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Where Nerves End (Tucker Springs #1)

by L.A. Witt (Goodreads Author)

3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 · rating details · 744 ratings · 107 reviews

Welcome to Tucker Springs, Colorado: Population, 70-something-thousand. Home to beautiful mountain views, two respected universities, and a ridiculously high cost of living.

Jason Davis can handle a breakup. And an overwhelming mortgage. And a struggling business. And the excruciating pain that keeps him up at night thanks to a shoulder injury. Handling all of it at once? N...more

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Published June 3rd 2012 by Amber Allure

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Jun 03, 2012 MandyM rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m-romance

Solid romance between a broke bar owner and the acupuncturist he goes to for his chronic shoulder pain. The writing is up to L.A. Witt's usual good standard but I didn't really feel the love between these two characters for a few reasons.

Jason suffers from severe chronic pain. The first few pages of the book describe this in excruciating detail and it permeates every page of this novella to the point where my own back started to ache! lol. As well as that he is in debt and doesn't really seem t...more

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Aug 18, 2012 Gwenith rated it 4 of 5 stars

THIS WAS A SWEET VISIT TO TUCKER SPRING'S`

I met, Jason who is so very attracted to Michael, ..It was nice seeing their love story un-fold.

Mummmm, honestly I read this so I can get ready for Heidi Cullium and Marie Sextons book~because I've not read much by L A Witt, but I will now. Gosh, this book has a lot of good stuff in it.

The Good Stuff~

★Tucker Springs is an intriguing warm sweet town.
★MC's were adorable.....Seth ...Yummy, Yum, Yum!
★The Plot~acupuncture/chronic pain/stressed, not my fav~it...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Heller rated it 2 of 5 stars

This was okay, I enjoyed parts of it but I had some issues with Michael. He just didn't seem to know what he wanted and waffled quite a bit.

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It was a good read but I'm not sure how much I like Tucker Springs.

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Jun 04, 2012 Veronica / V rated it 3 of 5 stars

Can you really feel sympathy pains for a character? well for sure my Mirror neurons were playing tricks on me, and after reading pages and pages of Jason's chronic shoulder pain, I sure felt sorry for the guy.
It was a nice story, although there were a few things I didn't agree with, but that's just me.

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For example Michael taking home a complete stranger to have sex for the first time with a man, so he can have his first gay experience, to proved "he likes it" and to make sure he d...more

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May 03, 2013 Jacqueline rated it 3 of 5 stars

The story was so slow... I had to wait 60 % for the chemistry to begin... I found quite surprising considering the writer, she usually masters that. Michael was clueless, Jason was sweet, he brought humor in to this story.

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May 15, 2013 Phaney rated it 2 of 5 stars

Took me forever to finish this. Partly because I got… distracted, I guess. In any event, this circumstance is sure to colour my verdict.
That said, this was the kind of book that doesn’t start out in a particularly promising way, but does pick up a little later on. Much later, in this case.

It starts out by being repetitive. Just how many times does the narrator have to stress that he’s just about broke? I got it the first time, and I understand it’s on his mind, but by the fifth time around it’s...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Ayu Puspita Sari rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: about-life, adult, fiction, glbt-lit, romance

Casually scrolling around books I've downloaded but not yet read, I found this one. I remember putting this off because of my hectic college tasks, but now that I'm (self-proclaimedly) free, so why not?

Jason Davis is a gay club owner who's been struggling with practically every aspect in his life. His club was a centimeter off from bancruptcy ever since his bussiness partner was dead, his apartment loan was too hard to handle since his boyfriend left him, and the worst of it, there was an excruc...more Casually scrolling around books I've downloaded but not yet read, I found this one. I remember putting this off because of my hectic college tasks, but now that I'm (self-proclaimedly) free, so why not?

