Found (Hammer, #3) by Sean Michael

Found (Hammer, #3) Reviews

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  Lily

  The fourth book in the Hammer series is the story of two men from different walks of life and the changes a chance meeting one night brings to their lives. When Billy first sees Montana, or Tanny, he feels sorry for the homeless man and offers him a meal rather than just a couple of dollars. As they sit in a cafe eating Billy finds himself intrigued by the glimpses he gets of the real man behind the dirty, obviously drug addicted man he's with. For his part Tanny can't imagine what a decent man would want with the likes of him.
  
  Billy recognizes pretty quickly that Tanny and he could be really good together and while he'd love to have a relationship with him he insists on waiting until Tanny kicks his drug habit. He wants him to be self-sufficient and sure of himself before they get together. This is not an easy process as Tanny has some very traumatic issues to overcome but with Billy's steadfast support and Tanny's own hard work he's able to slowly work his way past those issues.
  
  I loved the slow buildup in this relationship.
  Sean Michael did a great job of showing the strengths and weaknesses of his characters and both Billy and Tanny come alive on the pages of this book. Billy is kind, patient and even though he is a Dom he never forces Tanny into anything he's not ready for. Once Billy and Tanny are ready to take their relationship to the next level it is with the author's usual super hot eroticism.
  
  I also like the supporting characters in this book. Oliver and Jack from previous books in the series as well as a couple of new characters are good additions to the overall flow of the story.
  
  I really enjoyed this wonderfully compelling story. The writing was solid and the characters interesting and engaging. Although this story is part of the author's BDSM series, Hammer, there is very little of that element in the book. Billy is slowly introducing Tanny to the D/s lifestyle and although they do use toys such as clamps and paddles this is light BDSM. The emphasis is on the characters and their relationship rather than on a complete BDSM lifestyle.
  
  If you enjoy reading stories featuring men falling in love, working through problems until they're able to enjoy a loving relationship and you also like these guys to enjoy a really hot sex life then this book would be for you. It's a well written story and I recommend it . Found can be read as a stand alone but if you haven't yet read the previous books,
  Bent,
  Forged and
  Spoken you're missing out on some really good books.
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  JenMcJ

  Found. What a great title for this Hammer novel. Billy finds a submissive diamond in the rough when he goes with his gut and offers to buy dinner for the dirty homeless man that hits him up for a cigarette.
  
  Montana (we never do learn his last name) finds strength by believing in someone again. He doesn’t believe in himself, but he believes in Billy eventually who props him up to begin healing and moving toward the type of relationship Billy thinks he has found in Tanny.
  
  The relationship building is very good in this story. Maybe one of SM’s best. I think it is one of the best looks at how two men come to relate to each other from two totally different places to fulfill needs that are unique to them even if they are not unique at all in general. Tanny has no self esteem, no relationship experience and no prior introduction to the idea of BDSM or a D/s partnership. Billy must bring him to it one step at a time as well as show him a better way to deal with emotions then with the drugs. Fortunately Billy finds the only junkie in the world that doesn’t lie for his habit.
  
  The story proceeds in the way that Sean Michael does. We are able to really get to know motivation for Billy and Tanny which helps us connect and empathize with both MC’s positions and expectations. There is the typical “love”, “uh huh” “mine” “yours” conversations nearly every time they make love which gets a little tiring and Tanny has a habit of constantly trying to weasel out of the scary conversations with a simple “it’s big, huh?” response and reaction that made me squirm with frustration after a while. They never seemed to really get to the bones of the issue….yet.
  
  Once they start having sex (about half way through the book and only after Tanny is off the drugs and self sufficient), it is typically erotic and well written, as you would expect from Sean Michael.
  
