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Does the Feeling Go Both Ways
Deep cover DEA agent Landon Cross can’t seem to escape his past. First, his cover is blown by a guy he’d busted in another operation. Then, his rescuer is medic Trey Jernigan, his best childhood friend, first love, and a person Landon betrayed as a teenager.
Now Landon’s life is a mess and so is he, physically and emotionally. Incredibly, Trey forgives Landon and allows his former friend back into his life in all kinds of ways Landon would never have thought possible.
But a crucial decision Landon made while undercover comes back to haunt him. Trey also has to deal with very tangible pieces of his own past. Will Trey and Landon be able to solve their problems and build a life together?
Now Landon’s life is a mess and so is he, physically and emotionally. Incredibly, Trey forgives Landon and allows his former friend back into his life in all kinds of ways Landon would never have thought possible.
But a crucial decision Landon made while undercover comes back to haunt him. Trey also has to deal with very tangible pieces of his own past. Will Trey and Landon be able to solve their problems and build a life together?
132 pages, Paperback
First published July 6, 2014
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July 16, 2014
There was way too much going on here: undercover agents, drug busts gone haywire, crazy-arse mobsters, abused women (plural, cause women are weak!), torture, shootings, hospital stays (five, but who's fucking counting?), pregnancies, and much, much more.
My head hurts, cause WHAT?
There were so many WTF moments, I lost count.
There were also multiple COINCIDENCES, and bad guys disposed of effortlessly.
Let's recap:
But despite the blended bullshit, I was bored out of my skull.
Maybe because there was no tension or slow burn or chemistry? One MC hated the other, then didn't. The other MC was scared to get close, then wasn't. Snap your fingers and pull the rabbit out of the hat; it's that easy!
Plus, typos, weird shit with commas, modifiers dangling all over the place.
And a pseudo HEA that had me screaming, NOOOOOO, there's nothing happy about that.
All of it: forced and flat.
My head hurts, cause WHAT?
There were so many WTF moments, I lost count.
There were also multiple COINCIDENCES, and bad guys disposed of effortlessly.
Let's recap:
But despite the blended bullshit, I was bored out of my skull.
Maybe because there was no tension or slow burn or chemistry? One MC hated the other, then didn't. The other MC was scared to get close, then wasn't. Snap your fingers and pull the rabbit out of the hat; it's that easy!
Plus, typos, weird shit with commas, modifiers dangling all over the place.
And a pseudo HEA that had me screaming, NOOOOOO, there's nothing happy about that.
All of it: forced and flat.
July 7, 2014
It's no secret that A.M. Molder is my favorite GOTO author for hurt/healing/comfort M/M romance fiction. In Does the Feeling Go Both Ways? she has given us another story where our lovely MCs get tortured, stabbed, beaten and shot, all for our healing/comfort enjoyment. Plus, this has a friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers theme on top of that. And did I mention both boys are law enforcement officers? TRIFECTA! Ms. Moler rarely disappoints. And don't even get me started on the HEA! It was fucking rainbows and puppies and angels singing and all that is beautiful and wonderful in this world. No peeking!
Highly recommended for my fellow hurt/healing/comfort friends and also recommended for regular M/M romance readers. This is a sweet, romantic book with plenty of cop action and enough sex to keep you nice and warm.
July 16, 2014
Ugh. I just got zero feeling from this book. I didn't know if it was a supposed to be a book about law enforcement or a book about bigotry or a book about friends to lovers. I dunno. It was too much and just not enough. I never connected with the MC's and then the sister and the girl and just too much. This one just did not work for me.
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Cat, Dani and Mish.
July 16, 2022
I really enjoyed this book even if it was only 122 pages. I wish it had been longer. There was so much more that would have been nice to know about their younger days...and adult Landon and Trey were so good to together. What happened when they were young put a wedge between them, but they didn't let it stand in the way of them trying once they found each other again. It is always nice when we have characters that are adults about their problems and work together to iron them out.
May 29, 2015
So bad. So very very bad. Editing was atrocious, I had to fill in the blanks for the first third of the book. I probably wouldn't have minded so much except I paid over $5 for the book. And that pisses me off. So one star it is. Bummer.
October 30, 2014
For a good "non-rambling" review (like mine) see Dani's review.
