Annmarie McKenna is back with BURDEN, a M/M novella that
binds action, suspense and white hot romance.
A tragic car accident leaves Detective Brennan McGuire with
holes in his memory and a stutter. He must also relearn the
most basic and simplest tasks again. When his therapists
asks him to go to a coffee shop to help him adjust to the
world again, he sees a man with a gun, getting ready to
shoot someone. Instinct kicks in and as the nice day
darkens into a shooting, Brennan acts and tackles Keegan
Monroe, the man the shooter was targeting to the ground.
Keegan is an undercover cop and suspicions arise as he
takes Brennan into custody to ensure he is not working with
the shooter. As an investigation ensues, Keegan and Brennan
fight an attraction that burns steadily.
At a compact word count, McKenna expertly draws reader's
attention with her talent with dialogue and great
characters. I love McKenna's authorial voice but thought
that the story was a bit rushed. At just over a 100 pages,
Keegan and Brennan's story just didn't develop as much as I
had hoped. There is little sexual tension and their scenes
together just don't feel fully formed. Too much happened
too quickly for it to feel believable and fleshed out.
Since Brennan requires extra help to function, the fact
that Keegan jumped so swiftly to take on the task seemed
too quick. The action and suspense, while great additions
to the story, also felt too rushed. I don't think there were
enough words to really make this book feel complete. This is
one of those cases where I wished BURDEN was much longer.
In the year since his car flew off a cliff, Detective
Brennan McGuire has struggled to relearn the simplest
tasks—like speaking without a stutter—and even more with
trying to fill the gaping holes in his memory.
But when his daily visit to a local coffee shop turns into a
melee of flying bullets, Brennan’s instincts take control.
So much for Keegan Monroe’s first day off after a long
undercover assignment. One minute he’s relaxing over coffee,
the next his cheek is kissing concrete. Question is, is the
gorgeous man on top of him his savior, or the one who took a
potshot at his head?
As Keegan shepherds the too-quiet, too-skinny Brennan
through the investigation, attraction flares into nights of
white-hot passion. But with each scorching encounter, more
and more of Brennan’s memories shake loose…and it becomes
clear someone doesn’t want him putting those pieces
together.
With Keegan’s oath to protect and serve putting him squarely
in the crosshairs of a murderer, now the question is, who is
protecting whom?
Warning: This book contains a good amount of stuttering,
forgetting, remembering, danger, hot man love (cop style),
and hordes of cuddly kittens.
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