Sass By Jay Hogan
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Tropes: Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Fashion, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Forced Proximity, Overcoming Your Past, Risking Your Heart
Released: October 27, 2022
Publisher: Southern Lights Publishing
Series: Style, Book 3
Length: 359 Pages
Cover Design: Reese Dante
For two years I’ve kept Leon Steadman at a safe distance, ever since the night he turned me down flatter than a pancake with a side order of syrupy disapproval. His loss. The world is full of sexy men. One and done is simply good math and efficient use of my time. Or it would be if I hadn’t been lusting after the irritating, judgemental, gorgeous, mountain of a man, ever since.
The less I see of Leon, the better. Bad enough that his tattoo business sits next to Flare, the fashion store I manage, and that he’s friendly with my boss. But now he’s apartment-sitting above the shop, as well. Every time I turn around, Leon is there. In my store. In my space. Messing with my head. Being all nice and charming and acting like maybe he’s not the biggest jerk to walk the earth, after all.
Well, I don’t want or need Leon’s apologies, but maybe if I can have him, just once, it might put an end to this ridiculous hunger that sparks every time I lay eyes on him.
Yeah, I’ll get back to you on that.
Note: This book contains limited discussion of off-page past trauma.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Kip’s story is just wonderful!
I’ve been waiting for Kip’s story and Jay Hogan wrote him a fantastic one. Snarky, sexy, one-and-done Kip has been a force to reckon with in the previous two books and that didn’t change in this story. What did change was finally learning his backstory and why he is a one-and-done guy.
Kip and Leon have been dancing around each other for two years. Kip can’t forget the night that Leon turned him down flat and let it be known that he disapproved of Kit’s life style. Leon regrets what happened that night. He’s not sorry he turned Leon down, just sorry about the way it happened. He’s done the one-and-done scene in the past and now he’s ready for something more permanent; Kip has let it be known that he isn’t and that’s why Leon turned him down.
Oh man, these two just about broke my heart. Both of them are harboring secrets that have strongly impacted their lives. Both secrets involve family albeit in very different ways. Jay Hogan is so good about teasing us a bit and slowly revealing what happened to these two. Then there is the sexy time, OMG! The sexual tension between Kip and Leon jumps off of the page and finally Leon can’t stand it anymore and gives in to Kip’s terms and boy do things sizzle after that.
Kip is struggling with self-doubt. Rhys, the owner of Flare, wants Kip to take on more responsibility in the business and Kips doesn’t think he’s up to the task. Leon helps him to see that he can do it and do it well. Things happen that make Kip doubt himself again but Leon is right there to help keep him from getting too far down on himself.
While this book doesn’t have quite the same punch when it comes to sexual assault as the first two in this series it is still part of the story (all off-page). I want so much to say more about this but it would give too much of the story away.
Currently there are no more books planned for this series but I hope we get to find out more about Drew in a future book that Jay writes.
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Scorcher
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
Heart, humour and keeping it real.
Jay is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Gay Romance and her book Off Balance was the 2021 New Zealand Romance Book of the Year.
She is a New Zealand author writing mm romance and romantic suspense, primarily set in New Zealand. She writes character driven romances with lots of humour, a good dose of reality and a splash of angst. She’s travelled extensively, lived in many countries, and in a past life she was a critical care nurse, nurse educator and counsellor. Jay is owned by a huge Maine Coon cat and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel
Find Jay in all the places: https://jayhoganauthor.contactin.bio/
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