Jason Davis is a gay club owner who's been struggling with practically every aspect in his life. His club was a centimeter off from bancruptcy ever since his bussiness partner was dead, his apartment loan was too hard to handle since his boyfriend left him, and the worst of it, there was an excruciating pain in his shoulder that left him lying uselessly most of the time. When he knew his ~~hot, tall, dark, handsomely-cliche, and yet, straight~~ accupuncture therapist also faced with the same financial problem, he was jumping into a solution headfirst: ask that libido-bothering doctor to share an apartment with him. That way, he could spare some of his rent burden and at the same time, keep his shoulder therapy going. It was a win-win solution at best. He just need to check his libido in control and tolerate a quiet seven year-old boy every two weeks. It was easy. Right?

What I like in this story is that the setting and the pace was built in detail at early pages. A nice introduction from a first book. I also like the on-off-and-off-again relationship Jason and Michael had. But it seems, where the first-half was built slowly and in a reasonable pace, at the second-half it seems rushed so suddenly. It's like Michael was changing decision in a span of seconds without any clear explanation. While I don't mind the easily-changing and dilemmatic character, but when it came with rushed explanation I seemed cannot compute. It could be better, maybe, to have Michael pov in turn, so readers could feel the unstable emotion of his before he could deal with his sexuality. Or simply, get more pages. Most problem I got with M/M romance is that there's hardly enough space for any real conflict development/resolution. Maybe there's a page limitation from the publisher, I got it, but most M/M author I read cannot handle this problem well. Always too rushed or the conflict is not resolved properly.

The other thing is that there's too much conversation and less description. Maybe I become a description bitch since I'm intimate with a long, thick book, with plenty description to make me feel the setting or the emotion (or sexual tension!). Maybe it's just about personal taste. But with so much convos Mrs. Witt throws, it feels superficial for me and I cannot get into the story well. And the ending. Two (or was it three?) chapter for come out with predictable outcomes? No, please, use it for better conflict resolution, like, how's the Light Out financial problem in the end!

I like the premise of this story and love the main characters' relationship. But well.... some other things hold me from giving this 4 stars.(less)

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Mar 13, 2013 Nivalis rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, coming-out, doctors-nurses, doctor-patient, m-m, men-with-children, series, nightclub-owners

A nice introduction to the Tucker Springs series. The author does a good job portraying the city and setting the atmosphere. A handful of characters (who will hopefully get their own stories written later in the series) are introduced and some of them really intrigued me, especially tattoo artist Seth and Michael's receptionist, Nathan.

So, in terms of introducing the reader to a new setting and starting off a new series, the book does deliver. It falls a little flat, however, on the romance side...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Warning: I've hidden this review behind a spoiler tag for a reason. I'm basically going to give away the entire storyline so that I can explain what did/did not work for me. As I don't want to completely spoil for the book for people, I'm giving you a headsup.

2.5 rounded up.

I liked the book. I didn't love it, but I liked it, though I felt the beginning was way better than the ending. Despite the first person POV, the story is well-written, and Jason's first few appointments and his getting to k...more Warning: I've hidden this review behind a spoiler tag for a reason. I'm basically going to give away the entire storyline so that I can explain what did/did not work for me. As I don't want to completely spoil for the book for people, I'm giving you a headsup.

2.5 rounded up.

I liked the book. I didn't love it, but I liked it, though I felt the beginning was way better than the ending. Despite the first person POV, the story is well-written, and Jason's first few appointments and his getting to know Michael had me leaning toward at least a 4 to start with.

Unfortunately, it went downhill after that. For financial reasons, the two of them decide to move in together even though they barely know one another. I understand having a mutual friend, but no way in hell would I move in with someone I had only known a few weeks.

After that was the biggest WTF moment for me of the entire book. The two of them have a conversation in which Michael states point blank that he is straight. Only a few pages later, Jason watches him let a male one night stand out the door, and his thought processes at this time had me so confused it completely threw me out of the story. Instead of any kind of wondering why the man who just proclaimed to be straight had sex with another guy, Jason goes on and on about how now he may have a shot with him. I found that even stranger than Michael actually having sex with another guy to begin with. It's things like this that kill first person for me. What were Michael's thoughts leading up to his bringing home another man to sleep with? He struggles with being gay for most of his life, marries and has a child, then meets someone who he actually wants enough to admit to himself that he doesn't like females, before picking up who I'm assuming was a stranger for sex. I personally would have loved to have seen the transition of his thinking, but that's just me.

