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Home (Camassia Cove, #1)

Cara Dee

Start date: December 8, 2016

Finish date: December 15, 2016

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Jan 23, 2018 Bev rated it it was amazing

Shelves: what-a-surprise-that-was, mm

LOVED IT! What a fabulous little gem of a read, and I'm so grateful to Barbara for doing re-reads of her favourites, else I would've missed this one.

This to me is what I want to read in a romance, to see their relationship grow so beautifully with no ridiculous drama. Loved both characters - Adrian truly has a heart of gold and Dominic, that poor man went through sheer hell to get his happy.

Did I say I loved it?! ...more

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May 08, 2019 Jennifer☠Pher☠ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-unlimited, lgbtq, m-m

I have been trying to write this review all day and every time I try to just review the book, well, I can’t. Long story short, this: https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1.... I don’t even know where to go from this answer. I have a thing about reading order but this is like insane and I feel like I can’t even read just this series in order without reading the other books and man, there are a lot of books. Imagine my surprise last night when I went to read Sleepless and it said right at the begin I have been trying to write this review all day and every time I try to just review the book, well, I can’t. Long story short, this: https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1.... I don’t even know where to go from this answer. I have a thing about reading order but this is like insane and I feel like I can’t even read just this series in order without reading the other books and man, there are a lot of books. Imagine my surprise last night when I went to read Sleepless and it said right at the beginning that I needed to read Out first. What? Out isn’t even part of this series! Crossovers used to be cute and make me feel like I was in the know and all that jazz, this, this is insane and some of these books I don’t even know if I want to read.

Does anyone have any advice on this reading order? Do you think I can read this series and be ok?

Now for the review. Ok, let’s see if I can at least tell you how I feel about this one even if I am way out of order and probably totally missing everything. Honestly, I really only even started this series because If We Could Go Back looked good and was part of this series!

Sorry, ok.

Like I said, this past week or so, If We Could Go Back was all over my feed. Seeing it was part of a series I decided to start at the beginning and then I saw what Dominic was going through and I hesitated. Prostitution is one of those things I usually do not want to read about but regardless, something made me still want to read this and I hoped I could stomach it. There were so many great reviews from people I trusted so I just had to give it a shot, and man, I’m really glad I did. I really enjoyed this. Of course it killed me in the beginning, seeing what Dominic was going through and seeing why. I just held onto the belief he was going to get out and things were going to get better. I mean, with a title like Home everything had to work out, right?

So yeah, I really liked this book and immediately wanted more, more, more. Hopefully I can figure out some sort of sense with the Authors answer on reading order and get back to this series because honestly, I am sad that I couldn’t move forward right away.

Aside from the crossovers and connections this was good stuff and I am so glad I read a bit out of my comfort zone because the reward was great. ...more

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Dec 08, 2016 ~Kristin~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, boys-who-love-boys, all-tatted-up, a-kindle-unlimited, tug-at-my-heart

5 Stars
Oh my goodness, how I loved this book!!

Review to come!! ...more

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Dec 09, 2016 Helen rated it it was amazing

4.5 Stars

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Jan 16, 2018 Lisa Cullinan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm-read, 2018

Great read

What an amazing story about the harsh reality of living on the streets. Some will make it, most won’t.
Dominic is a survivor, but his methods of making money are unsafe and desperate. Knowing that he has a daughter living across the country is all the motivation he needs to get himself on a bus to the Pacific Northwest.
Adrian is a teacher who helps run a shelter/safe-haven for homeless teens. Guess who Dominic meets the minute he gets off the bus?
This story was so well-written, the ch ...more

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Jan 12, 2018 Nila rated it really liked it

Shelves: fast-read, mc-living-on-street, mc-has-3yrolddd-dughter, mc-uses-mprostitution, 2nd-mc-is-golden, could-be-agonizing-but-is-not, daughter-is-pleasure, aspergers

This could so easily have been an Agonizing story of a young guy living on the streets with only one goal: to be back in his 3-year old daughter's life. However, instead of a story of unredeemed suffering, it's soft as a pillow as we follow this potential loser into a life of love, safety and trust.
It's such a pleasure to follow a story where good things happen. It seems like it's been a very long time.

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Oct 28, 2017 kimberly_rose rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fic-romance-gay, fic-present-day-lit, own-nope-kindle-unlimited

Cara Dee writes a compassionate story of a young man's struggle to change the direction of his life. It's a lovely story. It's also a story that doesn't realize it should stop talking. Sorta like the (annoyingly perfect) character Teach, who likes to lecture.

I was bored by chapter fifteen. What steam, conflict, passion, and struggle there was, was done. I wasn't invested in the final arc, where Dominic and his newfound family travelled to see his "pseudo dad." It seemed like an unnecessary add- ...more

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May 21, 2016 Nakristianna rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m-romance

4.5 Stars!!!

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Jan 15, 2017 Anne rated it liked it

Shelves: mm, 3-5, lgbtq

This story is sweet even though it comes with the background of homelessness, abuse and prostitution. Much of the dark elements are not given much prominence which for me might seem like they were brushed aside too soon considering how much influence they should have had on Dominick's life.

Adrian was a little too perfect for my liking, and since we don't know his side of the story, all we see are his action and he is a saint. He is a great teacher, does everything for Dominick who is a perfect s ...more

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Jul 12, 2016 Diane Dannenfeldt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, on-my-kindle, 101-200_pgs, kindle-lendable

Wow, this was a great book. I can't wait for more. Dominic broke me to pieces, he would do anything to provide for his daughter. Adrian appeared lost & lonely. You don't get a lot about his past & what really keeps him alone but it worked fine. Adrian took his time getting Dominic to trust him and show him that there is more than just meaningless sex. ...more

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