You Can Count On Me

            

Title: You Can Count On Me

Series: Christmas Daddies #2

Author: Fae Quin

Published: November 3, 2023

Pages: 405

Genre: LGBTQ Holiday Romance

They say you should love thy neighbor, but I don’t think they meant it the way I want to love mine.

Miles “Rooster” Johnson: As a young single-dad with a teaching job, I haven’t had much opportunity to date. My son is my entire world, and though I would love to have a partner and someone to count on, the passing years have shown that it’s just not in the cards for me. So when the gorgeous lumberjack of a man—the same man that I’ve had a massive crush on since the moment we became neighbors—suddenly asks me out on a date, I’m completely blindsided. Trent could have anyone he wants. He’s charming, flirtatious, and outgoing—the exact opposite of my awkward, anxious self. I don’t know what he sees in me. All I know for sure is that I absolutely need to make this date go well.

Trent Montgomery: I know I have a playboy reputation in our small town, but there’s nothing wrong with playing the field. It’s worked for me so far, even if I have felt some discontent lately. My mama thinks I need to settle down and find someone nice. But she doesn’t understand that I’m just not ready. No matter how beautiful and tempting my neighbor Rooster is or how eager I am to get the silent mountain of a man to open up—no matter how adorable his little boy is, even when he’s threatening me at bat-point to take his daddy out on a date—I know I can’t be everything that they need. I agreed to ask Rooster out, but I think maybe I made a big mistake. All I know for sure is that I absolutely need to sabotage this date.

Are you kidding me? Let Your Hearts Be Light was the first book I finished this year. And this book was just as adorable. The Montgomery men are literal perfection. 

They're understanding lumberjacks in the perfect Vermont town, Belleville. I'm still riding the Christmas season high, and this was a perfect complement to all of the Christmassy goodness going on. 

Miles's anxiety was tough to read. But reading about how his mother treated him, in the name of his anxiety, was worse. Trent's understanding regarding his anxiety is way better. Their chemistry was incredible! For the five years that they lived across the street from one another, they knew they were attracted to each other. And this year, Bubba, Miles's son took matters into his own hands to get the show on the road between them! It was a bumpy start, but once they started things got interesting quickly. And then you get into a lot of full on primal play, and the teasers for the next book, and I can't freaking wait!

Ratings

Stars: 5/5

Spice: 4/5