AUDIO REVIEW: Forsaken by Sloane Kennedy (The Protectors #4)

FORSAKEN

The Protectors - Book Four

by Sloane Kennedy

Release Date: August 16, 2016

Audio Release Date: October 22, 2018

Review

Sloane has incredible skill at writing dark stories that enthrall and hold you close. Flawed men caught up in worlds most wouldn’t understand, but they have love and loyalty that make you want to know them.

Mav and Eli are an incredible pairing. They both have secrets and parts of themselves they are scared to share, but they also can’t seem to stay away from each other.

I love how they draw each other out and find love and family.

I also highly recommend the audiobook. It’s top-notch. Sloane’s writing is perfect for audiobooks and with Michael Dean’s skill and talent, you are in for an engaging ride.

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Synopsis

I didn't know how to tell him how afraid I'd been that I'd never have this moment with him. This moment where it was just the two of us. This moment where he made me feel whole without even trying. --Eli

Abandoned. Abused. Betrayed.

Ex-cop Maverick "Mav" James needs only three things. His Harley, an open road and his work in an underground organization that delivers justice when the law can't.

Family? They left him long before he left them.

Friends? A liability.

A place to call home? Doesn't exist.

Mav's motto is simple: Get done and get out. Work, sex, doesn't matter. No emotional connections. Simple.

Until he meets him.

Alone. Hiding. Broken.

At fifteen years old, Eli Galvez had nothing. No family, no friends and only his body as a means to make enough money to survive. But a chance meeting changed all that and eight years later, he's well on his way to having the life he could once only dream of. He's been accepted into medical school and he's finally returned home to Seattle to be closer to the men and women who don't share his blood, but are the only family he's ever really known.

Only things aren't what they seem and the secrets Eli has been hiding are about to come to the surface with dangerous consequences.

One final chance at a real future.

Guys like Eli just aren't Mav's type, period. Yet he can't deny his intense attraction to the younger man who only looks at him with fear in his eyes. Until the day there's something else in those eyes too. Something that draws Mav in and refuses to let go. Something that makes him want to forget his rules. But Mav's learned the hard way what happens when you get too close to something. And while he vows to protect Eli after a violent attack leaves the younger man shaken, protection is all he'll offer.

Because anything else would just cost too much.

Trigger Warning: This book does contain a possible trigger for some readers. Specifics can be found by utilizing the "Look Inside" feature or downloading a sample and scrolling to the specified page. Please note that reading the trigger that is included may cause spoilers.

**Full length novel (86k words)

***This is Book 4 in the series, but can be read as a stand-alone story - no cliffhangers.***

The Protectors series crosses over with some of my other series, so for the most enjoyment, they should be read in order, but it is not required. You can find the correct reading order at the beginning of each book. I've also bundled all my series in the correct reading order under the title of A Family Chosen: The Protectors and Barrettis.

About Sloane Kennedy

Although Sloane Kennedy always dreamed of being a writer as a teenager, she didn't take the plunge until 2015 when she released her first novel. Since then, she has released over 40 books including the Amazon best-selling "Pelican Bay" and "Protectors" series as well as the "Twist of Fate" series she writes with Lucy Lennox.

While she initially began writing M/F romance, she found her true passion writing MM romance. In addition to consistently making it onto Amazon's overall bestseller list, Sloane has recently optioned the film and television rights for her Pelican Bay Series and the Twist of Fate Series (with Lucy Lennox) to an Emmy-nominated producer.

Sloane was born in Germany but grew up in the U.S. and although she currently lives in Wisconsin, the place where she has always felt most at home is Seattle and many of her books take place in the Emerald city. When not writing, a menagerie of 4 dogs, 7 cats and 3 horses takes up what little time she has left in the day!

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