A
serious health scare forces Martin Purdy to rethink his life. He quits his job,
sells his house, and buys a set of fixer-upper cabins on the coast. There’s
just one teensy problem. Along with the property comes a very angry man.
Nicholas Waugh had his own scare, bad enough that he slunk back to the crappy
town he grew up in. With no home to call his own, he finagles a security gig
keeping an eye on a set of vacant cabins. The deal comes with a free one-year
lease–and he’s not leaving a day sooner. Not even if the new owner gets down on
his knees and begs him.
Okay… maybe if he got down on his knees.
Fifteen years of teaching college freshmen and patience is second nature to
Martin. But Nick is giving Martin a run for his money. He’s one suggestive
chainsaw sculpture away from justifiable homicide. If that wasn't enough, when
he's not infuriated with Nick, Martin finds himself fighting an inappropriate
and ridiculous attraction to the much younger man
Everyone in Cooper Springs thinks Nick is crying wolf, but creepy stuff is
going on around town and he is the only one paying attention. Human remains
found in the forest, and a body dumped on the property he’s in charge of, have
Nick on high alert.
Meanwhile, all Martin wants to do is get started on the remodel. Instead, he’s
fighting with Nick over things that go bump in the night and losing sleep
worrying he’s made a disastrously wrong decision.
Failure is not an option.
What will it take for Nick to let his guard down? What will it take for Martin
to admit that age is just a number and Nick is more than man enough for him?
Welcome to Cooper Springs, home to UFO chasers, Sasquatch believers, conspiracy
theorists, chainsaw artists, and regular folk just trying to make a living.
And, quite possibly, a killer.
Below Grade is second in the Reclaimed Hearts series, set in the wilds
of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, it is an opposites-attract, age
gap, only one bed, grumpy-sunshine, small-town romance, with a little murder.
Don’t miss our reviews of the rest of the Reclaimed Hearts series!
For book one, Adverse Conditions, click HERE.
For book three, Red Flagged, click HERE.
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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team
Ruthie
– ☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the series, and I would definitely recommend that
you read them in order, as getting a sense of the place and the people is
important in the overall story. By the end of the first book, we knew that the
cabins had been sold to an out of towner, and the worry and excitement that the
newcomer posed to the town.
Martin Purdy has taken his late aunt's advice and changed everything about his
future, thanks to her inheritance, and also a scary heart attack. Now he finds
himself in a cold, rather desolate place with a challenge to bring tourists
back to town. The friendly locals, well except his lodger, Nick Waugh. We learn
quite quickly why fate has been cruel to Nick, but it is amusing watching the
whole story play out as Martin does not understand what he could have done to
annoy the man.
After these two become housemates due to a freak storm, we get to watch them
grow closer and recognise how well they work and play together. It is
entertaining to see how Nick copes with his newly found feelings after a life
of being considered inadequate by his parents.
As well as the men's romance, we have the ongoing investigations following the
body on the bridge and... well, I should say no more! Suffice it to say that
policing in this sleepy town is maybe not so easy as the new Chief had
expected!
ELLE
KEATON writes M/M romantic
suspense set in the Pacific Northwest with some contemporary romance thrown in.
She's passionate about writing inclusive romances with complex characters and a
unique sense of place. Her characters start out broken, and maybe they’re still
banged up by the end, but they find the other half of their hearts and ALWAYS
get their happily ever after.
In 2017 Elle hit the publish button for the first time and hasn't looked back.
Being an author is the best job Elle has ever had and now she has over thirty
books available for you to read or listen to!
She loves cats and dogs, Star Wars and Star Trek, pineapple on
pizza, and has a cribbage habit her husband encourages.
Love always wins, thank you
for supporting this indie author!
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