Two stepbrothers. One cruel will. A year they might not survive.

Jesse I left Hell Creek with a split lip and a vow: never look back. Death dragged me home. My stepfather’s will is a trap. Live on the ranch for a year, or lose it all. The catch? I have to do it with Cole. My stepbrother. The golden boy who stayed. The enemy I’ve hated since we were kids. We trade insults by day. But the nights are cold, the ranch is lonely, and the anger is starting to feel a lot like hunger.

Cole I stayed. I bled for this land. I held it together with baling twine and grit. Jesse ran. Now he’s back, wearing his city armor and looking at me with eyes that haven’t changed. I should hate him. I do hate him. But when a freak snowstorm traps us in a freezing tent for the night, the anger turns into something else. Something heavy. Something dangerous. He’s the one thing I can’t have. And the only thing I need.

Welcome to Hell Creek. Where the winters are brutal, the secrets are deep, and the love is strictly forbidden.

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Well that was… a really good story. I enjoyed getting to know Cole and Jesse . They both had things from the past the needed to work through before attempting to move forward.
Jesse was angry. Like he seemed pissed off all the time. He was getting on my last nerve with his attitude but the more I read, the more his anger made sense. I finished this book in a day. It was well written and the story had a nice flow to it.
This was another story where it seems the “parental figures” had everything figured out before main characters. It was entertaining watching the men get to know one another again.

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

Griff: I learned early on that the easiest way to avoid a broken heart is to always be the first out the door. Caring about anyone or anything is asking to be disappointed, which is why I avoid relationships and chase freelance gigs — ghost writing restaurant reviews and penning articles about the efficacy of cheesy pick up lines — instead of chasing my dreams.

Besides, dreams don’t come true for people like me. And no one, not even the sexy-as-hell bartender at the club can convince me otherwise. Because I’m never risking my heart again.

Sam: As a bartender I’ve watched a million pick-up artists work their magic, but none as talented as Griffin Marian. He’s a flirt, a good time. Hooking up with him was supposed to be just a fling. I wasn’t supposed to care abut his fractured past or his buried dreams. I have my own future to worry about, especially after that stupid food critic scuttled my hopes of finally opening my own restaurant.

But, the more time I spend with Griff, the more I’m beginning to realize that my plans mean nothing without him. If only I can convince him to give us a chance to follow our dreams together.

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4 stars

Griffin is so broken. He doesn’t know how to love. He doesn’t understand what it means to show up for someone because no one has ever shown up for him.
Sam is pissed. He lost his job that would lead him to success and is now trying to make it as a bartender.
Sam has been watching Griffin come in and sit at the bar for weeks. Each time with a different man. Always calling them some term of endearment. Sam tries to avoid the obvious man whore but he can’t stop thinking about Griffin.
This one was tough. And the added angst of the secret between them made me read it even faster. Totally addicted to this series. I know I say this a lot but I am going to be sad to see the series come to an end. It has been fun getting to know this family.