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Nothing Special #9
Nothing Special IX: Fire and Smoke
“A ruthless meth dealer is torching Atlanta’s streets, and God and Day are striking back with two of Hollywood’s legendary pyro experts.”
The war raging through Atlanta isn’t just about drugs—it’s about power, leverage, and survival. God and Day’s task force is the only barrier standing between a growing plague and the city’s safety.
Wes and Law, childhood friends turned blacklisted pyrotechnic rivals, are hiding out in Atlanta until the fire they started in Hollywood is extinguished.
It seemed like a safe choice—until they’re dragged into the task force’s frontline fight. Now they’re trading cinematic special effects for real explosions and blood in the streets.
God and Day’s team is fracturing under secrets and betrayal, as the merciless army of their fiercest kingpin yet slowly closes in.
They used to fight to conquer… now they’re just fighting to survive.
The war raging through Atlanta isn’t just about drugs—it’s about power, leverage, and survival. God and Day’s task force is the only barrier standing between a growing plague and the city’s safety.
Wes and Law, childhood friends turned blacklisted pyrotechnic rivals, are hiding out in Atlanta until the fire they started in Hollywood is extinguished.
It seemed like a safe choice—until they’re dragged into the task force’s frontline fight. Now they’re trading cinematic special effects for real explosions and blood in the streets.
God and Day’s team is fracturing under secrets and betrayal, as the merciless army of their fiercest kingpin yet slowly closes in.
They used to fight to conquer… now they’re just fighting to survive.
418 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2025
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A.E. Via
48 books3,237 followersA.E. Via is an author in the beautiful gay romance genre and also founder and owner of Via Star Wings Books. Her writing embodies everything from hopelessly romantic to spicy to scandalous. Her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
When she's not clicking away at her laptop, she devotes herself to her family--a husband and four children.
Adrienne Via has tons of more stories to tell, but she really would like to hear yours. Via Star Wings Books is currently accepting submissions for established and aspiring LGBTQ authors. I've contracted and successfully published a couple authors - whose information can be found on my website - who can tell you that my passion is giving other writer's stories the love and care it deserves so it could be a gift to another. Visit my site to learn more!
Go to A.E. Via's official website http://authoraevia.com for more detailed information on how to contact her, follow her, or a sneak peak on upcoming work, free reads, VSWB submissions, and where she'll appear next.
When she's not clicking away at her laptop, she devotes herself to her family--a husband and four children.
Adrienne Via has tons of more stories to tell, but she really would like to hear yours. Via Star Wings Books is currently accepting submissions for established and aspiring LGBTQ authors. I've contracted and successfully published a couple authors - whose information can be found on my website - who can tell you that my passion is giving other writer's stories the love and care it deserves so it could be a gift to another. Visit my site to learn more!
Go to A.E. Via's official website http://authoraevia.com for more detailed information on how to contact her, follow her, or a sneak peak on upcoming work, free reads, VSWB submissions, and where she'll appear next.
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December 20, 2024Do we ever get this book?
August 16, 2025
if anybody's wondering I was looking on Amazon and I seen this book is supposed to come out September 30th
November 14, 2025
Exciting, riveting, and dangerous !
We get all of the tension and excitement we can handle here. It’s a complicated situation with several people interfering with business, and our guys, Wes and Law, have come to help God and Day and the team with their ops.
It seems there is more than one person causing chaos. There is several guesses as to why, who and how these rats are screwing up their plans.
While one of our new men Wes, must go back for an opportunity, the other, Law will stay with the elite team.
Neither likes being apart.
The bad guys, explosions and danger are happening too often. What is really behind these problems?
There is a hint that more will be revealed in the next book, which will be the last.
ENJOY !
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We get all of the tension and excitement we can handle here. It’s a complicated situation with several people interfering with business, and our guys, Wes and Law, have come to help God and Day and the team with their ops.
It seems there is more than one person causing chaos. There is several guesses as to why, who and how these rats are screwing up their plans.
While one of our new men Wes, must go back for an opportunity, the other, Law will stay with the elite team.
Neither likes being apart.
The bad guys, explosions and danger are happening too often. What is really behind these problems?
There is a hint that more will be revealed in the next book, which will be the last.
ENJOY !
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September 29, 2025
Wow, AE brings us back to the Nothing Special world after the awaited wait in an awesome way.
We come back together with our whole crew and add in Wes and Law and the pyro specialty they bring to the task force. We see relationship up and downs, get some laughs from the crew and left with wondering what’s to come of the task force in NS10
We come back together with our whole crew and add in Wes and Law and the pyro specialty they bring to the task force. We see relationship up and downs, get some laughs from the crew and left with wondering what’s to come of the task force in NS10
July 2, 2025
when do we get this book?!? I'm too intrigued by that last ending. Come on.....
