Review: A builder who hasn't been with men, a policeman who is in the closet and a dog who loves them both.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
Shoes and Ties was about Ashtin finding his man, and that book was ok.  This one is about Ashtin's twin brother Jesse and his first experience of being with a man.  He met Troy officially when he investigated an attack on Ashtin but he had been seeing him running in the park before that.  He continued to watch him and was pushed into interacting with Troy when Troy's dog fell in love with Jesse and jumps him bringing him to the ground.  The two men become friendly but there are two issues - Troy is not out at work and won't be so they won't be doing anything publicly, and there is a small matter of Jesse never having been sexually involved with a man.  They are forming a bond, a relationship with limitations but it is working - mostly.  Unfortunately those limitations start to chafe and a couple of chance encounters with Troy's co-workers while they are out freaks Troy out.This book is linked to Shoes and Ties, same characters with a different focus.  But this one is more in-depth I think.  A little less surface and actually more descriptive in the issues and relationship building.  It is really frustrating though when one person says up front they will never come out of the closet and the other accepts it - but only for as long as it doesn't inconvenience them or stops them from being out and about holding hands.This is a good read, with a nice couple, and cute dog.  Worth the purchase price.