Sultry Sunset (Mangrove Stories, #3) [Hutch & Mike] by Mary Calmes

I'm loving this series! These are such comfort reads! Again with the friends to lovers. I admit I love this turf. It's one of my favorites. It's the best kind of love if you ask me. Someone you first consider your best friend before the next (sexual) step is made. it's the same here with Hutch and Mike though what is different is Mike suppose to be straight.. 

We've met Hutch Crowley in the previous installments. It's fun getting to know the people in this town and see them find their HEA and after having a revisit in the next installment. It makes sense reading these in order but truthfully they all can be read as stand-alones. Hutch runs the grocery store in the small town of Mangrove and building a recreational center. It's easy for him to focus on the new project now that he trusts his best friend Mike to run the grocery store. 




Mike Rojas has been in town for the past year. After his wife died he spend two whole years finding himself until he settled in Mangrove. It helped that Hutch offered him a place to stay and a job. After Mike tells Hutch his life's story they also became good friends and after a year together Mike is so much better he is starting to date again, but Mike shouldn't be looking so far away from home.. 

We only get Hutch's POV but it's obvious how much Mike cares about him from everything he does. They are the sweetest together. I loved the way they came together. I also loved the way Mike's wife reasoning was it's all about finding a person that loves you, it doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman. 

There's a little bit more to this one than just their story which was fun, mostly getting to know the hot fireman and his teenage daughter which was one of the hints to the MCs in the two last installments in the series. Can't wait to start reading them. 

Rating: ★★★★★

E-Book Edition

84 pages

Read on: 4 Nov 2017

ABOUT THIS SERIES 

 

Mangrove Stories is a series of short Contemporary MM novellas by Mary Calmes. The novellas are mostly friendship turned to lovers in the small town of Mangrove. As the series progressed the community, and the characters from each novels reappear and makes us feel at home in the small sleepy town. I really enjoyed getting to know ALL of them, the MCs as well as the other supporting characters. 

It's a sweet comfort read really. Each novella is short but mostly feels like it tells a full story. It won't take you long to read neither of them and it would reward you with a stupid smile at the end. I found all of them to be endearing. 

Books:
1. Blue Days [Dwyer Knolls & Takeo Hiroyuki] (Published 5 November 2014) ★★★★★
2. Quiet Nights [Kelly Seaton & Cosimo Renaldi] (Published 9 February 2015) ★★★★★
3. Sultry Sunset [Hutch Crowley & Mike Rojas] (Published 15 May 2015) ★★★★★
4. Easy Evenings [Lazlo Maguire & Britton Lassiter] (Published 18 November 2015) ★★★★★
5. Sleep Till Sunrise [Essien Dodd & Roark Hammond] (Published 16 December 2015) ★★★★