Inland Empire Taking The Odds Series Book 2 edition by James Buchanan Literature Fiction eBooks
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Agent Nick O'Malley and Det. Brandon Carr are back. Nick heads to Riverside, California, center of the Inland Empire and Brandon's home turf. But every minute Nick's in Riverside threatens to out Brandon. When events embroil Nick in one of Brandon's investigations -- gang hits, prostitution, illegal gambling and human trafficking - can they survive both?
Inland Empire Taking The Odds Series Book 2 edition by James Buchanan Literature Fiction eBooks
3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4. This review will contain minor spoilers which are necessary to explain why I wanted to throttle one of the fictional characters (and not the one you think).Inland Empire really didn’t do it for me. Which was incredibly disappointing because I very much enjoyed the first installment in the trilogy Cheating Chance. But Inland Empire just didn’t hold my interest. There may still have been hot sex, but I’m not sure because I had a really hard time with Nicky and vacillated between being annoyed with him and trying to wrap my head around the path of his character development.
Inland Empire followed the same formula as Cheating Chance – a law enforcement mystery and the developing romance between Nicky and Brandon. It picks up where Cheating Chance left off – Nick has recovered from his kidnapping and before going back to work heads out to California to pick up his beloved hearse Querida from impound and to spend a few days with Brandon. Then one thing leads to another, Nick meets Brandon’s partner Jeff and a few of Brandon’s co-workers – and it just so happens that Brandon is on a task force looking into a gang bang in front of a video gaming cafe , where surprise, surprise – illegal gambling may also be occurring. Everyone (except for Brandon) realizes that Nick’s special computer skills could come in handy. So the next thing you know Nick is on loan from the Nevada Gaming Commission and is working with Brandon on his task force.
I struggled a bit with the overall storyline. The “mystery” involving the gang bang, and illegal gambling and then human trafficking – just wasn’t that interesting. So for me, the romance had to pull all the weight – and that broke down for me as well. Nicky had started to irritate me in Cheating Chance – he wasn’t on my last nerve – but his over the top drama, emotional reactions, cold shoulder hissy fits grated on me. In Inland Empire he was in rare form. He has a cow over a hooker getting her hand down Brandon’s pants before Brandon can yell “Whoa, back the bus up”!! during a sting. Nicky throws a hissy, wants Brandon to stop busting hookers. He’s all “you let her do it and go sleep with your job” and Brandon is like “you know I work Vice, right”? It’s like flipping out on your gynecologist boyfriend for putting his hand up a strange woman’s vagina.
Then there’s the issue of Brandon being in the closet. I’ve read the reviews. Most reviewers seem to be in the “poor Nicky, Brandon’s such an jerk” camp. Not me. I wanted to slap Nicky seven ways to Sunday. Yes, Brandon is in the closet and paranoid – I would argue – with good reason. He’s a cop. Not a social worker, not a professor, not an artist – a police officer – a member of the “good ole white boys club” – a group not known (as a majority) for their enlightened attitude of acceptance. One could argue, an organization not dissimilar to the military – and the military is only 5 years out (as of 2016) from the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. When we put Brandon’s “paranoia” in perspective – he’s more cautious than paranoid. Coming out – in his job as a police officer – could threaten his livelihood (that thing you need to have money to actually live) and conceivably put his life in danger. And Nicky’s inability to grasp this fact, his lack of empathy and unwillingness to make some compromises in his behavior to make Brandon feel more comfortable - made me want to slap him. On the whole, I found Nicky more immature and self centered than he seemed in Cheating Chance – and there were times when I really couldn’t imagine what Brandon saw in him.
Finally – in the bedroom – I said in my Cheating Chance review that while it started with Nick as the bottom/sub character and Brandon the top/dom – they started to mix it up – and I like that – I like the sense of “equality”. In Inland Empire it’s switched up so that Nick is now pretty much the top/dom and Brandon the bottom/sub. I get it in Brandon’s character – it makes sense. I get the sense of his wanting to give up control since he has so much responsibility and stresses so much in life. I do not get Nicky as the top/dom. It’s hard to reconcile Nick being all assertive and demanding and “you belong to me” and ordering Brandon around – when the other half of the time he acts like a PMSing teenaged girl. “OMG, I’m not talking to you”!!! – because that’s so mature and toppy and dominant – not. It just drove me crazy.
The book ends with the mystery solved and Nicky and Brandon having resolved their differences and moving their relationship forward in terms of commitment (after more waxing ecstatic over how wonderful Nicky is and how lucky Brandon is to have him – and clearly I need to have my head examined because I am out in left field).
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Inland Empire Taking The Odds Series Book 2 edition by James Buchanan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I first fell in love with this duo in Cheating Chance, James Buchanan's first book in Taking the Odds Series. This book was just as good as the first book in the series! It takes place in Brandon's home turf. There are many ups and downs and lots of action. Throughout this series there has been great characterization which I have enjoyed.
As unusual as that is, this 2nd book in the series is even better than the first.
The relationship between Brandon and Nicky continues to develop though it is still far from settled by the end of the story. I'm thankful there is another book in the series so I'm not left hanging.
Cheating Chance
Inland Empire
All or Nothing
This second book starts out several weeks after the end of the first book. I read this paperback in November of 2009. It focused on Brandon at his police department and being in the closet with a strangling fear of being discovered which is exacerbated by Nick staying with him while he waits to pick up his car.