Next is Michael admitting to Jason that he's attracted to him and that the one night stand was a test to prove to himself he really is gay before he tries anything with Jason that may ruin their living arrangements. They have a sexual relationship that lasts all of a week and a half before Michael decides that he can't do it anymore for a lot of reasons that were basically just excuses. This becomes the primary conflict of the story, and most of the rest of the pages are spent on Jason either complaining about how much his shoulder hurts or how much he wants to have sex with Michael again. At no point at this time did Jason's narration lead me to believe that it was more than just sexual on his part. Nothing that made me thing the two of them should spend the rest of their lives together. If there was ever a time to convince me the two of them deserve a HEA, it was then, and it simply never happens.

Finally, Michael chooses to just go ahead and be with Jason anyway. The two of them then have conversations with a completely supportive ex-wife, son, and best friend, and then ride off into the sunset in their now nearly perfect lives. I was actually pretty bored at this point, and found myself pretty much just wanting the story to be over around the last 20 pages or so. I gotta say, after having just read and rated Conduct Unbecoming a 4, I'm pretty disappointed in this one. In my opinion, it's in no way her best work, though as the next books in the series are written by different authors, I do plan on continuing the series. Hopefully I find them a bit better than this one.
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Jan 27, 2013 Macky rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the dynamics of the story in this one. It reads as a gay for you style plot and L A Witt pulls it off smoothly. Jason and Micheal are brought together when Jason turns to acupuncture as a last resort for the chronic pain in his shoulder and Michael's practice fits the bill. To cut a long story short, the appointments help but the expense makes it hard for Jason to keep regular visits and he's struggling financially with the upkeep and running of his gay club, his house payments...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Charly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Two normal guys navigating a new relationship

Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 7/10

PROS:
- The relationship takes a long time to develop, which means that the men take their slow, sweet time winding up in bed together.
- The setting is well-rounded. Witt portrays both acupuncture and the life of a club owner with enough detail that both environments (and both characters) are believable.
- Jason’s cynicism is endearing, not to mention funny on occasion....more

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Sep 03, 2012 Samington rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: businessmen, contemporary, drying-paint, evil-exes, gay-for-you, in-the-closet, irritating, kidfic, stupid-choices

Incredibly repetitive. Jason's thought processes appear to be: "Acupuncture is bunk! But what do I have to lose? But I just can't believe in it! But Seth said it worked! Could it work? I can't believe in it! But my shoulder hurts!" ad infinitum, and that's not even getting into the narrative's constant discussion of his messed-up credit, his bloated mortgage, and his sleepless nights. Yes, okay, we get he has a lot of problems; they don't need to be repeated every second sentence.

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Jul 09, 2012 Fiona rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I have read quite a few books by L.A. Witt and while I have enjoyed them all, this book was not my favorite. The romance in this story is just ok. I definitely felt for Jason who was so down on his luck financially, physically and emotionally. There were many detailed descriptions about Jason’s pain and treatment of his injured shoulder. I would have preferred a little less information in that area and a little more insight and depth into Michael...more **********possibly spoilerish info below**********

I have read quite a few books by L.A. Witt and while I have enjoyed them all, this book was not my favorite. The romance in this story is just ok. I definitely felt for Jason who was so down on his luck financially, physically and emotionally. There were many detailed descriptions about Jason’s pain and treatment of his injured shoulder. I would have preferred a little less information in that area and a little more insight and depth into Michael’s character. Michael is the acupuncturist who is treating Jason’s shoulder. He, too, is in dire financial straits. When Jason floats the idea of becoming roommates to ease some of their financial strain, Michael can’t help but to take Jason up on his offer. Michael is divorced and sharing custody of his son with his ex-wife.

Having a supposedly straight Michael in the house is not easy for Jason as he is strongly attracted to Michael. Michael’s habit of wearing only jeans with no shirt around the house doesn’t help. Events unfold and Jason finds out Michael is not as straight as either of them thought. However, before they can even figure out if they are just hot sex or a real relationship, they are apart. I found the reason for their separation unconvincing and frustrating.

