Oh my, these two. Best friends for twenty-five years and are as close as two friends can be but are both completely oblivious. 

August Ramirez comes from a big, nosy, loving family and at nine years old basically declared the new boy next door to be his friend immediately. He is a risk taker, adrenaline junkie, impulsive, easygoing, and affectionate. 

Noah Weston gained a new best friend when he moved in with his grandparents as s kid. He is thoughtful, sensitive, and an overthinker. He has abandonment issues. He has been in love with August since they were teens but has always denied it adamantly for self-preservation and to avoid losing his best friend. Unfortunately, August knows about his denial and took it to heart. 

They stayed together as best friends, neighbors, and are now business partners in their own LGBT+-friendly law firm. They can be inappropriate with their meme messages and dares. They push each other to take risks and challenge the other. They share a life and are each other's person. But they keep the deep-down unresolved feelings hidden to avoid issues. Everyone can see it but them. And that is the oblivious part. 

But when a dare pushes them into a public kiss, the blinders start to come down and the foundation of their relationship will be rocked to its core. The chemistry between them is unleashed. Thoughts and perceptions are challenged. But these two have misconceptions and thought processes that have kept them from trying for something more for years(even though they really have kind of been dating all along). And despite the fact that they share so many things, sometimes sharing the most important and more sensitive information is difficult for them and it makes it hard for them to really believe in the potential of what they could be.

Is the risk of losing their friendship worth the possible reward of admitting they are the love of each other's lives?

This is a heartfelt, witty, steamy, swoony, longtime best friends-to-lovers and office romance with just enough angst to make it interesting. I adored both August and Noah, but August gets the swoon-master award. It brings back the other couples from the previous books since they work at the law firm. I l also loved the Ramirez clan and Noah's grandpa. I am excited that Shelby's story will be next.