Michael's stories are something I always enjoy reading. They are so refreshing and their characters so pure that it is always a pleasure. With this I do not want to say that his stories are simple or that some topics are not hard to read, but his style makes the reading fluid and that despite the drama or anguish that there may be, the enjoyment remains the same.

Bo and Hayes, though both come from vastly different backstories, both suffer from the same. Abandonment. Bo lost his family and "boyfriend/lover" left him to go study, and Hayes... well, his parents only care about money and appearences, and his boyfriend is an assh*le who only cares about the same and who has kept their relationship hidden for years.

They meet when Hayes appears, after a storm and with no memory, on the riverbank where Bo lives. He helps him and gives him a roof while Hayes recovers. The attraction is instantaneous and deep, both find in each other what they both need, a connection that is not only physical but also emotional, but reality soon breaks the bubble in which they are immersed and Hayes must return to the life he had left behind during those idyllic days he spent with Bo. And although Bo goes with him, Hayes soon finds himself pressured by his father and the businesses he had neglected, pushing Bo away, and Bo realizes that as much as he wants to, he doesn't fit in that life and returns to his home.

This is like a nightmare to Hayes. Without Bo by his side, Hayes feels a void that nothing can fill, and he tries to forget by working harder and harder until he collapses. Bo returns to take care of him and they both realize that their relationship is above all else.

Their HEA is sweet and peaceful, as I said before, they find in each other what they never had: Solace, companionship, passion, lots and loooots of passion and a deep love for the other that doesn't need words to feel it.

I was given an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.