4 stars

synopsis:
noah came out of the closet a year ago, after 20 years of marriage. unfortunately, the guy that he came out for had already found a guy. enter zane. zane has just been kicked out of his apartment and has no where to go. he's got custody of his younger half brother and sister, and fears losing them. noah witnesses his humiliation and offers to find him a place to stay, and eventually, a part time job.
zane has never really had time to question his sexuality, because he's had custody of his siblings since he was 18 or 19, and was looking after them before that.

what i liked: i liked the fact that zane didn't "go gay" for noah, that he really had no time to think about what he wanted; he was just trying to keep his head above water, but assumed that he was "normal". the attraction was immediate on both their parts, but they took time to build up to it. the relationship was believable, as was the pace of everything happening. a little villainy regarding them being together on the part of the aunt fighting zane for custody added some spice to the story.
i also liked that the kids weren't instantly best friends, that they had their squabbles.

what i didn't like: not much, actually. maybe a little bit more time spent with noah and zane as a couple, together, rather than just thinking about the other person. ( )

OMG! TOO MUCH SEX!!! If you took out the pages and pages... and pages of sex you would only have a 20 page book! I love a hot sex scene or three in my books but this was ridiculously over the top. ( )

I thought I'd eventually come back to this but I was done in by the carrot. DNF

So…that was really not what I expected at all. I don’t know…maybe I didn’t expect so much heart? So much emotional connection? But…



WOW!! (Yeah that gif has absolutely nothing to do with this book…but again WOW!!)


Now seriously…this book took hold of me from the start. I was completely drawn into the lives of these two men as they underwent their sexual awakening and amazingly written discovery of one another. Yeah there is a 20 year age gap between these men, but never once did that truly matter. They were all together perfect in every way.

Phew…and the build up…my god…if there is one thing I hate more than anything it is two people jumping in bed together on page 10. I mean, can I get to know you first before you start with the dirty talk??

And speaking of dirty talk…when these two FINALLY get there…it is beyond hot. Lord…



Now I have to admit…I am not much into the whole food kink but the infamous carrot scene was not bad. And honestly the number of sex scenes was far less than I expected. But they were lengthy. Lord Noah has some stamina…I’ll give him that. It could have been reduced some in my opinion…but again…their connection and the feelings building inside each one of them was so heartfelt that you just totally understood why they could not get enough of one another.

And another plus…this book has very little angst…yeah there’s the token asshole and a bitch rears her head but overall these parts of the book played themselves out quite well. I loved all the kids, the side characters, the parents but most of all I loved the relationship between Noah and his ex-wife, Janice. Their understanding and acceptance of one another, how they handle their new relationships, their interaction with their children and their continued love and devotion for one another was perfectly done.

Highly Recommended.
My Zane



My Noah

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I was surviving, even if I wasn't enjoying, until the carrot dildo. I don't even know what to say. Except: no.