Title: In From The Cold (The Castoffs #1)
Author: J. T. Rogers
Publisher: DSP Publications
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Genre(s): Gay romance, historical, espionage, CIA, Military, mystery/suspense, assassin
Page Count: 267 pages
Reviewed by: Natosha
Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Blurb:
A Robert Flynn Novel
Robert Flynn abandoned a sterling military career when his best friend and fellow soldier, Wesley Pike, died under his command. More than a decade later, Flynn’s quiet life is disturbed by the troubles of a fledgling CIA and Alexander Grant, a flashy agent with a lot to prove. As the space race between the United States and the Soviets heats up and the body count rises, the two men fight to find common ground. Grant knows Flynn believes in the cause, but all Flynn sees is the opportunity to fail someone like he failed Wes. An attack by a Soviet agent spurs Flynn to action and a reluctant association with the agency, and tilts Flynn’s world on its axis with a shocking discovery: Wesley Pike may be alive and operating as a Soviet assassin.
With Grant to bankroll the operation, his superiors looking the other way, and Flynn’s hard-earned peace officially forfeit, Flynn reunites his old team with the singular goal of finding Wes. But they get more than they bargained for—Wes is amnesiac and dangerous, brainwashed into becoming the perfect weapon. Flynn struggles to reach his friend, lead his team, and navigate his charged relationship with Grant—something neither of them expected and aren’t sure how to parse—while coming to grips with his long-buried feelings for Wes.
This book really got my heart pumping. I found myself wanting to yell at the characters to watch their backs or open your eyes and see what is in front of your face. This is the first book that I have read by J. T. Rogers but I will definitely be waiting, impatiently I might add, for book two in this series to come out.
Flynn is such an amazing guy. He wears his heart on his sleeve and doesn’t even realize it. I could tell from the moment that Flynn and Wes’s past was brought up that he was in love with Wes. I also knew that it would probably take an act of God for him to ever admit it to Wes but he never was given the opportunity.
Flynn was Wes’s commanding officer when they met and the two men immediately hit it off and became close. They were both best friends and would have laid their lives down for the other but both had more feelings for the other then just friendship. They never acted on it but subtle gestures and staring at the other lips just a little longer then necessary was a dead give away to me but not to them evidently.
When the time came that their group, Devil’s Brigade, was disbanded and they were all shuffled to different regions, Wes took it upon himself make sure him and Flynn was not separated. This was the beginning of the end of Wes. Wes was killed in action when his parachute did not open.
Flynn was completely heartbroken over losing Wes. He did his time and got out of the military and went back home to run the bakery his adopted family left for him.
Thirteen years later Flynn is about to get the shock of his life and is going to have to fight with everything he has in him to bring back the one person he thought was lost to him forever. And mixed in with all of that he has to figure out what is happening between him and the CIA agent that turned his life upside down, Grant.
Flynn is definitely in over his head but he is not willing to give up. If he gives up it would end up being the death of himself in the end.
This book is very fast paced. Flynn blew me away with being able to stay focused on what was the most important and not on just what he was feeling on the inside. My heart broke into so many pieces for Flynn and Wes. Wes has been through hell and back and is still not back, or at least not at first. I think that these two men are made for each other and that they complete the other in ways that no one else would probably ever understand. As for Grant, I think he is a good guy but he truly does not have a lot to offer in the way of a real relationship seeing as how he is married. Even if his wife is understanding and does not care.
I cannot wait for the next book to come out because I have a feeling it is going to blow this one out of the water. I can see potential for a lot of issues that can and probably will arise and I can see the potential for jealousy amongst all three of these men. It will definitely be interesting and I cannot wait to read it when it is available.
I am not one to read historical stories but this one had me from the moment I read the first line and did not let go through the remainder of the book.
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