Lord of a Thousand Steps

By: Tara Lain

Narrated by: K.C. Kelly

To architecture student Ian Carney, family means everything. Taken in by his brother, Jim, when his father threw him out at 18 for being gay, Ian yearns to create his own family with his boyfriend, Rico. But Rico's in Mexico caring for a sick father, Ian hasn't had sex in a month and a half, and his gorgeous boss, Braden Lord, CEO of the architectural firm Ian interns for, is looking better and better.

Braden's life is chaos. Just out of the closet and going through an ugly divorce from his wife of 15 years who's trying to take custody of his two children, he desperately resolves not to succumb to a completely inappropriate attraction to Ian - even though his kids adore both the man and his crazy cat.

When Rico proves to be a snake in the grass and Ian exercises his powers of seduction, what starts as a friends with benefits fling turns into real life real fast. Can Ian give up his romantic dreams for an old guy who didn't come out until he carried a mountain of baggage?

©2016 Tara Lain (P)2016 Dreamspinner Press

A really enjoyable read

This is an author I always enjoy. This story was w/o any major angst, it was funny, had a couple of great kids, and Anderson was a delightful cat. I recommend getting it, you will not be disappointed.

Anderson's Pets

As expected, Book 4 in this series is just as good as the 1st. To note, my favorites will always be Billy and Chas but I live all 4 couples. Braeden and Ian made sense from the beginning. They are in the same field and it makes sense that they would gravitate to each other. Their journey of course was not smooth and they each learned how to become comfoetable wuth themselves and each other. Anderson used his charm to pull them together as a family and darn it, they owe him. ❤ The journey was not eventful but rhe issues dealt with made the relationship and the family stronger. I would love to know if the kid's mom got her head out of her......LOVED THIS BOOK. On to the next in the series. Great job Ms. Lain!

Lovable

Sweet and lovable with a good sprinkle of tears. But there is a happier place for every one...
Very enjoyable book.

Another great book in the series from Tara Lain

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If you are a fan of mm romance, this is a great addition, Ian a character from a previous book finds his boyfriend is not that genuine... and it goes from there classic mm romance

What did you like best about this story?

love the characters, and the apperance of the cat but a great romantic story

Which scene was your favorite?

n.a

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was a fun book

Lord of a Thousand Steps

Lord of a Thousands Steps is Book 4 in Tara Lain's Love in Laguna series. This book could be listened to as a standalone, though there are interactions with characters from the previous books. Ian is an architecture student and lives with his brother Jim and Jim's boyfriend (whose story was in a previous book). Just like his brother, when Ian's father found out he was gay, he kicked Ian out. Ian is young but he wants nothing more than to have a family of his own. He believes he's on that path with his boyfriend but Rico's had to go to Mexico to care for his sick father. Ian is using his time to work his internship and do his classes. Ian interns for a well-known and sought after architect, Braden Lord. The most normal part of Braden's life is work. He's just come out of the closet, divorced his wife and is fighting for custody of his two children. While out for the day, Braden and his children run into Ian and a friendship is struck up. The two men are fighting their attraction to each other, while trying to deal with all the craziness happening.

I really liked both MC's. I thought Ian was mature for his age, for the most part and I loved his relationship with his brother. I really enjoyed his interactions with Braden's children. I thought Braden was terrific as a parent. Everything in his life was really about taking care of his children. I really liked that Braden and Ian built a friendship between the two of them before any relationship came into the mix. And, the friendship between Braden, Ian and the kids seemed natural. Have a little girl and a cat, how can you expect anything but friendship? And, I loved Ian's cat Anderson Cooper, he was a saint ;) I really felt that the parts of the story between Ian, Braden and the children were just natural, everyday interactions. They flowed nicely and were really believable.

I loved seeing so much of Jim and Ken in this story, and their wedding! I absolutely loved their story and to see how strong their relationship still is was terrific. I loved Ken's mom still and how she's just continuing to expand her family! She's such a great, supportive character.

The narrator of this story was KC Kelly. He had great pace, diction and no weird pauses. I did struggle a little with his character voices, as Ian and Braden were very similar. The narrator was easy to listen to, but I really had to focus on the story to figure out which characters were which. This focus kept me from just being pulled into the story. Overall, this is a fun, sweet story to listen to and one I would definitely recommend!

Rating
Overall: 4
Performance: 3.5
Story: 4