Sins of the Father
D.W. MarchwellContemporary erotic romance
Available from Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 978-1-61581-349-0
January 2010
| While volunteering at the local prison Charlie meets a prisoner named Caleb who would like Charlie’s help in writing a letter to his son who does not want to see him. The two men become friends and Charlie decides to find him. Charlie tracks down his son, now going by the name James and tells him that Caleb wants to make amends. James refuses to go, but the two men discover they share a common bond; they both had fathers in prison. Through this bond the men start a relationship. Can they reconcile the past so that they can have a future?
I really enjoyed this book even though it did cause me to shed a few tears. It is very well written. It moves smoothly between the past and the present. I can’t say that I think of it as a romance though it does have some romance in it, this is a story of redemption and reconciliation. The characters are so well developed that the reader almost feels what they are going through. I liked that even after all that Charlie had been through in the past he still had hope and compassion for other people instead of being bitter and that James has not given up hope on trying to find love. I had a small problem with the story line of Deanna and Beth; it just sort of cut off in the middle of the story and left me dangling. I would have liked to have seen that resolved differently. There is m/m sex in the story but it is not too detailed or offensive. I think even if you a reader did not m/m fiction that they would enjoy this book it is that good of a story, it reminds the reader of the healing power of forgiveness even if we are only forgiving ourselves.
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Reviewer: Ana |
