Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“What are you thinking?” Quaid asked, breaking into my musing. “About how lucky I am.” I brushed the hair off his forehead and pressed my lips to his warm skin underneath, inhaling and closing my eyes. Savoring. “I’m so in love with you.”

Y’all best believe I cried my way through this wedding. I am so sad it’s over and that I have to say goodbye to these characters. 7 books and many pages later, and I don’t want to leave their little world.

I really adored how this book just toned down the action and focused on our boys and their nuptials (can’t believe I said that), but it was really nice to just focus on their love after everything they’ve been through. That doesn’t mean it was a smooth ride by any means, considering we had the neurotic bridezilla of the century trying to plan a wedding he’s dreamed of for 26 years in three months, but everyone survived, and Quaid got the fairy-tale wedding he wanted.

You ever read a book or a series with a relationship so good and a romance so real that it makes you sad about your own life? No? Just me? Oof. Anyway, I adored this series through every heartache, every murder mystery, missing persons case and every fuckup from Aslan. Can’t recommend it enough.

I also splurged on the audiobook for this last book, and apart from being traumatized by how Nick J. Russo pronounces the name ‘Ruiz’, it was perfect.

“[…] every day by your side has been better and better and better. It’s like we came together and knew all the dance moves without anyone teaching us.”

Feelings update:

Quaid: finally accepted he needs extensive therapy. Good on ya, hot stuff/lover boy. He’s perfect either way.
Aslan: is the best boyfriend for realizing that the wedding was super important to Quaid and went all out to make his dreams come true. At least he didn’t fumble it like he did the blasted proposal.
Quaid’s dad: actually for once showed up for his hurting son. Only 30 years too late.
Ruiz: I love Rooess. Going from bigoted and nasty to slow dancing with his gay best friend = exceptional character development.
Aslan’s parents: couldn’t even remember if they existed as this is the first time we meet them — and thank god for that. Annoying, chatty, OTT people, lol.
Torin: how did he manage to get a fiancé?? A good guy, but man is he tiring on every level.

Vows:

Spoiler

“So I vow to you, Aslan Ronan Doyle, that from this day forward, I will remain faithfully by your side as your husband. I will love you, laugh with you, cry with you, and give you strength when yours is depleted. No matter the obstacles we encounter, I will remain your friend, your companion, your lover, and your soul mate until we are someday parted by death. And even then, I’ll find you in the afterlife, and we can go on from there because this love we share is eternal.”

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Established couple
Wedding
Police procedural
Detectives
Case solving
Recovering addict
Bridezilla MC
Changing room quickie
Holiday themed
Neurotic MC
Found family
Grumpy/sunshine

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Mild exhibitionism (changing room sex)
Penetration without lube or prep
Mentions of minor SC being disowned (homophobic parent, past)
MC visiting emergency room — health problems because of stress
Use of homophobic slur (SC)
Alcohol consumption (not addict MC)
Disordered eating and extreme focus on health
Throat-fucking

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Romantic suspense
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 36 and 43
Series: Series
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 372
Happy ending: Yes


God, I loved that insufferable man. Planning this wedding may be the death of him—and me—but I’d give him anything his heart desired if it made him smile for one day.

Aslan chuckled. “Consider it a department social. The purpose being that we spend an hour each week between now and Christmas getting to know people outside our department and forming new friendships and bonds.” That time, I did roll my eyes. “Sounds awful. I hate socializing.”

“From today until tomorrow and until time stops, we are one. I love you.”



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