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Stormy: An M/M Romance
Tex
A hurricane’s rolling in fast when I see a stranded biker.
Small. Soaked. Terrified. Like the road finally ran out on him and he’s got nowhere left to go.
The first thing I notice about him is his eyes, the color of the Gulf before a storm.
He won’t speak. He won’t look at me. Just watches my hands like they might hurt him.
When I move too fast, he flinches. That tells me everything I need to know.
So I load up his bike and take him back to my bar.
He’s clearly running from something. Or someone.
Whoever he’s running from… they just ran into the wrong man.
Stormy
He’s the biggest man I’ve ever been this close to. Six-five. Maybe taller. Built like he could break me in half without trying.
Men that big usually hurt you. My hand drifts toward the knife in my pocket just in case.
I don’t give him my name. I don’t give him anything. I keep my eyes down. That’s the safest way to survive.
But he doesn’t get angry. He doesn’t push.
Instead he gives me a name like it’s a gift he wrapped himself.
Stormy.
For the first time in years, I want to stay. But the past doesn’t let people like me go that easily.
Stormy is an emotional M/M hurt/comfort romance about survival, healing, and finding safety in the last place you expect.
A hurricane’s rolling in fast when I see a stranded biker.
Small. Soaked. Terrified. Like the road finally ran out on him and he’s got nowhere left to go.
The first thing I notice about him is his eyes, the color of the Gulf before a storm.
He won’t speak. He won’t look at me. Just watches my hands like they might hurt him.
When I move too fast, he flinches. That tells me everything I need to know.
So I load up his bike and take him back to my bar.
He’s clearly running from something. Or someone.
Whoever he’s running from… they just ran into the wrong man.
Stormy
He’s the biggest man I’ve ever been this close to. Six-five. Maybe taller. Built like he could break me in half without trying.
Men that big usually hurt you. My hand drifts toward the knife in my pocket just in case.
I don’t give him my name. I don’t give him anything. I keep my eyes down. That’s the safest way to survive.
But he doesn’t get angry. He doesn’t push.
Instead he gives me a name like it’s a gift he wrapped himself.
Stormy.
For the first time in years, I want to stay. But the past doesn’t let people like me go that easily.
Stormy is an emotional M/M hurt/comfort romance about survival, healing, and finding safety in the last place you expect.
523 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 14, 2026
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Did Not Finish
April 8, 2026Not going to finish this book, not because I didn’t enjoy the story (I actually mostly did) but because a few things bothered me, and I’m a detail oriented petty person.
This author who doesn’t have a bio here or on Amazon already published two books this year (it’s a lot) and both books are available in other languages. There is no credit for the cover (so it’s AI), no credit for anyone working on the book, no acknowledgment page (which is weird) and again no bio.
I checked the French version (my native language) and I can say this was translated with AI, like it’s very very obvious. Now was the actual book written with AI? I can’t tell, but I can’t read an author I don’t trust.
To each their own but I want to read books actually written by real people.
I hope no one reads the French version by the way, because that would be stealing your money.
« Avertissements de contenu et déclencheurs » 😂 Hi I used Google Translate and I’m not ashamed of it
This author who doesn’t have a bio here or on Amazon already published two books this year (it’s a lot) and both books are available in other languages. There is no credit for the cover (so it’s AI), no credit for anyone working on the book, no acknowledgment page (which is weird) and again no bio.
I checked the French version (my native language) and I can say this was translated with AI, like it’s very very obvious. Now was the actual book written with AI? I can’t tell, but I can’t read an author I don’t trust.
To each their own but I want to read books actually written by real people.
I hope no one reads the French version by the way, because that would be stealing your money.
« Avertissements de contenu et déclencheurs » 😂 Hi I used Google Translate and I’m not ashamed of it
March 25, 2026
*sigh*
I was really enjoying how this book started. Hurt/comfort is my catnip, I was so here for it. We have Stormy the wounded stray and we have Tex the gentle giant who takes him in.
I loved that Tex was this big man with big hands and needed to fill the silence with his chatter. I loved that the bar was his pride and joy. He was thoughtful,observant, patient and had such a big heart. I loved that we didn't get details on his past relationships other than he's been celibate for years. I love that he didn't start thinking about finding a hook up when he was having feelings towards Stormy. And that's the crux of it, I was fully drawn in because it felt like there were feelings building before any lustful thoughts happened.
I loved Sheila and Mickey and although this didn't turn out to be the 5star read I was hoping for I still signed up for the newsletter to find out when Mickey's book is coming out. 😂 Mickey seems to really want a boyfriend so I hope he gets a loving one. 🥺
Now, unfortunately I have no idea how to explain this type of writing style. " My body has already identified him the way a rabbit identifies a hawk by the shadow it casts" Like, describing something by comparing it to something else? But that was SO OVERUSED I was getting so annoyed, here and there is fine but it was so constant.
There were also some chapters where the characters were just too self aware and it was like breaking the 4th wall.
Random thoughts;
~Ugh, with using 'clean' to describe the test results, it made sense if it just came from Stormy while he was describing something that brought him shame given the context but Tex should've totally stuck with "negative" instead of "clean". I don't think i'll ever be able to see it used like that without feeling weird about it ever since a friend on here mentioned how harmful that wording could be.
~I didn't like how Tex thought of Stormy as 'kid'at the beginning.
~I hated how we learned about all of Stormy's trauma through a hand written letter to Tex, it just felt like information dump more than anything else. Like, " here's my background info"..
~Tex is seriously chatting away while treading water after swimming out to the open sea???
