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| Vino & Veritas Book 13 |
"It just figures that the first guy I’m bringing back to my place is cute, single, and totally off-limits..."
Sean Anderson has spent his life waiting to get the hell out of West Virginia. His plans got derailed when his dad shipped him off to “pray the gay away,” but he’s over it, ready to prove that he’s a grown-ass man who can take care of himself. Of course, he’d have a better chance convincing himself if he could stop lusting after his grumpy roommate.
Army veteran Cooper Hill returned to Vermont minus one leg and one career, but determined to build a new life. When an army buddy asks Cooper to keep an eye on his nephew, a junior at the local college, Cooper can’t say no. He’s expecting a sheltered kid. What he gets is a gorgeous young man whose brilliant poetry gives voice to everything Cooper’s been trying to express. He wants Sean more than he’s ever wanted anything. And somehow, miraculously, Sean wants him too.
But wanting each other isn’t the same as being good for each other . . . especially when past pain threatens to write its own verse in their song.
A stand-alone novel in Sarina Bowen’s True North world, Heartsong contains first love, found family, kisses around the campfire, and two caring men who discover they make beautiful music together.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57501196-heartsong
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
Definitely another favorite of mine from this series. Sean is ready to leave West Virginia. He heads to Burlington to stay with a friend of his uncle's to take some classes from Moo U and just learn to be himself. Something we learn he never really had a chance to do. The moment he arrives in Burlington, everything changes. His first day starts off with a bang when the car in front of him hits a dog and takes off. Sean can't leave the poor puppy alone, so he picks her up and heads into the diner where he is supposed to be Cooper. The moment Cooper and Sean lay eyes on one another though, sparks are flying. There is no denying the chemistry between them and for them they feel like they have known one another their entire lives. Cooper thought Sean was going to be a kid he was going to basically babysit when he was asked if Sean could stay with him. And though Sean is younger than him, there is nothing kid like about him. His innocence and naiveté may show his age a bit, but when he is confident he is a lot older than he looks. Cooper immediately realizes that he is in trouble when it comes to Sean. And for Sean, he is new to it all. Dating, relationships, just being himself as a gay man. But he wants to learn and he wants to learn it all with Cooper. But they both carry their own baggage. For Cooper, it's his continual learning of living without a leg after an accident when he was in the army. And as for Sean, it turns out his past is a lot darker than anyone truly knows. His hurt and anger was pushed down so deep after some trauma caused by his father a few years earlier and now, bit by bit, it is starting to resurface. Lucky for Sean, Cooper is there to catch him when he falls. As long as Sean will give him the chance. I really did love this book. It had such a deep and emotional pull. Some parts were heartbreaking to read when you realize some of the horrible things Sean has been through. But it was so sweet to see him fall for Cooper anyway and how Cooper was there to help Sean through it. Really another great addition to this series.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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