There are too many new books, new-ish books, old-ish book, and older books to pick from (far too many). So I decided to cross off more backlog from my list (or slowly cross off an author from my to-binge list). Here's Cora Rose's "Suddenly You." It's the second novel in her Our Exception series.
["We’ve all heard the saying, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."
God help me, if only that were true.
Because as it turns out, my surprise gay husband is very much still my husband outside of the great state of Nevada. And let me tell you, as a straight guy, waking up married to a man I barely know with no memory of how it happened wasn’t even on my Bingo card.
What started as a fun weekend getaway to support my brothers in their relationships and show them how much I've grown, has somehow spiraled wildly out of my control.
Cooper Barone is rich, kind, and charming, but he’s holding all the cards now. Because he doesn't want our marriage annulled. No, he says he wants us to make a deal. He wants me to spend time with him, to move in with him.
All I know is that I’m broke and I can't afford a divorce without his compliance, without his help.
So there’s nothing left for me to do but agree and accept my fate.
I'm a straight dude with a husband.
This is my life now."]
These two were adorable as hell. Touch-starved meets lonely. Broke meets rich. Run down and ragged meets loves-to-pamper-others. They're an adorable match, even if they did a few things backward. They bickered like an old married couple at first sight. They become good friends. They kiss for the first time (not drunk in Vegas) weeks after moving in together. They become almost dependent on each other (but like in a romantic way). They fall in love.
I looooooooved how Coop let's Matt be himself. He feeds into his touch-starved nature. He forces him to relax for once, take a break. He tells Matt that it's okay to collect (and want) pretty things. He cooks for him, buys him things, spoils him rotten. It's glorious. Cooper wants someone to take care of, and Matt needs taking care of.
I loved the Magnus/Sem things we got (as well as the Max/Beau things). But I feel like things with Mitch are going to fucking explode any moment now (saying that the epilogue is his--and the next book--I know I'm right (but you know what I mean)).
Trigger Warnings: past homophobia, okay still slightly homophobic (in the beginning) in the micro-aggressions kinda way and most of them he takes back immediately, mild internalized homophobia, self-doubt/hate, anxiety, and more.
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