  I am rating this book with an assumption that there will be a sequel. It is a great half of a story. It sets up the beginning of their journey perfectly. If there is no plans to see the second half of their journey, when their relationship really begins…I have to give this book 1 star. This book ends just when it should begin for us diehard romantics that expect HEA. They have a HFN ending but that is very shaky and Tanny still has no real true vision of what Billy foresees as their future together. Additionally, there are some scenes with outside protagonists that make no sense if they are not going to be followed up with additional storytelling. No other Hammer novel that I recall ended with this much “cliff hanger” angst.
  
  Additionally, we do not meet back up with Marcus/Jim, Kendall/Eric or Simon/Jeremy in this book. We do meet Oliver and Jack, Harrison and Giles. I wasn’t sure if I should remember these couples from past Hammer novels, Bent, Forged or Spoken or some other Sean Michael book. They were all introduced in such a way that I felt like I should already know their back-story but if that's the case, I am not sure where I should have found it.
  
  Threre is no ménage, no hard core BDSM or D/s in this book. It is all a very slow introduction to the full D/s relationship that Billy intends but Tanny has no idea about.
  
  My own little pet-peeve…I continually read Tanny’s name as Tranny or Tammy. It was frustrating because Billy thinks of Tanny as Montana in his head but calls him Tanny out loud. I finally had to adjust to calling him Tan in my head to stop getting side tracked.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Dreamer

  So that's another Hammer novel I couldn't put down. Plenty of m/m erotica in these bdsm books, not always easy to know which character is speaking. Dom Billy (33) picks up homeless addict Montana (26) a native american and feels he has found a lover and a sub. The two next Hammer books follow on with Billy and Tanny's story.
  
  'He bent and kissed the back of Montana's neck, his fingers tracing the scars he knew by heart now. "I know."
  "They're ugly."
  "No I don't think so." The strength they represented was huge, the ability to heal, to continue, to transform into something new...
  Montana beamed at him, cuddled in.
  "I'm glad we did this. I'm glad it was you."'
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  B-M

  My new obsession is the Hammer series by Sean Michael.
  
  The reason I am enjoying them and, this book in particular is due to the protagonists of the stories. The three I have read so far have been based on characters who live on the margins of society. They are the troublecd, forgotten and broken men.
  
  Montana is such a man. Life's beaten him up and spat him out. He's homeless and a junkie. He's given up on himself, a meaningful life and most devastatingly hope of a better life. Enter Billy. Strong, kind, determined and secure. The story follows their developing relationship based on trust, hot BDSM sex, love and a future anchored in each other.
  
  This is a feel good story. This is a story that makes me believe in real love.
  
  It is story that I found refreshing based on the fact our hero was not a billionaire, socially confident, devastating handsome or the CEO of an international company! He was real, raw and so so so likeable.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Reader S.

  Always good. And from this book I learned the term found art.
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  Jeanne 'Divinae'

  Well, overall I was disappointed about how this book was written. I really like what the author was going was trying to accomplish with this storyline. Homeless man, who has had a hard upbringing and some bad experiences meets a wonderful person who helps change his life for the better. I felt that the author could have executed the story better. I felt he author used sex scenes(which some were two drawn out in my opinion) to make the book longer. I did enjoy seeing Ollie and Jack make there appearance from the previous book. I really like Jack. Always so bubbly.
  
  Montana aka Tanny, is a homeless man. Billy, our Dom, meets Tanny outside of a store one day during a heavy rainfall. Billy decides to take Tanny out for some food and found him fascinating and attracted to him. Tanny, whom we never do learn his last name, left his past life behind. He was in a bad motorcycle accident that left someone dead and scarred his back very badly. Tanny has low self esteem and feels he isn't deserving for a second chance at life.
  
  Billy, feels drawn to Tanny and really wants to help Tanny get back up on his feet and off drugs. He ends up bringing Tanny to his house and letting him live there. At first, he refused to hit on Tanny in anyway because he wanted Tanny to be clean and more stable. Tanny and Billy have there ups and downs. They have a very honest relationship from the very beginning which I really liked. I felt this couple's relationship was very fast pasted to falling in love. Tanny ends up getting a mark for Billy within a couple of months of knowing him.
  