September 22, 2025
I had no clue how A.E. Via would corral a couple of pyrotechnic wizards into God and Day's task force, but in a single car fire scene she convinced me there was no better fit for Law and Wes. I'm always thrilled to experience the adrenaline-pumping action of the Nothing Special series -- and there was plenty of that to go around -- but this book really impressed me with the character development outside of the spectacle. From the newbies, Law and Wes, having to learn how to turn their constant cycle of fighting and f-ing into an actual relationship to God and Day's surprisingly emotional relationship reckoning, I was blown away by how much this book made me feel. I've been invested in some of these characters for years by now, and as much fun as it's been to have fun with them, I didn't even know I was missing the maturity this story brought to the table. Through Law and Wes's eyes, I got to experience the task force as if it were brand-new, and I honestly understood how freaked out the two of them were by the seriousness of participating in their missions. It was pretty freaking cool to see how Wes and Law combined their smoke and fire into some dazzling displays, but it was tempered by the very real danger they were up against. As the task force doggedly pursued their takedown of a drug lord, each man had to reckon with what their constant vigil was doing to their relationships. I got emotional multiple times throughout the book, and no one surprised me more than Vasquez. I promise you that no matter how much you've sworn to yourself that Vasquez is an irredeemable character, you won't feel that way at the end of this book. I can't believe that A.E. Via took a character who was so easy for me to write off previously and turned him into the one person I couldn't stop thinking about, and his character arc stole the spotlight for me. I don't think I can say anything else without this review turning into spoiler central, but I have to make one plea for Vasquez and Joshi to get a book of their own some day in the future. As far as this story's leads were concerned, it was all fireworks and love confessions and running off in a blaze of smoke and glory together. I'm really looking forward to the final reckoning A.E. Via promised in the epilogue!
**I voluntarily read an ARC of this book. This review expresses my honest thoughts and opinions.
**I voluntarily read an ARC of this book. This review expresses my honest thoughts and opinions.
October 10, 2025
Wes following the love of his life’s lead has come natural to him since they were young, but what happens when you grow and he doesn’t, what happens when your peace no longer mixes with his chaos, what happens when loving him comes at the cost of burning and your the only one with scars?
Law loves Wes more than life it’s self but their career is everything to them, he’s trying to fix it. Doing everything in his power to make the dreams of the man he loves come true but somehow he’s always falling short, he can do nothing more than to beg Wes not to give up on him, but what happens when it all goes up in smoke and your the only one left choking?
God & Day
It’s been 15 years of power, partnership and passion. Running the most elite task force in Atlanta is coming in at a cost that is too high of a price and Day is not willing to pay. How will Day make God hear him when he says enough is enough, he wants his husband back.
God is slowly drowning in the city’s scum, by the time he reaches the surface his husband is nowhere to be found, how long has it been since they shared a meal? Embraced one another? Set the sheets alight with their burning need? The answer: Too long. It’s time to readjust and prove to his husband that he is everything he needs in this lifetime.
If that costs him everything they have worked for, for the last 15 years so be it. Nothing is worth losing someone so special.
Ramon
Bitter, angry, resentful, immoral. He didn’t start off this way, he once had hopes and dreams, a vision of who he would be, of what he would have…. But you know what they always say; When you make plans God laughs and dammit if God isn’t having a riot of a time looking down on him.
Life isn’t supposed to be this difficult, is it? At what point did he stop living and start just barely surviving.
But what are you supposed to do when your once strong and stoic father becomes a mere shadow of himself, ravaged by a disease that knows no mercy… you step up, you be the son always taught you to be and you take care of the man that raised you…. Even if it costs you your soul, even if it costs you your career, even if it costs you your life. It takes one choice, one act of kindness, one man to show Ramon that he can repent and life is worth living.
Law loves Wes more than life it’s self but their career is everything to them, he’s trying to fix it. Doing everything in his power to make the dreams of the man he loves come true but somehow he’s always falling short, he can do nothing more than to beg Wes not to give up on him, but what happens when it all goes up in smoke and your the only one left choking?
God & Day
It’s been 15 years of power, partnership and passion. Running the most elite task force in Atlanta is coming in at a cost that is too high of a price and Day is not willing to pay. How will Day make God hear him when he says enough is enough, he wants his husband back.
God is slowly drowning in the city’s scum, by the time he reaches the surface his husband is nowhere to be found, how long has it been since they shared a meal? Embraced one another? Set the sheets alight with their burning need? The answer: Too long. It’s time to readjust and prove to his husband that he is everything he needs in this lifetime.
If that costs him everything they have worked for, for the last 15 years so be it. Nothing is worth losing someone so special.
Ramon
Bitter, angry, resentful, immoral. He didn’t start off this way, he once had hopes and dreams, a vision of who he would be, of what he would have…. But you know what they always say; When you make plans God laughs and dammit if God isn’t having a riot of a time looking down on him.
