Garrett’s younger husband died of cancer eight months ago. Feeling down, Jesse is charmed by the sexy silver fox bartender who’s new to the area. And that dude has just stood Jesse up at the local alehouse. He’s always upfront with his status with new partners, but his most recent love interest was a friend, first, and just when they started getting physical Jesse confided his (undetectable) status. He was infected with HIV by his first sexual partner back in high school and has been managing the disease for the past decade. Jesse Connelly is a twenty-seven year old flamboyant gay man who manages End o’Earth Comics. And he needs to figure it out soon, because Jesse’s starting to wonder the same thing. Now Garrett has to figure out if Jesse is his second chance at true love, or if Jesse’s just filling in for the man he’s never fully grieved. Not even a bumpy start and a fifteen-year age gap can derail them as they go from strangers to lovers, then friends, then much more.īut as Garrett’s feelings for Jesse deepen, so does his grief for the man he lost-especially as he sees hints of his late husband in his new boyfriend. Jesse and Garrett quickly bond over a shared love of comics and card games, and they can’t get enough of each other between the sheets. and finds an unexpected connection with a lonely bartender. Stood up and stinging, Jesse tries to drown his sorrows. Jesse Connelly’s newest friend with benefits bolted after Jesse disclosed his HIV status. There he meets a man who wakes up his nearly forgotten libido. He sells his house in Seattle, leaves his accounting job, and starts bartending in Bluewater Bay. Months after his husband’s death, Garrett Blaine desperately needs a fresh start.

I really enjoyed GET A GRIP and recommend RAIN SHADOW and OUTSIDE THE LINES, as several characters from those stories recur in this one. This book–which may be the last in the series–is a romance between a shell-shocked widower and a young HIV-positive man. NEW HAND is part of the Bluewater Bay series, but totally enjoyable as a standalone. Hi there! Today I’m sharing another SMOKING HOT review for a newly-published M/M romance from L.A.

Citywide by Santino Hassell