Rating: 4.5🌈
Unmanageable (In Vino Veritas #3 ) by Leslie McAdam is another terrific contemporary romance in a series solid with them.
There’s several elements here that immediately spoke to me.
Luke Lagomarsino and his ex-wife Kira have a young daughter, Addison. McAdams makes Kira a complicated, loving individual and mother who deserves to thrive in a rewarding professional career. And has Luke acknowledge that it’s time for him to make the changes and decisions necessary for Kira to be able to take a job that’s important to her emotionally and career wise.
I love a story that doesn’t demonize the wife or any ex for that matter but looks at a family situation from a layered perspective.
That continues to happen with Luke as he has to adjust to returning to his small hometown, being a full time father, and a less “ hands on “ business career.
It’s a great portrait of a man in flux. It’s identifiable and makes Luke someone we can relate to.
Scott Malone, the romantic, sweet younger man who’s both rescued by and rescuer of Luke is a vulnerable and engaging character. So overwhelmed by debt that he’s incapable of facing it or knowing how to ask for help, he’s generous of heart and loving nature. The scenes written with him and Addison, the daughter, feel incredibly believable and grounded in reality.
Luke and Scott’s path to love and family is heartwarming and thoughtful. It’s got layers of realistic personal growth that needs to happen, and communicating between men and family for everyone to come together.
It’s wonderful to read and their happiness is everything!
I’m highly recommending this and the series. There’s something for everyone here.
I’ve listed them below. Check them out and happy reading.
In Vino Veritas series 2:
✓ Wildfire #1 – Garrett Leigh
✓ Counterpoint #2 – JE Birk
✓ Unmanageable #3 – Leslie McAdam
◦ Underdog #4 – LA Witt
◦ Wonderland #5 – Rachel Ember
◦ Dauntless #6 – Victoria DeNault
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Description:
I’ve never been romantic. Just ask my ex-wife.
Since she broke up with me, I get my needs met any time I want, without putting my heart on the line. Exactly how I like it.
But when she is called overseas and leaves me with our child, my bachelor lifestyle ends faster than you can say, “Daddy, I want a pony.”
I need help.
Problem is, help’s come in the form of an incredibly hot nanny.
My employee.
Who is much younger than me.
And also … a guy.
I watch Scott care for my kid and can’t help feeling like he clicks into place in her life.
When he looks at me, though … I get an entirely different feeling. One that makes me long for things I can’t have.
Like him.
Unmanageable is a contemporary m/m age gap romance about a starry-eyed nanny who wants hot-air balloon rides and singing telegrams and a grumpy single dad who most definitely does not.
The first series:
Vino and Veritas #1:
🔵Featherbed (Vino and Veritas 1) by Annabeth Albert
🔵Heartscape #2 by Garrett Leigh
🔵Headstrong #3 by Eden Finley
🔵Undercover #4 by Eliot Grayson
🔵Aftermath #5 by LA Witt
🔵Booklover #6 by JE Birk
🔵Flipcup #7 by Kim Hartfield f/f
🔵Hideaway #8 by Rachel Lacey f/f
🔵Turnabout #9 by Laurel Greer
🔵Unguarded #10 by Jay Hogan
🔵Insatiable #11 by Rhys Everly
🔵Daybreak #12 by Kate Hawthorne
🔵Heartsong #13 by AE Wasp
🔵Stronghold #14 by Ana Ashley
🔵Limelight #15 by E Davis
🔵Unforgettable #16 by Marley Valentine
🔵Showstopper #17 by Regina Kyle
🔵Undone #18 by Leslie McAdams
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Unless it’s noted, all books reviewed have been purchased by the reviewer.
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