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It took me this long to finally finish this book, and the only reason why I kept trying is because I like this author so much. I have always liked Moler's characters, including the ones in this book. But this book is a mess. The chapters didn't end smoothly -sometimes I would reread, check that I had not jumped a page to see if I had missed something, but no, I hadn't. It just wasn't a smooth transition. It also needed an editor that would have polished the story into a consistent, strong plot instead of defusing the main plot with so many different devices -friends/lovers reunited, coincidence galores, homophobia, asshole family members, abuse, pregnancy, the suspense with the DEA case and the cartel which would have been great -just alone- with the combination of the hot chemistry between Trey and Landon. But that wasn't the story I got.
I'm still very much a fan of Moler's, so I'll just wait for her next release, but as for this one, I don't recommend it.
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It took me this long to finally finish this book, and the only reason why I kept trying is because I like this author so much. I have always liked Moler's characters, including the ones in this book. But this book is a mess. The chapters didn't end smoothly -sometimes I would reread, check that I had not jumped a page to see if I had missed something, but no, I hadn't. It just wasn't a smooth transition. It also needed an editor that would have polished the story into a consistent, strong plot instead of defusing the main plot with so many different devices -friends/lovers reunited, coincidence galores, homophobia, asshole family members, abuse, pregnancy, the suspense with the DEA case and the cartel which would have been great -just alone- with the combination of the hot chemistry between Trey and Landon. But that wasn't the story I got.
I'm still very much a fan of Moler's, so I'll just wait for her next release, but as for this one, I don't recommend it.
August 28, 2014
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Can you love and hate a book at the same time? If so, this is that book. I was absolutely all over the action and drama, the undercover police work, the reuniting of long lost best friends during the extraction of a captured DEA agent whose cover was blown, and the logistics behind the issues that tore Landon and Trey apart in the first place. I loved that! I loved all of that, and it was a five star story for me.
However, the ease in which Trey brought his abused and pregnant sister into the fold felt contrived. This happens just after Trey tells Landon that he hasn’t seen or spoken to his family since they disowned him. Yes, his conservative sister started emailing him, but not once do they discuss the pain she caused Trey by abandoning him with the rest of family. Not once do I see it as believable that Trey would move her in to his house indefinitely and buy baby stuff for her unborn child and make a go of it, all while trying to see if a relationship is possible with Landon.
Plus, and this is a biggie. What the hell was Landon thinking about giving a baby to a known drug lord? What man in his right mind would ever think it’s the right thing to do to offer his own baby to a life of crime? Yes, he was told he was an idiot, but the man was a DEA agent and knows better. Those two story lines were barely a 3 star read for me. I didn’t like it, I didn’t feel it, and I didn’t believe it.
But, the fast-paced action, the undercover work, and relationship drama were so good that I was able to push those parts away and enjoy it for what it was, fiction not reality. I am not a big fan of women taking a predominant role in my MM romances, and I didn’t see anything about it in the blurb or I might have skipped this one. However, I am glad I read it because, for the most part, it was really good and a solid 4 star story.
Can you love and hate a book at the same time? If so, this is that book. I was absolutely all over the action and drama, the undercover police work, the reuniting of long lost best friends during the extraction of a captured DEA agent whose cover was blown, and the logistics behind the issues that tore Landon and Trey apart in the first place. I loved that! I loved all of that, and it was a five star story for me.
However, the ease in which Trey brought his abused and pregnant sister into the fold felt contrived. This happens just after Trey tells Landon that he hasn’t seen or spoken to his family since they disowned him. Yes, his conservative sister started emailing him, but not once do they discuss the pain she caused Trey by abandoning him with the rest of family. Not once do I see it as believable that Trey would move her in to his house indefinitely and buy baby stuff for her unborn child and make a go of it, all while trying to see if a relationship is possible with Landon.
Plus, and this is a biggie. What the hell was Landon thinking about giving a baby to a known drug lord? What man in his right mind would ever think it’s the right thing to do to offer his own baby to a life of crime? Yes, he was told he was an idiot, but the man was a DEA agent and knows better. Those two story lines were barely a 3 star read for me. I didn’t like it, I didn’t feel it, and I didn’t believe it.
