Reviewed by True
TITLE: Open Liner
SERIES: Alchemy Ink #1
AUTHOR: Katherine McIntyre
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 221 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2026
BLURB:
The firefighter who saves August from a kitchen grease fire happens to be hot, single…and his ex-girlfriend’s brother.
August
When Serena dumps me, I barely have time to process before a sexy firefighter busts into my kitchen. Mostly because of the grease fire, but damn, he snags my attention at once. Then I find out he’s Serena’s brother. And the hits keep coming, because my parents drop the news that they’re moving down South. I’m about to be utterly alone, and I’m tempted to move too.
Drake
I’m in a rut. Work is fine, but I’m just floating through it. Meanwhile, my siblings are out there changing the world. So when the fire chief asks me to come up with a new idea for our charity event, I jump in feet-first with a charity concert. Of course, the one person who can help me is the gorgeous tattoo artist my sister used to date.
Turns out, we get along too well. So well that I can’t stop thinking about him naked. So well that I want to spend every spare second with him.
Except he’s not looking to stay, and I can’t hurt my sister by crossing that line.
REVIEW:
Sit back and enjoy this cozy romance.
August is a tattoo artist, he works at Alchemy Ink. He just got dumped.
Drake is a firefighter and the brother of the last one who dumped August. Drake brought August his stuff from his sister’s house. When Drake entered the house he smelled fire.
Helping August with a kitchen fire was meant to be.
Both are feeling lonely. August has had more than one relationship with people who belonged in the friend zone, and Drake always feels second-rate and can’t keep anyone because of his extreme work hours, so only hook-ups.
They clicked right away, and in no time August was on his knees for Drake, the chemistry between them was undeniable.
Now August also got ‘dumped’ by his parents, they will move away, and asked him if he wanted to move with them. That became a dilemma, since Drake was in the picture. August still wants to think about his options.
They have dates, holding hands, fuck each other’s brain out and just fit so well together.
They are both in splits; Drake being with his sister’s ex, impossible to explain, it’s a ‘not-done’. August who doesn’t want to go to Florida, he loves Drake, but with his history with relationships, he knows he’ll get dumped sooner or later, so what to do… Florida or not?
The conversations were fun and easygoing. The chemistry is off the charts, they are scorching together, and the ‘dirty talk’ is dang hot hot!
A really feel-good story, well-written, and with lovable characters!
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