Leaning Into the Fall

This is book 3 in the Leaning Into, and the though it could be read as a standalone, the intro of this group of friends in [b:Leaning Into Love / Leaning Into Always 47148739 Leaning Into Love / Leaning Into Always (Leaning Into #1-2) Lane Hayes https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563581930l/47148739.SY75.jpg 72203271] is pretty sweet, low angst, and pain free. Nick Jorgensen is 30, and the brains behind EN Tech, a cyber security company. He has the smarts to outcode anyone but isn't so good at interpersonal relationships or filtering his thoughts or his impulses. One of those uncontrolled impulses led to an impromptu engagement and it's quick, predictably disastrous end. Convinced the whole enterprise was cursed he's been trying to return cases of bespoke wine he'd ordered for the wedding. So far he's been unsuccessful but he's willing to try again. Nick is nothing if not persistent. To this end he goes in person to the winery and meets Wes Conrad. Lights out, even if they don't know it right away. Wes is forty-five, back from where Nick's going, and exactly what Nick needs. He's the calm to Nick's usual mental storm, but he also loves Nick for his quirks & unique mind, not in spite of them. I loved how he's so much himself without being a pompous ass or a rigid know it all. He's interested in how Nick thinks and what makes him tic. Nick for his part finds someone who wants nothing from him but himself and also has the patience to wait him out when he can't figure out his own thoughts.I loved everything about this. I liked that Wes doesn't hand Nick solutions to his problems, he can't. But he's a sound port and an anchor. I like that, though he certainly screws up, sometimes spectacularly so, Nick is always willing to try again, whether at work or life. I liked that though there's a pretty immediate attraction, and scorching sex early on (I'm not complaining) the love develops organically and over time. Nick and Wes continue to deal with their professional lives as adults do. Perfect. Do yourself a favor and get the AB by [a:Nick J. Russo 8141120 Nick J. Russo https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]. It's perfection.