But, the fast-paced action, the undercover work, and relationship drama were so good that I was able to push those parts away and enjoy it for what it was, fiction not reality. I am not a big fan of women taking a predominant role in my MM romances, and I didn’t see anything about it in the blurb or I might have skipped this one. However, I am glad I read it because, for the most part, it was really good and a solid 4 star story.
July 16, 2014
Ahhhhh, the feeeeeels!!!!! That Epilogue was puppies & rainbows for sure Gigi!! This book was great!! The journey of besties to enemies to redo on the friends to lovers to soulmates was so so so good!!! Landon might as well have taken out a billboard to ruin Trey's life in HS but once Trey finds out his motives, ?!?!?!?!??? <--- this is his mental process!! ;) Landon & Trey go straight to my 5-stars faves shelf because the journey was hot, sweet, dramatically linked to their jobs, gunshots, hospitals, recovery, women (in various capacities surrounding them), and more spoilers I don't want to give away even with a tag. Please read this!!
July 16, 2014
I enjoyed this a lot, cute ending too.
June 1, 2020
Love this book. Wish it was a series.
July 31, 2014
Is there anything hotter than an undercover DEA agent? Yes, I do believe there is: a DEA agent who falls for a SWAT team member. When we first meet DEA agent Landon Cross, his cover is actively being blown all to hell. This obviously doesn’t go over well with the leader of the drug cartel he is investigating, and he ends up in some serious trouble.
One thing the cartel hadn’t counted on was that Landon Cross always had a backup plan. When the DEA is notified of Landon’s cover being blown, they call in some members of the local SWAT team to help with his extraction. It turns out that a man from Landon’s past is tapped to help rescue him. This shouldn’t be awkward at all.
Trey Jernigan lost everything years ago due to Landon’s actions, and a years-long friendship was brought to an end with Landon’s betrayal. So, imagine Trey’s reaction when he finds out the man he is set to rescue is the man who cost him his entire life.
Once Landon is rescued, he and Trey begin to rebuild their lost friendship, and so much more. They seem to just fit together perfectly, and things are going along very well right up until a member of Trey’s family shows up with a lot of extra baggage that throws them for a loop.
The two men believe they have gotten everything sorted and are back on track when another wrench is thrown into the works in the form of a person Landon helped out while he was undercover. This time, this situation, may just be too much for Trey to handle.
Between shootings and beatings, these two MCs spend A LOT of time in the hospital. They both seem to be recuperating for most of the book, but that is just fine with me. I loved the amount of action in this book and the fact that these guys communicated pretty well for most of the story. I wasn’t super happy with the ending, but it was still very enjoyable.
AR Moler has once again pushed the characters in this book to the very end of their ropes, and I loved watching it unfold. With these two big Alpha-males both trying to run things, tempers flared but the making up is always fun to do. Both men bring a little extra to the relationship, and I would love to tell you but that would be a spoiler. If you are looking for a hot as sin pair of law enforcement officers who can’t keep their hands off one another, I would highly recommend this title.
One thing the cartel hadn’t counted on was that Landon Cross always had a backup plan. When the DEA is notified of Landon’s cover being blown, they call in some members of the local SWAT team to help with his extraction. It turns out that a man from Landon’s past is tapped to help rescue him. This shouldn’t be awkward at all.
Trey Jernigan lost everything years ago due to Landon’s actions, and a years-long friendship was brought to an end with Landon’s betrayal. So, imagine Trey’s reaction when he finds out the man he is set to rescue is the man who cost him his entire life.
Once Landon is rescued, he and Trey begin to rebuild their lost friendship, and so much more. They seem to just fit together perfectly, and things are going along very well right up until a member of Trey’s family shows up with a lot of extra baggage that throws them for a loop.
The two men believe they have gotten everything sorted and are back on track when another wrench is thrown into the works in the form of a person Landon helped out while he was undercover. This time, this situation, may just be too much for Trey to handle.
Between shootings and beatings, these two MCs spend A LOT of time in the hospital. They both seem to be recuperating for most of the book, but that is just fine with me. I loved the amount of action in this book and the fact that these guys communicated pretty well for most of the story. I wasn’t super happy with the ending, but it was still very enjoyable.