Life isn’t supposed to be this difficult, is it? At what point did he stop living and start just barely surviving.
But what are you supposed to do when your once strong and stoic father becomes a mere shadow of himself, ravaged by a disease that knows no mercy… you step up, you be the son always taught you to be and you take care of the man that raised you…. Even if it costs you your soul, even if it costs you your career, even if it costs you your life. It takes one choice, one act of kindness, one man to show Ramon that he can repent and life is worth living.
October 1, 2025
This book was lit. I loved the story for these two. It was a page turner. Without giving too much away. They are not you're typical members of God and Days team. Which I kind of liked. I was having a hard time trying to figure out how these two would work along side with G&Ds team.
I enjoyed reading about the technical aspect of what Wes and Law do. How it helped get to the end goal.
Their story was a roller coaster. It wasn't black and white. It wasn't instant love even though they've been in love for ages. There was hurt. Hurt you felt coming off the page. There was love and devotion that you could feel seeping through the pages. Majority of the book you were just wanting these two to get their HEA. They did. They got it. with work. I like that it wasn't instant or quick or even easy. They had to work for it.
I also like that God and Day had some spot light in here. That she touched base with the ones who started it all. So see that they are indeed a couple, with ups and downs. Especially wrangling this group of men couldn't be easy. Not so much that God was taken down a notch, more that he found his way back to Day. That he set his sights back to Day. I can somewhat see where the potential for the last book can go. I think it will wrap it up nicely.
Vasquez.... well crap. This I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this. First off, boy did I want what was coming to him, to come to him. And it did. But mannnnn that story, the feels decided to side swipe me out of no where. So do I feel for him, his story. A wee bit. Do I think he deserves his HEA, I do. But do I think he needs to own up to the crap he's put others through, also, yeah. SO ya mixed feels about him.
All in all. 10/10 stars. Adrienne never disappoints. This whole series lives rent free on repeat in my heart and head. I can't wait for the final, but will be very sad that it will end.
Highly recommend reading the previous books (A. because they are epic, and B it will help with the plot and characters). s
I enjoyed reading about the technical aspect of what Wes and Law do. How it helped get to the end goal.
Their story was a roller coaster. It wasn't black and white. It wasn't instant love even though they've been in love for ages. There was hurt. Hurt you felt coming off the page. There was love and devotion that you could feel seeping through the pages. Majority of the book you were just wanting these two to get their HEA. They did. They got it. with work. I like that it wasn't instant or quick or even easy. They had to work for it.
I also like that God and Day had some spot light in here. That she touched base with the ones who started it all. So see that they are indeed a couple, with ups and downs. Especially wrangling this group of men couldn't be easy. Not so much that God was taken down a notch, more that he found his way back to Day. That he set his sights back to Day. I can somewhat see where the potential for the last book can go. I think it will wrap it up nicely.
Vasquez.... well crap. This I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this. First off, boy did I want what was coming to him, to come to him. And it did. But mannnnn that story, the feels decided to side swipe me out of no where. So do I feel for him, his story. A wee bit. Do I think he deserves his HEA, I do. But do I think he needs to own up to the crap he's put others through, also, yeah. SO ya mixed feels about him.
All in all. 10/10 stars. Adrienne never disappoints. This whole series lives rent free on repeat in my heart and head. I can't wait for the final, but will be very sad that it will end.
Highly recommend reading the previous books (A. because they are epic, and B it will help with the plot and characters). s
October 7, 2025
4.5 Stars
I really love this series – I mean it is one of my all-time favorites, I loved being back in this work and Law and Wes are a really great addition! I also enjoyed the fact that they are outside out law enforcement, it adds a bit of a new dimension but they sure do fit it with this crew!
Law and Wes come from a world of pyrotechnics – smoke and fire for sure – and had made a name for themselves in Hollywood, but after an effect gone wrong they end up blacklisted from the industry for now and are both back in Atlanta trying to start over. Call it right place, right time or not but after witnessing and stepping into help during a dangerous situation with God and his team, they get recruited to help the task force. Add in the complicated but passionate relationship they’ve had and it’s a lot of action from start to finish.
I loved the depth of the relationship between Wes and Law, it’s clear how strong their feelings are but it’s definitely not an easy path for these two. Yes, they definitely love each other but they fire each other up too and that may not always be good for them. You can feel that these two are going to figure it out though, they’ve been apart, they’ve been hurt but their love is going to win, they are just meant to be. We also get a good look at God and Day and their relationship – yes it gets tested here – but once again their love wins too. I loved seeing the rawness and the tough moments though.
