A Matter of Time: Vol. 1
By Mary Calmes
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Books One and Two
Vol. 1
Jory Keyes leads a normal life as an architect’s assistant until he is witness to a brutal murder. Though initially saved by police Detective Sam Kage, Jory refuses protective custody—he has a life he loves that he won’t give up no matter who is after him. But Jory’s life is in real jeopardy, especially after he agrees to testify about what he saw.
While dealing with attempts on his life, well-meaning friends who want to see him happy, an overly protective boss, and a slowly unfolding mystery that is much more sinister than he could ever imagine, the young gay man finds himself getting involved with Sam, the conflicted and closeted detective. And though Jory may survive the danger, he may not survive a broken heart.
Mary Calmes
Mary Calmes believes in romance, happily ever afters, and the faith it takes for her characters to get there. She bleeds coffee, thinks chocolate should be its own food group, and currently lives in Kentucky with a five-pound furry ninja that protects her from baby birds, spiders, and the neighbor’s dogs. To stay up to date on her ponderings and pandemonium (as well as the adventures of the ninja), follow her on Twitter @MaryCalmes, connect with her on Facebook, and subscribe to her Mary’s Mob newsletter.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There were so many things about this book that drove me crazy. SO. MANY. THINGS. And still I want to read the next book. Sigh.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/54 stars cuz I couldn't put it down. It would have been 5 stars, but Jory was just too damn perfect, but annoying too. He does some really idiotic things, like running around town when there's killers after him. But for the most part, I loved this character. He was fun, honest, and caring. I loved how he and Sam were together. I just wished Sam would pull his head out of his ass and figure out what the hell he wants. So anyway, overall this was a keeper for me.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I think my read of this proves I need a break from MM. This book has shades of the Cut and Run series, the Adrien English mysteries, Acrobat, Kevin Connor mysteries and more that I have recently finished. They are starting to blur together.While I am a sucker for Jory and Sam's moments together, these fleeting moments of joy are surrounding by annoyances:Jory is beautiful. No, not just good-looking or gorgeous. He's effing PERFECT. And everyone, literally everyone, that encounters him tells him so. Might have been interesting if that was this character's currency, how he got through life, but you can't focus on that because everyone else is gorgeous!Sam is a tall, gorgeous he-man that fills out his jeans spectacularly.Dane is so gorgeous that all 7 female staff in his office are so in lust with him that he has to fire one.They go out every night for dinner or to clubs. EVERY night and they stay out to midnight, 2 a.m......and then go to work faithfully the next day.As Jory goes out to a different club or restaurant every night, Sam magically finds him no matter where he is. That is some gaydar!!The perfect family members: all characters have scads of fun, interesting, and understanding family members.The clues about the villain are hardly hidden. You are told in a loud stage whisper, "it's this guy!".There wasn't enough here to set this book apart from a dozen others I have read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jory is a young guy, living his busy life in the city when he is asked to fetch the dog from a friend’s house who has left her husband because he abused her. But at the house Jory is witness of a murder! Although the police wants him to get protective custody he wants to go on with his life, not believing that he is in any real danger. Well, his biggest confrontation is with detective Sam Kage, an apparently straight cop who keeps turning up in Jory’s life. And along the line of the detective story those two men get a relationship. In the course of events Jory’s life is threatened more and more of the with a big showdown at the end of book 2.That’s great and wonderful, but… (isn’t there always?) why do these people have to be larger than life? Why is Jory the über-pretty boy and Sam this drop-dead gorgeous hunk of a macho man? And Jory’s brother is wonderfully rich as are some other persons. Where’s reality? Although the plot is quite believable (never mind some flaws) this is really annoying.Putting a book together that consists of several parts, it would have been great to do some post-editing. Now you have a huge number of recaps because some instalment of the former book ended but now it’s just superfluous information that could have been skipped. And some other times I would have loved to get a reminder who a person was I first learnt about some 200 pages ago.