**spoilerish part*** After they found their way back together again, Michael shares his relationship status with his ex-wife. I found the ex-wife’s reaction WAY too accepting. I mean it was great and right that she should accept Michael being gay. However, when Michael admitted he knew BEFORE he married that he was gay and she revealed she spent YEARS of their marriage trying to make their relationship work and feeling like it was her fault they failed; I expected at least a little bit of anger to be expressed on her part. Instead, we get a few stunned moments and then a big smile and hug for Michael. Too convenient for me.

Overall, an ok read but, again, not my favorite by L.A. Witt.
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Jun 20, 2012 L-D rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bars-bartenders-clubs, doctor-emt-vet, m-m, romance, has-kids

This is the first book in the new Tucker Springs series. L.A. Witt wrote this book and the next one is going to be written by Marie Sexton/Heidi Sullivan. I have read some L.A. Witt stories that I've quite enjoyed. While this story was solid, it wasn't one of my favorites of hers.

Jason Davis is going through some tough times. He's lost his business partner and his club is in the red, he lost his relationship partner and he's having trouble paying the mortgage on his own, and he has chronic shou...more This is the first book in the new Tucker Springs series. L.A. Witt wrote this book and the next one is going to be written by Marie Sexton/Heidi Sullivan. I have read some L.A. Witt stories that I've quite enjoyed. While this story was solid, it wasn't one of my favorites of hers.

Jason Davis is going through some tough times. He's lost his business partner and his club is in the red, he lost his relationship partner and he's having trouble paying the mortgage on his own, and he has chronic shoulder pain that is so bad it keeps him up at night. After resisting a recommendation from a mutual friend, Jason finally decides to see an acupuncturist even though he can barely afford groceries.

Michael Whitman is the gorgeous doc and he is also feeling the financial strain of the struggling economy. When Jason offers to open his house to Michael and his son, Dylan, it seems like a mutually beneficial arrangement. And it should be easy for Jason not to act on his attraction to Michael because Michael is straight. Or IS he? *cue music*

So this plot was okay and it starts out pretty well, but I personally didn't see the connection between the two MCs. I definitely understood how Jason was attracted to Michael because the story was from Jason's POV and he describes in great detail how super hot Michael is. The definition of tall, dark, and handsome....and then some. It also didn't help that Michael never wears a shirt. But it wasn't really clear to me why Michael all of a sudden decided to question his decades of straight-ness for Jason. I don't actually recall there ever being a description of Jason physically - if there was, it wasn't prominent enough for me to retain it. So I didn't get the sense of a real physical attraction there. There was also no real relationship build - these were two roommates just hanging out and playing video games one day and then the next...? So for me, the relationship just kind of went from 0 to 60 in a couple of pages.

The other place I think that L.A. Witt missed an opportunity was in building up Tucker Springs. This is supposed to be a series involving Tucker Springs and I was hoping to read about a place like St. Nacho's or Promise Rock or Cattley Valley...just a place that is almost magical in the way it brings people together. To me, it just became a setting and that's about it. In fact, Jason didn't even seem to really like it there and Michael was talking about how he would leave if not for his son. Jason also said it should be called Tucker Mud Puddle. None of this would really matter to me if the series itself wasn't called Tucker Springs.

So all in all, a decent story but I am hoping for more with Marie Sexton's book coming next...(less)

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Jun 17, 2012 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, glbt, m-m-romance, series

Where nerves end, fear begins. Where nerves end, doubt exists. Where nerves end, caution rules. Where nerves end, there is touch, pain, the warmth and shiver of skin against skin, and that is the place Jason Davis and Michael Whitman begin.

Where Nerves End is the first book in the Tucker Springs series (the second from Marie Sexton and Heidi Cullinan is due later this year), and is the story of two men who, through necessity and desperation, find themselves sharing a house and expenses to offset...more Where nerves end, fear begins. Where nerves end, doubt exists. Where nerves end, caution rules. Where nerves end, there is touch, pain, the warmth and shiver of skin against skin, and that is the place Jason Davis and Michael Whitman begin.

