This is a sweet romance between two young men who grew up living across the street from each other. One comes from a hard working, blue collar family of plumbers, while the other comes from a family of doctors.
While the boys played together when they were younger, for the last couple of years, they have only admired each other from afar. They did not attend the same school, so they don’t have much reason to interact.
Aaron is an apprentice to a plumber, on his way to a good job. Joe has gone against his family’s wishes for medical school, and is studying to become a teacher. When their paths cross, Joe calls Aaron out for checking him out; but Aaron didn’t know anyone could tell he was gay. He’s never come out to anyone.
As their relationship grows, so does the pressure for Aaron to come out; a good part of that from Aaron himself. Things go better than expected, but his father takes a little longer to adjust. But, once he does, he accepts the couple as just one of his boys having a significant other. This leads to all kinds of excitement, and an unproven could-be disaster for Aaron’s future.
But, all jealousies and prejudices are set aside as the couple finds their HEA/HFN.
This is a new narrator for me, but I enjoyed listening to the performance. His characters are well differentiated and the words flowed smoothly.
Happy listening!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review