This is book #7 in the Coda Series, and I really liked it for several reasons. The story itself is an unrequited love story between two men who first meet when they are seventeen and are only together for a few hours. Fifteen years later, they meet again in the same town, Coda, CO, where Dominic Jacobsen has lived his whole life, and where Lamar Franklin has just moved. When Lamar's car is vandalized, the garage that Dominic's family owns ends up fixing it. Lamar is out, and he's just moved to Coda to take a teaching job and to get away from the married man with whom he was having an affair. He's also depressed. Dominic lives with his 13-year-old daughter, Naomi, and is still in the closet. He believes that having a gay father will hurt Naomi, so he sacrifices is love life to protect her. It has worked fine until he sees Lamar again, and all of the emotions he's kept hidden for 15 years come flooding back.
There was a lot of angst and drama in this story. Lamar is being stalked by someone who vandalizes his car numerous times and breaks into his house. Dominic has a big family, some of whom are homophobic, especially his father. Staying in the closet hasn't been a problem until Lamar arrives, and Dom goes back and forth with coming out, which hurts Lamar. However, it was worth the read to catch up with the couples from previous books in the series. Matt and Jared as well as Angelo and Zach all play important roles in helping Lamar and Dominic, especially Matt since he is the police officer working on Lamar's stalking case. And there was a cute kitty with the silly name of Missy Prissy Pom-Pom Paw! Another great story from Marie Sexton. 260 pages (Kindle edition).
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