THE WAY HOME is a step brothers second chance forbidden romance. A beautiful story about reconnecting with the one you love against all odds, and realizing that love wins no matter what shape or form it comes in.
From the blurb:
Ten years ago, when Riley met Jeremy, he fell hard. Jeremy was his first kiss, first love, first…everything. It started as a summer fling after Riley moved to a small town, but the fling came crashing to an end when Riley’s mom announced her impending marriage to Jeremy’s dad.
Riley forced his own feelings aside to put his mom’s happiness first. Being so close to each other but unable to act on it drove a wedge between him and Jeremy.
Now, as adults, Riley and Jeremy have a nonexistent relationship, avoiding each other at all cost. Not knowing their history, the parents decided enough was enough and devised a plan to get the two to spend time together at the family cabin.
Will they be able to move past the connection they once had to form a new kinship, or will their feelings ignite anew?
The Way Home is a second chance, nerd/jock MM romance. It is part of the Pathfinders Lake multi-author series that features forbidden romance. Each book can be read as a standalone but is better enjoyed as a series.
Molly Otto's review:
Duckie takes on forbidden romance with two stepbrothers. What makes this unique Jem & Ri had something before their parents got together, yet Ri chose to break things off for his mother to get her true happiness. This led to ten years of tension of unrequited young love where both can not move past their first love.
When it's time for a reset to return to Pathfinders Lake, the parents set the boys up to become friends and move past tension. You feel their longing and need for what they had, yet the apprehension and fear of going for something that could be taken as wrong. When they allow themselves to become friends, magic. It was great to see how well these to play off one another, that first date, ugh so dang perfect! The heat was right on for this second chance slow burn style of a story. They didn’t just jump back into the heat. They let the tension simmer until it boiled over into that perfect heated moment. Great addition to the universe, and it was nice to see Duckie spread their wings on something different from their usual, yet still stuck to who they are as an author.
Angel's review:
Dual POV'S °°° Stepbrother romance °°° Forced proximity °°° Jock/nerd °°°
First I want to say I love Duckie's writing, I know that when I read her books I'm going to have a smile on my face because they are always so good and so cute! And this one did not disappoint, it was a bit angstier than her other books but it fit with what the story was about. I'm glad that there wasn't an insta-love reconnection between Jeremy Riley because if there was it wouldn't have felt natural. I appreciate the fact that it took these men a little while to realize what they truly want and need is each other.
The lead up to that moment was at times painful, mainly because I just wanted them to be open with each other, but all of the moments that led up to them finally talking to each other about how they feel was well done and was a natural progression. I think steam wise this one is steamier than some of Duckie's other books, so if that's something you're wondering about, I hope that piece of information helps. Overall I thought this was a well written book, with great characters and a wonderful message about love conquering certain challenges.
Lori C's review:
Riley and Jem meet and fall in love when they’re teens. Then their parents meet and fall in love as well. Riley wants his mom to have all she deserves and so he breaks his own heart and dumps Jem. They grow up and apart never realizing that they’re both in pain and lonely for the other.
Duckie Mack blew me away from the very start of this book. Ri and Jem are absolutely too adorable for words. They may have grown up, but they never grew apart. Their mutual pining for each other was so intense. This book is so romantic, so sweet. I highlighted so many passages, because they melted my heart. Duckie Mack has a way about her writing, to me it is poetic. I even looked up the definition to make sure that poetic is the right word to use and yes it means “having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression.” She made these characters so vulnerable in their own ways and I really found myself cheering for them.
You know that feeling you get when you read a really good book? That moment of wonder and then the drop when you realize it’s over? I feel like I can’t start another book right now, I couldn’t even wait to write this review. The characters are great and I want everyone to read them. I love how Jem told Riley the story of the Pathfinder and his love. There was so much emotion as he realized how much his love was similar to theirs. Each story in this series has been such a good read. I can’t wait for the next book, for the next adventure at Pathfinder’s Lake.
The Way Home is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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