I fell in love with the very prickly, very bitter, very argumentative and always grouchy Nick. He’s also intelligent with a razor sharp wit and is twelve years younger than 44 year old Martin who came to Copper Springs after a medical event that lead him to re-evaluating his life. Their beginning was not easy but very slowly and with the patience of a saint, Martin soon gets to know Nick better and understands why he’s like he is. He understands and fully accepts Nick for the person he is whilst Nick begins to learn what it’s like to feel content and even happy. I really enjoyed the grumpiness of Nick and the smiles and joy from him that only Martin got to see as well as the bit of banter they shared.

As the romance develops so does the overarching storyline of the murder from book one. A couple of events are added to the plot that add further to the intrigue with many questions still remaining.

A found this to be a well balanced enjoyable read that kept me turning the pages. Nick and Martin are great main characters and some side characters are introduced to keep things interesting. The town side characters are all there to provide entertainment and also some of my favourite tropes - opposites attract, sunshine/grumpy, small town romance, age gap and to top it all off, only one bed!