Julien and Chris - I've read about them in other books since I read these books out of sequence, but this is their love story and how they were such good friends that they fell back into their friendship and in love upon Julien's return.

Sticking it out they were able to weather the storm that was their families' desire for the two men to return to the church rather than to the family. No consideration was accorded either of them until the very end and even then it was reluctant at best.

It's a good and healthy relationship that had a happy ending. I've read a lot of L.A. Witt's books in the last few month and believe they're all worth checking out if you haven't done so already. This is a collaboration with Aleksandr Voinov which makes for a slightly different feel to the story, but a very good read that I've come to expect from Witt's romances.

4 stars.
Wow...this book hurt.
I didn't read the blurb, L.A. Witt is something of an auto-buy for me, so I wasn't prepared for the whole religious aspect of it. I really prefer not to read anything with any religious affiliation because people can be just so damn awful to each other and say they're doing it for religion. THis was less about God, though and more about how people acted. I just don't have patience for parents that don't love their children, either. Ugh...I pretty much wanted to erase these parents, they were the worst!
L.A. Witt writes some truly hot stuff--oh man, the uniform and knife--dude, I may have a uniform fetish now! But as hot as those first few scenes were, it morphed into something much more than just kinky hot sex--there was some intense emotion there and some real need.
Chris was a great character, even when everyone around him was awful, he was still looking out for Julien and doing what was right for him.
I liked Julien a lot as well. I felt for him. He gained so much strength from Chris and it was great to see that, even when my heart was breaking.
We didn't get much of the guys from the other stories--only Kiernan and Liam for a hot second, but that was okay.
Plenty of characters pissed me off and I spent a good deal of time either wanting to hurt someone or cringing or just wishing these people away. Having said that, I did like the story, even when it hurt. I was rooting for my guys.
Will of course read more from this author.

I really liked the characters in this and the reconnection was sweet and very hot at times. The last part of the book was not as interesting as it went a little deeper into the faith side of things. It was nowhere near preachy though, just not what I wanted from the story.
It was a delight to read Ms Witt's style again though as she is undoubtedly one of my favs.

First half of the book was 4 stars, easily. Last part brought it down to 3 stars. So average of 3.5 rounded up, 4 star.
That knife scene was definitely hot ♥

3.5 stars.
Skipped the other books in the series, as I was only interested in the Mormon aspect combined with the gay characters in this book. As an ex-mormon and a vivid reader of MM romance I had to read it. I wasn't shunned from my family, but some of the issues still rang true.
It wasn't a particularly good book. I've read MM books that dealt with the issue of religion much better and much more compelling and interesting. But the book wasn't bad either, hence the 3.5 stars.

4.25 Stars

This one is a little different to the others in the series. First of all, only Kieran has a small cameo in this book. None of the other guys come into this one at all.

Secondly, there was a slightly different "feel" to it. Most likely due to the co0authoring, but it doesn't detract anything from it at all. This one had even more depth than the previous ones. Yet again, no unnecessary drawing out of situations, no angst-for-angst sake. In fact, in my humble opinion, it was just perfect alround.

Sexy, interesting characters, smoking hot sex scenes and enough of a story to bite into. Again, a perfect way to escape.

I finished it, dear reader, without much pain. But sooo predictable. The Mormon elements were convincing in flavor but easily overcome, which left the story without much point.

This is a 3.5 star review

I’m one that if I’m familiar with an author, or authors, I tend to start reading their books without really looking at the blurb. I like going into a story knowing very little about it. Needless to say, I kind of wish that I had read the blurb for this one. I would have been better prepared for a topic about which I’m a little touchy: religion.

Chris finds out that Joshua is still alive while having lunch with Joshua’s sister, Deb, and that the two have been in contact with each other for about a year, through Facebook. That Joshua is coming back to make peace with his dying father, and, by the way, that Joshua is flying in this evening, and “would you like to come with me to see him?” Stunned, Chris has his moment of accepting that someone he thought dead is, in fact, alive and well. After all, his whole life changed when he thought his best friend had died, going so far as to leave his religion behind. When these two men meet again at the airport, there are some awkward moments. Chris invites Joshua (aka Julian) to come stay with him, while Joshua explains why he left to join the Foreign Legion. And since they’re both self proclaimed sluts, it doesn’t take very long for Joshua and Chris to fall into bed with each other.

Okay…about this time I have this weird, skeptical look on my face, and I’m asking myself, what the heck have I gotten myself into with this one? I guess I expected a little bit more resistance from Chris since he was so hurt by what Julian (aka Joshua) had done when he just disappeared. But, ever the faithful friend, it just got swept under the rug in the name of friendship and lust.

Now, we come to Julian/Joshua’s family. I also would have left these people and all their religious expectations behind! Like I mentioned earlier, I’m a little touchy when it comes to religion. There were moments when I became a bit irritated by the parents of both these young men, but the one thing about this story is that it did have a couple of good points to make about unconditional love and acceptance, even though it felt that certain topics were rushed through and left up in the air.

So, with that in mind, I’m giving No Distance Left to Run a 3.5 star rating.

Reviewed by Kim at The Novel Approach

This was really well done. I was all set to utterly hate Joshua and not continue after the sample, but he won me over! I loved the context of the book - how two ex-mormons have to negotiate the mormon community and their families even after coming out and leaving. I thought the family Stuff both Chris and Julian had was very well done, and true to life.

Very sweet, low key yet hot romance. I absolutely loved the two MCs - Joshua/Julien and Chris. I understood Chris' struggle with what he had been taught about God and religion and how intolerant that religion is when it comes to his life. What a strong person! It's hard to deal with the alienation of your family whose beliefs refuse to let them just simply love their son. I think the religion aspect of the book adds a layer of emotion and feelings that you don't often see in romance novels let along mm romances. Well done! Julien was one hot Frenchman - o la la.. And as always, Witt and Voinov bring us some lovely heat to the table. The uniform scene - whew, my Kindle was smoking. Love these two authors. Solid snappy writing, depth of emotion, sexiness and humor - all rolled into one yummy mm package.