Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Caulky
SERIES: Four Bears Construction
AUTHOR: K.M. Neuhold
NARRATORS: Tim Paige & Liam DiCosimo
PUBLISHER: Self published
RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2020
LENGTH: 6 hours and 39 minutes
BLURB:
Ren is in desperate need of a rebound fling. Lucky for him, the smoking hot contractor he hired has just the tool for the job.
The last thing I want is another relationship or another broken heart.
All I need are my bees and the occasional hookup to scratch the itch.
Okay, maybe meeting up with my hot contractor weekly is a little more than occasional. And maybe the way I’m starting to feel about the guy I’ve been anonymously chatting with online should concern me.
But CaulkyAF doesn’t want to meet, and Cole doesn’t want anything serious, so what’s the worst that could happen?
Caulky is book one in the Four Bears Construction Series and can be listened to as a stand-alone. This is a funny, steamy MM story guaranteed to make you laugh and swoon. Absolutely no cheating and no love triangle. This series does not contain shifters, it’s the other kind of bears.
REVIEW:
Ren has been with his boyfriend for five years and finds out – almost on accident – that he’s moving out. Damn! So he goes out with his BFF Daniel and after quite a few drinks, takes home a hot AF bear. Imagine his consternation when he answers the door to his contractor who is redoing his bathroom that he’s wanted done forever and finds that it’s the bear from the week before 🙂 There are so many cute and funny moments in this whole interaction.
Cole is a hook-up guy. No relationships for him. Hes in his early forties, but he’s a good looking guy and doesn’t have any trouble finding partners. He has a great time with Ren, but doesn’t expect to ever see him again. But when he ends up waking the guy up and gets another eyeful, he’s not too sad to see him again. The banter a bit while he’s working on Ren’s reno project and the night before he finishes the project, they hook up again at the bar where they first met. And they kinda develop a pattern.
In the meantime, Ren has gotten on an app post breakup. He’s decided he’s done with relationships. All it’s gotten him is a broken heart (even though he’s not really that sad that his boyfriend is gone). He just wants to enjoy his beekeeping hobby and maybe have a hookup once and a while. Cole has also gotten on the app. He’s not looking for a relationship – in fact, he and the guys at his company repeatedly rib his brother for his lack of luck in the relationship department after two failed marriages and still looking for “the one.” But he connects with a guy on the app and they seem to have a really good rapport. Then he kinda feels guilty about his hookups with Ren while he’s talking to this other guy- because it kinda seems like they are becoming friends and texting regularly. Well you can see where this is going, right? Can they find what they are looking for? Should Ren risk his heart again? Is Cole ready to have a real relationship after his years of happy bachelorhood? You’ll have to read it to find out.
What a great start to this new series 🙂 Ren is adorable. He’s got a job he really doesn’t like except that it pays the bills and he can also pursue his hobby and have a little side business. He’s pretty Ok with his life. Cole is very happy with his casual dating history. But then he connects with both Ren and “Rebound” and he’s not sure that he wants to let that go. I loved how they both had to take a real risk and decide if they could try it together. There were so many really funny and sweet moments with them. I also enjoyed the secondary characters of Ren’s mother and his best friend Danny as well as Cole’s business partners (including his brother Ollie) and his parents. I cannot wait to see what kind of trouble those other Bears get into 😉 Both of these narrators were new to me and I thought they both did a terrific job. The story is told in alternating POV of Cole and Ren and they really made the voices stand out. Perfect for fans of low angst, cute, funny and sexy reads. Highly recommended and can’t wait for the next one 😀
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