Stakes are still high and the world is watching, but overall, the main focus of the first part of the book remains on the budding relationship between Tom and Mike. It's gentler in a way and not as fast paced or explosive. This book is something entirely different. To kick things off, let me start with saying that, Hush does not have the same feel to it as The Executive Office had. With the world's attention fixed on Tom and this case, secrets from his past explode during the course of the trial, which place him at the very center of the case and make him the only man who can try to stop the world's slide into war.ģ,5 stars rounded up. As Russia beats the drums of war and the United States struggles to contain the trial before it races out of control, secrets and lies, past and present, collide in his courtroom, before his bench.

The Russian president is gravely injured and fixated on revenge, while a gay Russian dissident is arrested and put on trial in Judge Tom Brewer's courtroom. He wants to be out and proud, but he can't erase his own past, and the lessons he learned long ago.Ī devastating terrorist attack in the heart of Washington, DC, and the capture and arrest of the terrorist lead to a trial that threatens to expose the dark underbelly of America's national security. In the closet for 25 long years, he's climbing out slowly, and, with the hope of finding a special relationship with the stunning Mike Lucciano, US Marshal assigned to his DC courthouse. He was a hoot and a total mystery! So grab a copy and read it, you won’t be disappointed.Federal Judge Tom Brewer is finally putting the pieces of his life back together. That doesn’t mean that all the puzzle pieces weren’t there! If the author decides to do a follow up book based on someone in this book, I wish it would be about Chris. All the secondary character were well crafted and didn’t let you at speculate who the bad guy truly was or what was going on. Both complemented each other in a very realistic and Beautiful way. It’s more than Tom it’s a very closeted timid gay man and Mike it’s a all out loud gay man but also both have a very strict forward moral compass.

Not Only because Mike it’s a US marshal or Tom is a Federal judge.

Or is already possible? Both main characters are as opposite as they could be. The world building, plot, the thriller, drama, romance and intrigue are so amazingly well done that everything happening in the book could be possible. Tal has the unique ability of writing a story that suck you into it and never want to let you go.

Hush by Tal Bauer