~ Remember what I said about loving how it felt like feelings were building before all the lust came in? Well apparently that went out the window with Tex admitting that he jerked off to thoughts of Stormy everyday... which really doesn't paint a good picture considering Stormy was locking himself in a different room holding onto a knife terrified he'd come into his room...
~As much as I love near death experiences to get those emotions going, I didnt love how that immediately causes a shift into the sexual stuff. It felt a bit jarring since the beginning was so slow moving I expected a smoother transition, maybe some cuddling, holding hands, kisses spread throughout the days before the ' I love you' and dick gobbling. 🤔 tho i do prefer the dick gobblings to be love infused instead of lust driven so i cant complain, i guess. 🤷♀️
~ How did they manage the bar and to feed so many customers with just the three of them?!
~ That " my house,bitch" was sorta cringey. 🤦♀️
~ When did Tex turn into a lunatic encouraging the beat down like that..?
~ Why did we replace the cheesy-smoozy love with comedy? D;
There's so many more things that made this book go downhill from the high it started on but I think i'll always be a sucker for the abused MCs finding a protector 😭
I was really enjoying how this book started. Hurt/comfort is my catnip, I was so here for it. We have Stormy the wounded stray and we have Tex the gentle giant who takes him in.
I loved that Tex was this big man with big hands and needed to fill the silence with his chatter. I loved that the bar was his pride and joy. He was thoughtful,observant, patient and had such a big heart. I loved that we didn't get details on his past relationships other than he's been celibate for years. I love that he didn't start thinking about finding a hook up when he was having feelings towards Stormy. And that's the crux of it, I was fully drawn in because it felt like there were feelings building before any lustful thoughts happened.
I loved Sheila and Mickey and although this didn't turn out to be the 5star read I was hoping for I still signed up for the newsletter to find out when Mickey's book is coming out. 😂 Mickey seems to really want a boyfriend so I hope he gets a loving one. 🥺
Now, unfortunately I have no idea how to explain this type of writing style. " My body has already identified him the way a rabbit identifies a hawk by the shadow it casts" Like, describing something by comparing it to something else? But that was SO OVERUSED I was getting so annoyed, here and there is fine but it was so constant.
There were also some chapters where the characters were just too self aware and it was like breaking the 4th wall.
Random thoughts;
~Ugh, with using 'clean' to describe the test results, it made sense if it just came from Stormy while he was describing something that brought him shame given the context but Tex should've totally stuck with "negative" instead of "clean". I don't think i'll ever be able to see it used like that without feeling weird about it ever since a friend on here mentioned how harmful that wording could be.
~I didn't like how Tex thought of Stormy as 'kid'at the beginning.
~I hated how we learned about all of Stormy's trauma through a hand written letter to Tex, it just felt like information dump more than anything else. Like, " here's my background info"..
~Tex is seriously chatting away while treading water after swimming out to the open sea???
~ Remember what I said about loving how it felt like feelings were building before all the lust came in? Well apparently that went out the window with Tex admitting that he jerked off to thoughts of Stormy everyday... which really doesn't paint a good picture considering Stormy was locking himself in a different room holding onto a knife terrified he'd come into his room...
~As much as I love near death experiences to get those emotions going, I didnt love how that immediately causes a shift into the sexual stuff. It felt a bit jarring since the beginning was so slow moving I expected a smoother transition, maybe some cuddling, holding hands, kisses spread throughout the days before the ' I love you' and dick gobbling. 🤔 tho i do prefer the dick gobblings to be love infused instead of lust driven so i cant complain, i guess. 🤷♀️
~ How did they manage the bar and to feed so many customers with just the three of them?!
~ That " my house,bitch" was sorta cringey. 🤦♀️
~ When did Tex turn into a lunatic encouraging the beat down like that..?
~ Why did we replace the cheesy-smoozy love with comedy? D;
There's so many more things that made this book go downhill from the high it started on but I think i'll always be a sucker for the abused MCs finding a protector 😭
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 8, 2026
I'm not gonna throw any accusations around how this book was written since I have no proof but something is off about this book. This was top tier repetitiveness and I was skimming so much to not reread the same thing over and over. And when I say repetitive, Tex says the exact same thing as he did on another page. Each POV change is a repeat and it's the same convos over and over but with a different topic. It was also so boring because of this repetitive writing. I would say it's the worse case of repeating and very little story I've ever read.
April 11, 2026
100% written by AI
April 4, 2026
This morning my sister send me a text to tell me I needed to get this book because she was sure I’d love it. I agreed because I was already halfway through 😄 And I totally got why she messaged me because this book is right in the middle of all my favorite tropes.
Lots of angst but not in the relationship between the mc’s, great (? sorry that’s not nice of me but true though) backstories with lots of trauma, an mc with a heart of gold, who gets treated right by the world and who is a caretaker, a traumatic meet cute (apologies once more, I promise I’m a nice person, but I just really love an mc with a horrible background). And then a story with lots of growth, redemption, and a lovely warm ending. There was just enough excitement in this story to make it a page turner.
And Tex is just the best ever. I wish i know him for real. The way he talks 😍 And the way he describes Stormy 😍 both when talking to him and when talking about him to the reader. It’s the best! And Stormy himself is wonderful too.
Very happy I read this. And I’m pretty sure I’m going to reread this within a month. And read the other book by this author too.
Go read it if you love angst and the best revenge stories!
Lots of angst but not in the relationship between the mc’s, great (? sorry that’s not nice of me but true though) backstories with lots of trauma, an mc with a heart of gold, who gets treated right by the world and who is a caretaker, a traumatic meet cute (apologies once more, I promise I’m a nice person, but I just really love an mc with a horrible background). And then a story with lots of growth, redemption, and a lovely warm ending. There was just enough excitement in this story to make it a page turner.
