T.A.G. You're Seen: The Assassins' Guild Book 1, A.G. Carothers

Well.  Yeah.  That happened.  So I read the warnings and if you're apprehensive about any of them, proceed elsewhere because they're incredibly accurate.  While not all of them are to my tastes, it's clear that these men crave them all.  Yoshi and Jacob are in a tenuous situation because even though Yoshi is drawn to the other man, he's also supposed to kill him.  There's something not quite right about the whole thing, so with the prep work and observation under way, Yoshi is determined to get to the bottom of everything.  This story is not for the faint of heart or those with vanilla sensibilities.

And get to the bottom he does, in spectacular fashion.  The dynamic is hot and tender and extremely kinkaaaay.  What confuses me is the "danger" and the need to complicate everything twice over with the emotional plot as well as the history and Connor's investigation.  We were on the way to resolving things and were then thrust back to the feelings of betrayal and hurt before getting back on track only to have it all repeat again.  Jacob, Enrique, Connor, Yoshi...there are so many characters that get tossed in that it complicates feelings and the story a bit too much.  I wish Enrique weren't in the picture at all, and even if he's getting his own book, his role in this one shouldn't have been pushed in our faces so much, especially because we already have to deal with the emotional fallout from Jacob's past choices and Yoshi's current choice.  For the length of the story I wish it had been a little simpler.

I thought the sweetness, when present, was heartwarming and the opportunity for second-chances was well-founded.  It's true that distance and time was necessary for them to finally get on the same page, it just sucks that they needed all the hurtful things in the interim.  Honesty was lacking between them in their beginning, but they more than made up for it in the end.  And Connor's story is really what drew my interest for the series so as we got to know him here I feel that it's a perfect jumping off point to the pseudo-brother's journey.

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Attention: This book contains explicit sexual content between consenting assassins and not so innocent professors. There are depictions of male chastity, breath play, watersports, humiliation, and torture by eighties hair bands with ginger sprinkles on top.

Phew! Now, that that's out of the way, Hi. I'm Mr. No, your friendly communications agent for The Assassins' Guild AKA T.A.G.

I've been authorized by the head honcho himself, Mr. H, to release approved records from the agent files.

Agent Code Name Mr. W was recovering from a near death debacle by way of an easy assignment in a small mountain town. Red flags sprang up immediately around the seemingly innocent English professor. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery Jacob Peters presented, Mr. W made plans to do what he did best, watch , wait , and then capture and interrogate.

But even the best laid plans can go awry...

Find out what brought Mr. W to his knees in this first release from the archives of The Assassins' Guild.