Where Nerves End is the first book in the Tucker Springs series (the second from Marie Sexton and Heidi Cullinan is due later this year), and is the story of two men who, through necessity and desperation, find themselves sharing a house and expenses to offset the financial struggles of each of their businesses.

Jason owns a nightclub called “Lights Out”, and though a series of life-changing events has caused the club to become a burden and source of continual stress for him more than the fulfillment of a dream, he is determined to see it survive, even if it means depleting his own finances to make it happen.

Dr. Michael Whitman is an acupuncturist and divorced father who is, himself, struggling to make his business thrive in a downturned economy. So, how do a gay nightclub owner and a straight acupuncturist meet? Through a mutual friend and tattoo artist, Seth, who convinces Jason that Michael can relieve him of the lingering and chronic pain of an accident.

Skeptical but desperate to try anything, Jason agrees to an appointment with Michael, and for the first time in years, finds relief that doesn’t come in pill form, or from self-inflicted pain diversion. The problem, however, is that Jason’s choices come down to acupuncture or eating that week, which really is not a choice at all.

Where Nerves End is a story of temptation, and we all know that ”the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.” Living together is an exquisite form of torture for Jason, who is incredibly attracted to Michael in spite of the fact that Michael is straight. Living together is an exquisite form of torture for Michael because his attraction to Jason quickly has him questioning the fact that he has lived his entire life being the man his parents and society has expected him to be.

Michael’s desire to be true to himself and his feelings for Jason conflicts with his desire to be a good father and to do what’s best for his son, which causes him to pull closer to Jason and push him away at the same time, with the fear of succumbing to the temptation of being in a relationship with a man.

This was a lovely start to this series, angsty and complicated by the responsibility of doing what’s right for the good of a child, yet being true to oneself in the process. I look forward to seeing what the next book brings to Tucker Springs, Colorado.

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Feb 03, 2013 DaisyGirl rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: genre-romance, i-own, romance-contemp

2.5 Stars

Jason Davis recently lost his boyfriend and his business partner. He is struggling to make ends meet despite his overwhelming mortgage and his nearly defunct business (Lights Out, the town's gay night club). Add to that list the excruciating pain that keeps him up at night thanks to a shoulder injury. When his shoulder finally pushes him to a breaking point, he takes a friend’s advice and gives acupuncture a try. Like Jason, Michael Whitman is also struggling to make ends meet. He's a s...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Thomaidha Papa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

4.5 stars
Oh, Jason has it real bad. His life seems to have taken the downfall on all departments. His love life sucks, his lover abandoned him for a sugar daddy and left him with the mortgage which he can hardly pay on his own. His professional life sucks even more; his partner died and left him with a great deal of loans and a night-club that hardly makes any profits. But, you know what they say,” if you got your health you got everything”. Problem is that Jason has health issues to top it all....more 4.5 stars
Oh, Jason has it real bad. His life seems to have taken the downfall on all departments. His love life sucks, his lover abandoned him for a sugar daddy and left him with the mortgage which he can hardly pay on his own. His professional life sucks even more; his partner died and left him with a great deal of loans and a night-club that hardly makes any profits. But, you know what they say,” if you got your health you got everything”. Problem is that Jason has health issues to top it all. A shoulder injury resulting in chronic pain that leaves him up all night, making his life quality reach bottom. This is where Michael makes his appearance.

Michael is an acupuncturist. After being drilled for several years from his friend, Seth, Jason makes it up his mind to go and see this miracle worker acupuncturist for his pain. It helped a lot the fact that he can barely move his arm or do his work anymore. But the moment he lays eyes on Michael, he doesn’t know what hits him. Michael is magnificent and to put it in Jason’s words “He’d taken that old cliché “tall, dark, and handsome” and made it his little bitch.”

I don’t think I’ve read a book where the protagonists have such an incredible chemistry as Michael and Jason. Although this book is written entirely from Jason’s point of view, the author manages to convey that feeling, at least to me. I was literally bouncing on my chair while reading this book.