And Tex is just the best ever. I wish i know him for real. The way he talks 😍 And the way he describes Stormy 😍 both when talking to him and when talking about him to the reader. It’s the best! And Stormy himself is wonderful too.
Very happy I read this. And I’m pretty sure I’m going to reread this within a month. And read the other book by this author too.
Go read it if you love angst and the best revenge stories!
Did Not Finish
April 22, 2026Without making any accusations, there is something going wrong in the writing style. Different styles are being mixed, metaphors are being used every three sentences, and I don't think it's necessary to have the same conversation in one chapter twice.
April 11, 2026
The book was about 200 pages too long. There was a lot of repeated information and it just seemed to drag. Not sure if it is AI or not, but parts of it seemed like it.
April 23, 2026
Cover is AI slop.
April 13, 2026
‘I am so in love with him that it rewrites every other feeling I've ever had’ I ACTUALLY CANTTTTTT. My heart. FIVEEEEEE STARS.
April 7, 2026
healing
This book was everything. EVERYTHING! So healing I loved every second of it. Stormy. I am so freaking proud of you!!! Of how far you came, how hard you fought. Y’all stormy worked and healed and it was absolutely the most beautiful thing to watch. All while surviving Florida’s Mother Nature. And Tex. I wish everyone finds their Tex, but even more so I want, hope and wish everyone who’s like stormy finds their Tex. He is the most patient most gentle man I think I’ve ever read about.
And let’s not forget the writing. I felt every emotion in this book. Ever high every low the author did an amazing job with this topic. I could picture everything perfectly. I could read about this couple forever. That being said Sweet beautiful Mickey needs his book, and don’t think I didn’t notice a certain pair of bikers that were eying each other. I may not be the mama of the bar that title was perfectly taken, I could be the auntie though.
This was a great read, one that will be housed in my favorites.
In the know:
Dual POV
No smexy before relationship
No cheating/sharing
Yes for Diversity even in Florida
This book was everything. EVERYTHING! So healing I loved every second of it. Stormy. I am so freaking proud of you!!! Of how far you came, how hard you fought. Y’all stormy worked and healed and it was absolutely the most beautiful thing to watch. All while surviving Florida’s Mother Nature. And Tex. I wish everyone finds their Tex, but even more so I want, hope and wish everyone who’s like stormy finds their Tex. He is the most patient most gentle man I think I’ve ever read about.
And let’s not forget the writing. I felt every emotion in this book. Ever high every low the author did an amazing job with this topic. I could picture everything perfectly. I could read about this couple forever. That being said Sweet beautiful Mickey needs his book, and don’t think I didn’t notice a certain pair of bikers that were eying each other. I may not be the mama of the bar that title was perfectly taken, I could be the auntie though.
This was a great read, one that will be housed in my favorites.
In the know:
Dual POV
No smexy before relationship
No cheating/sharing
Yes for Diversity even in Florida
April 28, 2026
My first read by this author and it was wonderful.
It grabbed me from the beginning, when Tex, a big man who has lived on the Florida coast all his life and has lived through some bad hurricanes is gearing up for another one, and to and from the story, he sees a man on the smaller side standing under an overhang with a bike and a helmet on who isn't moving from that spot, and who it turns out has no idea a hurricane is coming.
Not only does Tex save Stormy's life the day he decides to turn back around and help the man he sees standing there in a coming storm,, he fills it with it with love too, when Stormy has hardly known anything but pain and trauma and torment.
Tex is a big man at 6'5", and looks a bit like very man who has ever hurt Stormy, and yet he is a giant teddy bear. Who doesn't love a giant teddy bear character? Tex is huge, but he's sweet and kinda and silly and lovely.
Stormy - which isn't his real name, and we get to learn his real name in this too, but he eventually decides to be Stormy, to take that name - is very scared and skittish and wary of everything and everyone, especially Tex at first.
But when Tex tells him a huge hurricane is coming and he had no idea - as he ran away from Alabama, and he's never been to that town or Florida - he kind of doesn't have a choice but to go with the largest man he's ever seen so he can have some shelter from the literal storm coming.
What starts is a beautiful love story.
They make it through the hurricane, and in the aftermath of rebuilding what got fucked up in the storm and keeping the business going via the parking lot on weekends, these two fall in love, and fairly fast.
But Tex only ever once touches Stormy without permission, and it was to make sure he didn't fall from a ladder during the storm. Otherwise, he never once touches Stormy without his permission, or does anything without his permission, even as Stormy expects it all the time, every day and night, even not getting any sleep the two or so days up to the hurricane and during because he keeps expecting Tex to come into the spare room Tex gave him at night and hurt him, sexually or otherwise.
It's clear Stormy has been through a lot, and we learn later on just how much and it's miracle he's able to smile and be happy and trust a relationship and sex with Tex after all he's been through.
But that's what happens when you actually meet someone loving and respectful and not a predator. They respect your boundaries and don't push and let you come to them.
Tex does all that and then some, and for the first time in his life, Stormy finds himself wanting a man, all on his own. With no force or coercion to be found. It's beautiful and wonderful to see the healing journey Stormy goes on, with Tex by his side.
Of course, it's not all about the healing journey, as the man who has been abusing Stormy for the past 4 years is still out there, and he's coming to get what he considers "his" which is Stormy.
But Tex is a huge man, and fiercely protective and head over heels in love and he's not going to let anyone or anything hurt Stormy ever again.
Who doesn't love a good hurt/comfort story? This was the ultimate hurt/comfort story and I love Tex becoming Stormy's exception - although he's able to loosen up a bit with others he trusts, like Shiela who has been at the bar a long time, later on, Tex is his everything and becomes the exception to all his rules. - and the who could touch him in that way, because he earned it and he always got consent.
