Survivor by T.M. Smith #giveaway #bookreview #playist #teaser

Title: Survivor

Author: T.M. Smith

Genre: M/M Romance

Release Date: August 22, 2017

Taylor Langford’s world is torn apart when he is only thirteen years old—his parents killed, leaving him alone and orphaned. With no living relatives, he’d certainly be another statistic if not for the intervention of the policeman who found Taylor in the crawl space where his mother hid him that fateful night. Despite the tragedy and resulting anguish in his life, Taylor knows how lucky he is. 

Frank Moore is a rookie with the Dallas Police Department when he and his partner answer a call in Devonshire, one of the city’s more affluent neighborhoods. They think the young boy in various pictures throughout the home has been kidnapped until they find him, shaken but alive. Officer Moore recognizes the pain in the kid’s eyes, having lost his own mother to cancer when he was just a boy. He steps in, making sure Taylor is placed with a loving foster family. Over the years, Frank becomes a permanent fixture in Taylor’s life. 

A decade later, the case remains unsolved and the once gangly, uncertain teenager is now a college graduate who knows exactly what he wants. He’s coming home to the man that helped mold and shape his life, the man he’s loved for as long as he can remember, Frank Moore. But Taylor isn’t the only person returning to Dallas, and while Frank is distracted by his own conflicting feelings and the new bond growing between the two, the past creeps up on them, determined to finish what was started ten years earlier. 


A note from the author… I hope you enjoy Frank and Taylor’s story. It’s been a long road to get them settled, but I’m happy with where this story has taken them. When I started this book, the intent was to write a stand-alone story, but that has changed. Characters continually evolve throughout the writing process, and there are several characters in the book that want to tell their story. I’ve grown especially fond of Rory and I can’t wait to write his book, which will take us back to when he first joined the Bureau, and continue on to his happy ever after. Please be advised: This is a May/December romance, and as in life, there are sexual situations that take place prior to the main characters finding their way to one another. This is not gratuitous; it is meant to show character growth and self-realization. There is absolutely no cheating. 
 

 

 

 

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A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; TM Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. A Texas transplant, she now calls DFW her home. Most days she can be found curled up with a good book, or ticking away on her next novel.  

Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people, Love is Love!

 

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Genre: MM Contemporary Romance

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My Survivor Review . . .

After reading the synopsis I jumped at the chance to read this book.  After reading it, I did like it but it was quite predictable.  However, thankfully it was still sweet.   This is a May/December romance and the idea of the story was great.   Taylor was a young boy when he first met Frank.  However, the circumstances of their meeting was super tragic.  For Taylor, his world just got torn apart. And for Frank, he was the rookie cop who had a soft spot for this young boy who just lost everything.

Over the years Frank takes Taylor under his wing and brings him into his family.  For Taylor this was a boon because he was finding his way with his new foster family and finding himself through his teen years.  Without Frank, he may have never survived.   Even though Frank is older than Taylor, he never stopped looking up to him.  Over the years that adoration turned into love. 

Frank has always had a soft spot for Taylor, but watching Taylor grow up started to change things for Frank.  Once Taylor started to become a man, his feelings started to change but he didn't know what to do about it.

Taylor knows what he wants and we won't take no for an answer, now he just has to get Frank on board.   While Taylor and Frank are figuring out their new feelings, Taylor's past is rearing its ugly head.

There were many aspects I liked about the story.  Like the idea of the story and I adored Taylor and Frank together.  But often the story felt rushed, especially when new characters were introduced.  It lacked the ease of a story instead it felt rushed at times.  Sometimes predictability is fine but other times it ruins part of the story.  This time around the predictability lessened parts of the story for me instead of enhancing them.

3 Predictable but Sweet thumbs up!

Lauren