  I did enjoy how at least it had an ending, though more could be added to their story if they wanted. Also, there a situation that was brought up but never resolved. There was a police officer harassing Tanny. The officer makes his appearance a couple of times. The very first time, Billy was going to call his lawyer friend to make a complaint but never followed through. Why does the author bring up situations in his books but never resolves them? What was the purpose of focusing on the issue if you aren't going to follow through?
  
  This is the third book I have read by this author and I feel that it is repetitive. The phrases 'tongue fucking' and 'pain slut' are also used numerous times in the first two books. Also, it be nice if there scenes were a little bit more different. I am still debating to continue the series or not. I'd really think the series has potential.
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  Kristie

  Good... best one I've read in the series so far. Thankfully, I just realized that I have the next 3 books waiting to read. If not, I'd have a problem as this one left me wondering where the heck the end was. It ends nice enough, but there is so much more to explore around Montana and Billy's relationship. So many issues and unanswered questions. The next 2 in the series continue with their story, so, yay!
  
  
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  Cherie Noel

  I love Sean Michael's work. This particular piece, with it's themes of renewal and redemption touched me deeply. If you like BDSM, strong willed characters and learning to look at the world through the eyes of a nearly broken, incandescently brilliant artist...this is the book for you.
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  Sara

  The relationship was hot and intense. Very similar to Bent. by the end the sex felt repetative.
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  ☔️ Stormy Day Reader

  It took me a lot longer to read this book because I found that reading it a little at a time I didn't get bored and start skimming all the sex... Which is a lot of the book. This was the most intriguing book in this series so far.
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  andrea moran

  Found
  
  Billy finds Montana homeless on the streets with a speed addiction and a tragic past and takes him home to mould into his perfect sub, another dub con book in the Hammer series
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  Mary Dunlap

  Wow this book was good
  
  I liked the characters..I like that they come together and found love and lots of kinky sex I wanna know how they know that a person likes kinky sex
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  Elisa Rolle

  Sean Michael is an author that I have already the chance to appreciate more than once and I clearly remember that I liked the first story in this series, but for a reason or the other (maybe since all books in this series are medium-long length) I didn’t read them as soon as they were out. And after picking up the second one, I have to say that was probably a mistake.
  
  I’m true, another reason why I was not so ready to read them is that BDSM is not my cup of tea; but the story of intellectual Billy who “rescues” found artist Montana (Tanny) was more romantic than erotic, even if, don’t get me wrong, sex is an important share of the story.
  
  Billy is a very nice character, even if he gave us few hints to understand his past (foster kid, self-made man), you can understand that he is the type of man that instead of closing his heart to the world in a way to protect it, he decides to wide open it and he is ready and willing to share the little love he received multiple to the nth. So when Tanny approaches him on a street, Billy looks beyond the scruffy exterior, beyond the junky drifter asking for a smoke, he sees a potential neither Tanny is able to see.
  
  Billy takes Tanny in, he gives him shelter and food, but not right at that time sex; sure, Billy is open in his interest for Tanny, but he makes also clear that sex is not barter for what he is giving to Tanny. In a way Billy is repaying who was good with him being good with another, so Tanny has to not give anything back. When, and if, Tanny will be interested in a love relationship, than it will be only since he is really attracted to Billy.
  
  I like the similitude the author chooses for the word “Found”: of course Billy found Tanny and helped him; but Tanny is also a found artist, he makes trinkets from the trash, objects that he is not able to recognize as artistic pieces (a point Billy will help him to understand). In this found art I see another similitude: like for the objects Tanny creates and that he is not able to see as art, Tanny is also not able to see himself with Billy’s eyes; Tanny doesn’t understand why Billy loves him, since Tanny doesn’t see in himself anything to love, and like for his art, he judges himself something of little value. Again Billy, like for his art, will help him to understand what great gift he is to Billy.
  
