Touch and Go

Vanguard Towers, Book 1

By: Aiden Bates

Narrated by: Joseph Thorson

The doctor can heal me, but can he keep me safe?

My brother has been embezzling from his employers. Unfortunately, when I accidentally discover that information, I end up hurled straight into the Potomac. If it weren’t for Dr. Derek Carlisle, I’d be fish food.

When he offers more than medical help, I bolt. It’s not his job to protect me, even if the older man is everything I’ve ever wanted.

The young man needs a protector.

From the moment I see him, I know Seb is more than a patient. I’ve never been tempted to cross the patient/doctor line before. For him? I’ll do it in a heartbeat.

His brother wants to hurt him, and he needs someone to keep him safe. Me. Except, I can’t keep my hands off of him. Is a man as inexperienced as Seb ready for something more than a few nights of fun? I need to find out before keeping him safe breaks my heart.

Touch and Go features heroes with an age gap, danger lurking all around, and a healthy dose of hurt/comfort. The brothers of Vanguard Towers are at the front lines of love, and Derek is only the first to fall.

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Fine for most

I liked the concept of this story, but wasn’t as happy with the execution of it. While I’m sure many will enjoy this, there were elements that just didn’t strike the right note with me and ended up souring the experience for me. The largest culprits were the harping on age difference (33 to 22), the total lack of meaningful communication between Seb and Derek for most of the story, and them jumping to the wrong conclusions. The narrator did a decent enough job, though at times he seemed a little clinical and made it difficult to follow exactly which character was speaking.

Good series starter

This is a good start to a series surrounding a found family of brothers who have bonded through taking care of each other. They live together in one building and all have first responder type jobs except one. It's a good book but I found the narration a little lacking. I did enjoy it but I found the tone and lack of inflection a little off-putting. I got used to it but it turned me off the audio a little. Again, not bad I am just spoiled on audio book performers.

What a start

Well this series looks like it’s going to be one enjoyable series. This book has started off a great new series that’s going to take a lot of work to complete at such a high standard, but I have complete faith in Aiden Bates.
Derek is the first of the bothers to find that someone special but he almost losses it. And Seb that someone special and let’s just say what brings him onto Derek’s path isn’t so pleasant. Loved this book and looking forward to listening to more from this series

Really Great

I enjoyed reading this, and listing to it was just as good. The narrator did a good job with this book.

Enjoyed

I enjoyed listening to this as much as when I read it... the narration made it just as entertaining