There is a lot happening in this book, it grabbed my attention from the start and kept me reading until I finished and just action packed throughout the whole journey. I didn’t want it to end, but it does come together in fantastic glory. I truly loved seeing everyone together, all still playing their roles, it makes me so very happy. I do have to mention Vasquez – he’s the continued thorn in my side with this series and I’m just going to say I don’t want him to get away with it. He’s not someone I’m rooting for! But I am excited to get more of this series, even if it is almost the end – I truly love this whole group!
I really love this series – I mean it is one of my all-time favorites, I loved being back in this work and Law and Wes are a really great addition! I also enjoyed the fact that they are outside out law enforcement, it adds a bit of a new dimension but they sure do fit it with this crew!
Law and Wes come from a world of pyrotechnics – smoke and fire for sure – and had made a name for themselves in Hollywood, but after an effect gone wrong they end up blacklisted from the industry for now and are both back in Atlanta trying to start over. Call it right place, right time or not but after witnessing and stepping into help during a dangerous situation with God and his team, they get recruited to help the task force. Add in the complicated but passionate relationship they’ve had and it’s a lot of action from start to finish.
I loved the depth of the relationship between Wes and Law, it’s clear how strong their feelings are but it’s definitely not an easy path for these two. Yes, they definitely love each other but they fire each other up too and that may not always be good for them. You can feel that these two are going to figure it out though, they’ve been apart, they’ve been hurt but their love is going to win, they are just meant to be. We also get a good look at God and Day and their relationship – yes it gets tested here – but once again their love wins too. I loved seeing the rawness and the tough moments though.
There is a lot happening in this book, it grabbed my attention from the start and kept me reading until I finished and just action packed throughout the whole journey. I didn’t want it to end, but it does come together in fantastic glory. I truly loved seeing everyone together, all still playing their roles, it makes me so very happy. I do have to mention Vasquez – he’s the continued thorn in my side with this series and I’m just going to say I don’t want him to get away with it. He’s not someone I’m rooting for! But I am excited to get more of this series, even if it is almost the end – I truly love this whole group!
October 3, 2025
Hot - hotter - the hottest!
This is beyond a simple reading experience, it's living, breathing, surviving and reaching the other side of one very special story.
Because Nothing special is actually a legend in MM romance, books that are extraordinary special. Each one of them ads a new layer, a captivating plot line to a slowly built, but thoroughly detailed, absolutely breath taking, impossible to resist fictional world. For me personally, this is one of the best MM romance series, because of a myriad of reasons but the main ones are :
1. Main plot line that ties together closely all of the books, creating a feeling of wholesomeness and a final goal all the stories are focused on
2. Secondary plot lines - every book presents a new couple but we don't lose the rest. Everything we have already "seen" through a previous lense, now just gets even richer with more elements and twists added in.
3. The characters - once I met them, they left the fictional world to live in my mind's eye. Because yes, they are that well written and fleshed out, absolutely unforgettable, each one with their own personality flavour and little quirks.
Now back to book 9. Not 9, 99 won't be enough - that's how much I love this series.
The special 9 is Wes and Law's story - two brilliant pyro techs as explosive in temper as their talent and relationship is.
And in the background? The Atlanta's one and only team of absolute chaos - extraordinaire or simply said God and Day's squad of police vigilantes.
Don't forget to grab the safety rope before you jump - there are again a few surprises in store...
This is beyond a simple reading experience, it's living, breathing, surviving and reaching the other side of one very special story.
Because Nothing special is actually a legend in MM romance, books that are extraordinary special. Each one of them ads a new layer, a captivating plot line to a slowly built, but thoroughly detailed, absolutely breath taking, impossible to resist fictional world. For me personally, this is one of the best MM romance series, because of a myriad of reasons but the main ones are :
1. Main plot line that ties together closely all of the books, creating a feeling of wholesomeness and a final goal all the stories are focused on
2. Secondary plot lines - every book presents a new couple but we don't lose the rest. Everything we have already "seen" through a previous lense, now just gets even richer with more elements and twists added in.
3. The characters - once I met them, they left the fictional world to live in my mind's eye. Because yes, they are that well written and fleshed out, absolutely unforgettable, each one with their own personality flavour and little quirks.
Now back to book 9. Not 9, 99 won't be enough - that's how much I love this series.
The special 9 is Wes and Law's story - two brilliant pyro techs as explosive in temper as their talent and relationship is.
And in the background? The Atlanta's one and only team of absolute chaos - extraordinaire or simply said God and Day's squad of police vigilantes.
Don't forget to grab the safety rope before you jump - there are again a few surprises in store...
