Reviewed by Sadonna

TITLE:  Straight Dad

SERIES:  Fixer Brothers Construction Company

AUTHOR:  Raleigh Ruebins

PUBLISHER:  Self-published

LENGTH:  249 pages

RELEASE DATE:  June 22, 2023

BLURB:

Straight dads don’t get crushes on 22-year-old star quarterbacks. Right?

Kace Tomlin is the nation’s hottest, youngest pro quarterback at age 22, and he’s out and proud. When Kace hired my little construction company to work on his multi-million dollar mansion, it was the quickest hell yes of my life.

Usually I’m in Dad Mode, 24/7—boring, predictable, and dependable. But being plunged into a young hotshot football player’s world is anything but predictable.

I can’t stop watching him. Craving him. And after one blazing hot night, we can’t keep our hands off each other. I hate that he gets my wires all crossed, and makes me feel like I’m nowhere close to straight.

But Kace has a TV crew filming every moment of his private life. We’re on the show now, for all of Kace’s fans to see, keeping our smoldering secret hidden.

Is this all just another game? Or will he be reckless with me, for the whole world to see?

REVIEW:

Nathan Wood has been hired by out and proud Denver Ferals star quarterback Kace Tomin to do some reno work on his guest house that experienced a fire.  When Nathan shows up, Kace is naked getting out of a sauna.  Ok then.  Nathan is a bit surprised when he realizes he’s getting turned on by this nearly perfect male specimen.  Kace is also a VERY big personality who as he says, doesn’t have an off button.  They talk about the work and Nathan leaves.

Kace really likes older guys and so he sort of sets out to tease and have fun with Nathan.  Then he invites him to a party.  Nathan feels really out of place with the 100 or so younger folks at the party and when he needs a break and goes out to the guest house to check something what he finds is Kace.  And oh boy, is he surprised by what he walks in on.  And even more so that it totally turns his crank.

When he next sees Nathan, it’s at a meeting at the Fixer Brothers company office.  He really likes these guys – including Nathan’s adorable younger brothers and Charlie who also works with them.  They end up hanging out at Rush’s bar across the street.  Rush who happens to be Nathan’s brother Shawn’s boyfriend and Nathan’s bestie.  When Nathan gets a little jealous of Kace talking to a young guy, well he decides to leave and Kace follows him.  They leave together and well it’s an interesting night.

Nathan has no idea what he’s doing.  Kace is scared he’s going to end up with a broken heart.  Of course there are a few obstacles, but nothing that can’t be overcome by two guys who seem to fit perfectly 😉

Oh my.  This is a SUPER cute story 🙂  Nathan is the sweetest man.  I really liked him in the first book in this series and now, well he’s complete the most adorkable dad and “regular guy” ever.  The fact that Kace recognizes what a genuine, warm and caring person he is from the get-go says a lot.  Kace hides a lot behind his “big personality” as a star quarterback, but what he really wants to be loved for his true self – not the celebrity that he puts out for daily consumption via his socials.  And his reality show.  Nathan is confused as hell – he’s never done anything with a guy, but he really can’t seem to stay away from Kace and he’s powerfully attracted from their first meeting.  Having gay brothers, he’s not really freaked out – except that nothin interesting EVER happens to him, so that’s probably at least as big a deal as the attraction to a guy thing.  Kace’s past experience with a closeted guy has him worried about anything with Nathan because he has vowed never to hide again.  Despite his family’s rejection and the loss of his ex, he’s not going back down that road.  Nathan is not so much worried about himself as he is Kace.  I absolutely loved how Nathan’s family was with the whole thing as well as his coworkers.  This is a low angst and fun read with a super sweet HEA 🙂  I can’t wait for the next book so that Charlie can FINALLY find the right man – at least I hope he can 😉  If you’re looking for an easy bi-awakening story that has sweet, funny and sexy moments, then I think you’ll really enjoy this story.

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