This is a very new novel, released in 2024, according to Library Thing - I read it in April 2024. Thank you Hoopla!

The novel begins with a major meet-cute, and this sets up the characters and framework for the story that follows.

It's not often that a romance novel's best feature is the storyline.

Rush is in a "slutty outfit" when he's at his boyfriend's door, and his boyfriend's boyfriend answers the door. Horror and mortification strike him down! He realises he's the sidepiece! Ian has used him to cheat on someone else.

Ian's fiancé Hunter is out Ian's door on the heels of Rush and discovers Rush with no phone etc. As much as he hates Rush at that moment, he helps him out, calls him an Uber. It shows the difference between people ... and one would hope we'd act with equal good samaritan tendencies.

Hunter is devastated too, but he's more inclined to revenge, once it is suggested by Rush, or rather Rush's flatmates in Big Bertha.

On top of this, turns out Hunter is Rush's new boss. You can see where this is going. Revenge - and attraction - gradually draw them together.

The novel also exposes the damage done by cheating. Fortunately, the reader is not ensnared for long in angst. The two meet again, at work, making this a romantic comedy. A benevolent universe brings together two of the 'good guys', who are better suited to each other than they were to Ian.

The only downside of this audiobook is that for some completely mysterious reason in this audiobook age, one narrator does both voices. Who doesn't love Teddy Hamilton, but he's not great at differentiating between the two MCs. I'd say he's better suited to Hunter.

NB: Saxon James' Accidental Love series needs to be added to the author's Series list on Library Thing. ( )