September 21, 2025
When pyrotechnic rivals Wes and Law turn from their arguing to see an Atlanta Task force Suburban melting from a fire that is anything but ordinary, they grab a high tech fire extinguisher from the back of their truck and put out the fire, saving the lives of Atlanta PD Narcotics Task Force Heads Lieutenants Cashel Godfrey and Leonidis Day. God makes them an offer they are not allowed to refuse as he sees in them a secret weapon to combat their most ruthless drug dealer yet. But Wes and Law have been blackballed from Hollywood because they are just as like to cause a disaster as they are a spectacle. And now Internal Affairs is having their Task Force audited and is ready to shut them down, giving them only one week to apprehend and arrest their Enemy #1. Rux and Green have just busted up a multimillionaire’s living room, oops, because Vasquez is up to his old tricks trying to shove a wedge between God and Day. Can Wes and Law get back to the love they have shared for years?
All the drama, action and explosions you normally expect from this group. This ending is not exactly an HEA and sort of a cliffhanger. We couldn’t be happier than to know there is going to be an NS:X in the works. Five stars all the way.
All the drama, action and explosions you normally expect from this group. This ending is not exactly an HEA and sort of a cliffhanger. We couldn’t be happier than to know there is going to be an NS:X in the works. Five stars all the way.
October 3, 2025
Let's call it 4 1/2 stars.
This book had everything! God and Day being God and Day, the expansion of a story line from a short story which brings us a new couple, checking in on all of the other couples we've cheered for over the years and...Vasquez. *Angry eyes*
With everything above, there were several story lines within the main plot. Which was, of course, to get the bad guys. But we also get Wes and Law, childhood friends who became Hollywood pyrotechnics specialists and a couple; God and Day who, dare I say, stumble a bit in their relationship; Vasquez who still wants revenge and a task force that thinks it is indestructible.
I loved bringing in Wes and Law to God's team. Zero police experience. Just two guys who like creating fire, smoke, fireworks and explosions for Hollywood movies. But God sees how they could really be an asset. Their "training" is not much more than "don't die", but what they bring to the table is something new and valuable.
I gasped out loud when trouble was brewing with God and Day. Don't mess with my boys!
And if Ms Via makes me like Ramon Vasquez....
The ending was so perfect. Even if she never wrote these characters again, I would be satisfied about their endings. But we are not seeing the last of them. Thank goodness.
This book had everything! God and Day being God and Day, the expansion of a story line from a short story which brings us a new couple, checking in on all of the other couples we've cheered for over the years and...Vasquez. *Angry eyes*
With everything above, there were several story lines within the main plot. Which was, of course, to get the bad guys. But we also get Wes and Law, childhood friends who became Hollywood pyrotechnics specialists and a couple; God and Day who, dare I say, stumble a bit in their relationship; Vasquez who still wants revenge and a task force that thinks it is indestructible.
I loved bringing in Wes and Law to God's team. Zero police experience. Just two guys who like creating fire, smoke, fireworks and explosions for Hollywood movies. But God sees how they could really be an asset. Their "training" is not much more than "don't die", but what they bring to the table is something new and valuable.
I gasped out loud when trouble was brewing with God and Day. Don't mess with my boys!
And if Ms Via makes me like Ramon Vasquez....
The ending was so perfect. Even if she never wrote these characters again, I would be satisfied about their endings. But we are not seeing the last of them. Thank goodness.
September 21, 2025
The whole Nothing Special gang is back! The crew will face their toughest case yet. A drug lord has been terrorizing Atlanta and the team just can’t nail him. It will take extra special consultants to help APD’s best task force bring down this kind of evil. Enter disgraced Hollywood special effects operators. Law and Wes are a dynamic duo unto themselves. Each possesses special skills that can bring the heat to the drug war in the ATL. The two are made an offer they’re unable to refuse. They join forces with the task force to bring down one of Atlanta’s fiercest drug lords. Law and Wes not only are a special effects team but they carry strong personal relationship that has brought them significant heartache. They must work together as a duo and as part of a much larger team to bring justice. There is so much action throughout the entire book that you’ll stay on the edge of your seat. You catch up with favorite characters from the previous books in the series and new betrayals are revealed. Join God, Day and the rest of the task force as they bring in two power players to bring Justice to their city.
January 26, 2026
Questo nono volume della serie Nothing Special mi ha semplicemente catturata fin dal primo istante che combina azione serrata, tensione emotiva e personaggi indimenticabili in un mix che ti tiene incollato alle pagine fino all’ultima riga. La trama ti getta immediatamente nel vivo Atlanta è messa a ferro e fuoco da un mercante di metanfetamine senza scrupoli, e il team d’élite di God e Day lotta per fermarlo. In questa cornice ad alto rischio entrano Wes e Law, due esperti di pirotecnica cinematografica la cui chimica, passione e rivalità personale diventano una forza speciale quando vengono integrati nella task force. Quello che amo di più di questo libro è la combinazione di adrenalina e profondità emotiva. Non si tratta solo di inseguimenti e sparatorie: ogni personaggio ha la sua voce, le sue sfumature, le sue fragilità, e la chimica tra Wes e Law è assolutamente magnetica. Ci sono momenti di romanticismo intenso che si intrecciano perfettamente con la suspense e il pericolo, senza mai risultare forzati. Inoltre, la narrazione scorre fluida, con colpi di scena ben piazzati e situazioni che ti fanno girare pagina dopo pagina senza nemmeno accorgertene.
