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After a recent case with a treacherous client, North and Shaw are ready to go back to work building Borealis Investigations. They're also ready to go back to dodging their feelings for each other, with neither man ready to deal with the powerful emotions the Matty Fennmore case stirred up. Everything is getting back to normal when their secretary asks for help: her girlfriend's boss has gone missing.Shep Collins runs a halfway house for LGBTQ kids and is a prominent figure in St. Louis's gay community. When he disappears, however, dark truths begin to emerge about Shep's past: his string of failed relationships, a problem with disappearing money, and his work, years before, as one of the foremost proponents of conversion therapy.When Shep's body turns up at the halfway house, the search for a missing person becomes the search for a murderer.As North and Shaw probe for answers, they find that they are not the only ones who have come looking for the truth about Shep Collins. Their investigation puts them at odds with the police who are working the same case, and in that conflict, North and Shaw find threads leading back to the West End Slasher-the serial killer who almost took Shaw's life in an alley seven years before. As the web of an ancient conspiracy comes to light, Shaw is driven to find answers, and North faces what might be his last chance to tell Shaw how he really feels.
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... and this is why though I always intend to read the next book in the series immediately I end up exercising self preservation and pace these out. My emotions need a rest. [a:Gregory Ashe 1179529 Gregory Ashe https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1561907752p2/1179529.jpg] and [a:Charlie David 2895612 Charlie David https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1461856493p2/2895612.jpg] put me through my paces. Thanks.What can I say that hasn't been said without devolving into gibberish? I'll just say I loved everything about it. The way the relationship between Shaw & North continues to evolve without cutting corners, how their world is populated by recognizable people of every type, how magic sex doesn't cure wounds that run deep, the humor laced banter between the MC which serves as a bridge and form of communication. I had a ball imagining Shaw's outfits and his continuous tries at guessing North's middle name. The mystery was good. I wasn't necessarily surprised but I liked how the investigation played out. I loved the cameo by my faves! Though I kind of hoped that Shep would've been a different person, I'm also glad to see “marginalized” characters portrayed in all iterations. And of course I'm heartbroken about Jadon. I'll take a couple of days and continue with this journey.
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3 primary books7 released booksBorealis Investigations is a 7-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Gregory Ashe.