Sometimes you read a mafia book where the character is a walking red flag who treats their love like the only good thing in their life and only treats them well....and then you read the flip side in the next book, where the only exception for a walking green flag is another green flag who treats them wonderfully.
Obviously in real life always shoot for the second scenario. But all that to say, it's always nice to read stories like this, where the connection is amazing and the MC's are sweet and adorable and passionate together, and they're so healthy together as well, and become what anyone would strive to want in a relationship of their own.
After only ever knowing pain and abuse for 25 years, Stormy gets to know love and happiness for the rest of his life, and it was a beautiful journey to see him go on.
I absolutely recomment this, it was beautiful and comforting, like a warm hug. And just a beautiful, beautiful relatinship between Tex and Stormy.
I'm excited for more from this author, and I look forward to Mickey's story next.
Until then! 😘
It grabbed me from the beginning, when Tex, a big man who has lived on the Florida coast all his life and has lived through some bad hurricanes is gearing up for another one, and to and from the story, he sees a man on the smaller side standing under an overhang with a bike and a helmet on who isn't moving from that spot, and who it turns out has no idea a hurricane is coming.
Not only does Tex save Stormy's life the day he decides to turn back around and help the man he sees standing there in a coming storm,, he fills it with it with love too, when Stormy has hardly known anything but pain and trauma and torment.
Tex is a big man at 6'5", and looks a bit like very man who has ever hurt Stormy, and yet he is a giant teddy bear. Who doesn't love a giant teddy bear character? Tex is huge, but he's sweet and kinda and silly and lovely.
Stormy - which isn't his real name, and we get to learn his real name in this too, but he eventually decides to be Stormy, to take that name - is very scared and skittish and wary of everything and everyone, especially Tex at first.
But when Tex tells him a huge hurricane is coming and he had no idea - as he ran away from Alabama, and he's never been to that town or Florida - he kind of doesn't have a choice but to go with the largest man he's ever seen so he can have some shelter from the literal storm coming.
What starts is a beautiful love story.
They make it through the hurricane, and in the aftermath of rebuilding what got fucked up in the storm and keeping the business going via the parking lot on weekends, these two fall in love, and fairly fast.
But Tex only ever once touches Stormy without permission, and it was to make sure he didn't fall from a ladder during the storm. Otherwise, he never once touches Stormy without his permission, or does anything without his permission, even as Stormy expects it all the time, every day and night, even not getting any sleep the two or so days up to the hurricane and during because he keeps expecting Tex to come into the spare room Tex gave him at night and hurt him, sexually or otherwise.
It's clear Stormy has been through a lot, and we learn later on just how much and it's miracle he's able to smile and be happy and trust a relationship and sex with Tex after all he's been through.
But that's what happens when you actually meet someone loving and respectful and not a predator. They respect your boundaries and don't push and let you come to them.
Tex does all that and then some, and for the first time in his life, Stormy finds himself wanting a man, all on his own. With no force or coercion to be found. It's beautiful and wonderful to see the healing journey Stormy goes on, with Tex by his side.
Of course, it's not all about the healing journey, as the man who has been abusing Stormy for the past 4 years is still out there, and he's coming to get what he considers "his" which is Stormy.
But Tex is a huge man, and fiercely protective and head over heels in love and he's not going to let anyone or anything hurt Stormy ever again.
Who doesn't love a good hurt/comfort story? This was the ultimate hurt/comfort story and I love Tex becoming Stormy's exception - although he's able to loosen up a bit with others he trusts, like Shiela who has been at the bar a long time, later on, Tex is his everything and becomes the exception to all his rules. - and the who could touch him in that way, because he earned it and he always got consent.
Sometimes you read a mafia book where the character is a walking red flag who treats their love like the only good thing in their life and only treats them well....and then you read the flip side in the next book, where the only exception for a walking green flag is another green flag who treats them wonderfully.
Obviously in real life always shoot for the second scenario. But all that to say, it's always nice to read stories like this, where the connection is amazing and the MC's are sweet and adorable and passionate together, and they're so healthy together as well, and become what anyone would strive to want in a relationship of their own.
After only ever knowing pain and abuse for 25 years, Stormy gets to know love and happiness for the rest of his life, and it was a beautiful journey to see him go on.
I absolutely recomment this, it was beautiful and comforting, like a warm hug. And just a beautiful, beautiful relatinship between Tex and Stormy.
I'm excited for more from this author, and I look forward to Mickey's story next.
Until then! 😘
April 7, 2026
Good plot. And I really wanted to LOVE the whole thing but didn't. The writing needed alot of work.
The start was good but it went downhill fast...
There was alot of repeating facts over and over where it was not really necessary to do so.
Also - did not like how Tex called Stormy 'kid' for the first like 50% of the book - a bit ick for a romance.
Honestly - it gave 'written by AI' vibes 🫤
The start was good but it went downhill fast...
There was alot of repeating facts over and over where it was not really necessary to do so.
Also - did not like how Tex called Stormy 'kid' for the first like 50% of the book - a bit ick for a romance.
Honestly - it gave 'written by AI' vibes 🫤
April 26, 2026
It's a five because of the way it made me feel.
Tex was an amazing person. So grounded and real. The hurt/comfort here was...top notch. The caretaker in Tex was beautifully told, his insightfulness gave Stormy room to heal, recover and blossom.
I highlighted the heck out of this book. Tex is a talker and in real life I hate when people fill the silence with constant inane chatter, but Tex had me smiling and laughing. He's a great character.
