Gaycation in Paradise (Suite Dreams #4)

The next stop in Ariella Zoelle's Sunnyside universe is the Suite Dreams series (they all take place at Luxuriant Suites Hotels, hence the suite/sweet dreams pun). The fourth book is "Gaycation in Paradise."

["On the run from scandal, Rook is about to get in even more trouble with sassy Aldo. Is he ready to risk his career for love?

Rook Warrick
As one of Hollywood’s most bankable action heroes, I have a reputation for always defeating the bad guys and getting the girl in the end. When a video of me passionately kissing my male co-star outs me from the closet and puts my career in jeopardy, I run away to a luxurious resort in the Maldives to hide out until the scandal blows over. That’s where I meet Aldo, my sassy live-in butler. My world feels like it’s collapsing around me, but he brightens my days and sees the real me that I’ve had to keep hidden. Our repartee turns my unwanted sabbatical into a true vacation in paradise.
Plus, the longer I’m around Aldo, the more his playful innuendos make me think things I really shouldn’t about a baby-faced twenty-year-old. Even worse, I think I’m actually starting to fall in love with him for real. But how can it be wrong when it feels so right?

Aldo Farnese
It’s no wonder Rook is tightly wound when he’s a gay man who has spent his entire professional career pretending to be a straight movie star. He needs someone laid-back like me to help him relax as I take care of all his needs. It starts as a fun way to make both of us feel better as we pass the time, but it quickly becomes so much more than that.
I’ve never been interested in a committed relationship, but Rook makes me want that with him. I know he could be the perfect boyfriend for me, but how can I convince him to give us a chance to star in our own romantic happily ever after?"]

The last series had a theme of best-friends-to-lovers and this one has a theme (besides the vaca one) of me?-fall-in-love?-ha!-that-will-never-happen. Poor Aldo, never saw it coming. 

These two, man...I just... They were so playful and honest and soft with each other, so open and vulnerable. No wonder they fell in love so fast. Then again, with ice cream and ocean sounds and sunshine (and the perfect person for you), who wouldn't fall in love?

Also, points to Rook for figuring out who in his life is worth it and who isn't. Double points for the way he told Aldo's family about their relationship (poor Albie is still picking his jaw up off the floor)!

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