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Deaf Hearts #2
Deaf Hearts #2
E.M. Lindsey and Cora Rose
Release Date November 14, 2025
Whoever convinced me that quitting my job as an interpreter to take over my dead aunt’s farm should be covered in honey and left for the ants.
I was burnt out and ready for a change, but I didn’t expect what came with it.
An orchard full of fruit I’m allergic to.
A bunch of farm equipment I don’t know how to use.
And a vindictive, vicious groundhog who has made it his life’s mission to drive me to the brink of madness.
But in my quest to find a permanent solution for Michael, I’ve also acquired something else I didn’t expect: a stalker.
I should be more concerned that the man offering to sell me TNT has followed me home, but Thorne is the most gorgeous thing I have ever laid eyes on, and we communicate well.
With our hands in ASL, yeah, but also with our lips, tongues, hips…and other parts of the body.
It’s also increasingly obvious that Thorne is much more than a stalker. With my focus on trying to stop Michael from using his little paws to dig my grave, though, it’s hard to worry about his secrets.
But skeletons never stay buried for long, and when everything comes to light, I can’t help but wonder if Thorne is the best thing that will ever happen to me, or the worst.
Leaf Holloway is at his wit's end. He burned out as an ASL interpreter and was trying to settle into a quiet farm life in a house he inherited from a distant Aunt. But he did not plan on a menace of a groundhog making his life miserable. And desperate times call for desperate measures.
Thorne Logasson is an FBI agent in cybercrimes who is losing his hearing, so he has been assigned to a desk job. He just wants one good case before he is forced to retire. He is usually professional and a rule-follower, but he decides to go a bit rogue on a hunch.
And once he meets up with Leaf, who is stressed, awkward, twitchy, and cute, he becomes more interested in his investigation and also the chaotic man himself.
There are lies and secrets, misunderstandings and miscommunication, and Thorne is determined to figure out all of Leif's secrets while also telling lies himself. But once he begins to figure things out, he begins to realize that there may be more to the story that needs a closer look. There are a lot of layers to this, and it is full of chaos, complications, shenanigans, and surprises.
And between their hot smexy times, learning about each other, spending time with Leaf's friends, and falling in love, they are both dealing with the past while also wondering what their futures could hold. These two are an interesting match. Leaf is all go-go-go and Mister Mayhem. And Thorne is a calming and centering influence. But Leaf also shows him how to take risks and really live. They have a fun and flirty rapport and volatile chemistry. And in Leaf's world, Thorne is not excluded for his hearing issues or Meniere's disease.
I liked spending time with the friend group we met in the first book, and I am excited about the next pairing. They are definitely a hot mess.
Kiss-Fist
Deaf Hearts #1
Deaf Hearts #1
Whoever convinced me to join the gym needs to be hung, drawn, and quartered. Or, at the very least, suffer with a pillow hot on both sides every night, because this? This is terrible.
Running? No thank you.
Lifting? Who needs biceps anyway.
Now, I will say the eye-candy is nice. Especially my new personal trainer with the tattoos and dimples. But that’s all he can ever be: eye candy.
Because he’s fit and I’m not.
He’s gorgeous and I’m, well, me.
He’s hearing…and I’m Deaf.
For some people that might not be an issue, but for me, I have rules. And I’m a stubborn man who will not break them, not even for that sexy crooked smile that almost makes me forget my own name.
But I don’t date men who can’t speak my language, and while we can say plenty with our bodies, that’s where our communication ends.
Still, the longer I spend with him, the more I’m starting to realize there may be more to this relationship than frantic, feral office hook-ups. After all, he might be the first hearing person to learn sign for me. And he’s one of the first people I’ve ever known to make me feel worthy.
So maybe, just maybe, that’s worth a little compromise.
Kiss-Fist is the first book in the Deaf Hearts series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone. It's a spicy MM enemies to lovers rom-com featuring a grumpy professor, a sunshine gym-bro, and their swoon-worthy happily ever after.
E.M. Lindsey
E.M. Lindsey is a non-binary, MM Romance author who lives on the East Coast of the United States. When they're not working, EM is spending time on the beach, kayaking, swimming, and playing with their dogs.
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