Release Blitz: Nash: Nora Phoenix & E.M. Lindsey
Nora Phoenix & E.M. Lindsey
December 12, 2025
After my brothers in arms have all moved out, I’m suffering from a kind of empty nest syndrome. The only one left is Forest, Creek’s little brother.
Except he’s not that little. He’s seriously hot and sassy, and the way I dream about him is anything but brotherly.
But he’s too young for me, too innocent. Too…perfect. He doesn’t need a man with my kind of baggage.
When he gets sick, I’m there for him, even when he allows no one else in.
I will do anything to take care of him…and that includes marrying him so he’ll have health insurance.
But when fake becomes real, I don’t know what to do. Forest may need me, but how do I explain to him that I need him just as much?
It is finally Nash's turn to find his person. We have seen "Top" take in and take care of the other guys who were injured in the military on his watch, and now Creek, Bean, and Tameron have found their loves and moved out. Nash is dealing with the loss of a full house, changing friendships, loneliness, and his attraction to his new roommate, Forest, who happens to be his friend's little brother.
Forest is in a new city, with a new job, and suffering from some physical symptoms he is afraid to look deeper into. He is younger, smart, sassy, but his issues are starting to stress him out. And he also seems to have what he thinks is an unrequited crush on his new house owner.
When Forest finds out news on several fronts that will change his life, Nash does what he does best and goes into fixer, caretaker, and protector mode. But Forest is a guy who does not like to depend on people and does not like to be underestimated or a burden to others. And Nash is so used to taking care of everyone else that he finds it hard to accept help if he needs it. These two are sweet and caring, but also stubborn and in need of an anchor in their lives.
This is an age gap, friend's little brother, secret, marriage-of-convenience, hurt-comfort, forced proximity love story with heart and heat. I loved how Nash treated Forest and also how Forest did not want to just take and wanted to be there for Nash too. They both have fears and insecurities, and hiding their situation adds tension and drama. Their backgrounds and current situation complicate matters.
This brings back all of our friends from this series: Creek and Heath, Bean and Jarek, Tameron and Dayton, as well as Dayton's brother, Dax, and Nash's friend, Kaelen. I would like to see more from them. I love the hurt-comfort, found family, and disability rep in all of this series and how they are resilient, loving, and find their person who accepts and loves them for all that they are.
Kim's review
Accepting my career in the Army is over after losing my leg is hard.
But the obnoxious, good looking, glass-half-full surfer in my physical therapy sessions is worse.
And god help him if he doesn’t stop trying to give me advice.
Living in a home with three of my closest veteran buddies is a challenge as we all have our crosses to bear and wounds to heal from, but mine only seem to be getting deeper with every step forward I take. I already have to adjust to a new life as a civilian. I don’t need a sexuality crisis to go with it.
But Heath is making me question everything I thought I knew about myself. And while that should terrify me, somehow, he’s helping me feel braver than I ever have before.
Creek is the first book of the Honorably Discharged series, featuring a grumpy veteran with a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas, a sunshine surfer who can bring out the best in almost everyone, a bisexual awakening, found family, hurt/comfort, and a steamy happily ever after.
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Kim's 5 star review
Kim's 5 star review
After my medical discharge from the Army due to a brain injury, I’ve had to reinvent myself. Not easy when I can’t even remember what I ate for breakfast.
Or the hot, older guy I went home with. Oops.
When I run into him a second time and hit him up as if we’ve never met before, Jarek’s a little insulted. I can’t exactly blame him. But when he learns my memory is shit, he seems flattered I’ve picked him up twice.
And he’s all in for hooking up again. And then again. Our chemistry is off the charts.
We’re just friends with benefits, nothing more. I want to take my time exploring who I am, and Jarek wants the happily ever after and white picket fence.
But the more time we spend together, the more I question if it’s really only friendship I want from him. I’m getting awfully attached. Could it be we want the same thing?
Bean is the second book in the Honorably Discharged series, featuring a sweet guy who’d forget his own name if he didn’t write it down, a guy who thought he’d never find love again, found family, an age gap, friends-with-benefits to lovers, hurt/comfort, and a steamy happily ever after.
Tameron
Losing my hearing has far more consequences than I expected.
The physical part is frustrating and annoying, but the emotional part is so much harder. I don’t belong anywhere anymore, always an outsider.
And now there’s Dayton, the older, sexy firefighter who keeps popping up everywhere I go. At my gym, in my house, in my dreams.
Wait, why am I dreaming about him?
I don’t even like him—though that doesn’t seem to be mutual.
Surprisingly, Dayton understands my struggles better than anyone else, and before I realize what’s happening, he’s decided we’re friends.
Except I’m not sure I’m satisfied with just friendship anymore…
Accepting that I’m bi is easy, but why does the man I fall for have to be Dayton?
Tameron is the third book in the Honorably Discharged Series, which can be read as standalones but are much more fun read in order. It features a veteran trying to find where he belongs, a firefighter chief who knows what he wants, an age gap, one-sided dislike meets crush, found family, and a steamy happily ever after.
Would you like the long or the short version of my bio?
The short? You got it.
I write steamy gay romance books and I love it. I also love reading books. Books are everything.
How was that?
A little more detail? Gotcha.
I started writing my first stories when I was a teen…on a freaking typewriter. I still have these, and they’re adorably romantic. And bad, haha. Fear of failing kept me from following my dream to become a romance author, so you can imagine how proud and ecstatic I am that I finally overcame my fears and self doubt and did it. I adore my genre because I love writing and reading about flawed, strong men who are just a tad broken..but find their happy ever after anyway.
My favorite books to read are pretty much all MM/gay romances as long as they have a happy end. Kink is a plus… Aside from that, I also read a lot of nonfiction and not just books on writing. Popular psychology is a favorite topic of mine and so are self help and sociology.
Hobbies? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Just kidding. I love traveling, spending time near the ocean, and hiking. But I love books more.
E.M. Lindsey
E.M. Lindsey
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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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