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On The Run With Love

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In true gigolo style Freddie Holmes, uses his good looks and charm to capture women's hearts along with their money. While laying his pipe down in the bedroom is what he does best; his ability to get paid by women is what he loves and that's what affords him his luxurious life style.

When Freddy snoops around the wrong woman's [.........], her boyfriend goes gunning for him which prompts Freddy to change his cheating ways.

By moving his fiancé Simone from New Jersey to the South, Freddie sees this as a way to escape his present predicament and promises Simone he will change and do right by her as she is the only one he loves. Simone decides to trust her man and gives up her education and run with him... but can Freddy really be trusted??

As always author J.M Benjamin gives the reader all sides of the story with food for thought.
I wasn't impressed by the character Freddie but I did like the characters Simone and Gina who kept me interested as to what they were going to do about Mr. Freddy...Nice ending!!

Locksie

ARC Book Club Inc.

"On the Run With Love" centers around Freddie Holmes. One minute things are good for him and the next he's on the run. One man is dead and a cop is injured. Someone must pay. Freddie doesn't want that someone to be him. He flees to North Carolina to lay low with his cousin, Slug, along with his ride or die chick, Simone. Will his past catch up to him?

Benjamin tells a great tale of love and consequences. It offers valuable lessons to all readers, whether they identify with those same situations or not. "On the Run With Love" is a well-crafted book that I would recommend to lovers of urban fiction.

Reviewed by: Marcella

Freddie Holmes is a player in every sense of the word. He be putting his mack down, he has the good looks that make a woman come up out of her purse with a quickness with that money. When he messes with the wrong woman's husband he is constantly looking over his shoulder. When he shoots a cop and leaves him for dead, he and his girlfriend Simone go on the run. Simone leaving the life she knew, family and her education behind in the name of love. Freddie promises that he will leave the life of all the woman alone but its only in his nature to go back to what he knows. After awhile she realizes theres a thin line between love and hate.

When you mess with someones heart be prepared for someone to get hurt. If you are the heartbreaker be prepared ...that old saying "What comes around, goes around" is so true. J.M. Benjamin writes a quick read that really shows the danger of being a player.

Reviewed by Cherri Millard
UrbanBookSource.com


Freddie Holmes is your archetypal street-running, heart-breaker with a specialty in seduction; a ladies man or male gigolo if you will. He loves flashy clothes, cars, money, and beautiful women. But he's far from your average gun-toting hustler. He is known for seducing and preying on women to get what he wants; milking them down to the last drop and for everything they've got.

The story wouldn't be worth the read without the supporting cast: Simone--Freddie's main woman--who is what every ghetto don desires, she is attractive, smart, and does whatever she has to in order to please her king, even hustle if it calls for it; Gina--his dessert after every meal with Simone being his main course every time; Slug the cousin of Freddie, who schools his family member on the ins and outs of the dope game.

The story doesn't actually start until Freddie murders a rival thug and accidentally strikes a police officer. From here on in, you now know why the book is titled: On The Run With Love. Freddie drops his gun while trying to evade return fire from his rivals; the gun has his fingerprints all over it. Simone is drawn in into this catastrophe after the car Freddie was driving on the night of the murder is found and authorities learn the car is registered in her name. On the run they go with Simone risking it all to be with Freddie. With police in search of Freddie and Simone, plus the victim's brother out for vengeance, how will they ultimately live their lives?

The two venture south with the help of Slug. Through it all, Simone would end up pregnant and Freddie goes back to what he knows best, "macking" in order to provide for the both of them and their unborn child. Eventually, while down south, Freddie gets back with Gina for the first time since he's been on the run and not only does she drain his pockets of the little bit of money he had, but she also sets him up with a package to distribute for sale. He turns to Slug for assistance in successfully flipping the drugs. Now it's back to the lavish life they all know, while police and henchmen track them to the south.

