Ironhearted (Hope Cove #3)

Title: Ironhearted (Hope Cove #3)
Author: Cate Ashwood and John Orr (Narrator)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Romance
Length: 6 hours and 4 minutes
Reviewed by: Belen
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5

Blurb:

Hope Cove: Book Three

Haydn Prescott stood by and watched his friends fall in love, something he hopes never happens to him. It’s too much drama, thankyouverymuch. He just wants a hot guy to roll around with every once in a while. No muss, no fuss. Out for a night of dancing, he meets Trevor Ryan and the two are explosive together. The next morning, Haydn wakes up alone.

Trevor is gone and Haydn thinks he’s seen the last of him… until months later when Trevor walks into Haydn’s bakery in Hope Cove. Entanglements and complications ooze from Trevor, but Haydn can’t ignore him—Trevor won’t let him. Haydn always believed he wanted to be free and single forever, but now he’s torn: does he want to be with Trevor or should he play it safe and stick to what’s worked?

Once again, John Orr knocks the narration out of the park!

This was, by far, my favorite of the series. Seeing snarky, sarcastic Haydn fall in love was worth every fail and flailing moment.

Party boy Haydn’s best friends have all gone the way of coupledom and he’s determined he won’t be lost on that ship. One night stands and hook-ups are more than fine with him because he’s seen his share of “crazy in love” and wants NO part of it – thank you very much!

“You are the crazy one. All of you. All you so-called happy couples are the crazies. You think I want to go through what you all went through? That was fucked up with a capital F. Oliver leaving the state without so much as a word and us having to fly across the whole fucking country to go after him, and you! You and Declan. That couldn’t have been more dramatic with the leaving and the angst so strong I was almost drowning in it.”
“It wasn’t that bad,” Lucas protested.
“You just don’t remember. Your sex-addled brain is storing away the unpleasant memories and all you think about is how yummy your man is. Well, Lucas Hale, my men are plenty yummy too, and I get a variety. Hot guys that make me come, and then fuck right off so I can get some sleep. It’s the perfect relationship for me.”

Trevor Ryan is different from all Haydn’s other hook-ups when he first gives Haydn the best night of sex he’s ever had. Ever. Then when Trevor keeps coming back around for more, it starts to melt that icy reserve of Haydn’s. Because even though Haydn is determined that he won’t fall into the trappings of a relationship, he finds himself falling in love with both Trevor and his daughter, Violet.

Then, of course, there’s some miscommunication…

Yet, even the miscommunication in this installment didn’t dampen my enjoyment.

OH! And the sex… well, the SEX is HOTTER THAN HOT!

I enjoyed the characters and the story, but it was the extremely awesome sexy times and FANTASTIC narration that put me over the edge into loving it.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!