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On Thin Ice
Harry isn’t really the kind of lawyer they need up here in this remote small town. He’s up here to settle the affairs of his late father’s law firm and to keep his young niece from going any further down the road to juvenile delinquency. Bone Creek is not Harry’s kind of town, and it doesn’t get any more appealing when he learns that his family name is connected to a local murder mystery. Harry doesn’t take it too seriously, but the more time he spends learning about his father’s legacy, the more he wants to return to the safety of suburbia.
There’s just one problem. He can’t seem to stay out of the company of the handsome and eccentric young man who owns the bar. Harry isn’t gay, but Dave Hasselbeck has a magnetic personality that turns Harry’s initial suspicion into a strange, intense friendship.
Before long, the friendship turns physical. Harry starts to question who he is and what he wants from Dave, as Dave realizes he’s never felt this way about another man.
Meanwhile, Harry has to start dealing with problems he’s inherited from his father. Between local bikers and the hot-tempered head of a local ranching family, Harry starts to realize there was much more to his father’s legacy than he thought. Things really start to get interesting when he learns that his niece has been investigating the local legends about the murder of his father’s business partner.
As Harry manages his difficult clients and tries to untangle the web of dodgy dealings his father left behind, his feelings for Dave grow more intense. Will his family legacy keep him from admitting his feelings for Dave? Or is their relationship doomed to wither before spring can return to the high desert?
Please This book contains Adult Language & Steamy Adult Activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approx. 50,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger". "Gay for you" theme.
There’s just one problem. He can’t seem to stay out of the company of the handsome and eccentric young man who owns the bar. Harry isn’t gay, but Dave Hasselbeck has a magnetic personality that turns Harry’s initial suspicion into a strange, intense friendship.
Before long, the friendship turns physical. Harry starts to question who he is and what he wants from Dave, as Dave realizes he’s never felt this way about another man.
Meanwhile, Harry has to start dealing with problems he’s inherited from his father. Between local bikers and the hot-tempered head of a local ranching family, Harry starts to realize there was much more to his father’s legacy than he thought. Things really start to get interesting when he learns that his niece has been investigating the local legends about the murder of his father’s business partner.
As Harry manages his difficult clients and tries to untangle the web of dodgy dealings his father left behind, his feelings for Dave grow more intense. Will his family legacy keep him from admitting his feelings for Dave? Or is their relationship doomed to wither before spring can return to the high desert?
Please This book contains Adult Language & Steamy Adult Activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approx. 50,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger". "Gay for you" theme.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 19, 2017
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October 12, 2017
*** A double GFY story ! ***
Two straight men find a new experience on thin ice ! I found this tale a delight !
Harry's Dad passed away and he had to travel
to the mountain town to settle things. Also, to ease his sister's worries, he took his neice, Kristen, 17, so she could be his helper as he handled his Dad's law practice. Harry, 30s, is a city boy, and had trouble getting the cabin habitable.
That's where Dave comes in handy.
We learn all about the small town gossip, the wild cast of characters, and the crazy events Harry, Kristen and Dave get caught up in.
This is a delightful, fun, exciting story of Dave and Harry, both straight, each finding themselves attracted to the other. The first time either one had ever considered a guy to be interested in.
I loved the way things fell into place, as we see their interest, confusion, sweet anticipation, and finally acceptance of their feelings. We have a mystery, dead folks, a treasure hunt, and more.
Loved it ! Great ending !
Highly recommended ! ENJOY !
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Thanks sweet Darlene for the rec !
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Two straight men find a new experience on thin ice ! I found this tale a delight !
Harry's Dad passed away and he had to travel
to the mountain town to settle things. Also, to ease his sister's worries, he took his neice, Kristen, 17, so she could be his helper as he handled his Dad's law practice. Harry, 30s, is a city boy, and had trouble getting the cabin habitable.
That's where Dave comes in handy.
We learn all about the small town gossip, the wild cast of characters, and the crazy events Harry, Kristen and Dave get caught up in.
This is a delightful, fun, exciting story of Dave and Harry, both straight, each finding themselves attracted to the other. The first time either one had ever considered a guy to be interested in.