  The BDSM side of the story enters late in the plot and even if Billy shares this interest with other friends (all the members of the Hammer’s nightclub), it’s something that Billy and Tanny share only between them; their relationship is not really of the Dom/sub type, at least not at this moment, Billy is more like a therapist, using their bond to help Tanny to focus on what their future can be.
  
  
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  Charly

  Very similar dynamic to Peter and Sammy in the Between Friends series
  
  Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
  
  Rating: 9/10
  
  PROS:
  - The sub in this book is one of those rare(ish) characters who seems to actually NEED domination in order to function properly, as opposed to simply WANTING to be dominated because he gets off on it.
  - There’s lots of conversation in the story. It’s not just sex, sex, and more sex, as is the case with some other books by this author. There are a lot of bedroom scenes, sure, but it’s a long book.
  - Lovely characters, quite similar to Peter and Sammy. Intriguing secondary characters, too: the book prompted me to look up the earlier volumes of Michael’s Hammer series, and I was somewhat frustrated/dismayed to learn that the secondary characters I’m most interested in don’t have their own books (at least that I’ve found).
  - Slow, gradual seduction. Billy has to convince Montana first to get clean, then to start a vanilla relationship with him, then to branch into BDSM games. The first sex scene isn’t until about 100 pages in, although there’s sexual tension leading up to that. And I think it’s interesting to see someone established in the BDSM world trying to introduce someone else to the world. Most of the BDSM books I’ve read concern two people who are both already in the scene.
  
  CON:
  - I’ve read quite a few BDSM romances in the past year, so I’m getting the hang of them; but I still get a *little* squirmy when a character tells his/her partner to stop and the partner doesn’t do it. However, most of me understands that in a scene, only a safeword really means “stop,” so it didn’t bother me terribly in this book. Tanny asks Billy to stop what he’s doing a LOT, though, and Billy never does, so fair warning if that sort of thing makes you uneasy.
  
  Overall comments: I love Sammy and Peter from Michael’s Between Friends series, and I saw so many similarities between them and Billy and Montana that I was hard-pressed not to love this book also. There’s a decent amount of pretty graphic sex, as is the case in most of Michael’s books, but the BDSM is not as deep/heavy as I was expecting it to be after seeing the handcuffs on the book’s cover.
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  T

  Sean Michael's Found is the perfect book for people who know some things about BDSM and want to know more. While one of the MCs, Montana, is introduced to this lifestyle, so are we, not only through "practical demonstration" but also through some explanations of why something is done in a specific moment.
  
  About the story itself, we're introduced to Billy, a man who, upon laying eyes on Montana, a homeless man, remembers how it used to be for him growing up, relaying on the kindness of strangers. Believing in paying forward, he offers a hot meal and a place to stay the night to Montana.
  
  As the story progresses, we find more about why Montana ended up on the streets, and why Billy keeps feeling drawn to him. Through honesty and warmth, these two men end up having their happy ever after, even if there's still a lot to be discussed and resolved.
  
  Personally, I believe this book should focus less about their sex life and a bit more about Montana's recovery. While it goes begins by understanding himself with the help of a lifestyle perfect for him, there are somethings that should've been taken care of, resolved. I admit, this book took me a lot to finish because I'd rather have read more about Montana's relationship and learning from other subs than nearly two chapters all about sex.
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  Tj

  Billy is a writer and editor and also a Dom and a member of the Hammer club. He crosses paths with Montana. Billy doesn't understand why but something in Montana calls to him. He soon realizes that Montana is more than a homeless addict. Billy wants to find out how and why life lead Montana on this path. Sean Michael spends the next three books exploring their relationship.
  
  Sean Michael isn't a bad writer but with some editing could be a much better one. I am assuming writing can be a competitive field with a slim margin for profit. I also wonder if writers are pushed to quickly get MORE and MORE works on the market. Could Sean be a victim of such circumstances.
  