September 30, 2025
First 11% is from the novella, Sparks Will Fly, which this book is an expansion of.
Prologue picks up a few hours after the ending of the novella, where we're shown how Wes and Law save God's team and how they end up becoming consultants.
There are multiple couples featured in this book, so it's multi-POV. Wish we had one or two from Gen and Curtis. Their scene in the second-to-last chapter was so sweet. Please please please give us a book for them now that they're older 🙏🙏🙏
Law and Wes are as volatile as the special effects they work with. They still have amazing chemistry, but their stubbornness and temper also makes them not a good fit in their current state. We see them grow slightly through the missions but also get overwhelmed working with God's decked out team of experts.
Loved getting POVs from God and Day again but hated that it was the work-life balance problem that comes with working as a detective. I'm glad things resolved but wow, things were touch-and-go there.
I'm surprised AE Via was able to redeem Vasquez (in my eyes) in this book. Though it doesn't seem like he'll get his own book with how things turned out, I hope he gets his definitive HEA because Kiran is good for him. I no longer hate him as with previous books.
Prologue picks up a few hours after the ending of the novella, where we're shown how Wes and Law save God's team and how they end up becoming consultants.
There are multiple couples featured in this book, so it's multi-POV. Wish we had one or two from Gen and Curtis. Their scene in the second-to-last chapter was so sweet. Please please please give us a book for them now that they're older 🙏🙏🙏
Law and Wes are as volatile as the special effects they work with. They still have amazing chemistry, but their stubbornness and temper also makes them not a good fit in their current state. We see them grow slightly through the missions but also get overwhelmed working with God's decked out team of experts.
Loved getting POVs from God and Day again but hated that it was the work-life balance problem that comes with working as a detective. I'm glad things resolved but wow, things were touch-and-go there.
I'm surprised AE Via was able to redeem Vasquez (in my eyes) in this book. Though it doesn't seem like he'll get his own book with how things turned out, I hope he gets his definitive HEA because Kiran is good for him. I no longer hate him as with previous books.
September 29, 2025
West and Law were riding high. They have been a duo since they were twelve. The took Hollywood by storm with the pyro skills until an accident blacklisted them. Now they are back in Atlanta trying to regain their prior glory. Meeting Gid was not in the plans...
Fire ans Smoke is the latest in A.E. Via's Nothing Special series. I love returning to Atlanta and enjoyed getting to know Wes and Law. They are struggling to accept their change in circumstance even as they attempt to navigate their somewhat toxic relationship. Their roles have been defined for years. Can they move passed the toxicity and focus on the love? I loved finding out even as they make new friends among the task force. I thoroughly enjoyed the unique experience Wes and Law bring to the team even as we see cracks in a surprising way. I loved seeing how Ms. Via tied up lose ends and showed the work involved in maintaining and growing within a relationship. I cannot wait to see where Ms. Via will take us next.
Fire ans Smoke is the latest in A.E. Via's Nothing Special series. I love returning to Atlanta and enjoyed getting to know Wes and Law. They are struggling to accept their change in circumstance even as they attempt to navigate their somewhat toxic relationship. Their roles have been defined for years. Can they move passed the toxicity and focus on the love? I loved finding out even as they make new friends among the task force. I thoroughly enjoyed the unique experience Wes and Law bring to the team even as we see cracks in a surprising way. I loved seeing how Ms. Via tied up lose ends and showed the work involved in maintaining and growing within a relationship. I cannot wait to see where Ms. Via will take us next.
September 30, 2025
Finally the long awaited next book in the amazing Nothing Special series!!!! What can I say? A.E. Via does not disappoint! Be ready to stay glued in your seat, keep turning the pages and ignore the world around you as you dive into the world of Altanta PD's best, baddass task force again!
After being blocklisted from Hollywood Wes and Law are back in their hometown Atlanta picking up the pieces of their carers. By chance they witness an attack on God and Day's car and help put the fire out. Landing on God's radar he doesn't hesitate to pull them into his task force to help with his current case.
The book was an emotional Merry go round. I didn't know which character to cheer on the most. It took me by surprise in the end. Don't get me wrong you still get all the action and the badass men.
Everyone waiting to find out how it goes with officer Vasquez will finally get their answer! It surely wasn't what I expected when I started the book ;D
Happy reading!!!!
After being blocklisted from Hollywood Wes and Law are back in their hometown Atlanta picking up the pieces of their carers. By chance they witness an attack on God and Day's car and help put the fire out. Landing on God's radar he doesn't hesitate to pull them into his task force to help with his current case.
