Title: Cover Up (Skin Deep Inc., #3)
Author: L.A. Witt
Publisher: Swerve, St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: October 3, 2017
Genre: Contemporary, MM Romance
Format: eBook
Length: 320 pages
Rating: 3 Stars
synopsis
After ten years of blissful marriage, Navy Pilot Nate Chandler is divorcing his cheating husband. Single for the first time in years, Nate is numb to all emotion and kisses any chance of another relationship goodbye.
Not only is Nate struggling to get through this divorce, but his body is branded with a permanent reminder of his failed marriage: a matching tattoo with his ex. Searching for a place to cover up his old tattoo, Nate finds himself at the Skin Deep, Inc., where he meets the young and charming cover-up tattoo apprentice, Lucas Brandt.
From just flirty glances to steamy hot encounters, Nate and Lucas dive headfirst into a fling of hookups. But worried that he’ll forever be Nate’s “cover up” rebound relationship, Lucas fears that their love won’t be anything more than just skin deep. What was once just a casual attraction, Lucas now hopes to turn into a real relationship. But will he be able to convince the still tender-hearted Nate to fall in love again?
Third installment of L.A. Witt’s Skin Deep romance series, COVER UP is a story of passion, pleasure, and happily ever after.
♦ Personal Thought ♦
I’m a bit on the fence on this third entry to “Skin Deep Inc.” series. It’s the second chance story that involved Nate (who found his husband cheated on him on Pounding Skin) and Lucas, the new apprentice at the Skin Deep Inc. (who botched a client’s tattoo). The overall story is actually fine. It’s just the attraction between Nate and Lucas felt too instant and go too deep too soon for me.
On the flip-side, both men are likable characters. They have (weak) moments which make them regular human beings. And – not that I dislike a bit of smut in my reading – the series of vertical and horizontal tangos these guys doing on any surface and position are a bit too much. I get that that’s the idea of having an affair’s all about (duh!) …lust, sexual attractions. But I guess I just hope there’s more than chapters of steamy scenes.
Having said that, Cover Up concludes the “Skin Deep Inc.” nicely in the way the tie-up (in the literal sense of the word) of the first couple in this series. That this side story aiding the culmination to Nate and Lucas’s affair is done nicely. Only, I feel the conclusion’s done in a mad dash to the finish line. Just when I need some sort of grand gesture or groveling, there’s nada! Yes, I’m glad Nate and Lucas get to start their happy beginning. But I’m not too fond of the way they go about it. Bummer.
Advanced copy of this book is kindly provided by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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