On The Run With Love proves to be your one-stop shop for a street lit book that is filled with: clothes, jewelry, cars, women, cops and robbers. What somewhat amazed me was the fact, that not one character in this book was unattractive; everyone for the most part seemed to either have a gorgeous face, an excellent figure or body and long luscious hair, with perfect features and well "dipped," (well dressed). This was one of the first novels that I've read where you didn't have to worry about imagining a character with a horrible appearance.

What did you like best about this book?
I loved the front cover and I also liked the book's overall message.

What did you dislike about this book?
The story took some time to pick up, then it slowed down again; a rollercoaster ride for sure. There were a few moments where the story got off track and lost its focus. There was too much description of clothes, jewelry, and the like; I often got distracted with this as well as the overuse of slang within the narrative. Freddie said "Ma" too many times and it actually got annoying throughout the read.

There were tons of unnecessary character banter, fumbling, and tussling. This also slowed the overall read down. There was not one ugly female inserted in this book; again, every last female introduced within the pages was extra glamorous: Simone, Gina, Kiki, Tina, all of them! I actually started waiting for an ugly character. The fact that everyone was beautiful made this a bit unrealistic because in reality everyone is not a beauty queen.

How can the author approve this book?
Get rid of all the irrelevant things! This took away from the narrative and story being told and made it fall off track frequently. Imagine listening to someone talk to you about a movie, but all that is spoken of is what the characters were wearing instead of plot points or scenes.

Freddie Holmes has mastered the art of seducing women. Possessing good looks, swagger and bedroom skills he has no problem living the life of luxury all thanks to his many conquests. But tiring of manipulating needy women Freddie decides to turn in his player's card and marry his fiancé Simone. But before Freddie can make it to the altar his seedy past resurfaces when a stripper that he twisted out brings her husband to confront Freddie over their affair. The ensuing beef leaves two people dead, one of whom is a cop, forcing Freddie to flee to North Carolina.

Confronted with the truth about Freddie's womanizing Simone still decides to go on the run with Freddie after he vows to never dishonor their relationship again. But once in North Carolina Simone realizes just how much she sacrificed by escaping with Freddie; education, friends and family. But North Carolina has a sobering effect on Freddie as well, his cousin Slug attempts to turn Freddie on to the drug game. But Freddie doesn't have the heart of a hustler; the only game he knows is how to score off of women. But how can he revert back to his old ways after the vow he made to Simone?

On The Run With Love is packed with the streetness that fans of J.M. Benjamin's previous books have come to expect. But it also successfully appeals to both female and male readers who will undoubtedly identify with the dilemmas faced by both Freddie and Simone. And the conflict that arises as both characters attempt to follow their hearts.

Freddie Holmes is a pretty boy, mixed with Black and Dominican, he is blessed with "slap yo momma" good looks. His good looks get him women and those women's money. Freddie plans to marry Simone his girlfriend and leave his doggish ways behind.
Before Freddie can leave his life of playing behind, the playing catches up with him. Freddie ends up having to give a vicious beatdown to one of his jump-offs angry husbands. This leads to an all out beef that gets Freddie and his cousin Slug into a shoot-out, leaving the brother of a drug dealer dead and a cop critcally injured.
Freddie heads from New Jersey to the durty south, Slug's stomping grounds. Simone is riding with Freddie and she flees on a spur of the moment to be with her man.
Things are not all good in North Carolina. Freddie still can't keep his hands off of other females, and tells himself he is doing it for the money. Slug and Freddie set up shop and start making serious paper in the durty. Freddie's ego is out of control and he starts to neglect Simone.Freddie has a lot of people upset with him. Freddie better watch his back......

ON THE RUN WITH LOVE WAS AN GOOD BOOK IT S ABOUT MAN WHO GETS INTO TROUBLE WHEN HE SHOOTS A COP. BUT HE HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM HE ALWAYS CHEATING ON HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH OTHER WOMEN. IT'S NOT THE AUTHOR BEST WORK BUT IT'S A GOOD READ SO OUT AND GET IT.