So too Stormy. What a shit life he had prior to meeting Tex in the middle of a hurricane. This book is about living with and dealing with trauma. And how the love of a good man, found family and the safe space to be, rather than controlled can make all the difference.
I'm looking forward to Mickey's story and maybe a cameo from these two
Tex was an amazing person. So grounded and real. The hurt/comfort here was...top notch. The caretaker in Tex was beautifully told, his insightfulness gave Stormy room to heal, recover and blossom.
I highlighted the heck out of this book. Tex is a talker and in real life I hate when people fill the silence with constant inane chatter, but Tex had me smiling and laughing. He's a great character.
So too Stormy. What a shit life he had prior to meeting Tex in the middle of a hurricane. This book is about living with and dealing with trauma. And how the love of a good man, found family and the safe space to be, rather than controlled can make all the difference.
I'm looking forward to Mickey's story and maybe a cameo from these two
April 6, 2026
First time reading this author. I really enjoyed it. The book was a bit long but Stormy’s trauma was very big.
Tex was a funny, caring and way too talkative kind of person. Stormy was his opposite in every way.
The layers of trauma the Stormy had to endure and survive was remarkable. Tex was the perfect partner for him. This plot had a very “Sleeping with the Enemy” vibe. Stormy was the Julia Robert’s character and you kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. It was very intense.
The end was just how you wanted it and I’m glad Mickey gets a book. I want to know more about him.
Tex was a funny, caring and way too talkative kind of person. Stormy was his opposite in every way.
The layers of trauma the Stormy had to endure and survive was remarkable. Tex was the perfect partner for him. This plot had a very “Sleeping with the Enemy” vibe. Stormy was the Julia Robert’s character and you kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. It was very intense.
The end was just how you wanted it and I’m glad Mickey gets a book. I want to know more about him.
Did Not Finish
April 19, 2026Dnf @ 40% this is so incredibly boring they have the same conversations 20 times over.. after reading some of the reviews I’m pretty sure it’s because the book was written with AI
April 14, 2026
Have you ever read a book and thought "When will this guy shut the fuck up? " I get it. Tex is chatty. But OH MY GOODNESS his babbling was never ending. This book deals with some serious and heavy topics, I wanted to take it seriously. I couldn't. I couldn't stop rolling my eyes while reading this book. The hot pink "property of big tex" shirt... was a choice. If this book was 200 pages long and didn't waste so much of my time, maybe I'd hate it less. Reading this was a pain in my ass. Maybe I hate books with southern charm. Maybe I hate books set in Florida. Or maybe I just hate reading.
April 3, 2026
Extremely repetitive and should’ve been 200 pages less. Idk why we’re re-writing things that already happened in one MMC POV chapter into the next MMC POV chapter. Yikes. It could’ve been a good plot/book, but the repetitiveness, the yapper MMC, and constant jokes made it almost a DNF.
April 7, 2026
Oh boy. That was problematic as fuck. Did I hate it? No, I did not, but it wasn’t great. I liked the hurricane setting on the beach. I like the hurt/comfort trope. I was kinda obsessed with Stormy beating the shit out of his abuser. Otherwise? What the actual fuck? Tex went from sweet and caring to honestly kinda creepy. We find out that he was lusting after Stormy from the beginning. He jacked off in the shower thinking about Stormy week one. Why did he keep talking about Stormy like he was a little boy? Tex went from gentle and slow to warp speed once he knew the attraction was mutual. Stormy only knows abusive touch.. and suddenly after a few weeks with a complete stranger he’s mostly fine? I’m sorry, but do you know how long it would take to sort through 15 years of abuse and learn to feel safe with another person? I’m not saying it would necessarily take years, everyone is different, I get that.. but weeks is a little hard to believe. And I don’t think you can just think about it and get over it. I think it would take a lot of work, it would take small steps of vulnerability and being uncomfortable. There would be setbacks, there would be heartache. I just don’t find this journey authentic.
Forget the timeline for a second, let’s talk about the fact that Tex was a large, seemingly friendly man who picked up a kid in need and offered him a place to stay in exchange for labor.. WHY WOULD STORMY GET IN THE TRUCK!? Why would Stormy leave one abusive situation only to find himself back behind that gas station with another man metaphorically holding a hand out and offering him a hot meal at Waffle House? I don’t understand. Stormy gets in the truck and goes to Tex’s bar where he’s trapped for days due to the storm. Somebody please make it make sense. I’m not pretending to understand how an abuse victim thinks or feels, but he’s a smart guy, he’s a survivor, he’s not getting in that truck.
Tex is loud and annoying and I could have done with less dialogue. That’s a crazy thing to type because I love dialogue. I just kinda couldn’t stand him. I love that Tex was reassuring and made Stormy feel safe, I really do. I’m so fucking happy Stormy had a safe place to land with people looking out for him. Like the general outline of the story was fucking there. This was just too long and too fucking repetitive and the writing was weird. I hated when Tex opened Stormy’s door and just acted like it never happened, meanwhile Stormy thinks this man is a saint and would never be that guy. It’s something they should have talked about. I’m actually fine with Stormy writing down his history in a letter, that doesn’t bother me. I fucking hate that Tex tells everyone Stormy’s business, even if it was for a good reason. I hate that Tex keeps things from Stormy to protect him. I don’t understand how three people could just repair and run an entire bar alone..
