Release Day Review: Joint Penetration by Katherine McIntyre

09 July of 2024 by ButtonsMom2003

Joint Penetration By Katherine McIntyre

Genre: Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Best friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening

Released: July 9, 2024

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Hot Under the Collar, Book 3 – but stands alone

Length: 198 pages

Cover Design: Cate Ashwood

Synopsis

Liam Kelly is in love with his best friend. His straight, freshly divorced best friend, who wants to experiment…with him.

Ollie
The last thing I expected from my wife was a divorce. I’d checked all the boxes off—cozy house near my folks, joined the family business as a contractor, and married right out of high school. Except the more I think about how distant we’ve been, the more our split makes sense. And the more time I spend blowing off steam with my best friend, the more I want to actually…blow him.

Liam
Have I been hopelessly in love with Ollie my entire life? Yes, yes, I have. Has he been married for the past decade? Yes, yes, he has. However, when his wife calls it quits, my heart can’t help contriving scenarios where he might not be as straight as he seems. And when those scenarios start coming true—from scorching looks to playful grapples until we go much further—I throw myself into the deep end.
The second we start hooking up, I can’t hold back the feelings I’ve been clutching tight to for over a decade. But if this ends up a rebound for Ollie, a blip before he looks for a new wife, I won’t only be out a best friend but the love of my life.

Joint Penetration is a high heat, low angst M/M best friends to lovers romance with a bi awakening, birdwatching jokes, and a loud, nosy family that reads as a standalone.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Sweet with heat!

Friends-to-lovers is one of my favorite romance tropes and it’s even better when they’re best friends.

Joint Penetration is a low angst, sweet story with hot as fire sexy time between Ollie and Liam. Liam has been in love with Ollie forever and all of their friends can see it except Ollie. Now that he’s divorced, Ollie’s eyes have been opened to things he never paid attention to when he was married. Liam wants Ollie so bad but he’s also afraid that he’s going to get his heart broken.

This is a great bi-awakening story. I loved Ollie’s family and how accepting they were when he came out as bi and announced that he and Liam are together; they were so happy for them. Joint Penetration had me smiling a lot but I also shed a few happy tears for Ollie and Liam and I love it when a book gets me all emotional.

Joint Penetration can easily be read as a standalone but I’m glad I read the previous two books first. It was good to visit again with characters from those two books. This is the final book in the Hot Under the Collar series but Katherine has more of Ollie’s family in store for us with her upcoming Brannon Boys series and I can’t wait to read them.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

Katherine McIntyre

Katherine McIntyre is a feisty chick with a big attitude despite her short stature. She writes stories featuring snarky women, ragtag crews, and men with bad attitudes—high chance for a passionate speech thrown into the mix. As an eternal geek and tomboy who’s always stepped to her own beat, she’s made it her mission to write stories that represent the broad spectrum of people out there. Easily distracted by cats and sugar.

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