Forged (The Art of Love #4)

Here's Merry Farmer's "Forged." It's the fourth novel in her new series, The Art of Love.

["The Art of Love is awakening to things you never knew about yourself with someone you thought was just a friend….

Nick Turner has always been the big, shy, silent type. He’s always let his metalwork and blacksmithing skills speak for him. But now, as a widower with two small children to raise in the midst of the eccentric Hawthorne family and a sculpture that needs completing to make the deadline for a national competition, he knows he’s in over his head.

Thank God for Baxter Hawthorne dropping into his life…

Bax Hawthorne is the black sheep of his family. He’s an accountant in a sea of artists. But that doesn’t mean he’s not just as free-spirited and ambitious as his kin. The one thing he never thought he’d be, however, was a father. But when he’s thrown into proximity with Nick and ends up helping to take care of his kids in a pinch, all that might change.

Nick could have sworn he was straight, but the closer he gets to Bax, the more he questions that. Could one night of sparks between them end up forging a bond that brings the whole family together?"]

These two were adorable as hell. They both experienced a sort of loss, and they just wanted to be there for each other in any way possible. Their friendship grew and grew. The kiddy cuddles definitely helped. And the well-intended but too-nosy-for-their-own-good meddling Hawthorne family.

Though (yes, I’m saying this knowing it’s coming from an outsider’s POV), they made things super complicated for not a lot of reason. And these kids were little, toddlers, but a little overly babyfied for dramatic effect. 

I love this series. I love this family. I love how supportive and open they are. I love how we get to learn so much about so many different arts. Not to mention all of the HEAs.

Trigger Warnings: toxic (but I guess well-meaning?) grandparents, classism, homophobia, the-world-for-religious-hate, and more.

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