Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.

"I like him." "First time liking a guy?" "Yeah. First time." "Confused?" "Not really." "Scared?" "Fuck yeah."

This was a quick and sweet read, that actually made me quite emotional. I cared about both characters quite quickly, and I wanted them to figure it out and be together. It was entertaining and well written. It’s also quite a beautiful story about recovery from addiction, family and forgiveness. Would definitely recommend.

[…] forgiveness is a gift. It won't change anything that's happened, but it'll unlock a much better future.

I think what made me so emotional was the fact that one of them had feelings from the start, and said yes to a FWB situation, knowing/thinking the other MC didn’t feel the same (yet), and might not ever do so. I’m making it sound way angstier than it actually was, but my little demisexual heart freaking hurt on Roman’s behalf.

"Baby." Roman sweeps the side of my face with his long fingers. "The deal was sealed the moment I laid my eyes on you."

This is my first book by this author, so I don’t know if this one is a good representation or not, but I wanted a little more from the spicy scenes, mostly because it was the first time with a man for one of the MCs, and we got very little details/thoughts/feelings around that. Not a massive problem by any means, but I would’ve liked a little more.

My downstairs department setting is set to floppy. Okay. Maybe not entirely floppy. Semi-floppy. Or semi-hard. Depends if you're a cock half hard or cock half soft person, I guess.

Overall very enjoyable.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Friends to lovers
Ex criminal
Roommates
Friends with benefits
Possessive and protective
Gentle giant
Bisexual awakening

⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Cheating ex (some details)
Non-consensual porn (past)
Threat of revenge porn
Mentions of being incarcerated
Divorce proceedings
Mild stalking (the friendly kind)
Mentions of alcoholism/addiction (no relapse, few details)

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
MC ages: 34 and 36

Have I actually changed? The person beneath the addiction and all the mistakes. Sure, I've got a job, and whenever I'm not working, I'm helping out at the shelter. Saving every penny and paying Bishop back in monthly installments. Completely eliminating booze and drugs from my life. But that's just stuff I'm doing differently, does it mean I'm a different person? Or do I still have the same impulses, the same tendencies, the same recklessness that created so much havoc in my life before?