The book was an emotional Merry go round. I didn't know which character to cheer on the most. It took me by surprise in the end. Don't get me wrong you still get all the action and the badass men.
Everyone waiting to find out how it goes with officer Vasquez will finally get their answer! It surely wasn't what I expected when I started the book ;D
Happy reading!!!!
October 1, 2025
I just can’t with Ms. Via, she takes you on a roller coaster of emotions in this book. Anger, frustration, wariness, hope, heartbreak and peace. The whole thing with Vasquez…you have to sit with it and draw your own conclusions.
Law and Wes what to say about these two. They both had to grow apart in order for them to grow together. Once Wes realized he could do it on his own is when he came into himself. And all Law could do was let him. Law also realized he caused so many problems but thought he was doing them for the right reasons.
OMG, God and Day those were some hard chapters and it opened your eyes to so many things. As always she brought the humor into this book and I had tears rolling down my face. Law and Wes added to the team and showed how bad ass they were in helping the squad. I love how they were recognized for their talents and they were able to get back to the top. I can’t wait for the next book.
Law and Wes what to say about these two. They both had to grow apart in order for them to grow together. Once Wes realized he could do it on his own is when he came into himself. And all Law could do was let him. Law also realized he caused so many problems but thought he was doing them for the right reasons.
OMG, God and Day those were some hard chapters and it opened your eyes to so many things. As always she brought the humor into this book and I had tears rolling down my face. Law and Wes added to the team and showed how bad ass they were in helping the squad. I love how they were recognized for their talents and they were able to get back to the top. I can’t wait for the next book.
October 7, 2025
What a ride! I could not stop turning the pages. I loved being back in this wold and Law and Wes are a really great addition!
Law and Wes come from a world of pyrotechnics – smoke and fire for sure – and had made a name for themselves in Hollywood, but after an effect gone wrong they end up blacklisted from the industry for now and are both back in Atlanta trying to start over. Call it right place, right time or not but after witnessing and stepping into help during a dangerous situation with God and his team, they get recruited to help the task force. Add in the complicated but passionate relationship they’ve had and it’s a lot of action from start to finish.
As far as this story's leads were concerned, it was all fireworks and love confessions and running off in a blaze of smoke and glory together. I'm really looking forward to the final reckoning A.E. Via promised in the epilogue!
Law and Wes come from a world of pyrotechnics – smoke and fire for sure – and had made a name for themselves in Hollywood, but after an effect gone wrong they end up blacklisted from the industry for now and are both back in Atlanta trying to start over. Call it right place, right time or not but after witnessing and stepping into help during a dangerous situation with God and his team, they get recruited to help the task force. Add in the complicated but passionate relationship they’ve had and it’s a lot of action from start to finish.
As far as this story's leads were concerned, it was all fireworks and love confessions and running off in a blaze of smoke and glory together. I'm really looking forward to the final reckoning A.E. Via promised in the epilogue!
October 13, 2025
I haven't read all the Nothing Special books but the ones I have read have been special. This was no different. Who doesn't love a whole kit and kaboodle of Alpha men in love with each other and also fighting criminals. Law and Wes even though not sworn officers brought their special effects to the party in every way they could and did a bang up job. I especially liked the flash paper.
All was not perfect in Paradise in this book and some tough love had to be splashed in a few men's faces for them to get it, but they eventually did. Even Vasquez had a story.
I am looking forward to the move to LA for the next and final book.
All was not perfect in Paradise in this book and some tough love had to be splashed in a few men's faces for them to get it, but they eventually did. Even Vasquez had a story.
I am looking forward to the move to LA for the next and final book.
November 8, 2025
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September 23, 2025
With Wes and Law causing destruction on the sets of Hollywood, they are back home where they learnt their trade. In the streets of Atlanta. A split second decision brings them in the path of lieutenants God and Day and their lives irrevocably change.
With Gods dedication to cleaning up the streets of Atlanta, tension mounts as the team is targeted, his relationship with Day is put to the test and Wes and Law learn what it takes to work with the best.
A story told in multiple points of view, we get to catch with our fabulous team as they once again take on danger, fight for their loved ones and come pit even stronger in the end.
Wes and Law were interesting characters who added depth to this tale. I’m looking forward to the next book. Hope we get it soon.
With Gods dedication to cleaning up the streets of Atlanta, tension mounts as the team is targeted, his relationship with Day is put to the test and Wes and Law learn what it takes to work with the best.
A story told in multiple points of view, we get to catch with our fabulous team as they once again take on danger, fight for their loved ones and come pit even stronger in the end.
Wes and Law were interesting characters who added depth to this tale. I’m looking forward to the next book. Hope we get it soon.
October 6, 2025
OMG I love God & Day!!!!
