Leo, My Partner (Family Ties Book 2) by RS McKenzie

Ty is a bubbly baker that meets his perfect guy, as long as he can accept that Leo is a hitman that relishes in his victim's pain. But Ty has some hidden vicious desires that may mean Leo is definitely his perfect partner to build a future with.


From the Leo, My Partner blurb:

Leo

Pretending to be like everyone else is exhausting, but I’ve mastered it. No one knows what really lurks behind the mask I wear every day. I’m not like others. I don’t experience emotions like they do. I have no need for human connection, but when I see Tyshawn, that changes. One look and I know he’s mine. It doesn’t matter that I’ve never been with a man before. He makes me want, he makes me burn. When he catches me … working … my second job, he has to decide if he wants to stay with me. I have to convince him that I’m willing to do anything for him … including slaying some of his demons.

Tyshawn

Owning my own bakery is my dream. When a friend of mine pushes me to contact the owner of Ray’s Beanery for a tasting to display my baked goods at his coffee shop, I jump at the opportunity. The sexy coffee shop owner I meet is as unexpected as my instant feelings of desire for him. That is, until I walk in on him covered in blood while he’s … working. I realize there is more to him than meets the eye. I’m terrified of him, but when I hear him out, I’m intrigued. I know what he’s capable of. Am I capable of it too?

Leo, My Partner is a MM dark themed, dual POV, high heat romance. It contains a strong and rambling baker and a psychopathic coffee shop owner that shows his kotenok how to kill those that deserve it. HEA guaranteed. Please check trigger warnings before reading.


SNik's review:

Second in series (Family Ties), but can be read as a standalone. POC representation. Found family. Dual POV. Heed content warnings. 

Ty is working towards his dream of owning a bakery, and hoping to sell his baked goods at the local coffee shop has him meeting the gorgeous owner Leo and sparks fly. Leo doesn’t feel emotions like most people, but his first interaction with Ty makes his mind scream “Mine. Mine. Mine!” But Leo was raised a killer and when Ty discovers the truth he has to decide if their instant connection can include being partners in torture and murder. 

Leo is a possessive cinnamon roll when it comes to Ty and it was important that there were no hysterics from Ty and that he just accepted the extreme violence he witnesses and participates in for their partnership to work. There is a sharp contrast in the times of violence (which were brutal) versus the times Leo and Ty spend together baking or training together and just enjoying each other which were sometimes sweet and sometimes spicy. This was an entertaining read with two guys maybe made for each other and a found family that makes everything work.


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