Author Name:
Maris Black
Book Title:
KAGE
Book Length: Full Length Novel (81,549 words)
Genre: Gay Romance, M/M
Book Release Date: 05/25/2015
Publisher: Maris Black Books
Cover Artist: Maris Black
Good Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25282503-kage?ac=1
Blurb:
ROUND 1 of the
KAGE Trilogy
My name is Jamie Atwood, and I’m an addict. I never thought I’d say such a
thing. Never had a problem being overly-attached to anything in my life. I came
from a perfectly middle-class family, made good grades, and had a hot
cheerleader girlfriend. But the truth is, nothing ever really moved me. So how
did a guy like me become an addict?
I met Michael Kage.
Kage is an MMA fighter. A famous one. I like to think I helped him get that
way.
He’s charming as hell, with looks to rival any movie star and talent to
back it up. So why did he need to hire me as an intern Publicist? Simple. He
has a darkness in him– like a black hole so deep it could swallow him, and me,
and everyone we know– and that’s not good for business.
The first time I met him, I felt the pull. I think the addiction began at
that very moment. And even if I’d known then what I know now, I would have
fallen for him. How could I not?
For me, Kage is everything.
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R-Rated EXCERPT:
Kage pushed his tongue deeper into my mouth,
and suddenly I was sucking hungrily at his tongue, winding my arms around his neck,
and pressing my lower body against his. I was desperate to get closer, to feel
through the barrier of my clothing what he had pressed against me. My hunger
knew no bounds, growing exponentially with each passing second as it became
clearer that this was not some fevered fantasy. This was actually happening.
And I was going to let it.
He unwound my arms from his neck and reached
down to pull my t-shirt over my head so that we were skin to skin. The scrub of
chest hair against my nipples was exquisite torture, and I moaned, pulling back
to catch my breath.
“Fuck no, you’re not going anywhere!” Kage
yanked me back against him. “I’ve waited too long for this. Been patient
enough.” He covered my mouth and face with kisses, moved down to my throat, and
bit the sensitive skin there until I cried out. I was overcome with passion, my
breath coming in quick gasps as I fought to keep it together. I had always
thought of myself as a player and a skilled lover, but I swear Kage made me
feel like a virgin all over again.
“Take off your pants,” he said.
“What are you planning on doing to me?” I
asked, my voice distant to my own ears as I worked my shorts down my legs,
leaving my boxer briefs on.
“What I should have done when you first got
here…”
“How did you know I’d let you?”
He chuckled. “I could tell by the way you look
at me. Like you’re eating me alive with your eyes.”
“I don’t do that,” I protested. “I don’t even
like guys.”
“Liar.” Kage shook his head and took a step
back. “Get on your knees, Jamie.”
“Pardon me?”
“Don’t give me that look. I said get on your
knees.”
I wanted to tell him no, that this was
insanity, and that I wasn’t gay. I wanted to point out that I’d just recently
had a girlfriend whom I’d fucked soundly on a regular basis. But instead I sank
to my knees in front of him and waited, looking up at his unbelievably perfect
body, all muscles and planes and smooth skin. The boyish face with the
five-o’clock shadow, the dark locks of hair that fell loosely around his face…
and that’s when I felt it. He was right. I was devouring him with my eyes,
because God help me I could not get enough.
4.5 out of 5 stars
So I was pretty excited to see a new book by Maris Black. After all I've enjoyed the SSU Boys series, and loved Owning Corey, so I fully expected to like this book too. Now toss in MMA fighters and I was a bit trepidatious because the few MMA books I've tried I haven't really enjoyed. Well Kage met almost all of my expectations and then some.
Kage starts out with our main character Jamie, having sex with his girlfriend. Now before you go "Ewwwwww" and walk away from this book, this is NOT a major part of the story, but it is part of who Jamie is so it is essential to the storyline. The other forewarning is that Kage does end in a bit of a cliffhanger but luckily the next book is set to release in just a few months.
I really liked the way this story played out, it definitely wasn't your typical new adult romance. It's what I'd consider a slow burn with a friends to lovers thing going on between Kage and Jamie. And the dance between them was hotter then if they were ripping their clothes off from the moment they met and having wild sex 24/7. That Jamie's feelings snuck up on him out of the blue... well not really but he hid them from himself really, really well. And that alone is a big part of the story because who he thought he was, really isn't who he actually is.
Kage, as a character, and also as the story as a whole is pretty intense and by the end it left this reviewer with a good sized book hangover. I really wasn't ready for that last scene between Kage and Jamie and that one was rough! Again though, this is the first book in the series with these two characters, the next is set to come out in August. Which just gives me another reason to wish August was closer.
All in all I really loved this story and other than the cliffhanger it was a pretty perfect book for me. You really need to pick this one up asap and give some love to Jamie and Kage!
AUTHOR BIO
My name is Maris Black (sort of), and I'm a Southern Girl
through and through.
In college, I majored in English and discovered the joys of
creative writing and literary interpretation. After honing my skills
discovering hidden meanings authors probably never intended, I collected
my near-worthless English degree and got a job at a newspaper making
minimum wage. But I soon had to admit that small town reporting
was not going to pay the bills, so I went back to school and
joined the medical field. Logical progression, right? But no matter what
I did, my school notebooks and journals would not stop filling up with
fiction. I was constantly plotting, constantly jotting prose, constantly
casting the people I met as characters in the secret novels in my
head.
Yep. I can blame my creative mother for that one!
When I finally started writing fiction for a living, I surprised
myself with my choice of genre. I'd always known I wanted to write romance, but
the first story that popped out was about a couple of guys finding love during
a threesome with a woman. Then I wrote about more guys, and more guys, and more
guys. I was never a reader of gay fiction, and I'd never planned to write it.
The only excuse I have for myself is: Hey, it's just what comes out!
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