Taming Teddy A Made Marian Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Lucy Lennox Michael Pauley Books
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Teddy If there's one thing I don't do, it's commitment. You don't become an award-winning photographer by staying in one place. I'm always on the road, looking for the next shot, the next award, the next hot body. Which is how I end up on Dr. James Marian's front porch in the middle-of-nowhere Alaska. He's known as the Wildlife Whisperer, and I want to photograph him in action. He's reluctant at first, but I can be persuasive.
Soon enough I have him in bed saying yes over and over and over again, but my ability to shoot and scoot is frozen by a Denali snowstorm.
Jamie I always thought of myself as the marrying type. Until I got left at the altar. Now I have a new motto never commit and never fall in love. So when a cocky nature photographer decides I'm the key to his next masterpiece, it seems like the perfect arrangement the hotshot's only in town for a brief assignment and then he'll be gone. No commitment, no strings, and no chance of getting my heart broken again.
There's just one problem I think I'm falling in love. Now I'm afraid that maybe I'm the marrying type after all. And he definitely is not.
Taming Teddy A Made Marian Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Lucy Lennox Michael Pauley Books
Even though this story stands by itself, it's best to read Borrowing Blue: A Made Marian Novel, first. So we pick up on another sibling in the Marian family -- Jamie, a brilliant wildlife expert living in the back of beyond in Alaska. Of course a famous photographer wants to see him, take some pictures, and maybe catch amazing moments on film. But Jamie isn't buying it. Nope! No pictures, not interested, just no.So what do you call a group of owls? Cats?
The story telling is wonderful and Jamie is an excellent teacher. . . Because I did learn through his website. *grin* Then there were the characters, not just Jamie and Teddy but all those extras. We catch up with Tristan and Blue as well as the other Marian family, and get to know Teddy's steady friend Mac. The soap opera wedding atmosphere from the first book changes into the vastness of the Alaskan wilderness. Snowshoes and all. The focus is on two men that love their jobs and what they're willing to do to continue, including what they'll give up to achieve happiness. Along the way we meet a cute hare, charming beaver kits, and a loyal Sister. But there's so much more.
I was so glad to see this story available after I finished the first. I'll be actively looking for the next. I can't remember if I picked this up on KU or went ahead and bought it. Either way, it's worth getting. - Dan's Wife
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Taming Teddy A Made Marian Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Lucy Lennox Michael Pauley Books Reviews
Three For The Money
I occasionally do this and I apologize if you don't like me wrapping a whole series in one review. However, this one caught me by complete surprise to the point where I abandoned all the other books I was reading (and they are all by some of my favorite authors) and read straight through these three like a hot knife through butter.
First of all, the characters surrounding the MCs in each book are the crazy Marian family of Northern California, a free-wheeling, loving gang of six natural siblings, five boys (three gay, but one in the closet), and one girl, Simone. Then there's Aunt Tilly, one of the great hoots of all time, and attendant members of other clans and friends of each of the MCs--this gang can definitely shoot straight, but sometimes they all miss the mark.
The main theme in each book is that every single one of the MCs is terrified of commitment for good reason. In "Borrowing Blue," Blue (nee Bartholomew) Marian has just been dumped by his long-time lover Jeremy on the eve of Simone's wedding, and he is not interested in ever having another relationship. Then he meets casual a supposedly straight man named Tristan in the bar of the vineyard estate where Simone's wedding is to take place. Tristan is just coming off a bitter divorce propagated by him finding his wife entwined with...well, that would be giving away a spoiler.
Needless to say, when Jeremy walks into the bar with a boy toy (he was invited to the wedding) and Tristan offers to kiss Blue to prank Jeremy, we have the beginning of a wonderful assignation during which Tristan comes to terms with the fact that he has probably always been at least bi, and Blue comes to the conclusion that this cannot and should not last.
But it does, and along the way during the week-long lead up to the wedding, Blue's brother Jamie comes to town from Alaska where he, a dedicated environmental super star, had just been recently literally left at the altar by a guy named Brian, who turned out to be married. Jamie is off commitments and is also trying to escape the e-mail and voice-mail entreaties of a world-renowned wildlife photographer named Theodore Kodiak, which leads us into "Taming Teddy."
Teddy will bed anyone at anytime, male or female, on the condition that both realize it's likely to be a one-off, and when he finally corrals Jamie in the second book, the slightly older man becomes besotted. To say nothing of how Jamie feels. This book has far more angst than the previous one, but the resolutions are quite remarkable. During a wild New Year's weekend in Hawaii where the whole family has escaped for another wedding, Jamie notices his country-music superstar brother Jude in a hallway being ravaged by his tall, hot, ex-Marine bodyguard Derek--which shocks him because Jude is supposed to be straight (we know he's not because Blue tells us this secret in the first book).
That brings us to "Jumping Jude," which presents us with the Jude-Derek situation, in which both are deeply closeted but in the end it's Derek who cannot force himself to come out. This leads to a major rift that lasts longer than it should because Derek--like Teddy and Blue before him--simply has his head up his ass about relationships.
Each of the books has basically the same plot, but each of the MCs stand out as brilliantly constructed individuals. The covers are absolutely spot-on--you can see the family resemblance in Blue, Jamie and Jude. The sex is explosive and there are a great many sex scenes, each of which stands alone as a lead-up to the next encounter.
In the end, what is implied in the author's note is that she is not done. See, the Marians became very involved in the LGBTQ community when Blue and Jamie came out, and they adopted three young gay men who are now in college--and I think Ms. Lennox has some more Marians to be made. That would be wonderful, because this is one clan I can say lives up to family values.
This author shows a good grasp of wit and humour in the way she writes characters and scenes. The reason I had to give the book three stars is for a few reasons. One is a preference thing. At times, she has her characters go into incredibly saccharine speeches about their feelings for one another, and they come across as too syrupy to be genuine. Again, that is just my opinion.
The other star came off due to a bit of laziness on the part of the author. Near the beginning, there is a conversation between Teddy and Jamie that is a verbatim repeat of a conversation between Jamie and Tristan from the first book. Since the conversation is taking place between different characters, it should be different. Instead, the responses Teddy gives are EXACTLY the same as the ones Tristan gave. It's lazy, and I know the author can do better.
There are also several grammatical errors throughout the book that could have been found with a careful read-through. As much as I love some of the banter between the male protagonists, the errors dimmed my enjoyment of the novel as a whole.
Even though this story stands by itself, it's best to read Borrowing Blue A Made Marian Novel, first. So we pick up on another sibling in the Marian family -- Jamie, a brilliant wildlife expert living in the back of beyond in Alaska. Of course a famous photographer wants to see him, take some pictures, and maybe catch amazing moments on film. But Jamie isn't buying it. Nope! No pictures, not interested, just no.
So what do you call a group of owls? Cats?
The story telling is wonderful and Jamie is an excellent teacher. . . Because I did learn through his website. *grin* Then there were the characters, not just Jamie and Teddy but all those extras. We catch up with Tristan and Blue as well as the other Marian family, and get to know Teddy's steady friend Mac. The soap opera wedding atmosphere from the first book changes into the vastness of the Alaskan wilderness. Snowshoes and all. The focus is on two men that love their jobs and what they're willing to do to continue, including what they'll give up to achieve happiness. Along the way we meet a cute hare, charming beaver kits, and a loyal Sister. But there's so much more.
I was so glad to see this story available after I finished the first. I'll be actively looking for the next. I can't remember if I picked this up on KU or went ahead and bought it. Either way, it's worth getting. - Dan's Wife
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