HUNKS OF THE MONTH by Andrew Grey

Fiction, Contemporary Romance, M/M, LGBTQ+

4****

Blurb: Former fashion photographer Sterling Vaughn reached the pinnacle of his profession only to have his life and heart come crashing down around him. Now he’s attempting to rebuild his life as a portrait photographer in the town where he grew up. Connor Hillyard is proud of his Scottish ancestry and dresses accordingly. The civic-minded college history professor has spent more of his life collecting degrees than experience. His only family is his sometimes matchmaking great-aunt Lucille, who thinks nothing of pulling him into her community gardening projects. When Lucille needs a photographer for a calendar project to save her failing garden club, she recruits Sterling, who ropes Connor in as a model. Their eye-opening hunky gay calendar pulls the two men closer together. But just as things get interesting between them, the calendar polarizes the town, threatening to pull Sterling back into the high-profile world of fashion and away from the man who brought his heart back to life.

THOUGHTS: Who doesn’t love a gorgeous man in a kilt? When Sterling meets Connor at Connor’s aunt’s home, his interest goes zing. But Sterling is starting his life over after a bad breakup that also doused his career as a fashion photographer. Now, he takes senior pictures of high school kids. Then Lucille, Connor’s aunt, talks him into doing a calendar to promote her community garden club. But they don’t want just any calendar. They want to do one with hunky men (mostly gay) holding flowers. With Connor’s help, they get the couples needed and Sterling manages to talk Connor into doing a month – then Connor turns the tables and makes sure Sterling does it with him. Meanwhile, the connection between the two grows hot and heavy.

The story is fun to read and the conflicts keep the action moving. And there’s a HEA ending that satisfies.

Recommended.