“Matthew wondered what the hell was happening here. This meeting spurs some awful significant events and Shay and Matty begin their journey which is fraught with obstacles, deception and hatred yet ultimately a journey of love, trust, discovery and passion. Shane is there as a friend of David’s and is immediately stunned by his feelings for our Matty. Matthew is called as Walter’s lawyer and meets the larger than life Shane Templar for the first time. Working for a homophobic and violent man taking over from his father, he knuckles down and avoids anything that involves his heart.Įverything comes to a head one fateful night when David, a dear friend of Mathew and Walter’s son, lands in hospital after a grave assault. This quiet and gorgeous man doesn’t do relationships rather he keeps himself to himself a result of his past and what was a pretty significant breakdown. Matty is surviving a traumatic past which involves not only the death of the love of his life but also his father you could say he’s barely existing. Walter and his henchman Roy deserved stringing up! His boss Walter Debussy is an absolute arse and I wanted to beat him over the head with something hard and heavy so many times I lost count. Stripped Bare is about Matthew, a lawyer, who’s working under pretty strained and awful conditions. Well played Susan, Matty and Shay worked their way into my heart….to stay! I cried, laughed and swooned through a story that had such realism.

It was emotional, romantic, sexy and quite frankly horrific once or twice.

I never once felt the need to skim or roll my eyes. It had romance, passion, intrigue, drama, lovable gorgeous characters….it had real heart! Oh and yeah it had those ‘must go read this bit in the freezer’ moments….what a scorcher! I absolutely loved the story of Matty and Shay, I literally devoured their story and put life on hold until I had finished. So I thought this story had everything you could possibly wish for.

He must face the demons of his soul or a future without love. At the threat of losing for good yet another man who’s broken through his armour, Matthew finds his heart stripped bare. Then Shane strikes at the wrong target, and Matthew realises just how far gone he already is. Especially when Shane, with his quick wit and hacking skills, is quick to stand up for justice and avenge wrongs. Shane is sexy, warm and funny, and Matthew finds himself trying like hell not to care about him. He’s steered clear of serious relationships, but when he meets the irascible, dirty mouthed and tempestuous Shane Templar that decision has never been harder. After two years, Matthew Langer is still getting over the death of a loved one.

Stripped Bare by Susan Mac Nicol