I feel kinda conflicted on this one because I was kinda into this in the beginning and then things got stupid and then Stormy beat the shit out of his abuser and I fucking loved that shit and then the ending was just kinda blah. I’m all for an HEA, but not when it’s wrapped in a perfect, pretty little bow. I need messy shit and real life. I kinda agree with some of the reviews about this potentially being written with AI, but it’s not as obvious to me as some of the other trash I’ve read that is 100% not written by a human. It does kinda give AI vibes. Maybe I’m the fucking problem, but where the fuck are the good books? Are there any left? I need a book about trauma to be so fucking traumatizing that I can’t breath because I’m crying so hard. I need the writing to fucking move me and make me feel something.
Forget the timeline for a second, let’s talk about the fact that Tex was a large, seemingly friendly man who picked up a kid in need and offered him a place to stay in exchange for labor.. WHY WOULD STORMY GET IN THE TRUCK!? Why would Stormy leave one abusive situation only to find himself back behind that gas station with another man metaphorically holding a hand out and offering him a hot meal at Waffle House? I don’t understand. Stormy gets in the truck and goes to Tex’s bar where he’s trapped for days due to the storm. Somebody please make it make sense. I’m not pretending to understand how an abuse victim thinks or feels, but he’s a smart guy, he’s a survivor, he’s not getting in that truck.
Tex is loud and annoying and I could have done with less dialogue. That’s a crazy thing to type because I love dialogue. I just kinda couldn’t stand him. I love that Tex was reassuring and made Stormy feel safe, I really do. I’m so fucking happy Stormy had a safe place to land with people looking out for him. Like the general outline of the story was fucking there. This was just too long and too fucking repetitive and the writing was weird. I hated when Tex opened Stormy’s door and just acted like it never happened, meanwhile Stormy thinks this man is a saint and would never be that guy. It’s something they should have talked about. I’m actually fine with Stormy writing down his history in a letter, that doesn’t bother me. I fucking hate that Tex tells everyone Stormy’s business, even if it was for a good reason. I hate that Tex keeps things from Stormy to protect him. I don’t understand how three people could just repair and run an entire bar alone..
I feel kinda conflicted on this one because I was kinda into this in the beginning and then things got stupid and then Stormy beat the shit out of his abuser and I fucking loved that shit and then the ending was just kinda blah. I’m all for an HEA, but not when it’s wrapped in a perfect, pretty little bow. I need messy shit and real life. I kinda agree with some of the reviews about this potentially being written with AI, but it’s not as obvious to me as some of the other trash I’ve read that is 100% not written by a human. It does kinda give AI vibes. Maybe I’m the fucking problem, but where the fuck are the good books? Are there any left? I need a book about trauma to be so fucking traumatizing that I can’t breath because I’m crying so hard. I need the writing to fucking move me and make me feel something.
March 29, 2026
So..there is a lot to love about this book. Strong, sweet characters. Catharsis and satisfaction. Found family. Spice based in true love and affection. There was a compelling plot, even if it was an extremely predictable one.
I loved that Tex (really? Tex?) was not just your run of the mill gentle giant but a bubbly, chatty ray of sunshine in a giant’s body. I loved Sheila and everything she stood for. I loved that no one was having any sort of sexuality crisis. There were no huge shocks in store for the reader or drama added for drama’s sake, which makes for a pleasurable read.
My main concerns stem from writing and plausibility. The lack of commitment to Stormy’s (again, Stormy? 🤦🏻♀️) level of trauma bothered me. He’s mute. Oh, wait. Three pages later he talks. He’s terrified of Tex! Nah. He’s over it. He’s been sexually abused and scarred for life…but not an any way that even momentarily stops him from pursuing a fast-moving sexual relationship.
Also, there were issues with the believability of— well almost everything. Here’s a short list of examples: 1. a half-starved boy so bruised up from a beating that the marks are still there after SIX weeks showed zero signs of being pained or fatigued during a frankly staggering amount of hard physical labor. He’s strong enough to do all this work easily despite being noticeably malnourished. 2. In that same vein, fiercely protective lover Tex doesn’t take his boyfriend to the hospital after he barely survives over an hour caught in a riptide. In fact, after a quick nap, said boyfriend works a full shift at the bar. 3. This child of an alcoholic mother, first abused at ten, on the streets since 15, had no teacher, no registrar, no social worker looking for him? Also, with his presumed 9th/10th grade education and no work history, has no problem managing a busy beach-town bar? He does the ordering and the logistics of everything with no training in either restaurant work or business. He schmoozes customers easily despite his history of being literal prisoner. I guess his social skills didn’t suffer. He isn’t scared to let anyone in this town see his face. It’s—nonsensical almost. 4. Don’t even get me started on the idea that a kid with no ID, no birth certificate, and no SSN, is gifted half the bar legally. No taxes. No issues. Done without his knowledge or signature. Uh-huh.
Finally, this book was too long, mostly due to repetition. There were lots of words of affirmation, promises made, and flowery declarations of devotion. But, honestly, I can get past that pretty easily. The sin of redundancy that I cannot get past is when one character repeats verbatim what the other character said or thought just pages earlier. We don’t need Tex to repeat long passages of a letter we JUST read. He doesn’t even do this once. He does it TWICE, when just a few pages later, he tells the story to Mickey. The warning that went out to Tex’s biker gang allies was reiterated almost word for word as well. So was the big plan as well as several phrases from one character’s inner monologue that the other character wasn’t privy to. This seems like an editing failure to be honest. I could cut a hundred pages from this book without changing the story one bit.
I’m being really hard on the writing. I actually liked the book. But the writing kept jarring me out of the story, and no one wants that.
I loved that Tex (really? Tex?) was not just your run of the mill gentle giant but a bubbly, chatty ray of sunshine in a giant’s body. I loved Sheila and everything she stood for. I loved that no one was having any sort of sexuality crisis. There were no huge shocks in store for the reader or drama added for drama’s sake, which makes for a pleasurable read.