I hope this series never ends!!!! But - don't start this book unless you lots & lots of down time as you won't be able to put the book down until the end & then you'll probably scream because it's the end!!! It's over the top for action & violence plus violence induced sex!!!! All the guys are so fantastic in feel like I'm right beside them - I wish you could give more than 5 stare
Thank you so much I can't wait to see what havoc they do in LA
Lori
I hope this series never ends!!!! But - don't start this book unless you lots & lots of down time as you won't be able to put the book down until the end & then you'll probably scream because it's the end!!! It's over the top for action & violence plus violence induced sex!!!! All the guys are so fantastic in feel like I'm right beside them - I wish you could give more than 5 stare
Thank you so much I can't wait to see what havoc they do in LA
Lori
October 14, 2025
Small spoilers
So I am a bit are odds with this book. Although it is well written and interesting, I find that in my opinion quite a few of the characters are written differently. Such as they function in certain situations in a manner that I dont believe they were written as behaving in previous stories, or it was mannerisms they had grown out of by the end of their story arc and suddenly they were back at the beginning. That threw me off a bit.
I was thrilled to see that Vasquez turned himself around and got his HEA.
So I am a bit are odds with this book. Although it is well written and interesting, I find that in my opinion quite a few of the characters are written differently. Such as they function in certain situations in a manner that I dont believe they were written as behaving in previous stories, or it was mannerisms they had grown out of by the end of their story arc and suddenly they were back at the beginning. That threw me off a bit.
I was thrilled to see that Vasquez turned himself around and got his HEA.
October 30, 2025
Too much whining abt being old & tired, not enough plot (like in Hart's Cmnd, Free & Hart). I get it they are older (Day's 47); that's just not why I read abt them. They were 100 badass & Day wld have me crying from laughing so hard. Now he's just a few yrs younger than me, complaining abt the same shit as me... And that makes me feel like crying for a whole different reason.
I rd the novella bk in 2020. I really don't know what was added in this bk bc the main pts stuck; I felt the real purpose was of this bk was closure... The rest of the 300+ pgs was just a lot of Fire & Smoke.
I rd the novella bk in 2020. I really don't know what was added in this bk bc the main pts stuck; I felt the real purpose was of this bk was closure... The rest of the 300+ pgs was just a lot of Fire & Smoke.
October 1, 2025
Wes and Law are explosive, at work, in the bedroom, and all the places in between. When they encounter God and Day, their lives take a drastic turn. As they work together, the sparks are even hotter.
We get to visit with old, familiar faces, see what is happening in our favorite created family’s lives, and have a few surprises along the way. One surprise is definitely one that you won’t see coming.
We get to visit with old, familiar faces, see what is happening in our favorite created family’s lives, and have a few surprises along the way. One surprise is definitely one that you won’t see coming.
October 2, 2025
The crew is back and add two Pryo specialists to the mix and the results are Fire and Smoke! I like how we get a few differents POV, Law and Wes are the new specialists and they are force to joined God and Day task force. They create caos God could used and they delivered, this was a fun read full of mayhem and laughs. Law and Wes relationship have is ups and downs but they always make it work at the end. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!
October 3, 2025
Fire and smoke and Nothing Special! so special!
The Nothing Special series is intriguing and involving and sexy and just plain funny, with the best groups of characters assembled.
Add Law and Wes, special effects specialists to the crazy Gang has kept this mad A.E. fan glued to this story from beginning to end.
I cannot wait for the next book starring All these characters again. I also can’t wait for the audiobook of this book to add to my collection.
The Nothing Special series is intriguing and involving and sexy and just plain funny, with the best groups of characters assembled.
Add Law and Wes, special effects specialists to the crazy Gang has kept this mad A.E. fan glued to this story from beginning to end.
I cannot wait for the next book starring All these characters again. I also can’t wait for the audiobook of this book to add to my collection.
October 5, 2025
You Won't Put This Down!!
Love, love, loved this story! Romance, drama, suspense and our favorite Atlanta team. AE Via brings her characters to life and her stories keep you entertained the whole way through. Wes and Law quickly became two of my favorite characters. They fit in perfectly with the Nothing Special series. Definitely a must read! If you haven't read the series, I recommend you start at the beginning. You won't regret it!
Love, love, loved this story! Romance, drama, suspense and our favorite Atlanta team. AE Via brings her characters to life and her stories keep you entertained the whole way through. Wes and Law quickly became two of my favorite characters. They fit in perfectly with the Nothing Special series. Definitely a must read! If you haven't read the series, I recommend you start at the beginning. You won't regret it!
September 30, 2025
This one made my heart ache. Phenomenally written, a surprising plot, and a comeback I didn't expected..... Emotional rollercoaster. You are in for a treat, since you see all the beloved characters back. God and Day will always be my no.1. I had so many different feelings reading this – check it out, guys!. The action was chef's kiss.
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