Audiobook Review: Promises Part 2 (Bounty Hunters #2) by A.E. Via

Roman “Quick” Webb is one badass bounty hunter on the crime-filled streets of Atlanta. He’s fearless when it comes to carrying out his dangerous job alongside his longtime best friend and business partner, Duke. However, there is one thing that has begun to cause Quick concern and it’s the dreadful thought of living out the rest of his life alone. Seeing his best friend and his son fall in love and sharing the special connection that only true soulmates can, has made him all the more aware of what’s lacking in his life.

Love.

Dr. Cayson Chauncey has been wildly attracted to the big, tattooed hunter for almost a year, ever since he performed the surgery that saved Quick’s best friend’s life. Cayson must’ve mistaken Quick’s gratitude for something more, because the one time he tried to make his desires known, he was harshly rebuffed and left on the man’s doorstep feeling stupid for hitting on an obviously very straight man.

Cayson never dated a man who was willing to come out of hiding and be with him. Now at almost forty, Cayson is intent on no longer being anyone’s dirty secret. Having experienced countless disappointments, and having taken a stand not to fall for any more tricks, Cayson is more than a little skeptical when Quick comes around asking for a second chance to prove himself. The gorgeous man had already made it clear that he was not interested in Cayson… or so he’d thought.

Dr. Chauncey stirred up Quick’s suppressed, most carnal desires from a place deep down inside of him. He’d reacted so badly the first time that now his sexy surgeon wanted nothing to do with him. It was going to take a fair amount of patience and a whole lot of wooing involved as Quick sets out to convince Cayson that he’s worth another chance and that he is the brave lover who Cayson has been looking for.

With a scorned ex and a very dangerous job thrown into the mix, Cayson’s happiness and all of Quick’s promises may not be as easy to keep as they’d hoped.

story 2.5 but the AB is aces

Reviewer: Annery

First things first: the AB by Aiden Snow is really good and what got me through without skimming. He’s excellent.

THE STORY:

The last quarter of each book in this series introduces the couple for the next one and the pairing of Dr. Cayson Chauncey and Roman “Quick” Webb held lots of promise *wink* for me. Alas those hopes were dashed in a sophomore slump.

Quick is like the Fantasy Island version of Dog The Bounty Hunter: dark haired, tall, and an eighth degree black belt. Dr. Chauncey is a brilliant but lonely surgeon who, in spite of all of his accomplishments, has been unable to meet a single man to satisfy his desires (pretty common desires if you ask me, and I’m pretty sure he could’ve found someone on any dating app). Luckily Quick has begun to feel a reawakening of his heretofore buried bisexuality and sets his aim on Dr. Chauncey. A great “opposites attract” pairing that went pfft.

The main problem is Cayson Chauncey. He’s like one of those heroines in bodice rippers who have to, unreasonably, make the hero suffer for the past misdeeds of others. When Quick begins to woo him it seems Dr. C keeps raising the bar while excusing the behavior of Dr. Joe, an ex that treats Cayson like last year’s gum on the sole of a shoe, and who puts the whole group in danger. Quick has to continually jump through a series of hoops and ultimately I felt like Dr. C “loved” Quick for purely physical reasons. For that matter I couldn’t fathom what Quick’s attraction to Dr. C was either. Maybe they’re perfectly paired but I couldn’t get it and I didn’t care for them at all. Hope the next pairing works better for me.

All of this yawning led me to noticing how the author doesn’t shy away from dropping name brands left and right, there’s even a page for ™ acknowledgements at the beginning of each book! Is it meant to lend authenticity to time and place? Dunno.