My main concerns stem from writing and plausibility. The lack of commitment to Stormy’s (again, Stormy? 🤦🏻♀️) level of trauma bothered me. He’s mute. Oh, wait. Three pages later he talks. He’s terrified of Tex! Nah. He’s over it. He’s been sexually abused and scarred for life…but not an any way that even momentarily stops him from pursuing a fast-moving sexual relationship.
Also, there were issues with the believability of— well almost everything. Here’s a short list of examples: 1. a half-starved boy so bruised up from a beating that the marks are still there after SIX weeks showed zero signs of being pained or fatigued during a frankly staggering amount of hard physical labor. He’s strong enough to do all this work easily despite being noticeably malnourished. 2. In that same vein, fiercely protective lover Tex doesn’t take his boyfriend to the hospital after he barely survives over an hour caught in a riptide. In fact, after a quick nap, said boyfriend works a full shift at the bar. 3. This child of an alcoholic mother, first abused at ten, on the streets since 15, had no teacher, no registrar, no social worker looking for him? Also, with his presumed 9th/10th grade education and no work history, has no problem managing a busy beach-town bar? He does the ordering and the logistics of everything with no training in either restaurant work or business. He schmoozes customers easily despite his history of being literal prisoner. I guess his social skills didn’t suffer. He isn’t scared to let anyone in this town see his face. It’s—nonsensical almost. 4. Don’t even get me started on the idea that a kid with no ID, no birth certificate, and no SSN, is gifted half the bar legally. No taxes. No issues. Done without his knowledge or signature. Uh-huh.
Finally, this book was too long, mostly due to repetition. There were lots of words of affirmation, promises made, and flowery declarations of devotion. But, honestly, I can get past that pretty easily. The sin of redundancy that I cannot get past is when one character repeats verbatim what the other character said or thought just pages earlier. We don’t need Tex to repeat long passages of a letter we JUST read. He doesn’t even do this once. He does it TWICE, when just a few pages later, he tells the story to Mickey. The warning that went out to Tex’s biker gang allies was reiterated almost word for word as well. So was the big plan as well as several phrases from one character’s inner monologue that the other character wasn’t privy to. This seems like an editing failure to be honest. I could cut a hundred pages from this book without changing the story one bit.
I’m being really hard on the writing. I actually liked the book. But the writing kept jarring me out of the story, and no one wants that.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 7, 2026
Im so grateful someone recommended this book to me.
This was so beautiful.
I find it hard to create a believable pace with this big of a trauma and it was done so perfectly.
Fate, forced proximity, slow burn, healing
Characters 4/5
Story 3,5/5
Spice 2/5
This was so beautiful.
I find it hard to create a believable pace with this big of a trauma and it was done so perfectly.
Fate, forced proximity, slow burn, healing
Characters 4/5
Story 3,5/5
Spice 2/5
March 19, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have officially adopted Stormy—no one argue with me. I wanted to reach into this book and hug that man immediately. The emotional grip he had on me? Rude. Unacceptable. 10/10.
And TEX?! Gah! The patience. The care. The way he shows up?? I am unwell. Someone give that man a medal…or at the very least, also a hug (after me).
And Sheila??? That’s my sister now. No explanation. Just facts.
I felt things I did NOT sign up for, and I would absolutely do it all over again. 10/10 would recommend if you enjoy screaming into a pillow and falling in love with characters who will emotionally wreck you in the best way!
I have officially adopted Stormy—no one argue with me. I wanted to reach into this book and hug that man immediately. The emotional grip he had on me? Rude. Unacceptable. 10/10.
And TEX?! Gah! The patience. The care. The way he shows up?? I am unwell. Someone give that man a medal…or at the very least, also a hug (after me).
And Sheila??? That’s my sister now. No explanation. Just facts.
I felt things I did NOT sign up for, and I would absolutely do it all over again. 10/10 would recommend if you enjoy screaming into a pillow and falling in love with characters who will emotionally wreck you in the best way!
March 23, 2026
The perfect hurt/comfort MM romance
March 22, 2026
Wow, just, wow! This book was amazing! Reading about the relationship with Stormy and Tex and watching it unfold had me in the edge of my seat. The tension was beautiful, the hell Stormy went through was heartbreaking and the revenge he took was satisfying.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
March 21, 2026
Awesome Book
Really enjoyed this story and Stormy and Tex's growth together after Stormy living through horrible trauma. It did not drag on with a "poor me attitude" but celebrated his triumphs over the trauma and realized he was safe and loved.
Really enjoyed this story and Stormy and Tex's growth together after Stormy living through horrible trauma. It did not drag on with a "poor me attitude" but celebrated his triumphs over the trauma and realized he was safe and loved.
May 6, 2026
A new author for me. I loved Tex and Stormy…two fabulous characters. I can’t wait to read Mickey’s story when it’s available.
April 7, 2026
The writing style is so strange, could not get used to it. Phrases did not make sense, most of the inner monologue was written in very short sentences 'I ate. The storm is coming. Outside is raining.'
April 12, 2026
This might be my favorite read of 2026. And thats saying alot since God of fury and The Heated Rivalry series is on that list.
Wrens Wilds writing reads like poetry and something about this book drew me in from the first paragraph and I was hooked the entire book.
Stormy's story is utterly heartbreaking. I went through every emotion possible learning what he went through especially in his letter to Tex about his past.
And Ughhh Tex.....Tex is. Well he is amazing. He is this Huge giant of a man and is so gentle and patient with Stormy. The way he loves him is so beautiful.
There isnt a single thing that I would change about this book. Everything flowed great!
