Rating: 3.75🌈
K. C. Carmine’s contemporary romance is a sexy sweet best friends to lovers romance with a twist. In a series that is centered around a Diner that is a safe haven for the LGBT community, the stories are themed on the same storylines and characters. Here Charlie, who transitioned once his family moved, is reunited with his best friend from childhood, Trent, who’s just arrived in town.
Carmine’s story has a number of big elements and emotional moments to explore. It’s been ten years since Charlie and Trent have seen each other, and the growth for each person in that time has been tremendous. Especially for Charlie. Then there’s Trent who’s recognizing that his sexuality is more fluid, pansexual than strictly drawn to one gender. There’s more. From a reunion of old friends who’ve had enormous changes in their lives to an intimate sexual relationship and love life, including a mixed everyday interactions.
It all occurs without too much introspection, drama , and time span. For all the terrific characters, great aspects of the story, and even the relationship, for me, that it all came together so fast felt unreal.
It was like watching a sweet romance unfold but I never felt a connection because, imo, they were never grounded or believable. To have that would have needed more depth, layers, and time for the years apart and the growth they’ve undergone to be fully understood and explored between them.
Enjoy the story for the sweet sexy moments and romance the author intends.
Great cover!
Cover design by Cormar Covers
Diner Days series -11 books:
🔷Written at Randy’s by Katherine McIntyre
🔷Final Boy at Randy’s by Loren Leigh
🔷Cramming at Randy’s by Alex Silver
🔷Temptation at Randy’s by Emily Alter
🔷Hitched at Randy’s by A. E. Madsen
🔷Gaming at Randy’s by Duckie Mack
🔷Striking a Chord at Randy’s by K. C. Carmine
🔷Composed at Randy’s by Zile Elliven❤️
🔷Roleplay at Randy’s by Rikki Leighton
🔷Finding Home at Randy’s by Abrianna Denae
🔷Aftercare at Randy’s by R.A. Frick
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Blurb
Can a rocker fall for a gym bunny? Nah, no way. But what if the big, muscly guy looks sad? Well…
Moving out of his hometown gives Trent the freedom to shape his life the way he wants, out of his brother’s shadow. Running into his childhood friend is not what he expected, but exactly what he needed. Amidst the chaos of new discoveries, his closeness to Charlie unlocks his heart and mind.
With supportive family and friends, Charlie lives as his true self. His past comes stumbling into his life in the shape of a muscled, cute-as-a-cupcake guy who shakes the foundation of the walls around Charlie’s heart.
The new feelings threaten to jeopardize their friendship after they just got it back.
A story of a rekindled friendship, a bi-awkening, opposites attract, and trans joy.
A standalone MM book (with a trans man) from multi-author, shared world Diner Days series.
Striking a Chord at Randy’s is a low angst M/M opposites attract romance between a trans male music lover and a lost boy about to have an awakening.
Multi-author series info: Love beyond the binary: serving up low angst trans romances at Randy’s Diner.
- Publisher: Blindfold Press (October 3, 2024)
- Publication date: October 3, 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 188 pages
Transgender romance
— Striking a Chord at Randy’s by K.C. Carmine
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