Finally Found

Uh oh! I'm afraid that this is a case of diminishing returns but the Audio was “free”, I'm a completist lunatic, and it's only 3 hours. ShrugThis is a totally random pairing. I was figuratively scratching my head as to why a boring guy who has been mentioned a couple of times and had a shoe-horned appearance in [b:My Name is Luka 25059465 My Name is Luka (More Than Friends, #7) Aria Grace https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1425768313s/25059465.jpg 44742266], (to set him up for this book), would get his own story. He's one of those guys who claim to have no time for relationships but is always whining over being alone. Into his orbit comes Chuck, formerly Will, who has made it to Portland fleeing a murderous ex-lover from Vermont. I had a couple of problems: 1) This a short novella and yet the first hour or so, (I did this as an audio), is spent on Will, later Chuck's, sexual encounters with his murderous ex-lover and subsequent days on the road doing what he has to do to make it to the west coast without any money. Use your imagination. 2) Trey is kind of a dick. Though he later mends his ways. We're all human.3) The resolution to Chuck a.k.a. Will's problem is pretty movie-of-the-week easy.4) Though this was short it still seemed to spend time setting-up the next book. 5) It doesn't seem like Chuck ever reveals his real name/identity to his new Portland friends & family. At least not on page. What's up with that? People are still calling him Chuck in the next book.6) There seems to be a radical difference between the Vermont and fleeing Will and the toppy lover he is to Trey. Not that tops can't be vulnerable just that he was the opposite while back East and for no discernible reason. None that's convincing. In the end none of these things mattered too much as have the end of the series in my sights, I'm keeping abreast of earlier characters, and this was narrated by [a:Michael Ferraiuolo 13467952 Michael Ferraiuolo https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1498214961p2/13467952.jpg] which makes everything worthwhile.