There was a little angst, some dicey moments, a good bit of spice that was writen well, amazing side characters, some kick ass bikers and a Mama with brass knuckles.
100/10 would recommend and will definitely be re-reaing. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Wrens Wilds writing reads like poetry and something about this book drew me in from the first paragraph and I was hooked the entire book.
Stormy's story is utterly heartbreaking. I went through every emotion possible learning what he went through especially in his letter to Tex about his past.
And Ughhh Tex.....Tex is. Well he is amazing. He is this Huge giant of a man and is so gentle and patient with Stormy. The way he loves him is so beautiful.
There isnt a single thing that I would change about this book. Everything flowed great!
There was a little angst, some dicey moments, a good bit of spice that was writen well, amazing side characters, some kick ass bikers and a Mama with brass knuckles.
100/10 would recommend and will definitely be re-reaing. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
April 20, 2026
ALL the STARS! ⭐️ This book was so good, I laughed and cried. Tex is a gentle giant and Stormy is a traumatized soul that needs to be handled with kid gloves, throw in fierce Mama Sheila (surrogate Mom) a bunch of bikers and you’ve got a love story for the ages!
April 5, 2026
Where has this author been?
This book is phenomenal, it has me hooked from the first chapter till the last 🖤 The writing is so good!
Stormy by Wren Wilds 5⭐️ 3🌶️
This book is in my top 5 of 2026
Tex🖤
A hurricane’s rolling in fast when I see a stranded biker. Small. Soaked. Terrified. Like the road finally ran out on him and he’s got nowhere left to go. The first thing I notice about him is his eyes, the color of the Gulf before a storm. He won’t speak. He won’t look at me. Just watches my hands like they might hurt him. When I move too fast, he flinches. That tells me everything I need to know. So I load up his bike and take him back to my bar. He’s clearly running from something. Or someone. Whoever he’s running from… they just ran into the wrong man.
Stormy 🖤
He’s the biggest man I’ve ever been this close to. Six-five. Maybe taller. Built like he could break me in half without trying. Men that big usually hurt you. My hand drifts toward the knife in my pocket just in case. I don’t give him my name. I don’t give him anything. I keep my eyes down. That’s the safest way to survive. But he doesn’t get angry. He doesn’t push. Instead he gives me a name like it’s a gift he wrapped himself. Stormy. For the first time in years, I want to stay. But the past doesn’t let people like me go that easily.
#mmromance
#hurtcomfort
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This book is phenomenal, it has me hooked from the first chapter till the last 🖤 The writing is so good!
Stormy by Wren Wilds 5⭐️ 3🌶️
This book is in my top 5 of 2026
Tex🖤
A hurricane’s rolling in fast when I see a stranded biker. Small. Soaked. Terrified. Like the road finally ran out on him and he’s got nowhere left to go. The first thing I notice about him is his eyes, the color of the Gulf before a storm. He won’t speak. He won’t look at me. Just watches my hands like they might hurt him. When I move too fast, he flinches. That tells me everything I need to know. So I load up his bike and take him back to my bar. He’s clearly running from something. Or someone. Whoever he’s running from… they just ran into the wrong man.
Stormy 🖤
He’s the biggest man I’ve ever been this close to. Six-five. Maybe taller. Built like he could break me in half without trying. Men that big usually hurt you. My hand drifts toward the knife in my pocket just in case. I don’t give him my name. I don’t give him anything. I keep my eyes down. That’s the safest way to survive. But he doesn’t get angry. He doesn’t push. Instead he gives me a name like it’s a gift he wrapped himself. Stormy. For the first time in years, I want to stay. But the past doesn’t let people like me go that easily.
#mmromance
#hurtcomfort
#booktok
#lgbt
#mmromancebooks
March 30, 2026
After getting sucked right into the beginning and skimmg hard by the end, I've been vaccillating over how the heck to rate this one... and decided I have to go with 3.5 stars.
Did I love the bones of the story? Yes!
Did I love being along for the ride as Stormy found his courage and a sense of self worth, Tex brought all the sunshine to the Florida panhandle (and of course to Stormy), Sheila made them into a family, Mickey proved himself the best friend ever and more than worthy of a future HEA of his own, Big Bertha got away with constantly smoking on the beach, our MCs faced off with Peter and won (-ish?), and all the bikers showed up for the final showdown? Yes! So much fun!
Buuuuuut that's just the story. Would I have loved the actual book, too, if the author had shaved off about 200 unnecessary pages, and brought in a human editor to trim the excessively repetitive fat and smooth out all the awkward Claude-default phrasing the last 50% was bogged down by?
Also yes. 😐
tl;dr it had all the abuse/redemption, hurt/comfort vibes my romance-loving heart could ask for 🥰 but unfortunately turned into an absolute slog to actually read by the second half.
Did I love the bones of the story? Yes!
Did I love being along for the ride as Stormy found his courage and a sense of self worth, Tex brought all the sunshine to the Florida panhandle (and of course to Stormy), Sheila made them into a family, Mickey proved himself the best friend ever and more than worthy of a future HEA of his own, Big Bertha got away with constantly smoking on the beach, our MCs faced off with Peter and won (-ish?), and all the bikers showed up for the final showdown? Yes! So much fun!
Buuuuuut that's just the story. Would I have loved the actual book, too, if the author had shaved off about 200 unnecessary pages, and brought in a human editor to trim the excessively repetitive fat and smooth out all the awkward Claude-default phrasing the last 50% was bogged down by?
Also yes. 😐
tl;dr it had all the abuse/redemption, hurt/comfort vibes my romance-loving heart could ask for 🥰 but unfortunately turned into an absolute slog to actually read by the second half.
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