5 stars
I'm in love with these guys, the Portland Pirates and their partners and the guys at EHM Security. The authors created such a wonderful found family and I'm never tired to read their books.
I knew this story would have been more angsty than the others and that, like Ineligible Receiver, it would have made me cry a lot. And it did.
Cole and Patrick's relationship was a beautiful love story but also secret one, they never could claim each other in front of the media and the fans, they never could freely share their success out in the open because Patrick keeps breaking his promise to be out and after 16 years of this, Cole is done, he can't keep going on.
There are a lot of tears, emotional moments and heartbreak and while I was reading, I couldn't stop thinking, why Patrick doesn't want to come out? Doesn't he see he's hurting his man by refusing to acknoledge him publicly?
I wasn't expecting his real motivation, honestly, and the more I read the more all became clear. The authors handled it very well. Patrick's journey to be his true self and let go of his fears is long and painful and it almost cost him everything. But a beautiful HEA is waiting for him and Cole.

Seeing all the guys is always a blast and I know it can be confusing to readers who haven't read the previous books and don't know all the characters, but I believe that having them always into each others' books, meddling, supporting, helping, it's what actually makes this a very amazing series.

I'm sure the next story will be explosive because the MCs involved don't exactly have a sweet connection. I think we''ll see fireworks and I can't wait!

I received an ARC of this book from the authors and this is my honest review.