A new romantic suspense series from Jay Hogan with a fantastic story that absolutely captivated me.
From the blurb:
We’d told each other everything, or so I thought. But secrets have a way of bubbling to the surface and it turned out Davis kept a few of his own. Hidden laptops, clandestine meetings, cryptic emails. The husband I’d believed in was a lie.
Or was he?
I have to find out. And Madigan Church is right there to help me. A complicated man. A man I wasn’t expecting. An attraction I can’t deny. Confusing. Challenging. Madigan makes me feel things I’m not ready for. Want things I don’t deserve. Not now. Maybe not ever again.
But with every step into the twisted mystery, the danger escalates. Neither of us is safe. Not from the truth, and not from what’s growing between us.
Because we aren’t the only ones on the hunt. Somewhere amongst my late husband’s secrets is something worth stealing, maybe even worth killing for.
And time is running out.
Author’s note: This story features the death of a spouse who is not a main character.
‘The Meaning of You’ is the first book in a romantic suspense series following the same couple. There are no relationship cliffhangers.
Lesetiger's review:
The Meaning of You is the first book in the Fisher & Church series. I love the author's books and I love Romantic Suspense books, so this one was a must-have book for me.
I can't say exactly what I was expecting, but I can say that I got way more than I expected.
The writing style is wonderful. The prologue was intense and from then on I was hooked. I was thrilled that the prologue was told from Davis' point of view.
However, the first part of the story is less about a crime story and more about a man, Nick, who is dealt a bad fate when his husband has an accident and who subsequently struggles with trauma.
I absolutely loved the fact that the protagonists were already in their fifties. I haven't read that often before, but I love it when the protagonists are a bit older - after all, you don't stay young forever.
Nick meets Madigan, the two get on well and meet up more or less often. I don't know which of the two I like better. Nick, who loved his husband deeply, or Madigan, the quiet book nerd who knows how to set boundaries and who is there for Nick and is absolutely good for his soul. Both characters are fantastically and deeply described.
The romance is slow, slow burn, but guys, in the absolute best way. The first kiss comes pretty late, but it totally worked. Nick had time to grieve and you can feel the tension slowly building between Nick and Madigan.
From the halfway point, it gets really exciting when Nick discovers that his husband must have been keeping secrets from him. He tries to understand Davis' behavior and together with Madigan they try to unravel the mystery.
It was an exciting second half. Exciting in the sense that I can't put the book down because I really want to know what happens next. In addition to the suspense, there is also a lot of action towards the end. I was very involved!
The author has written a very emotional book that captivated me from start to finish. The structure of the story is unusual, but in my opinion very well done. The story has fantastic secondary characters. The ending is a HFN and there is still a lot I want to know so I am eagerly awaiting volume two.
Gary Furlong did a brilliant job narrating the audiobook. He has a pleasant voice, I was able to distinguish the characters well and he has a terrific reading pace. He captured the moods well and brought the story to life. He took an already great story to the next level with his performance. Highly recommended!
The Meaning of You is currently available as an audiobook (https://jayhoganauthor.com/products/the-meaning-of-you-audiobook), e-book and paperback, and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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