Melting Ice 2 by D.J. Manly

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Two young men and an isolated mountain cabin... you doubt that something will happen? Bet no, and you only have to wait a bit, enough time for Mario, former sexual pet of a biker gang leader and also former right hand of a mobster boss, now under protection witness, to seduce Thomas, closeted FBI agent at his first important assignment.

Thomas became an FBI agent to prove to his bad-ass father that he was enough man. No way he could reveal that he is gay, even if he has long admitted his true nature. But Thomas never played on his desires, and now, mid-twenty and with a work where the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy is common rule, he has even less chance to. That is, since the day he finds himself trapped in a cabin with Mario, a very sexy man, and also a man who has no problem to voice his desires... and now he wants Thomas. At first for Mario is only a question to scratch an itch, and Thomas is a very hunk to have around, so he sees no harm to play a bit. But when Mario realizes that Thomas is really a good man, and that he is more innocent than expected, he almost assumes the role of training ship.

Since this is a mix of suspense and romance, there is also some fast action scenes, but they are pretty simple and almost funny: it's like D.J. Manly needs to write them to give a background to the story, but what he really wants to do his writing more on Mario and Thomas' relationship, and so the feeling I had is almost like: "Well, since I need to do that, making it fast and then we can go back to the really interesting part of the story...". And so Thomas has his chance to prove that he is a relly Action hero, and Mario to worship him; I can so see Mario with a beckoning finger lying in bed telling Thomas: "All right big boy, now that you have your fun, come here and give me my fun!"

Of the two characters, as you maybe had understood, my favorite is Mario; I like his easy behavior that can turn in a hell cat, especially when he is in bed; poor Thomas has no chance to go out unarmed from that cabin...

Don't know if I read the story in the right way, but to me it seems like D.J. Manly wanted to take a leave from the angst stories he wrote lately, and with this one he enjoyed himself; also the end in "It's a Wonderful Life" style supports this feeling. 

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