I loved the way things fell into place, as we see their interest, confusion, sweet anticipation, and finally acceptance of their feelings. We have a mystery, dead folks, a treasure hunt, and more.
Loved it ! Great ending !
Highly recommended ! ENJOY !
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Thanks sweet Darlene for the rec !
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September 29, 2017Thankfully it only cost 99c.
Made it up to 5%, couldn't take it anymore. Boring, harebrained, nothing that kept my interest.
Made it up to 5%, couldn't take it anymore. Boring, harebrained, nothing that kept my interest.
November 22, 2017
Generalky unsatisfying
There were a few issues with this story. Starting with the romance, it goes from non existent to "I feel attracted to you" and they are "always with each other." There isn't much chemistry and the shorty is about over the place. The legal trouble and the gold search are kind of their in also dash and don't make much sense. The author also switches the MC's names (generic Dave and Harry), which adds to the annoyance. Nothing is compelling with this story and the ending is rushed. Not recommended.
There were a few issues with this story. Starting with the romance, it goes from non existent to "I feel attracted to you" and they are "always with each other." There isn't much chemistry and the shorty is about over the place. The legal trouble and the gold search are kind of their in also dash and don't make much sense. The author also switches the MC's names (generic Dave and Harry), which adds to the annoyance. Nothing is compelling with this story and the ending is rushed. Not recommended.
September 24, 2017
Max Hudson new book is a great mystery story as well as a romance.
Harry Knowles, Jr. practices law in the city, mostly doing tenant-landlord law. When his father dies he left his law practice to his son and his run down shack, I mean cabin. Harry brought along his niece Kristen because her mother felt she needed to curb her wild ways.
I never got that impression about Kristen. She seemed like a really smart teenager and mostly looked for something to do that was interesting, but not self-destructive. Harry had his own feeling about his niece, whether hearing it from his sister or what he had witnessed. Either way he kept a tight leash on Kristen and was never let her out of his sight for long, oh and she wasn’t being punished? Kristen was with her uncle to have the opportunity to intern for him while he looked over his father’s practice.
Bone Creek is a place in the middle of nowhere. It a desolate and poor town and not a place Harry would want to live. I loved Harry and Dave. After Dave tells the story of a local treasure of gold to Harry and Kristen then things start to heat up. There are so many parts to the story. Dave and Harry attraction has the two men dance around each other never sure what the other wants or is thinking.
Harry is more skirmish then Dave and is a lot harder for Dave to pin down to know what the man wants. It’s interesting and exciting reading about these two men “keeping it a secret”. Then there’s Harry trying to close out his father’s clients and find new attorneys for them. The more Harry’s in contact with these clients the more confused Harry gets about what his father was doing.
Harry discovers all sort of illegal things his father had gotten into over the last few years of his life.
Kristen is a great intern and with her new friends becomes a great investigator. Harry was caught up in his own head with his father’s dealings and his feelings about Dave that he didn’t pay attention to what his niece tried to tell him about the gold.
Just when Harry thinks things couldn’t get worse, they do. I loved the constant twists and turns of the story keeping me just on the edge. Even Harry and Dave’s love affair was engaging sometimes acting like teenagers with their first love.
This book has it all and wrapped up very nicely. The writing is fantastic. I would even read it again because so much goes on that I may have missed a clue. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. I read a complimentary Advanced Reader Copy of this book & am voluntarily leaving an honest and unbiased review.
Harry Knowles, Jr. practices law in the city, mostly doing tenant-landlord law. When his father dies he left his law practice to his son and his run down shack, I mean cabin. Harry brought along his niece Kristen because her mother felt she needed to curb her wild ways.
I never got that impression about Kristen. She seemed like a really smart teenager and mostly looked for something to do that was interesting, but not self-destructive. Harry had his own feeling about his niece, whether hearing it from his sister or what he had witnessed. Either way he kept a tight leash on Kristen and was never let her out of his sight for long, oh and she wasn’t being punished? Kristen was with her uncle to have the opportunity to intern for him while he looked over his father’s practice.
