Halston Stern
When my best friend Sam invites me to be his platonic plus-one for his friends’ destination wedding, I jump at the chance since we live in different cities now. I shouldn’t be nervous, but I’m not exactly the beefcake action movie star he teases me for being anymore.Sam Radcliffe
Even though I haven’t found my forever man and don’t think he’s out there, I have the greatest friends in the world. I can’t wait to spend a week celebrating this wedding with all of them. It’s been awhile since I saw Halston, but he’s the sweetest, most thoughtful man and he’s never let me down.As soon as I see Halston, I’m a little bit awkward… and maybe a whole lot attracted. Something as shallow as looking different for a movie role shouldn’t change how I feel about him, but it does. I can’t lose his friendship, so how can I figure out if he feels this new spark like I do? If he does, then how do we seize this chance when we have to go back to our real lives?
This is a best friends to lovers, bi awakening MM romance featuring a top who looks like a twink, an ex-beefcake action star, and a hotel room with only one bed. It is the fourth book in the Local Beats series, which can all be read as standalones, but this one is even better if you’ve read the others! It has a guaranteed HEA.
Sam is just a sweetheart!
Keep reading to see the full Love Note!
Dear Halston,
Someone told me it’s mean that I call you my ex-beefcake, and that I’m shallow if all I focus on is how you look.
Well, that just cannot stand. So in case you’ve ever had a shred of doubt in your mind, let me make it clear. When I saw you in Aspen after you’d changed your action star beefcake body for a role, looking like a very handsome man with a regular bod, I didn’t instantly fall in love with it. Like any good movie featuring a makeover, seeing you look so different from how you usually do didn’t make me fall in love with the “new you”. It let me see you for the first time all over again, and it sparked something between us that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
I love you no matter your shape or ability, so long as you’re the good, loyal, sweet man I’ve always known.
Love,
Sam
PS Will you pick up donuts from the place in Santa Monica on your way home, please?
Zoe has been writing since she was a little girl, growing up north of Chicago. Since then, she’s lived in Ohio and San Francisco, and now lives near Boulder. She has a job that she loves, but it doesn’t sound exciting to anyone else. She does yoga and takes dance classes when she can. She has a husband, who reads her romances, and an amazing little girl, who is way too young to read what Zoe writes (yet). She’s inspired by her family and friends, books and art, and all of the places she’s traveled.
