A review by pshelling
Trust with a Chaser by Annabeth Albert

2.0

As much as I love hot cops and small town stories, this story had a couple flaws that prevented me from enjoying it as much as I could have. First, Nash's closeted schtick didn't work because it's establishes that Rainbow Cove is pretty gay friendly despite a few bad faith actors, so his desire to not come out rang false. There are times and places where it's unsafe for people to come out, but this was not one of those times. Second, I don't really see why Mason tries so hard to get with Nash. Yes, I'm sure that Nash is hot, but that Mason is old enough to have a career and still willing to put with Nash's baggage really boggled my mind. And third, while Nash's growth arc is learning that coming out of the closet isn't so scary after all, Mason learns

Spoiler

to not put his family ahead of himself which a) the text doesn't show him putting his family ahead of himself b) the whole point of family of going through the family court stuff was to keep Lily which is portrayed as a good thing and c) that's a just a suspicious life lesson to learn.