Review: Finding Your Hero – A. J. Kelton

Real estate mogul Roman Janiko believed weakness was something to be exploited. He made his millions doing just that but now he was beginning to wonder if there was any good left in him. Chris was on the run from an abusive boyfriend who would do whatever it took to get back what he believed was his. Looking for a place to hide, he stumbles straight into Roman’s arms. Something about the sassy attitude stirs something within Roman that he had thought he’d lost, but it’s going to take more than words to show Chris he has found his hero.

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Release Date: October 14th 2014
Publisher: Dark Hollows Press
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Kenna
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2.5 Cocktails

I wasn’t crazy about “Finding Your Hero”.  I wanted to like it, and while the subject matter is a little bit over done (man on the run from abusive ex, saved by another man) the story still sounded like it had potential.  I usually love an incredibly wealthy hero, and Roman was exactly that.  He was also ruthless, and he was willing to run over anyone that got in his way.  This is why I thought it was a bit strange that, when he happened upon a very beaten up Chris, he changed into a caring man who was willing to take him to the hospital, pay his bills, and bring him to his place to recover.  Love at first site?  Maybe.  I’m not sure.  I felt that the relationship between the two was rushed, and I wasn’t very vested in the characters.  There are a few exciting moments as the men who Chris has been trying to run from find him and try to take him back, and you just know it would be certain death from him. Roman comes riding in like a knight in shining armor, but I didn’t like the way he did it.  I’m trying very hard not to give anything away here, but he did what he did, and that was somewhat heroic, but after it was done, he lied to Chris about it.  Any relationship based on a lie THAT BIG is (only my opinion here) doomed to fail.

I’m also going to mention that there were absolutely no sex scenes in this book.  It’s obvious that Roman and Chris are a couple.  They call each other Baby, and they’re very gentle with each other, and that’s pretty romantic.  However, even though I’m not a complete sex hound, I like to have my “erotic romance” have something erotic in it.  The excuse was that Chris was recovering from his surger and his horrible experiences at the hands of his abusers, and I totally get that.  It just felt like there was something missing from “Finding Your Hero”, and I think that at least one sex scene would have made the book seem more complete.

This book was not awful, by any means.  I just thought it felt disjointed, and the characters didn’t feel very real to me.  If you go into “Finding Your Hero” aware that it isn’t going to be a traditional manlove story, you might enjoy it.  It just really wasn’t my cup of tea.