Anyway, this story is more a “coming out” story. Jason is gay, but Michael is straight, or at least that’s what he’s been convincing himself and his entire environment for way too many years. The plot has him moving in with Jason as a roommate, leaving Jason in a frustrating state. who said it was easy living with an eye-candy? But, that much tension, that much lust can hardly be contained, and when they finally get together, it’s like rocks colliding. What a hot, HOT scene. Their feelings are so damn intense that make their following break-up even more so. They don’t fight, no; Jason understands that Michael can’t from one day to another change everything in his life, especially when his son is around. How do you explain that to a little boy, but understanding doesn’t make it the least bit easier. Emotions build up and lead to frustration and stress, which leads to awkwardness and pain, which leads to…

Yeah, I loved this book. This was the kind of romance I like and it had me hooked so tightly I once again forgot to sleep. Yes, this book was one of those that you only close when the end has hit the page and you suddenly look around and see the sun rising. It had it all.

Great characters, check. Both of them were fantastic, so real, with real issues, with real reactions. God, I loved those characters.

Supporting team, check. Seth, their mutual friend couldn’t be better, adding to their life greatly and the ex-wife, hah, I so loved how she reacted. Michael’s kid, Dylan, greatly portrayed. All in all people-wise it was very well done.

The plot was brilliant portraying everyday life in such a realistic way I thought “damn, who’s she been spying on”. The emotions conveyed was what had me in tight grip though. From the day-to-day life, to the sexual scenes emotions had me by my neck holding me in place to feel and live them all along with the characters. A very, very well written book, one I’d strongly recommend anyone to give it a go.(less)

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Jan 24, 2013 Alex rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, romance

At First Sight: Jason Davis was near the end of his rope: his recent breakup left him with a mortgage he couldn't afford, his business partner died leaving him with a struggling night club that bleeds out almost as much money as it makes, and for the last five years he has had to deal with chronic pain on his shoulder as result of a biking accident.

Each one of these things is bad enough, but all together they are making his life hell, he's on first name terms with the pawn shop owner and about h...more At First Sight: Jason Davis was near the end of his rope: his recent breakup left him with a mortgage he couldn't afford, his business partner died leaving him with a struggling night club that bleeds out almost as much money as it makes, and for the last five years he has had to deal with chronic pain on his shoulder as result of a biking accident.

Each one of these things is bad enough, but all together they are making his life hell, he's on first name terms with the pawn shop owner and about having to decide between putting gas on his car or food in his fridge.

In a last ditch effort to manage the pain, Jase follows his friend Seth's advice and goes to see Dr. Michael Whitman to be treated with acupuncture, not expecting it'll work but secretly hoping it will. He's didn't expect to be attracted to Michael, or to propose a roommate agreement with the man.

Michael moved to Tucker Springs (where the air is pretty clean) with his now ex-wife so their son Dylan wouldn't have to struggle so much with his asthma, but life in Tucker Springs is very expensive, and he's struggling a bit to make ends meet. Since Jase is also friends with Michael's best friend Seth, Michael finds himself considering and later accepting the roommate agreement with Jason.

But living together might be more difficult than either of them imagined, particularly after they realize they are very attracted to each other.

Second Glance: So, a few weeks ago I read and reviewed Second Hand, the first book of the Tucker Springs series - connecting books written by different authors but loosely linked by the setting and the fact that most of the characters know each other - and I really liked it, so I went back and picked up Where Nerves End by L.A. Witt.

At first I thought the set up was pretty similar to Second Hand - openly gay man attracted to 'straight' if a little confused man - but the stories turned out to be very different. You can really feel Jason's mental anguish about everything that's going on in his life with the pain and the debts and the money trouble, and Michael's struggle with his own sexuality and with doing what's right for his son.

Neither of them makes good decisions all the time and the book indulged on one of my personal pet peeves - when the members of the romantic pairing get involved with other people even though they already know and are attracted to the person they are going to end up with - but I liked it.

I liked that their ending wasn't all happy and the situations weren't black and white. I did feel like I got to know Jason a lot more than Michael, maybe because the story is told from his perspective, maybe because he was just more fleshed out.

