The Right Time

I liked this so much that I tried to extend my listening time. sigh Thank you [a:Lane Hayes 7125719 Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1559106511p2/7125719.jpg] and [a:Michael Ferraiuolo 13467952 Michael Ferraiuolo https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1498214961p2/13467952.jpg].Nate and Alex are to all appearances polar opposites, and maybe they are, but they also complement each other like that pinch of salt or kiss of maple syrup. They're better together. Nate is Jake's friend from [b:The Wrong Man 24394833 The Wrong Man (Right and Wrong, #2) Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420817781s/24394833.jpg 43979167], in which he came off as slightly cold or regimented, and he is a bit. Life, his parents, and maybe a bit of his genetic makeup have made him cautious and over analytical. Luckily life has also put Alex in his path. Alex is Michael's friend from [b:The Right Words 23547087 The Right Words (Right and Wrong, #1) Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415773611s/23547087.jpg 43146536]; a retired fútbol player, WeHo gym owner, and all around nice guy, with an infectious joie de vivre. Nate finds himself saying yes to things he never imagined and enjoying them: surfing with someone else, speaking Spanish, unconcerned about his accent, revisiting his attraction to men (I was so glad this wasn't a GFY story). But it isn't a one way street, and Alex isn't someone without a care in the world. He needs and wants and anchor, a place to call home and Nate can be that for him. Alex carries the weight of his father's judgement and expectations, but, proving he's a better person than me, he chooses to see good in him too. Tonio Reyes, I didn't miss you. In this book, like the rest of the series, though the MC get together early and often, the road to love is slow and deliberate built on shared experiences outside of the bedroom, though those were scorching and revealing too. It makes the love sweeter and utterly believable. I liked that though Alex had the, ostensibly, bigger drama of coming out publicly (he was out to his family & circle of friends) being he was a retired athlete, Nate's story was equally, if not more moving, for it's specificity and (I'm looking at you last 20%) utterly heart wrenching. This was a love story between true adults who have had life experiences and learned from them. When their HEA comes we believe it completely.