I had caught up with all of my ARCs, requested a toooon more, and proceeded to avoid them. Oops. Here's Willow Dixon's "In Plain Sight." Its the third novel in her new Legacy Mechanics series (which is tied into her Crimson Club series)
["Zander
The last thing I expect when I meet the new guy at work is for my life to be thrown into chaos. I’ve spent years hiding my attraction to men, but Luka is funny, outgoing, and for reasons I can’t explain, he sees past my introverted nature and wants to be friends.
I’ve never felt a connection with anyone like I do with Luka. He makes me want to open up and share the parts of myself I usually keep hidden. I don’t want to make things awkward between us, but the more I try to get over my feelings, the harder it is to stay away.
Just when I think my life can’t get any more complicated, I start chatting with a guy on an anonymous kink app. Sinbin might be a stranger, but he’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a man. But then again, so is Luka.
How did I go from never having guy trouble to wanting two men I can’t have?
Luka
Being the new guy at work isn’t easy. Neither is having a crush on one of my coworkers. Zander is quiet and shy, and doesn’t have the best social skills, but he’s also sweet and caring and one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met.
I’ve never known anyone like Zander, and the more time we spend together, the harder it is to only see him as a friend. I want him, but he’s straight. And to the outside world, so am I.
In a desperate attempt to get over my crush, I log into an anonymous kink app and start chatting with a man who doesn’t just rock my world but understands me in ways no one else ever has. I might not know what MrNiceGuy looks like, but he feels familiar, like we’ve known each other forever. But then again, so does Zander.
How can I be drawn to two men at the same time? And more how do I choose between them?"]
I almost dropped the book(s) I was binging to read this when it came through my email, BUT I managed to show (some) restraint. And then proceeded to take forever to read through it. Maybe to avoid the drama or trigger warnings. Maybe because I've been binge-reading so much lately.
While the main/romance plot-line of this was a little trope-y, it was still sooooo good. These two were perfect matches for each other, online and in real life. Mutual crushes, mutual lust, mutual pining, mutual traumas (well, they both had traumas and anxiety, but they weren't match-y-match-y traumas), mutual reservations. They needed each other to be stronger leaned on each other and were able to strengthen themselves with the support of the other (that sounds more green-flag-y).
AND I had no idea while reading the previous book ("It's Complicated") that it takes place during the timeline of this one, annnnnd it seems like they both take place during the same timeline as the next one ("Off Limits"--which is a stepbrothers romance (and Willow is soooooo great at those!!!)). So many HEAs. *star-eyes emoji*
Trigger Warnings: religious trauma, homophobia, neglectful and emotionally manipulative/abusive parents, anxiety, and more.
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