Footwork by T.A. MooreBook Info
Bode Harlan has never claimed to be a good guy, but he’s trying to keep his nose clean and his head down these days.
After a year in prison for assault-and to be fair, he did it-he isn’t looking to go back. Admittedly, his pretty face being the star attraction in an illegal underground fighting ring seems to run counter to that goal, but he’s gotta pay the bills and there ain’t much else he’s good.
And it keeps his parole officer off his back…since she runs the place.
Then his mom skips town and her boyfriend kicks Bode’s 14 year old brother out on the street. Bode grow up in and out of foster care, he doesn’t want that for Danny. It’s not like he can take the kid in, though. He’s an ex-con who gets beat up twice a month for money. That’s how he ends up on his good-natured ex-boyfriend’s doorstep. Sonny is a soft touch. At least he always was for Bode. All he wants is somewhere to crash for a couple of nights, nothing more. Sonny’s got his life together now--a home, a boyfriend, even a dog-and it would take a real asshole to want to blow that up.
...of course, Bode’s never said he wasn’t an asshole.
💭Our Thoughts
Bode is out on parole and doing what needs to be done to survive.
Even if it might land him back in the clink.
Things are rough but they are about to get even rougher when he gets a call to come get his little brother. Seems mom has left town and the boyfriend wants nothing to do with raising someone else's kid
He can't take him back to the halfway house, and he can't abandon him
Leaves only one place
Sunshinse's
But Sunshine has his life together now.
Can Bode really dump all this on his doorstep?
Yeah, he can.
But the curveballs keep coming for Bode and now it seems he has brought his ex into his mess
It took me a couple of chapters to get engaged with the characters
I still think their relationship is toxic but they both acknowledge that they know they aren't good for each other...
Love is a strong emotion
I think Sonny could have done better. I'm sorry Bode. I get you didn't have the best example growing up (why did you agree, I would have said "Not my problem" but that's a whole conversation for another time) but that didn't give cause for the way you treated Sunshine at times...
Stop hiding how you feel, and stop caring what others think.
Their opinions aren't even valid, they don't feed you or put a roof over your head - or in this case, keep the love of your life in your life
I wish there had been a bit more meat, detail (? ) in some of the scenes. More on their past. Mom?
I have questions, all kinds of questions.
I felt like the ending wrapped up a bit quickly.
I do hope the good deputy gets his HEA someday
And that our lovely parole officer gets her due
Even if it might land him back in the clink.
Things are rough but they are about to get even rougher when he gets a call to come get his little brother. Seems mom has left town and the boyfriend wants nothing to do with raising someone else's kid
He can't take him back to the halfway house, and he can't abandon him
Leaves only one place
Sunshinse's
But Sunshine has his life together now.
Can Bode really dump all this on his doorstep?
Yeah, he can.
But the curveballs keep coming for Bode and now it seems he has brought his ex into his mess
It took me a couple of chapters to get engaged with the characters
I still think their relationship is toxic but they both acknowledge that they know they aren't good for each other...
Love is a strong emotion
I think Sonny could have done better. I'm sorry Bode. I get you didn't have the best example growing up (why did you agree, I would have said "Not my problem" but that's a whole conversation for another time) but that didn't give cause for the way you treated Sunshine at times...
Stop hiding how you feel, and stop caring what others think.
Their opinions aren't even valid, they don't feed you or put a roof over your head - or in this case, keep the love of your life in your life
I wish there had been a bit more meat, detail (? ) in some of the scenes. More on their past. Mom?
I have questions, all kinds of questions.
I felt like the ending wrapped up a bit quickly.
I do hope the good deputy gets his HEA someday
And that our lovely parole officer gets her due
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