Bone Creek is a place in the middle of nowhere. It a desolate and poor town and not a place Harry would want to live. I loved Harry and Dave. After Dave tells the story of a local treasure of gold to Harry and Kristen then things start to heat up. There are so many parts to the story. Dave and Harry attraction has the two men dance around each other never sure what the other wants or is thinking.
Harry is more skirmish then Dave and is a lot harder for Dave to pin down to know what the man wants. It’s interesting and exciting reading about these two men “keeping it a secret”. Then there’s Harry trying to close out his father’s clients and find new attorneys for them. The more Harry’s in contact with these clients the more confused Harry gets about what his father was doing.
Harry discovers all sort of illegal things his father had gotten into over the last few years of his life.
Kristen is a great intern and with her new friends becomes a great investigator. Harry was caught up in his own head with his father’s dealings and his feelings about Dave that he didn’t pay attention to what his niece tried to tell him about the gold.
Just when Harry thinks things couldn’t get worse, they do. I loved the constant twists and turns of the story keeping me just on the edge. Even Harry and Dave’s love affair was engaging sometimes acting like teenagers with their first love.
This book has it all and wrapped up very nicely. The writing is fantastic. I would even read it again because so much goes on that I may have missed a clue. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. I read a complimentary Advanced Reader Copy of this book & am voluntarily leaving an honest and unbiased review.
February 23, 2018
I hung in there (barely) up until the sex in the ice shack part. Then I gave up. This book suffers from abysmal editing (this is me giving the author the benefit of the doubt): people come out of nowhere, are of indeterminate... everything, and act a bit robotic at times. I couldn't figure out if it was rushed or just really poorly spliced.
September 24, 2017
This definitely was an interesting book. Harry moves to bone creek with his niece to settle his father's affairs. Being a lawyer just as his dad was, he has to decide if he wants to stay there permanently or move back to the city afterwards. Finding that they have to live in a rustic but cute cabin with no water and an outhouse shocks him. His dad's files are a mess...and suspicious. Rumors abound, the people in town are not always friendly...except for Dave who runs a decrepit old bar and restaurant, and Harry has a hard time figuring it all out. His niece starts digging into town legends, stirring up muddy waters and he can't figure out what his father was up too. A good book with a gay for you romance, a maniac on the loose and a story about gold nuggets hidden in a lake, ice fishing, a lot of drinking and first time gay sex. I voluntarily read and reviewed this ARC book.
September 25, 2017
I loved the characters. Harry and Dave are interesting characters. Actually the whole town is very interesting. His father left him when heck of legacy when he left him his law office. Crazy clients, nice neighbors. Harry is a fish out of water in this small town. I think that it is rather sweet. I did not really find anything wrong with the story. I loved the interaction Harry had with his niece. I loved the way the author wrote the scenes so many details and it is very vivid. I enjoyed the time I spent reading it.
January 2, 2018
Hm, I'm not sure I felt there was any romance between Harry and Dave. Sure Dave shown interest in Harry but that's all. What we have here is GFY theme, and to be sincere not especially well done. Ending was incomplete and way to open. I would rather rate On Thin Ice with 2 stars, but that would be unfair, it was still a good read.
October 16, 2018
Mystery Solved
Harry hates living behind the shadow of his not there no good father Harry has a lot to deal with especially his trouble niece who didn't want to do with being in the small town Dave is a sweet guy who loves doing what he does and meeting Harry was icing on the cake navigating through there feelings for each other was challenging but at the end love rules all
Harry hates living behind the shadow of his not there no good father Harry has a lot to deal with especially his trouble niece who didn't want to do with being in the small town Dave is a sweet guy who loves doing what he does and meeting Harry was icing on the cake navigating through there feelings for each other was challenging but at the end love rules all
October 21, 2017
Great read
What a great read. Loved this storyline. Harry and Dave are great. Bif disappointed at how the book ended. Would have liked an end worthy of harry and Dave.
What a great read. Loved this storyline. Harry and Dave are great. Bif disappointed at how the book ended. Would have liked an end worthy of harry and Dave.
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