Deaf Hearts Book 2: ILY by EM Lindsey & Cora Rose

 

Deaf Hearts Book 2

Whoever convinced me that quitting my job as an interpreter to take over my dead aunt’s farm should be covered in honey and left for the ants.

Oh wait…that was me.

I was burnt out and ready for a change, but I didn’t expect what came with it.

An orchard full of fruit I’m allergic to.

A bunch of farm equipment I don’t know how to use.

And a vindictive, vicious groundhog who has made it his life’s mission to drive me to the brink of madness.

But in my quest to find a permanent solution for Michael, I’ve also acquired something else I didn’t expect: a stalker.

I should be more concerned that the man offering to sell me TNT has followed me home, but Thorne is the most gorgeous thing I have ever laid eyes on, and we communicate well.

With our hands in ASL, yeah, but also with our lips, tongues, hips…and other parts of the body.

It’s also increasingly obvious that Thorne is much more than a stalker. With my focus on trying to stop Michael from using his little paws to dig my grave, though, it’s hard to worry about his secrets.

But skeletons never stay buried for long, and when everything comes to light, I can’t help but wonder if Thorne is the best thing that will ever happen to me, or the worst.

ILY is the second book in the Deaf Hearts series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone. It’s a spicy, MM, strangers to lovers rom-com featuring a burnt out, not-quite farmer, a tall, dark, and handsome man with a mission and a secret, a groundhog that knows more than everyone else, and a toe-curling, feet-kicking happily ever after.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241355099-ily

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My Review: 4/5 Stars

This book had me laughing the whole way through! It was ridiculous but in the absolute best way. Leaf is exhausted and it shows. Inheriting his aunt’s farm has only lead to his sanity slowly fading away. Sure, he needed a break from being an ASL interpreter but now he is taking care of a farm where he is allergic to most of the things, has no idea how to take care of said farm, and there is a groundhog, Michael, who is legit terrorizing Leaf and eating all the veggies he plants. Leaf’s focus has been trying to get rid of Michael and it has led him to a pretty deep rabbit hole. He finds himself on the dark web asking for TNT in the hopes that this is the answer that will take care of his Michael problem. And maybe if he was sleeping and thinking a bit more clearly, he would realize how bad an idea of it. FBI agent, Thorne, is close to his forced retirement. He is losing his hearing and has vertigo spells that make him unable to go in the field. He hopes to have one last case that makes him feel good about his career. So when he finds someone trying to buy TNT to blow up someone named Michael, he wonders if this could be it. He never expects Leaf. Leaf is the opposite of a criminal in every way and Thorne can’t figure out how Leaf can the same person who wants to hurt another person. It doesn’t add up. Which I’m sure you can figure out why. The attraction between them is strong and they find themselves unable to let go of the other. All the while Thorne is trying to figure out what exactly is going on at Leaf’s property. So ridiculously fun this story. Watching Thorne try to figure out how everything adds up but also being baffled by how much he likes Leaf was very entertaining. We also end up with some crazy twists! Overall, I had a blast reading this story. And with some sneak peeks of the next couple in this series, I just can’t wait!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.