I'll be honest, having never read a book in this genre before, I wasn't at all sure what to expect and hesitated a little before buying it. I certainly knew there would be m/m sex and it was likely to be pretty steamy (only partially unintentional pun there - you'll understand when you read the book). I wasn't prepared for a sensitive story about a man's discovery of his true sexuality.

It all rang true as some years ago, I had a very good (male) friend who had gone through some similar awakenings to the main character in this story. I don't want to give any spoilers here but this really is a very well written, authentic story about real characters who I cared about. Tristram LaRoche is a new name to me. I shall be looking out for him in the future because he writes well and he's 'relevant' in this day and age (as Simon Cowell would say). Gets my 5 stars!