AR Moler has once again pushed the characters in this book to the very end of their ropes, and I loved watching it unfold. With these two big Alpha-males both trying to run things, tempers flared but the making up is always fun to do. Both men bring a little extra to the relationship, and I would love to tell you but that would be a spoiler. If you are looking for a hot as sin pair of law enforcement officers who can’t keep their hands off one another, I would highly recommend this title.
December 6, 2014
3.5.
The premise of this book prompted me to read it. Law enforcement and mob crime. Friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. Both favourite themes for me, and on top of this, written by an author whose writing I usually like, so I was looking forward to enjoy this one.
Well, I did, if a bit less than I thought, for various reasons.
For one, the overall plot required a lot of suspension of disbelief, even though scattered scenes were vivid and gripping. But for the most part, the way the characters acted – particularly the mobsters – had me going “huh?” on several occasions. Such things tend to throw me out of the story, which happened too often here, unfortunately. Also, I found the villains (both past and present ones) one-dimensional to a point where they almost turned into caricatures of themselves.
The good guys, on the other hand, particularly the main characters, were sweet and likable – almost too much so, given that they’re supposed to be hardened law enforcement/ ex-military. I felt like I got to “see” only their sweet side while being “told” they could also be tough. And considering the aforementioned subject matter of friends-to-enemies-to-lovers there was surprisingly little drama or angst between them.
What I hadn’t expected at all were the babies, even though I actually ended up liking that part best. The two female mains, Nina and Karen, are pleasant, well-drawn characters in their own right. They and their babies added a kind of family bliss to the ending that I really enjoyed.
So, not the action-filled mafia thriller I’d expected (even though there was some action too) but a lovely family story with lots of hurt/ comfort and some well-done erotic scenes.
On this understanding and approaching this with the right set of expectations, I’d recommend it as an entertaining read.
Full review at www.prismbookalliance.com
The premise of this book prompted me to read it. Law enforcement and mob crime. Friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. Both favourite themes for me, and on top of this, written by an author whose writing I usually like, so I was looking forward to enjoy this one.
Well, I did, if a bit less than I thought, for various reasons.
For one, the overall plot required a lot of suspension of disbelief, even though scattered scenes were vivid and gripping. But for the most part, the way the characters acted – particularly the mobsters – had me going “huh?” on several occasions. Such things tend to throw me out of the story, which happened too often here, unfortunately. Also, I found the villains (both past and present ones) one-dimensional to a point where they almost turned into caricatures of themselves.
The good guys, on the other hand, particularly the main characters, were sweet and likable – almost too much so, given that they’re supposed to be hardened law enforcement/ ex-military. I felt like I got to “see” only their sweet side while being “told” they could also be tough. And considering the aforementioned subject matter of friends-to-enemies-to-lovers there was surprisingly little drama or angst between them.
What I hadn’t expected at all were the babies, even though I actually ended up liking that part best. The two female mains, Nina and Karen, are pleasant, well-drawn characters in their own right. They and their babies added a kind of family bliss to the ending that I really enjoyed.
So, not the action-filled mafia thriller I’d expected (even though there was some action too) but a lovely family story with lots of hurt/ comfort and some well-done erotic scenes.
On this understanding and approaching this with the right set of expectations, I’d recommend it as an entertaining read.
Full review at www.prismbookalliance.com
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August 10, 2014Trey and Landon's story looked interesting and I'm a sucker for hurt-comfort and law enforcement guys, but as if the whole thing with Landon and Nina wasn't bad enough (seriously hate this trope) when Karen entered the picture I just couldn't stand it anymore - WAY too much pregnancy in MM romance book. It's not something I'm interested in, so sadly I gave up and DNFed at about 50% after much skimming :/
August 7, 2015
A lot is going on and its sort of complicated Landon life an DEA undercover for the cartel mafia cover sort of blown. In comes his ex best friend from childhood trey an medic as well as an cop to the rescue but these 2 have too much baggage and trey wants answers soon. Then these 2 pregnancy, maybe there were things thats could have be different in the story but still i couldnt help love landon and how caring and loveable trey was.
August 9, 2014
3.5 stars
August 7, 2014
This book had a good premise but lacked character development. The ending was a little too pat.
November 10, 2014
This was really sweet:))
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