Undone By You

Fulfillment. Empowerment. Acceptance. Home. My favorite trait of author Kate Meader is that she tells it like it is. She's not afraid to take readers outside of their comfort zone with her unpredictable characters and witty dialogue. Undone by You sums up many subjects in a four letter word. LOVE. Being different is not a crime, what's criminal is not being true to the heart that beats inside us all. It was a long road but Dante and Cade finally found their way home.

4.25 stars-- UNDONE BY YOU is the third instalment in Kate Meader’s contemporary, adult CHICAGO REBELS erotic, romance series focusing on three estranged sisters-Harper Chase, Isobel Chase and Violet Vasquez- who recently inherited the struggling NHL hockey franchise the Chicago Rebels. This is Rebels’ new GM thirty-five year old Dante Moretti, and twenty-thre year old defenseman Cade ‘Alama’ Burnett. UNDONE BY YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Some of the events of UNDONE BY YOU run parallel to, and cross over with the events of book two IRRESISTIBLE YOU. NOTE: UNDONE BY YOU is a M/M story line with sexually graphic M/M situations, language and text that may not be suitable for some readers. Told from dual third person perspectives (Dante and Cade) UNDONE BY YOU follows the forbidden relationship between Chicago Rebels GM Dante Moretti, and team defenseman Cade Burnett. Cade Burnett is a closeted, gay professional hockey player who for personal reasons back home is unable to come clean to the people he loves, but meeting his hockey idol, former player and now Rebels GM Dante Moretti, the first openly gay GM in professional hockey, has Cade throwing caution to the wind when he approaches his ‘boss’ at an upscale gay club. What ensues is the building romance but secret relationship between Dante and Cade, and the potential fall-out when Cade comes out of the closet, only to be pushed aside by the man that he loves. Dante Moretti knows what it is like to lose everything. Coming out cost him his family, his friends, and some of the people he loved. Cade Burnett knows that to come out while still actively playing with the Chicago Rebels may harm his career, but most especially may destroy his relationship with his father, back home. What he never expected was that his coming out would destroy his relationship with the man that he loved. The relationship between Dante and Cade is one of mutual attraction but Dante doesn’t want Cade to come out unless he is ready to accept everything that goes along with coming out as a professional hockey player. Their secret relationship is threatened by Dante’s inability to accept Cade’s decision-a decision that should have made their relationship easier to accept. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. UNDONE BY YOU is a quick read; an emotional, sexy and fun story line; a forbidden romance between boss and employee; a sexual awakening for one man whose entire life remained hidden from the people he loved. The premise is entertaining and fast paced; the characters are colorful, dynamic and charismatic; the romance is seductive and provocative.

Dante Moretti, a former player, is the first openly gay GM in the NHL, although his sexuality has estranged him from his New York Italian parents he could not live with the lies any longer. Now he has joined the Chicago Rebels, working for the Chase sisters who inherited the franchise after the death of their father. Cade Burnett is a young player for the Rebels, Dante can't believe his eyes when he sees Cade in a private club for gay men, especially since he thought the gorgeous guy was dating one of the Chase sisters. Desperate to avoid Cade accidentally outing himself, or being outed by one of the members or employees Dante whisks him away from the club, he tries t remain strong despite being propositioned by one of the hottest guys he's ever seen. This is a super hot m/m romance between two of the sexiest guys, I enjoyed the push and pull of Dante being 'out' and Cade being unwilling to disappoint his father any further (Texas guys play football not hockey) by outing himself. Oh, did I mention that Dante can cook too?