So I’m going too start writing brief reviews of gay (and sometimes non-gay) books and ebooks that I have read. Unfortunately since I don’t have a lot of time, it’ll probably be if I really loved the booked, or felt strongly about the book. You’ve probably seen some of my shoutouts on Twitter and Facebook.
Today’s book is titled Hostile Takeover and it is written by EM Lynley and published by Dreamspinner Press.
Stars: 3
The book follows Mathias and Chase, once lovers and olympic hopefuls through the 10 years following their breakup, with numerous flashbacks to their relationship from having met at the US Olypmic Fencing Team trials to graduating with their MBAs.
The official blurb:
Years ago, Chase Richards and Mathias Tobler fell in love while training for the US Olympic fencing team. Afterward, they even attended the same business school so they could be together. Then Chase left Mathias alone and heartbroken in Italy. But all of that is ancient history by the time Chase thunders back into Mathias’s safe, settled life with a business deal.
There’s no way Mathias is going to do business with Chase. He spent nine years picking up the pieces and has moved on in life—and love. But Chase won’t give up without a fight: he concocts a scheme to manipulate the market and take over the Tobler family business. If Mathias wants to save it, he’ll have to face off against Chase over crossed sabers.
Chase has a reputation as an unscrupulous corporate raider, but the Tobler business holds little interest for him. In reality, he wants Mathias. Chase must win him back—by any means necessary—before Mathias gives his heart to someone else. But how does a cold-blooded corporate raider convince the man he loves that his heart really isn’t made of stone?
SPOILER ALERT!!
I liked the book for the most part, but I was disappointed because I’d thought I’d read that Mathias and his business the Tobler Group eventually takeover RichardsCorp, and that never happened. As well Mathias seems to cave far too easily to Chase when Chase tries to win him back. I thought Mathias didn’t have enough of a backbone and never should have hone back to him.