know more about Brett while reading but it was all about Lan and his state of mind.
Overall a nice, smoothly written story
Working Out The Kinks by Misha Horne is a contemporary gay romance between stepbrothers who aren’t afraid of getting kinky. So hot! This is a well told, entertaining and satisfying story , with characters that got your attention and kept it. Its filled with Angst, emotion, tension… and spankings.
Lan is a jaded rock star wanna-be who dissed the idea of love after a childhood growing up with his con-artist/man- eater mom…but his one-stepbrotherjust might test that resolve not to fall inlove. Brett is a determined spoiled brat looking for someone to belong to…. and the stepbrother he used to fantasize about just so happens to be his target. These characters had me rooting for them… they could give each other what they each craved if they would only allow it to happen. Together they are so hot… reading about their sexy encounters kept me glued to my kindle devouring each page.
I received an advanced reader’s copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review and recommendation.
Two stepbrothers. An entire truckload of emotional issues and psychological trauma. So much spanking — not fluffy, actual impact play and discipline. Not always SSC/bad headspace. Some dub-con (Mc is into it, but permission is not ascertained.)
My first book by Misha Horne but it certainly won’t be my last. I loved Landon and found him completely relatable. Brett the Brat was really good about changing Landon’s thinking and getting him to enjoy the moment. Loved the storyline!
Enjoyed the multicultural aspects of both guys.
All the angsts got old