Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“Gorgeous,” Hank said, “I don’t think there’s a single thing I wouldn’t be willing to do to get you to smile at me.”

I didn’t like either Hank or Kevin much when reading Laying Pipe. Hank especially came off quite bad in most of book 1, but I ended up loving both of them so much, and I think I enjoyed this book even more than Laying Pipe. I love solid, believable character development that doesn’t happen overnight.

Kevin is super prickly and has some past trauma that makes it hard for him to be vulnerable, so it was super lovely to see him finally trust Hank and let his guard down.

Kiki is also one of those authors that can make me blush a little. Dirty talk usually makes me feel one of two ways: either ‘ew make it stop it’s so awkward’ and ‘meh, I don’t care at all’, HOWEVER, damn, the dirty talk in this worked so well. Sort of just Hank aggressively loving on Kevin, saying the hottest things.

I know many people love MM because there’s not so much a focus on marriage and kids, and that many feel it’s very heteronormative to include those things in queer romance. Queer men can also want the beautiful house, the loving marriage and a handful of kids tho, and I really loved to see that in this story. Kevin just wants to be a house husband, being spoiled and loved on by his man. I would totally read a follow-up story about them becoming/being parents.

All he had ever wanted was a partner to love him, kids to dote on, and a home that was filled with love and laughter and warmth. Other people dreamed of having a certain career or being rich and famous, but Kevin had only ever wanted the one thing he hadn’t had growing up: a stable, loving family.

Also, Hank is such a smooth talker. So many terms of endearment, and they all felt special and genuine. Beautiful, gorgeous, baby, etc. Who knew big and beefy guys in backwards baseball caps were the guys saying shit like this? ⬇️

“Let me wine and dine you a little bit, gorgeous. I want to do things right.”

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Greedy bottom
Age gap
Size difference
Slow burn (sort of)
Brief enemies to lovers
Breeding kink
Dirty talk
Possessiveness
Financial gap
Coming in pants
Crop tops
Makeup
Tattooed MC
Backwards baseball cap
Small town
Peen size difference
Hands-free orgasms

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Alcohol consumption off page (on-page intoxication)
Mentions of MC’s parent being an alcoholic (past)
Mention of death of parent (past)
Destruction of MC’s property
MC’s belongings stolen
Mention of MC’s parent drunk driving and permanently injuring someone (past)
Mentions of MC struggling with alcohol in college - been sober since
Brief and slight degrading and feminizing dirty talk (slutty hole, boy pussy)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 26 and 35
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 227
Happy ending: Yes


Letting out a soft, broken sound, Kevin threw his arms around Hank’s neck and kissed him. Irresistible bastard.

“You nervous, gorgeous?” The unspoken Do you want me to stop? floated in the air around them, but he waited to see what Kevin would say, wanting him to only ever feel good in Hank’s bed. A little bit of nerves was okay, but too much and it wasn’t sexy anymore.

Kevin didn’t realize how loud his constant moaning had become until Hank chuckled hoarsely right next to his ear and said, “Fuck, you sound like such a slut for my cock right now. You always need it so bad, don’t you?”




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