The Darkest Flame

It's like a curse! I read this book some years ago, at the beginning of my MM career and somehow didn't mark it as read or reviewed. Bad reader. Now that it came out on audio I gave it another go and have dawdled on posting. What's wrong with me? Anyway ...MC romances, whether MF or MM, are not among my favorites because RL but [a:Christina Lee 297473 Christina Lee https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png] does a fantastic job of showing how two bisexual, blue collar guys can realistically become smitten and fall in love. It's scary. No doubt about it. And yet they're each other's safe port. Vaughn owns the Hog's Den, a bar that is the quasi official clubhouse for the Disciples, an MC whose president Malachi “Mal” is looking to go legit in their business ventures. Smoke is one of Mal's rescues. Together Vaughn & Smoke are incendiary. I loved these two!I liked that the author didn't downplay the realities of an openly gay relationship in the MC community but she also gave them/us hope and a credible HEA. She gives us a couple we want to root for and I for one wanted wrap Smoke in a gauze blanket and hug him tight, which I'm sure he'd hate. He deserves some love and Vaughn is here for that. Vaughn's also the proud papa of two cat babies and for me that was all she wrote. swoon The icing on this goodness is the new AB by [a:Tristan James 14756687 Tristan James https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and [a:Iggy Toma 13543759 Iggy Toma https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. It's a dual P.O.V. narration and I would've been happy with either performer but they work seamlessly together. Loved it!