Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Click 

SERIES: White House Men #3

AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 327 pages

RELEASE DATE: January 20, 2021

BLURB:

He doesn’t just want the friendship or the benefits. He wants it all.

Rhett, the White House photographer, is tired of everyone treating him like he’s fragile. He wants a life of his own. Punch his V-card. A boyfriend.

Making new friends is a good first step, even if it’s with his boss, Calix, who’s fifteen years his senior. Calix is kind and protective, and he encourages Rhett to spread his wings.

When Rhett stumbles, Calix is there to catch him, and what started as friendship, grows into a mutually beneficial arrangement. Friends with benefits. Kind of.

But Calix still mourns his dead husband, so what happens when Rhett wants to extend their arrangement…indefinitely? He doesn’t just want the friendship or the benefits. He wants it all.

Meanwhile, the investigation continues, and the plot gets more and more complicated…and more dangerous. How far will the terrorists go to accomplish their goal?

Click is an MM romance with hurt/comfort, an age gap, a sweet virgin, and a friends with benefits arrangement. It’s the third book in the White House Men series, a romantic suspense series set in the White House, that needs to be read in order. Click ends with a happily ever after, but the suspense plot ends on a cliffhanger and will be continued in the rest of the series.

REVIEW:

Ok. So be aware of the little italics at the bottom of the blurb because it is a bit cliffhangery….and yes I know that’s not really a word. It also still deals with the assassination of the last president, the bombing that started all this and everything in between. Even though the timeline may be five years later, everyone grieves and deals with things in their own way. So if there are triggers still for you, please be careful.

I was glad to get this story. I was really hoping for Calix to finally be able to move forward with his life after the loss of his husband. And for Rhett to finally be able to open his wings and fly himself after having to depend of Levar to get him through the simplest of things. Or what simple may be to someone else. Not so simple for Rhett. And I’m not going to lie, I’m glad that Nora paired them. I’m glad she made them really see each other because with all they have been through in their lives, there really were no explanations. They knew, in a sense, what the other had been through.

True, Rhett had never been married, and Calix had never had to deal with agoraphobia. But the fact is they still had to deal with the aftermath of the bombing that started everything. But what I loved even more, was how comfortable they became with each other. For both of them, it was a HUGE deal. Calix had never really let anyone see the personal Calix because being at the White House he always has a persona to uphold. But not only that, it let people get too close and that could be dangerous. Same for Rhett. For finally starting to find comfort in being in the world again, and for other things in his personal life, finding trust in someone other than Levar to be able to handle his ‘quirks’, was huge for him. And they are perfect for each other I think. 

The surprise in this story was how this plot is shifting and who has really been involved all along. And who they are finding out has been behind things. It was a blow I was not expecting. And to start seeing pieces fit together, even without knowing them all yet, it’s still a heck of a shock and a ride to see this White House staff, the FBI, etc, start to put things together. And see what little it takes to set someone off. So, I’m definitely ready to see how everyone is going to tie together and how it’s going to add up in the end. Because as of now, I’m still in shock.

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