The Year of Us: July

The Year of Us #7

by Kate Hawthorne, E.M. Denning

Cory Callahan and Reese Rollins are total opposites.
Cory wears a Rolex and makes six figures a year.
Reese is a bartender with a busted screen on his cellphone.
Cory lives in New York.
Reese lives in LA.
One delayed flight and a chance meeting at a bar later, the two strangers find they have one indisputable thing in common…
The attraction between them is incendiary.
But after a shared night at an airport hotel they learn there’s one other trait they share.
They’re both dominant and not interested in being told no.

The Year of Us is a twelve novelette series from Kate Hawthorne and EM Denning, exploring what happens when two men with nothing in common find out there might be something between them after all.

Genres: M M Romance, BDSM

55 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2025

About the author

With over two dozen published romances to her name, Kate Hawthorne has built a recognizable brand around telling emotional stories that pack a figurative (and sometimes literal) punch.

Existing on a steady diet of wine and coffee, Kate spends her days dreaming up angsty stories full of heat, kink, and heart. Kate now lives in Louisville, where she writes romance, reads romance, and hides from the humidity.

Visit her website at http://www.katehawthornebooks.com

Reviews

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sooooo good!

There is no doubt in my mind that TYOU will be my top read of the whole year once all 12 novellas are put into one big book! Cory and Reese are top tier and I love them more and more with each installment!

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been Sooo eager for this next episode with these two wonderful men, daily I'd check but nothing yet, then this morning I checked, and squealed, it was here. And a very exciting episode too as things get better and better between Reese and Cory. Another lovely, sexy short tale as their relationship grows and grows.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

After arriving back in NYC, Cody realises he really wants to be with Reese in LA and so after talking with a friend, he hops back on a plane to the West Coast and is there in bed when Reese gets home from work.
This book takes the relationship on a bit. Not so much sex and the 2 deciding they want to be together in Ca and Cody buying a house.

[eve ⚡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Thank you, Sir."

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[Zane Kage · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Helen Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inevitably as breathing, Cory decides he needs to be with Reese as more than a visitor to LA.