REVIEW: 'Silver & Black' by Tyler May
Title: Silver & Black
Series: Silver & Black #1
Author: Tyler May
Published: March 8, 2016 2nd Edition
Publisher: Self-Published/Tyler May Books
Cover Artist: Rue Volley
Genre: Contemporary Romance; Erotic Romance; Suspense
Length: 312 Pages
Tags: Gay; MM; Disorder: Macular Dystrophy; Family Drama; HEA; CW: Infidelity; CW: Off-page Child Abuse and Rape
About Silver & Black
Does love have a cost?
Brian Silver is CEO of the world’s largest coffee house chain in the world, Silver Coffee. Growing up in a wealthy family, Silver had it all: money, fame, and any man he wanted, but that was never enough. Silver wants more. After a tragic health event that leaves him vulnerable in life, he realizes that business will not bring him the happiness he needs, and he’ll do anything to find that happiness.
Greyson Black is a coffee house barista in one of the Silver Coffee chains in downtown Manhattan. Greyson is finishing school and determined to find the best path for his life. When Brian Silver makes a "surprise" stop at the franchise, he’s more than intrigued by the young, gorgeous Greyson. Silver knows there’s only one thing that he must have now, and he will do whatever it takes to get him.
When Silver and Greyson get together, sparks fly. Silver is perfect in Greyson’s eyes, but is love blind? A mysterious stranger is out for Greyson, and the mind games have just begun. Greyson starts to question everything, including Silver’s advances. When Danger is lurking around every corner, no one is safe. Greyson will have to determine if love is worth the danger and excitement.
Can attraction be fatal, or will attraction be the saving grace Greyson needs? Will Silver’s secrets ruin them or will someone else have the first shot?
Love is blinding, but suspicion is the real killer.
First Edition release February 26, 2015 with Hot Ink Press.
4 HEART READ
REVIEW:
Hurray for Tyler May’s Silver & Black, the ultimate antithesis of the Fifty Shades billionaire trope.
Greyson Black is a struggling college student/barista from the wrong side of the tracks, who thinks he loves Jeff, the closeted owner of the coffee franchise where he’s employed. When Jeff’s six-month female fiancé walks in, Black handles it with maturity, despite his pain.
It helps that Black met a gorgeous man at a club the night before. That said man (Brian Silver) arrives at the coffee shop to flirt, just before the fiancé, and Greyson is bowled over to learn Silver owns the coffee shop franchise and last evening’s club. Besides, Brian is kind, smart, responsible, and already appears to be completely enthralled by Black. To further stir Greyson’s interest is Silver’s degenerative eye disorder that may cause blindness. Silver has hidden depths.
Unlike Fifty Shades’ Christian Grey, Silver is gentle and considerate. But, he also tells Black, “‘Chance is sometimes man-made.’”
Will the true reason for their ‘coincidental’ meetings jettison the relationship? And did Silver pay the man who’s been following Black, to stalk/keep tabs on him?
Also unlike the Fifty Shades trilogy, Brian and Greyson have a mutual relationship, one where Silver’s controlling nature is openly discussed, and labelled a character flaw. Their equalitarian relationship is much more realistic.
It is Silver who appears innocent. (Or is he?) His wealth isn’t equated with undue power, but rather as a coddling factor. He wants to protect Black, but does he have the wisdom to do so?
Even, if we guess the nature of Silver’s ‘coincidence,’ it doesn’t explain all the events Black has encountered.
While Brian romances Greyson to drop his guard, we cringe guessing a more sinister plot to be revealed. But is it Silver who is sinister? Or will the danger be aimed at Silver?
Written in the first-person present, like Fifty Shades, Black narrates his experiences as they are happening. We don’t know others’ motivations. We only learn what jaundiced his view of love when he reveals his history to others. The immediacy helps readers empathize with his many ambivalence's, heightening the drama as he is swept off his feet.
We watch the two men struggle to earn each other’s respect. Sexuality is used as an appropriate mirror of their moods and the depth of their intimacy, ranging from lust to loving, convincingly drawn to further the plot.
I had to read this book in a single sitting, and enjoyed every moment of humor, every romantic gesture, and every curve ball.
In the dedication to Silver & Black, we discover May wrote this book in honor of her deceased twin. And honor her, it does. Congratulations! This is an oldie, but goodie worth the investment for delightful escapism.
Annie, of Kimmers’ Erotic Book Banter, purchased Silver & Black. We offer our fair and honest opinion on behalf of our readers.
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Meet the Author
Tyler May was born and raised in the great state of Michigan, and still happily resides there. She is a stay at home mom to her three beautiful children. Tyler’s passion for reading came later in life when she found a love in romance novels, more specifically the male/male genre. After drawing inspiration from some wonderful authors and encouragement from friends and family; she penned her first full length novel: Angel of Darkness.
Tyler draws inspiration from the simple things in life and will never take that for granted.
Since Tyler is a LBGT author, she has three hopes when a reader picks up her book(s): She hopes that her books will teach tolerance and equality. She hopes to convey the truth behind the infamous saying, “love is love.” She hopes that the book is more than a story―that’s it a journey with an important message. Tyler’s favorite quote and something she always has tucked in the back of her mind as she writes her fictions: “Everything you can imagine is real.”―Picasso.
For more from Tyler be sure and visit her website.
