Kim's Reviews > Man of Honor

4.5+ stars
Gage Beaufort has come back to Devil's Garden after five years and the loss of his adopted father. But he’s barely in town before he finds trouble. He had good intentions, but it just led to him getting in the crosshairs of some bad guys. And brings him right face-to-face with Deputy Wyatt Brooks, who was his savior and crush before he left home. And he still stings from his rejection.

It also brings him back to his eccentric, intense, and uniquely talented brothers: Mason, the lawyer; Dominic, the restauranteur and criminal mastermind; Gideon, the priest who runs the foster home; and Ben who is in prison. These brothers have a single-minded focus and that’s to get Ben out, but they’ll have to go through corrupt government and the dregs of society trying to take over their Bayou town in order to get justice.

And now that Gage is a grown man, Wyatt doesn’t seem to have the ability to resist him anymore. The sexual tension and chemistry between the two of them is palpable. And even though Gage seems to be nothing but trouble that ends up with him getting hurt, Wyatt seems to be the one there to save him time and time again. But it’s not good for Wyatt’s reputation to be mixed up with a Beaufort either.

This is a small town, one-that-got-away, bad boy-officer, coming home story with secrets and a dark underbelly. It is not a fluffy book. It’s down, dirty, rough, and doesn’t pull punches. But I was enthralled from the first page.

I really felt for Gage because he seemed like he really did have a good heart and he cared deeply, but he also had some self-worth issues, guilt, regret, and past pain that still affected him. And he wasn’t above taking a beating to try to help someone or do the right thing. And Wyatt is this dependable, good guy, law officer who wants to go by the book, but he finds himself having to bend the rules because of how much he cares about Gage. Their history is all tied up in pain and rejection, but their present is on fire and they just can’t seem to stay away from each other. It might mean that they burn down the whole town and from some of the characters they are dealing with that probably needs to happen. I’m definitely interested in more with these brothers because they are very strong personalities and they all seem to have issues, secrets, and stories to tell.
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