Review: Having recently spent some time digging around in the massive collection of unread books on my Kindle to find something to read, and having not yet met an Astrid Amara book I didn’t like, I unearthed the author’s 2011 novel Half Pass from my archives and am happy to report that she hasn’t failed me yet. And, if Paul can’t come up with a plan to save Tux, he could lose not only his chance with Estevan, but his life. Suddenly, Estevan’s glances are looking more suspicious than sinful. On top of that, a bucket of blood points to possible murder. Intriguing as Paul finds Estevan, distractions are piling up. So does its Brazilian trainer, Estevan Souza, a man whose darkly sexual, smoldering glances almost make Paul forget his horse phobia. Not just any horse-Tux, a million-dollar Warmblood who, despite lacking opposable thumbs, has an Olympic medal to its name. It doesn’t help that he seems to have misplaced a horse. But two months on the market, and he’s still mucking stalls and dreaming of his old life back in San Francisco. He has one plan for the crumbling facility: unload it as fast as possible. Paul King’s inheritance is named Serenity Stables, but for him it’s far from serene. And romance.At a Glance: Half Pass is a book I couldn’t put down-not necessarily because it was so different from anything else I’ve ever read but because Astrid Amara’s storytelling is so engaging and I just enjoyed spending time with its characters.īlurb: He looks good on a horse, but it’s hard to love a man with a big ego and a small alibi. It also contains graphic sexual depictions. Warning: This story contains descriptions of extreme violence and assault.

As Tover struggles to find the courage to escape his bondage, he begins to understand the only way to free his body, his mind-and his heart-is to trust the one man who showed him that everything about his once-perfect life was a lie. When a terrorist abducts Tover, hurling him into a world of torture, exploitation and betrayal, it's with shattering disbelief that he realizes his kidnapper is none other than Cruz. His one brush with danger of any kind-the only bright spot in his otherwise boring life-is Cruz Arcadio, a dark-haired, hard-bodied engineer whose physical prowess hints he's something much more. He has his pick of casual hookups passing through Dadelus-Kaku Station. Tover Duke's rare ability to move anything instantly across light-years of space makes him a powerful, valuable asset to the Harmony Corporation, and a rock star among the people of the colonies. Worst Possible Birthday: Being sold into slavery by none other than your lover.

Song of the Navigator by Astrid Amara