Say It Right

Ripped my heart out and put it back again - I loved it!! Say it Right is the second book in the All Saints series but it is also a standalone story. Marc Villegas has been sober and drug free for over four years. His parents threw him out when he came out while still a teenager. He went through some hard times before he hit rock bottom and finally got clean and sober. Now he helps run the All Saints shelter for LGBT teens so they don’t have to do what he did to survive. Anthony Romano had it all; he was going to be a soccer star. He and Marc were best friends and then Marc left. Anthony’s life just seemed to fall apart after that but he couldn’t admit why to anyone. He’s been in and out of rehab and is at his rock bottom when Anthony finds him dirty and drugged up living in an abandon gas station. Marc has never stopped loving Anthony but he promised himself that he would never date an addict. Now Marc has to decide if he’s willing to break his promise to help the man he’s always wanted but never though he could have. This book just about gutted me; I was almost sobbing in places. It was so hard to read about the things that both Marc and Anthony went through while they were addicts. Ms. Arthur treated this subject with frankness and compassion. I’ve never known a drug addict so I will have to trust that she researched the heck out of this subject in order to write this story. Her descriptive prose was compelling. Anthony has a lot to overcome before Marc will trust him with his heart. Marc has to let go of demons from his past and let Anthony in. Stories that twist me up before I get to the HEA are my favorite kind and this one did a mighty fine job of putting me through the wringer. I couldn’t put this one down once I started reading it and I can’t wait to read the upcoming books in this series. ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my review. *****Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions*****