  Sean can do hot sex scenes. Sean can also do the emotional side and has great original ideas for story lines. The dialogue can be good at times with both MCs having an honest conversation. Then out of left field we are back to "I need. Love. Want." In the heat of passion that might be the case be it tends to run for several pages. With a little polishing Sean's work could really shine.
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  Petra

  So last night I FINALLY finished this book... no, just no. Because I was bored stiff after reading 'bent' and 'drawn' I tried it one last time. There is so much potetial in these stories and I wanted to give J.M. the chance he deserves. I thought maybe it were just the first books that were so boring but I have to give up. I just can't read one more book of the hammer series. I'm sorry. I really am but I can't enjoy reading when I have to force myself to read just one more chapter.
  
  Some other readers described it the same as I do. Always the same sexscenes, different names but the characters seem oddly similar and to make the book a third longer (as necessary for the story) just add enough sexscenes that are (surprise!) again the same as always (just 3to6 times a day 24/7).
  
  My personal book description in one word: boring
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  Bea

  This book had surprising depth, moreso than the other book I read, Trust.
  
  We see a Dom, Billy, who does the extraordinary thing by helping Tanny. Everything does not work out immediately, they do not instantly fall in love, and addiction is not cured over night. I loved the complexity of the main characters.
  
  Of course, there was a large portion of sex, so if that bothers you... Why the hell are you reading this series?
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  Danielle

  Well hello Billy. You were awesome. Tanny on the other hand was annoying.
  The dialogue in this one is repetitive and boring after awhile. There is no movement with the story because it literally is only sex, talk somone, have sex, talk a little more, etc. Plus there were things like the cops harassment or Tanny's hair that I would have liked to see better incorporated and expanded in the book.
  
  Anyway, it was okay. But not my favorite Sean Michael novel.
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  Kerry sullivan

  OK very disappointed I have got 47% through it and it is still more vanilla then a tub of ice cream. This is a BDSM series and there is a distinct lack of real kink in this book here is the problem book 1 of this series was wonderful and set a very high bar for the rest of the books and this one falls so short... I gave up!
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  Rain Carrington

  My favorite of the Hammer series so far! Tanny and Billy's slower moving romance tugged all of my heartstrings. Tanny not believing he was good enough for Billy was so endearing and Billy steady sure trust building with Tanny was refreshing. I loved this book. It made me cheer laugh and cry and they go down as one of my all time favorite M/M couples! Loved it!!
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  Barbara

  Same as the first two books in the Hammer series. A man who has no interest in a bdsm lifestyle is taken over and remade into one who does. Even after the man repeatedly says he doesn't want to do something or to have something done go him, his keeper continues. I find it somewhat sickening. No more of these books for me.
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  Lizzie

  Yum - loving this series. It's kind of BDSM-light but building and the way the relationship between Billy, the Dom and Tanny, the sub, who doesn't really realize he is one, is darling and really well written. Although Billy does seem to thing EVERYTHING can be solved with hot sex - I want in your world, hon!
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  Saxon Hawke

  I've read parts of the Hammer series, but in no particular order. Having a craving for some Sean Michael BDSM love, I decided to read through the series in its entirety. Found is the beginning of Billy and Montana's story. And they are a wonderful pair (as all of Sean's Hammer men are). Oh what will they get up to next??
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  Carolyn

  I love Sean Michael books.
  This one seemed to repeat things over and over. I got a little tired of the characters doing the same thing over and over. It did fit in with the plot and characters. I will continue reading the next book that is about these two characters.
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  Cookie Moretti

  10/29/14
  
  Ok...so this sounds interesting. I'm a sucker for Sean Michael stories even when its over the top. Combine that with my weakness for plots like this one and I'm sold. I'll start reading this now then come back to rate!
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  Soami

  This was the best of this series, for me anyway :)
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  Wusswoo

  I love the Hammer series
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  Marsha Spence

  Tanny makes me want to wrap him in a blanket and never let him go. So sweet and so desperately in need of Billy. Loved it.