Brandon's ex / how Nick gets pulled into computer related cases at the station / giving up control / falling in love / taking care of each other / fear versus love / cop partner & family / hooker informant / Vietnamese population / task force / fear leading to self outing / ended as a cliffhanger...so what now?
Inland Empire
Detective Brandon Carr is excited that he and his detective partner have been selected to work on a task force, in addition to the arrival of his lover Nick O'Malley. Nick is still on disability and plans to spend a week with Brandon as well as pick up his Hearst from the impound lot. Brandon enjoys being with Nick again until a co-worker invites Nick to tour the police station. When the crimes the task force is working on leads to an internet gambling café, Nick is asked to use his computer skills in a sting operation. Brandon is torn between his co-workers discovering his true relationship with Nick and the danger the Asian gang represents.
Inland Empire is a well written, well paced cop thriller with murder, mayhem, erotic love scenes, as well as an emotional rollercoaster that will break your heart. Brandon is deep in the closet, afraid he will lose his job if they knew he was gay. His determination to remain hidden gives Nick the impression that he comes second to Brandon's job. Nick tries to be understanding to Brandon's fears; however his offered support is rejected by Brandon. Working together strains their relationship to the point that Nick is ready to break up with Brandon and not see him again. The amazing James Buchanan delivers an incredible plot with detailed law enforcement procedures, realistic characters and humorous interactions between the main and secondary characters. The lack of Gay Rights is also showcased in this arousing sequel to Cheating Chance. I suggest you read both stories in order to gain the maximum enjoyment of this fantastic series.
3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4. This review will contain minor spoilers which are necessary to explain why I wanted to throttle one of the fictional characters (and not the one you think).
Inland Empire really didn’t do it for me. Which was incredibly disappointing because I very much enjoyed the first installment in the trilogy Cheating Chance. But Inland Empire just didn’t hold my interest. There may still have been hot sex, but I’m not sure because I had a really hard time with Nicky and vacillated between being annoyed with him and trying to wrap my head around the path of his character development.
Inland Empire followed the same formula as Cheating Chance – a law enforcement mystery and the developing romance between Nicky and Brandon. It picks up where Cheating Chance left off – Nick has recovered from his kidnapping and before going back to work heads out to California to pick up his beloved hearse Querida from impound and to spend a few days with Brandon. Then one thing leads to another, Nick meets Brandon’s partner Jeff and a few of Brandon’s co-workers – and it just so happens that Brandon is on a task force looking into a gang bang in front of a video gaming cafe , where surprise, surprise – illegal gambling may also be occurring. Everyone (except for Brandon) realizes that Nick’s special computer skills could come in handy. So the next thing you know Nick is on loan from the Nevada Gaming Commission and is working with Brandon on his task force.
I struggled a bit with the overall storyline. The “mystery” involving the gang bang, and illegal gambling and then human trafficking – just wasn’t that interesting. So for me, the romance had to pull all the weight – and that broke down for me as well. Nicky had started to irritate me in Cheating Chance – he wasn’t on my last nerve – but his over the top drama, emotional reactions, cold shoulder hissy fits grated on me. In Inland Empire he was in rare form. He has a cow over a hooker getting her hand down Brandon’s pants before Brandon can yell “Whoa, back the bus up”!! during a sting. Nicky throws a hissy, wants Brandon to stop busting hookers. He’s all “you let her do it and go sleep with your job” and Brandon is like “you know I work Vice, right”? It’s like flipping out on your gynecologist boyfriend for putting his hand up a strange woman’s vagina.
Then there’s the issue of Brandon being in the closet. I’ve read the reviews. Most reviewers seem to be in the “poor Nicky, Brandon’s such an jerk” camp. Not me. I wanted to slap Nicky seven ways to Sunday. Yes, Brandon is in the closet and paranoid – I would argue – with good reason. He’s a cop. Not a social worker, not a professor, not an artist – a police officer – a member of the “good ole white boys club” – a group not known (as a majority) for their enlightened attitude of acceptance. One could argue, an organization not dissimilar to the military – and the military is only 5 years out (as of 2016) from the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. When we put Brandon’s “paranoia” in perspective – he’s more cautious than paranoid. Coming out – in his job as a police officer – could threaten his livelihood (that thing you need to have money to actually live) and conceivably put his life in danger. And Nicky’s inability to grasp this fact, his lack of empathy and unwillingness to make some compromises in his behavior to make Brandon feel more comfortable - made me want to slap him. On the whole, I found Nicky more immature and self centered than he seemed in Cheating Chance – and there were times when I really couldn’t imagine what Brandon saw in him.
Finally – in the bedroom – I said in my Cheating Chance review that while it started with Nick as the bottom/sub character and Brandon the top/dom – they started to mix it up – and I like that – I like the sense of “equality”. In Inland Empire it’s switched up so that Nick is now pretty much the top/dom and Brandon the bottom/sub. I get it in Brandon’s character – it makes sense. I get the sense of his wanting to give up control since he has so much responsibility and stresses so much in life. I do not get Nicky as the top/dom. It’s hard to reconcile Nick being all assertive and demanding and “you belong to me” and ordering Brandon around – when the other half of the time he acts like a PMSing teenaged girl. “OMG, I’m not talking to you”!!! – because that’s so mature and toppy and dominant – not. It just drove me crazy.
The book ends with the mystery solved and Nicky and Brandon having resolved their differences and moving their relationship forward in terms of commitment (after more waxing ecstatic over how wonderful Nicky is and how lucky Brandon is to have him – and clearly I need to have my head examined because I am out in left field).
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