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Pride & Protection by K.C. Wells
5.0

I'm so happy KC Wells has some great new ideas brewing and is back to writing. She's been one of my favorite authors for many years, and it's stories like this that remind me of why I love her - great characters, great romance, and well-written stories.

I have not read the first book in this series, but I thought that this one stood on its own very well. Taylor is a cop in a small town in Tennessee living life in the closet - feeling hopeless that he could ever be able to live as an openly gay man in a relationship. But when Del Walters moves to town and opens up a shop with his brother, it makes Taylor yearn for things he had resisted before, and makes him realize that it can be worth the dangers of coming out if he has someone like Del in his life. Along with friends and family, Taylor learns that not everyone is homophobic.

I really loved their relationship, their friendship becoming more, how Del, being 20 years older, had the experience and guidance to help Taylor stay calm and accept their attraction. I also really loved that once Taylor committed, he went all in, and he communicated with Del and didn't run off or cause misunderstandings. I really loved them together. Crazy hot, sweet, sensual, and HELLO wall sex!

Really can't wait for more from KC! I hope the young man who Del hired maybe gets his own story when he's a couple of years older?

The audiobook of this was great - John Solo did a great job with some southern accents and voices. Would recommend in audio!