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Unsteady Kindle Edition

4.2 out of 5 stars 403 ratings

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Micah Hudson and Jude MacMillian were both lonely teenagers. One the new kid and one the target of relentless bullying, they quickly became friends. But when friendship grew into more, the relationship was too much for either to handle. As their tenuous bond was tested, everything tumbled down, leaving them lonely once again.

A decade later, Micah is on the brink of losing his will to live. Beyond exhausted from lying to everyone, including himself, Micah thinks of the one person who knows his deepest secret. Desperate and alone, Micah makes the only decision he feels he has: he must leave. But his need for closure depends on one thing.

Can Jude make room in his Unsteady life for Micah once again?

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If you are looking for a well-developed story with 2 broken souls, some sexy romance and a bit of unsteady issues, then this read is for you. - Two Chicks Obsessed with Books

This book is filled with passion, love, hurt, healing and so much more. -
Bayou Book Junkie

It has been a while since I have read a Melissa Collins book, but Unsteady reminded my why I have read them in the past. The story gripped me from the start, was a roller coaster of emotions, and I wanted to know what happened, anxiously turning each page. -
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In two words, this is simply a wonderful story!!! I love how the characters fought their inner demons and connected on such a deep level. -
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Unsteady is actually my first Melissa Collins read, and only my second M/M read! I happened to really enjoy it! -
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From the Author

Other Titles by MelissaCollins


The Love Series 
Let Love In- Maddy &Reid (ends in a cliffhanger) 
Let Love Stay - Maddy& Reid (concludes their story) 
Let Love Heal - Melanie& Bryan (can be read as a standalone) 
Let Love Shine - Maddy& Reid (one-year-later follow-up novella) 
Let Love Be - Lucy &Evan (can be read as a standalone)
Let Love Live - Dylan& Conner (can be read as a standalone, MM)


The Grounded Series (MM) 
On Solid Ground
On Higher Ground
Unsteady


Standalones 
Repaired (MM)
From the Wreckage (MF)
Tangled Vines (MFNovella)

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071V5B5T1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ M. Collins Author, LLC
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.2 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 359 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 403 ratings

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Melissa Collins
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Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it's been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn't start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn't long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa's brain and The Love Series was born.

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Customers find this book deeply emotional and heartwarming, with a fantastic story that can be read as a standalone. The writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it's written from dual POVs.

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Customers find the book deeply emotional, describing it as a heart-warming story of love, with one customer noting how it made them cry and smile.

"Unsteady was a deeply emotional book for me. It touches on an issue near and dear to my heart and I’m going to take a minute and touch on it right..." Read more

"...emotions that this author so perfectly brought to life in a beautiful love story! Real, raw, and riveting are good adjectives to describe Unsteady!..." Read more

"I absolutely adore Melissa Collins' writing! It's so poetic and profound. I couldn't get through this one quick enough...." Read more

"...It was such an emotional journey for Micah and Jude. Mixed in was humor, love and fighting for what you want...." Read more

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"...Over all, this was a good story and I loved how it all concluded in the end." Read more

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Customers praise the writing quality of the book, noting it can be read as a standalone, and one customer mentions it is written from dual points of view.

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
    Unsteady was a deeply emotional book for me. It touches on an issue near and dear to my heart and I’m going to take a minute and touch on it right now: suicide. Suicidal ideations, to be exact. Micah speaks about how much easier it is to die rather than keep waking up each morning and he is not alone in those thoughts, especially as a veteran. United States veterans commit suicide at a rate of 22 per day, one every 65 minutes, nearly double the rate of civilian suicides. We can’t stand idly by while the people who’ve risked so much for our country are battling a war inside of their own minds. If you know anyone, veteran or not, who is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help them find support.
    I loved this book, for so many reasons, the biggest part of which was Micah. His struggles and self-loathing called out to my heart and made me want to just hold him and comfort him until all he could remember was what being loved for exactly who he was felt like. As much as Jude had struggled with accepting who he was and learning to live with the things he’d lost, I always felt like he had a far better handle on how to cope with the struggles he faced. Micah appeared to have everything a person could need for most of his life but once we glimpsed beneath the surface it was painfully obvious everything he had was nothing more than a façade. And to me it is far lonelier, far more upsetting to have those things at your fingertips and not be able to touch them, than it is to know the things you need are no longer available to you.
    The flashbacks to Micah and Jude’s time together when they were in high school are what made this book so great, to me. Seeing those struggles, realizations, and heartbreaks first hand, rather than having them recounted in other ways let me understand more the hesitance and fears they experienced in the present day scenes. There were a few more scenes I would have loved to have fleshed out in that way, but I know that I would never be satisfied that I had enough of Micah and Jude. Both of their love stories, past and present, touched me in different ways and I am glad to have been able to experience each of them.
    I love M/M, especially when done well, and Melissa did a great job with Unsteady. The vulnerability she demonstrated in both of men, especially Micah made this book for me. There is a fine line to skate between making emotionally charged, vulnerable male characters and still keep them powerful and masculine that makes a M/M romance so special to me, and she definitely did it in Unsteady. I am also impressed with how she dealt with important social issues experienced by both gay men and veterans. If Ms. Collins continues to write with the poignancy and intensity of Unsteady I can only see he rising through the ranks of my must read authors.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017
    After reading the first two books in this series, and investing so much love in Dax and Beck, I wasn't so sure about Micah. He didn't thrill me in Higher Ground, especially when I feared he might have tried to come in between Dax and Beck. Now that I have ready Unsteady, he makes more sense to me now, and how he was in the previous book. I enjoyed the story, and really loved Jude. The beginning began a little slow for me with building up the story and laying it all out, I get that, but it also took many chapters until we really got down to what was troubling Micah. At least to the point of including Jude, and sharing his past with him. The intimate scenes between the two men were beautiful and well written. Over all, this was a good story and I loved how it all concluded in the end.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
    Friends to lovers, second chance romances and hurt/healing are some of my favorite tropes. Unfortunately, in this book those were overshadowed by a few things I don’t like.

