I need a little ARC break, and I figured I might as well be productive about it (getting one step closer to crossing another author off my to-binge list). Here's "Where There's Smoke." It's the seventh (and final) book in Romeo Alexander's Heroes of Port Dale series.
["Matt I’m proud to be a Port Dale firefighter but it isn’t all excitement and sitting around eating homemade meals. It’s also dealing with your work “family” in ways you never expected. I love my real family, and I love my work “family”. Well, most of them. My “brothers” at the fire station are exactly what I need at work, but I wasn’t expecting to be asked out by my homophobic “brother’s” actual brother. I also wasn’t expecting how well it would work out or where it would lead us. I certainly didn’t expect we’d get caught.
Ethan: Tossed out by the Corps on medical grounds, I have no idea what to expect from civilian life. I’ve got my brother Keith, who’s been everything, brother, friend, parent. Yet when I stumble across his fellow firefighter, Matt, I find myself in a whole new world. Matt is sweet, kind, and forgiving, everything my brother is not, especially when it comes to being gay. Matt is hot. He’s everything I need, and I know I can’t hide my true self forever.
For Matt and Ethan there’s fiery instant attraction but can they get over family hurdles? When gay-hating Keith catches them kissing at work, sparks fly! Can the fire between them be rekindled or is it dead forever?"]
This Ethan is NOT the Ethan mentioned in the Men of Fort Dale series (he was a bartender at Pulse (and kinda an ass--I mean, he did help in blackmailing General Winter)). This Ethan is also, apparently, not the Ethan mentioned in book five (though, there were two Ethans in book five--neither one this Ethan). Matt was mentioned in book one, and I was serrrrrrrriously hoping he'd get his own book (cute little shit he is).
ANYway, these two were cute as hell. I loved how just...enamored they both were from the start (though Ethan hid it better; Matt gets clumsy with a crush). They were so innocent in their love and loving in their lust.
Also, shout out to Theo for fulfilling the "stranger at a bar talking you through your woes and helping you get clarity" stereotype. Who knew you had it in you ;)
Trigger Warnings: homophobia, violence, and more
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