Bottom Line: Where Nerves End was a good read and I really enjoy visiting the Tucker Springs universe. I like these people and I want to keep on reading their stories. Jason and Michael weren't my favorite so far but it was pretty good read anyway. The writing was quite addictive and I wanted to keep on reading until I finished, which was nice.(less)

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Jan 26, 2013 T.M. Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars

If Jason Davis didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any luck at all! The story starts with a night of agonizing pain, that Jason has become all too familiar with over the past five years. He deals with constant shoulder pain stemming from a biking accident; add to that the financial difficulty from an outrageous mortgage and the overhead of his night club Light's Out, and this poor man is barely keeping his head above water. I loved the sarcastic monologue playing in his head early on in the b...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Cole Riann rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: armchair-reviews, m-m, m-m-contemporary, m-m-family-kids, m-m-closeted-coming-out

3.5 stars

Review posted at The Armchair Reader.

Jason really fucked up his shoulder showing off mountain biking, and now, five years later, he can barely get through the day without debilitating pain, much less a single night's sleep. He's a very level headed guy, a skeptic you could say. And even though his business partner left him with a nightclub that is so far into the red there's almost no hope left to salvage it, and his partner left him and saddled him with a massive mortgage, he's still p...more 3.5 stars

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Jason really fucked up his shoulder showing off mountain biking, and now, five years later, he can barely get through the day without debilitating pain, much less a single night's sleep. He's a very level headed guy, a skeptic you could say. And even though his business partner left him with a nightclub that is so far into the red there's almost no hope left to salvage it, and his partner left him and saddled him with a massive mortgage, he's still plodding along, trying to make it day to day and keep his life from completely collapsing around him. So when his best friend Seth swears to him that acupuncture really works and he should give it a try, he has a hard time believing him. But he's worried about having to take even more pain pills with the extra pain his shoulder's been giving him, and there's really nothing else he can think of to do, so he takes Seth's advice and goes to the practice of Michael Whitman.

Michael is straight, even though Seth has his doubts (the two having been friends since childhood), which is a shame for Jason, who can't help but admire the sexy man. When they both commiserate about the economy and their respective financial problems, Jason comes up with the idea of Michael moving in with him and sharing the mortgage, even though he knows living with such a beautiful, unavailable man is going to kill him.

There's really nothing big that is wrong with this book. I have a few, let's say medium-sized niggles, but the book is pretty well written and up to LA Witt's standard. I've loved many of her books in the past, but I didn't love this one. I found it okay, but for some reason I didn't really feel the connection with the characters. I can't even quite pinpoint what it is about the relationship, just that neither Jason or Michael really leapt off the page for me.

There's quite a bit in this book about acupuncture, which I found really interesting. There were several practices that Michael uses that I didn't know were real-life practices (like the electrical currents and some other things) if they are true to life. I've never had acupuncture myself, but I suppose I was under the impression that it doesn't help to the level that it does for Jason in this book. Even though some things are left real to life, like repeated treatments, the immediate and (short-term) lasting effects of the needles seemed a bit much to me, perhaps because of the intensity of pain Jason describes from page one. But then again, I know very little, so I could be wrong.

This will be interesting to read as a series, because it seems as if their friend Seth will be the focus of the next book, or one of the upcoming books, so the group of friends that surround the two MCs in this novel will probably stick around. I think it would help for me to see this couple happy in the future books because their rocky relationship in this first installment left me a little doubtful about how they'd handle a full relationship. Michael is going through a huge life change and Jason can barely keep his head above water with all the emotional trauma that has been dumped on him recently.

There were some niggles that bothered me -- such as often repeated information and the constant mention of Seth's background and family without revealing what exactly happened to him (another reason I suspect his story is coming). I thought, and Jason seemed to as well, that their relationship problems weren't really problems. It felt like a bit of unnecessary angst that they were making up problems that didn't need to exist, but then it made sense in the situation and it was handled pretty well.

Having read many of LA Witt's books in the past, I enjoyed that there was really a low level of angst, rather than that bit I mentioned. Even though I didn't feel like I really connected with the characters, they're still good characters and pretty solidly written. This is a Pretty Good story, I just didn't really connect with it. So, for me, it wasn't great and other books by LA Witt will remain my favorites.(less)

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Apr 21, 2013 Fritz42 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-books, favorites-m-m-romance, m-m-romance, nook-lendable

I specifically read this book so that I could read the next Tucker Spring's book by this author: Covet Thy Neighbor I'm so glad that I took the time to read this first.