    Since most of this review is going to sound negative I want to start by saying that Jude and Micah are definitely meant to be together. They are clearly soul mates and I love the emotions between them when all the other BS isn’t getting in the way.

    The first issue I have with the book is miscommunication causing angst. In this book, the miscommunication led to two lifetimes of being miserable as well as negatively affecting a couple of innocent bystanders. I can’t go into details without spoiling the story but Jude believing someone who continuously lied and mistreated him over Micah whom he loved, trusted and was loved by didn’t work for me. Why would Jude believe his lying ex-friend over his current boyfriend who loved him? And that led them both down really long, painful paths.

    The second problem I have with the book is also a bit spoilery read at your own risk.

    [ I won’t read books with cheating. I don’t like it and I don’t want to read stories with it. While I understand Micah was in the depths of despair and thought his only way out was seeing Jude, he left his wife and child with no explanation. And then he cheated on his wife repeatedly and formed a loving relationship with Jude; and didn’t tell Jude about his wife and child until 80% into the book. He made Jude the unwilling secret affair. I honestly probably wouldn’t have read this book had I known this was going to happen.]

    The hurt/healing was only ok for me. Jude started the healing process with his father but most of that happened off page even though the negative effects of that relationship were a big part of his hurt. Micah obviously had been through some form of therapy but at rock bottom he relied on Jude to heal which ended up causing even more angst.

    Another issue I had was the rushed ending. Until about 80% we had a pretty long, detailed story. In the remaining 20% we had a ‘jumping the shark’ moment and everything from there on is wrapped up in a neat bow.

    [ After Micah discovered that Jude is what made him happy and he did the right thing with Delilah he STILL refused to reach out to Jude. All of that and he was just going to give up? Really? ]

    Even with my issues, I think the writing was as good here as in the first two books. If you can deal with the issues I’ve listed above, you will probably enjoy this book. It’s just not for me.
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  • Katie townsend
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2017
    I fell so in love with Micah and Jude there journey was such a emotional one I was addicted from beginning to end

    I felt like I was alongside Micah and Jude following them on there ups and downs

    Unsteady broke my heart in parts but also put it back together again

    Thank you Melissa Collins for this beautifully intense and emotional story I loved it it was perfect
  • Liash
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in Australia on March 21, 2019
    This was a fun second chance romance, but one that had a darker side relating to Micah's PTSD and depression. With the alternating POV you see him go through some darker thoughts, including survivors guilt as well as some suicidal themes. That said, it is not deeply explored and the general tone of the book is one of hope and new beginnings.

    The story alternates between the past and present, as well as between POV for Micah and Jude. We get the snippets of them in their late teens where they first meet and form a bond. Sadly pressures push them apart and it isn't until 10 years later that Micah goes looking for Jude to try and get some closure and find himself again. This is where those darker themes and thought processes come in, as Micah isn't in a good place.

    The storyline progresses smoothly, but I found some of the themes, such as homophobia and bigotry in the Texas town they're in, were glossed over rather than being explored in detail. That said, it was good to see all of the plotlines closed out, including with Jude's father.

    The ending wasn't quite what I expected but was well rounded and on a very positive note - especially for Micah's mental health and reintegration into society.

    I like this authors writing style and look forward to reading more of her works.
  • Michael Westcott
    4.0 out of 5 stars Long Drive to Love
    Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2018
    A very pleasant read with enough warmly portrayed hot sex. Although I knew the lads would end up happy it's always fun getting there.
  • Addicted2Romance
    4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful romance
    Reviewed in Australia on May 2, 2017
    A beautiful romance between two long lost best friends (M/M romance)
    Both Micah and Jude have hidden feelings between each other as teenagers they are trying to find where they fit in but they find solace in other, they have a brief romance before they graduate and it all goes to hell fast track 10 years a wife, son and a military career later and Micah is in a dark place the only way he sees out of it is to search for the love of his life the only person that can help him see the light.
    This book is written in dual POV from both past and present. I'm not usually into past and present books but I found I quiet liked this as it didn't go off track and get lost.
  • sylvia mann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Happy.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2017
    I'm always happy to read a story that has heart.Jude and Micah go through rough times as teens, and due to ptsd Micah needs sense in his world.in the form of his heart,Jude. Sometimes in life your soul mate is just waiting until the fates tell you it's time to love.this is the story of making it through the day with love and trust holding your hand.

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