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Taken By Storm
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April 8, 2022
Chef Storm is moody, antisocial...and he just asked me to be his fake boyfriend.
Most people on the island avoid the hot-tempered chef, but he doesn't scare me. Sure, he's prickly, but I've also caught him feeding a stray cat, so I know there's more to him than the sky-high, barbed-wire fence he's built around himself.
When Storm's ex-husband shows up unexpectedly during the off-season and refuses to go home, pretending to be Storm’s boyfriend is apparently my new job.
Faking it with my grumpy boss should not be this much fun, especially since the last thing I need is to make a fool of myself by falling for anyone else on the island.
Is there anything more exciting than being swept up in a storm? Maybe taming one…
***Taken by Storm is a grumpy/sunshine, sort of boss/employee, definitely fake boyfriend (except how fake is it if they’re ACTUALLY hooking up?), second book in The Off-Season series where the residents of gay resort island get up to WAY too much fun once all of the tourists leave for the season. Each book can be read as a stand alone, but trust me when I tell you that you won’t want to miss all of these shenanigans.
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Hennessy came to Palm Island to escape his busy, stressful life, had a weekend fling, and ended up staying. Chef Storm runs his restaurant on the island with an iron fist. He’s grumpy, anti-social, bossy, and hot-tempered. But when his ex-husband shows up on the island, he makes an impulsive decision to grab a hold of a fake boyfriend...and the man closest to him is his worker, Hennessey.
Henn is sweet and sassy, but he’s also a bit impulsive. He is not intimidated by the moody Storm. These guys may be faking a relationship, but they can’t fake the chemistry between them...and they just seem to keep riding the barrage of sensations no matter how bad an idea it is. Both of these guys know that they’re not good at real relationships, but when real feelings start swirling into the mix, it has the potential to make things messy.
Can these two find a way to be vulnerable and brave enough to ask for what they want and maybe even be a port in the storm?
This is an opposites-attract, boss-employee, grumpy-sunshine, fake boyfriend, island fling turned unexpected romance. I loved Storm and Hennessey together. They’re different, but they also share some common fears. They both have such big but damaged hearts and they are able to see the real person hiding under the facade they put on for everyone else. And their chemistry is volatile once uncapped.
Henn is sweet and sassy, but he’s also a bit impulsive. He is not intimidated by the moody Storm. These guys may be faking a relationship, but they can’t fake the chemistry between them...and they just seem to keep riding the barrage of sensations no matter how bad an idea it is. Both of these guys know that they’re not good at real relationships, but when real feelings start swirling into the mix, it has the potential to make things messy.
Can these two find a way to be vulnerable and brave enough to ask for what they want and maybe even be a port in the storm?
This is an opposites-attract, boss-employee, grumpy-sunshine, fake boyfriend, island fling turned unexpected romance. I loved Storm and Hennessey together. They’re different, but they also share some common fears. They both have such big but damaged hearts and they are able to see the real person hiding under the facade they put on for everyone else. And their chemistry is volatile once uncapped.
There’s a whole menagerie of quirky gay men as part of their friend crew and always something going down on Palm Island. I am really looking forward to the next couple because they’ve been fighting and competing for two books now.
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I came to Palm Island two seasons ago, confused about my life and desperate for a change. The island drew me in, but I’m still not sure why.
Maybe it’s time I cut my losses and go back home, back to med school like I always planned.
But when the breathtaking, flirtatious, tattooed bartender I’ve been crushing on for ages offers to let me room with him this off-season, there’s no way I’m leaving now.
I can’t believe I’ve lived here this long without truly appreciating everything the island has to offer: the beauty of its untouched nature, how to catch a wave, the appeal of casual s…well, you know. But Ten seems determined to make sure I experience every last one, and then some.
Will this be the last off-season I spend here or could this thing between Ten and I be perfect?
***Welcome to Palm Island: Come for the sweaty nights and beach parties, stay for the endless swoon and heart-melting romance.
Author K.M.Neuhold is a complete romance junkie, a total sap in every way. She started her journey as an author in new adult, MF romance, but after a chance reading of an MM book she was completely hooked on everything about lovely- and sometimes damaged- men finding their Happily Ever After together. She has a strong passion for writing characters with a lot of heart and soul, and a bit of humor as well. And she fully admits that her OCD tendencies of making sure every side character has a full backstory will likely always lead to every book having a spin-off or series. When she’s not writing she’s a lion tamer, an astronaut, and a superhero…just kidding, she’s likely watching Netflix and snuggling with her husky while her amazing husband brings her coffee.
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