I've been putting off this series for a while...and now I can't remember why. Here's Onley James's "The Bone Collector." It's the first novel in her series The Watch, which is a spin-off series from Necessary Evils.
["Park Chen has spent most of his life as a killer—a deadly, deep cover operative known as the Bone Collector. Now, he’s been benched. Reassigned as an instructor at Project Watchtower, he’s tasked with training a school of psychopathic assassins while trying to keep a promise to his friends.
Gift Ayutthaya isn’t treated like a gift at all. If anything, his parents treat him as a burden, though a spoiled one. After an attempt on his life, they pass that burden onto someone else. Park. The man Gift’s been fantasizing about for years. A man who sees him as an adorable but incompetent distraction.
It’s no secret that Gift doesn’t belong at the Watch, but Park’s made a vow to keep him safe. Gift has made a vow, too. He’s going to use every weapon in his arsenal to find a way to seduce Park and make him love him, once and for all. Or die trying.
Loving Gift was never the issue—Park’s already there. But assignments at the Watch aren’t optional. To stay, Gift has to prove himself, something Park just can’t allow. Can Gift get Park to see that, when it comes to murder, Gift is aptly named? Or will he be relegated to the sidelines in both school and in love?"]
It took me forever to read this book, and I'm not entirely sure why.
I LOVED Gift. I agree with Payton and the rest of the psychopathic gang, he needs protected at all costs (all of them). And who better to protect him than a bunch of psychopaths who think he's a cute pet? Oh? His soon-to-be-boyfriend? All the yes.
Park tried really fucking hard to keep himself in check and not cross any lines. It's just that Gift tried harder to cross the lines and make Park loose his control. And to think Park thought Gift was all innocence and blushes.
There were quite a few memorable/mentionable quotes, but here's one we all feel: "I wanna be a Mulvaney when I grow up." Or married to one. ;)
Trigger Warnings: assault, past loss of a child, well-deserved violence, and more.
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