I have loved every book in this series. While each of them totally stands alone, I’ve been looking forward to Nico’s story since I finished Better Have Heart. This is a nice slow-burn story but once things heat up it gets very sexy!

Both Nico and Luke, unbeknownst to each other, are insecure about their appeal as boyfriends. Nico has been told that he’s too much: too flamboyant, too out there, too much on display. He likes wearing colorful outfits but after his last boyfriend told him he was too much he decides to tone things down a bit. Luke has also been told he’s too…: too boring, too steady, too organized. His last boyfriend dropped him for someone more exciting – and rich.

I love the fake-boyfriend trope and this is a really good one. I felt bad for Nico that he thought he had to change his personal style in order to be more appealing as a boyfriend. Luke found him attractive when he was dressed as his usual colorful self but he never really tells Nico that (which puzzled me just a bit).

You know that it’s inevitable for Luke and Nico to end up together. What kept this story so interesting was the way Nico’s family was brought into play and the way that Luke’s snake of an ex-boyfriend causes problems. That ex-boyfriend was rotten to the core and I was so happy that he got what was coming to him.

I don’t know if there are any more books planned for this series but a new character was introduced near the end and the fantastic epilogue seemed to set the stage for a more books or maybe a spin-off. I hope I’m not wrong as I’d love to read more stories like the ones in the Harrison Campus series.

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The shower cut off, and he stuffed his phone in his pocket. Luke wanted dinner ready when Nico came out. Not that he did any real cooking. Nonna had made the sauce, and even Luke could boil pasta. He tossed in the penne and set the timer—per the instructions Nico left. Which meant it really wasn’t like he cooked.

The phone vibrated in his pocket, but Luke refused to check. Nico always knew when Kent sent a message. It wasn’t hard to figure out when Luke scowled at his phone.

He wouldn’t let his ex ruin another night. Especially not tonight. Nico might get the wrong idea.

“How’s dinner coming?” Nico ran his hands across his wet hair.

Luke couldn’t deny how super hot it was. “The macaroni is cooking and the madanad should be warm enough.”

“Excellent.” Nico used the wooden spoon to stir the sauce. “When I was a kid, my family used all these slang words for regular stuff. Madanad, mutzadel for mozzarella, riguta for ricotta cheese. I thought they were real.”

“Right. So, what’s gabagool?”

Nico shrugged, looking sheepish. “Capicola.”

“Seriously? How do you get gabagool from that?”

“No idea.” He tapped the spoon on the edge of the pot and set it down. “When I was about sixteen, we went to the Jersey Shore for a week during the summer. I tried to be helpful and went shopping at the Acme, the local grocery store. I stared at the deli counter for like five minutes until the guy asks me if I’m looking for something specific.

“I say, ‘yes, I’d like a half a pound of brahjzoot sliced thin.’”

Luke snorted. “What the hell is that?”

“You heard the guy, eh?” Nico winked and set the strainer in the sink. “Brahjzoot is what my family calls prosciutto.”

“The fuck?”

“Exactly. I never knew the correct name was prosciutto. Sixteen and I was still calling things by these weird-ass names people in my community used instead of the real thing. The funny thing is, if you go to any deli in New York and ask for brahjzoot or gabagool, you’ll get prosciutto or capicola.”

“That’s . . .” Bizarre, and oddly adorable.

“Fucked-up?” Nico nodded. “You can say it.”

Luke could say it. But could he say the adorable bit?

“I feel like my family trained me to speak a weird language no one understands so I couldn’t leave the neighborhood.”

Luke snorted, relieved Nico had moved on so he didn’t have to speak.

He loved Nico’s stories. Found it fascinating how easily Nico slid between two worlds. More so than his parents and grandparents, it seemed.

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