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Jake just wants to get through the summer. He only has another week left before he can hang up his hotel housekeeping uniform and head back to school. But a chance encounter with a very hot couple is not something he had been expecting.
Back at school, he tries to get the mysterious couple out of his mind, but he can’t. Eventually, he forces himself to leave it in the past and instead focus on the future: working at his uncle’s (adoptive father’s) resort as a manager-in-training.
So, he is shocked to learn on his first day back that his new boss, Mal, is half of the hot couple with which Jake hooked up the previous summer. Mal and his husband Griff moved to the small island off the California coast so Mal could take over the resort after the previous manager’s retirement. The three men are madly attracted to one another, but both Mal and Jake agree that their relationship has to remain professional for the sake of their jobs and to not further complicate things with Mal’s boss (Jake’s uncle).
Needless to say, the three men end up needing one another more than they are willing to admit. One stressful night after an earthquake leaves Griff injured, with Mal and Jake rushing to his side. After this, they admit they have feelings for one another and that perhaps being together is worth the risk.
There are some ups and downs, as expected, and the way the relationship develops is heartwarming. Jake’s character is the most fleshed out. He is the third person joining an established relationship. He is also trying to prove that he is worthy of taking over long-term management of the resort. He struggles with lying to his uncle, who has raised him since his mother died when Jake was a teenager. Needless to say, it does get complicated when one wants to be taken seriously at work but is banging his manager and his manager’s husband on the regular.
For me, this book was like a warm hug with a few three-ways thrown in for fun. Don’t get me wrong – it is very sexy. But, as preposterous as the premise seems, the author writes it in a way that makes it (almost) entirely believable.
I got this book as part of June’s Stuff Your Kindle Day on romancebookworms.