I was doing SOOO good at not requesting too many ARCs and getting overwhelmed and reading them at the very last minute..and here we are. Here's K. Evan Coles's "Hooked On You." It's the first novel in the series, EMS Station 1.
["What’s a straight guy to do when he falls for his new friend?
Paramedic Connor Devlin is a stressed-out tower of a man. Hoping knitting will help him unwind, he visits a local craft shop, where he’s overwhelmed by the yarn selection but more so by his feelings for shop owner Judah.
Judah Bissel is tired of falling for unavailable men. He can’t help his crush on Connor, though, or wanting to get closer to the big, gentle bear. And that just might spell trouble because pining for straight guys is not Judah’s style.
As a blizzard pummels the city, the men hunker down together to wait out the storm. When the spark between them ignites, will the revelation that Connor feels more than friendship for Judah bring them together or tear them apart?"]
I requested the first book in the series, thinking I'd read it asap; then, if I liked it, I could request the second book as well...I did not read the first one asap (so the second one was already over-requested and therefore gone)...so here we are, adding the series (and quite possibly this author) to my TBR list. Like it needs another thing on there.
Then again! This book was adorable as hell. There was light angst (light-ish...I did cry). And soooo many lovely tropes and cliches and cuteness. Meet-cute. Size-different. Grumpy (ish) versus sunshine. Falling for the straight guy versus queer-awakening. Snowed in aka forced proximity. All of the blood family versus small found family.
These two were just utterly perfect for each other. They knew it (well...I took Connor a hot minute (or more than a hot minute), but he knew deep down), everyone around them knew it, we know it. It was inevitable or fate or serendipity; who cares about the minor details (that's how utterly Them they were).
Yeah, going to add the second book (Color You In) to my TBR.
Trigger Warnings: mild homophobia, internalized homophobia, and more.
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