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Everyone's Man (2011)

by Edward Kendrick(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1920484663 (ISBN13: 9781920484668)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silver Publishing

review 1: I went into this novel thinking it was going to be a sex fest and I was so wrong. I am happy beyond reason that I was wrong. The story is heart wrenching in places and funny in others. The charachers leap from the pages to capture your heart. Colin, a willing prostitute for several years finds himself faced with a john he can't handle and that man has power an decides to go after him. Withe the help of Marc, an ER doctof and Bill, Marc somewhat annoying (at first) lover Colin goes into hiding after a vicious gang rape. Ten Detective Dane comes into the picture after another hustler is raped and Colin's life becomes something new. There is some sex in the book but it is handled with softness for the most part and in a romantic light which Iwan't expecting. I fell ... morein love with the way Kendrick writes and I can't wait to read more of his work.
review 2: Reviewer: aMaadHatterI wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I started reading this book. The description mentioned rape and I’ve usually seen it handled two ways in other books, either the Vengeful Victim or Cured by the Magic Penis. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this book used neither.Colin is a male prostitute or, to use his own words, a “whore” who has a bad run in with a john who threatens him if he exposes what happened between them. Colin has no intention of telling anyone anything, not even the kind doctor that patches him up after the fight with the john. Unfortunately, the john doesn’t believe him and comes after him to make sure he doesn’t say anything.The rape is tastefully done, mentioned in small flashbacks that Colin experiences after the attack. The portrayal of Colin’s reaction to the rape and how he deals with it after is believable and a nice change. He uses humor, flirting and sexual advances as a coping mechanism. But when a flashback is triggered, he freezes and freaks out which is a realistic reaction and it takes the people helping him and caring about him patience and time to help him recover and return back to himself.The doctor, Marc, offers sympathy to Colin and tries to help him process what was done to him and also to try and convince him to leave the profession. I was expecting things to happen between Colin and Marc and when things didn’t go the way I expected, that actually added to my enjoyment of the book. It’s nice when an author throws a twist into a book that you’re not expecting and pulls the story away from the predictable lines you think it will follow.I wish the story was a little bit longer but that’s me and for its length, it’s well written. You care about the characters and want them to end up happy, it is a romance book after all, and when you do reach the end, you’re glad for the ride. There is little sex in the book and most of what there is isn’t too graphic until the end and that fits with the story also.Overall, this was a good read with good characters. I’d give it a 3.5 stars and I look forward to reading more from this author. less

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