Jason and Michael were wonderful characters. Jason was a club owner in the gay district of Tucker Springs. Left by his partner and business partner, Jason had more than he could handle in his life. Jason suffered horribly from chronic pain in his shoulder - which was described so realistically it made my own "bad" shoulder whimpe...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Sammy2006 rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was my first foray into the imaginative writings of L.A. Witt and I truly enjoyed my time with her. Her storytelling is rich with visual pictures that leap off the page and put you firmly in the scene. Her characters are so natural, so down to earth and the town of Tucker Springs could be your own hometown, it is so familiar.

Along the way there were a few glitches in the writing that left me a bit confused, but I will get to those in just a moment. First, let me introduce you to her men, J...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-involved, couldn-t-put-down, firefighters-emts-doctors, m-m, mc-with-disability, my-top-fave-mm

This series was recommended by my friend Meghan and once I found out that several of my absolute favorite authors wrote the books I was sold... so I started this book and am absolutely hooked!!

Jason has a lot going on and is probably one disaster in his life away from a mental freakin' breakdown! I do not envy his situation at all but when he meets acupuncturist Michael, his luck begins to turn around just a bit...

There is so much to this story and there is a lot of angst and self-discovery go...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Heather C rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, ebook, friends-to-lovers, pdoc, m-m, gfy-ofy, read-2012, series, lots-of-tension, sex-after-40-percent, review-on-amazon

I put off reading this because I hadn't really heard anything about it. And for about the first 50% I was really enjoying it, then it kinda went to shit! Then it got better. Then it kinda fell apart again.(view spoiler)...more

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Aug 05, 2012 Eed99 rated it 4 of 5 stars

I picked this book up after reading Out of Focus by the same author.

I really enjoyed this book and thought the plot points were very interesting and not pure formula.

The fact that one of the main characters suffers from chronic pain and is in financial trouble made him interesting.

About the only two complaints I have are that I am not so sure the two men would have moved in together so quickly-the idea worked for me, but I am not so sure I would invite an almost total stranger to share my home f...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Octobercountry rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm afraid I didn't enjoy this one as much as "Second Hand," another volume in the Tucker Springs series which I had recently reviewed (and which I really do recommend). For some reason I never really warmed up to Jason---didn't like him all that much. And while I DID like Michael, I didn't think his character was developed enough. In general, I thought the character development overall was better in "Second Hand"---and the likability factor was much higher in that book as well.

So, this book was...more

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May 23, 2012 Tj rated it 3 of 5 stars

An enjoyable read. The descriptions were vivid and detailed. The interaction of the characters were believable. I didn't really connect to this read like I had hoped to. It was a solid read just didn't stick and engage me like I believed it would.

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Mar 15, 2013 Hans Hirschi rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a cute little book. It is about the age old desire we gay man (apparently) have about converting str8 guys, showing them the path to true love and sexual passion… How a woman can write about this is an entirely different matter…

This isn't a deep book, although it's contemporary enough that everybody is whining about the economy, and it is the economy which drives the relationship forward assisted by the looks of the "no touch" str8 guy who obviously (surprise?) isn't, really. Are guys ev...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Elspeth rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: twenty-twelve, kindle, own, mm

I liked this, I liked the fact that it had a ending but not everything was perfect.
There was no instalove and that was great as well.
This was a very refreshing read, I am looking forward to book two and I hope it stars Seth...yummy!

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Mar 27, 2013 Deeze rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the start of this one and I quite liked the ending, but the in between part was way to drawn out.

I can’t say I felt much for Michael or Jason. Jason spent too much time thinking the same thoughts over and over, and Michael annoyed me with his actions. I can understand denial but I felt Michael at times was bordering on deceitful almost. There was no real chemistry between them for me either.

I did like the way the conversation went with Daina at the end, no bitchiness or her claiming...more

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