Thursday, January 18, 2018

Review: Tribute Act (Porthkennack #8) by Joanna Chambers

Tribute Act (Porthkennack, #8) 
 Tribute Act (Porthkennack #8) by Joanna Chambers

Nathan Bridges hadn’t intended to settle down in his home town of Porthkennack—he just ended up staying after saving the family business from ruin. The truth is, Nathan can’t stop himself from stepping in when problems arise. He’s a fixer, the man everyone turns to. But even fixers can’t solve everything.

When Nathan’s sister needs an organ transplant, it’s his stepbrother, Mack, who the family turns to as Rosie’s only potential living donor. Nathan’s curiosity about the stepbrother he’s never met turns to shock when he realises that Mack is his latest—and hottest ever—one-night stand.

Nathan and Mack agree to forget their single night together, but that’s easier said than done. When Mack moves in to Nathan’s place to recuperate after surgery, it’s not just the sexual tension between them that keeps growing. Against all the odds, and despite Mack’s wariness of intimacy, the two men grow close enough that Nathan begins to wonder what it would take to mend the rift that’s kept Mack and his father estranged for over a decade . . . and whether Mack might consider staying with Nathan in Porthkennack for good. 



Porthkennack Series (9 books)


Welcome to Porthkennack, a charming Cornish seaside town with a long and sometimes sinister history. Legend says King Arthur's Black Knight built the fort on the headland here, and it’s a certainty that the town was founded on the proceeds of smuggling, piracy on the high seas, and the deliberate wrecking of cargo ships on the rocky shore. Nowadays it draws in the tourists with sunshine and surfing, but locals know that the ghosts of its Gothic past are never far below the surface.

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What I thought about Tribute Act

Nathan's left a good job in the city to return to Porthkennack to help his step dad and mom with the family ice cream business. He's pretty much keeping everything together for everyone.  When he goes to a club with a friend, he meets Mack, a one night hook-up to release sexual tension.  They part the next morning thinking they won't see each other again.

That is until Mack shows up at Nathan's family home. Turns out he's the son of Nathan's stepfather. Things are awkward, especially since Mack and his father do not get along, and he's there to donate half of his liver to his ill half-sister.  Saying it's complicated is an understatement.  

Mack and Nathan end up spending quite a bit of time together when Nathan becomes his caregiver as he's recovering.  These two make their way back to the bedroom, and things are good, but there's always the threat that Mack is going to leave. Nathan realizes the true depth of his feelings --the question is whether Mack will care or not.

Nathan's journey is quite interesting as he comes significant realizations about his past relationships.  I liked him.  Mack was a bit harder to like as he wasn't very communicative.  But his relationship with his father and the deep scars that Mack carried around was a very interesting part of this story. Family disagreements can turn into years of no communication, and it's not easy to come back from that.

I've read 3 Porthkennack stories now and I've loved everyone of them.  I love the covers to the series and these stories.  Tribute Act was a very satisfying story of love, family and forgiveness.  

An ARC was provided for review.



About  Joanna Chambers

Joanna Chambers always wanted to write. In between studying, finding a proper grown up job, getting married and having kids, she spent many hours staring at blank sheets of paper and chewing pens. That changed when she rediscovered her love of romance and found her muse. Joanna’s muse likes red wine, coffee and won’t let Joanna clean the house or watch television.

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Twitter: @ChambersJoanna

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