Mia Monroe is visiting contemporary once again with the Last Call series of six best friends opening up a bar together. Whiskey Neat kicks it off in this low angst instalust friends with benefits to more story.
From the blurb:
Anyone who spends time with me knows two things.
1. If I want something I get it, which is how I end up back in my old college haunts, buying a dilapidated bar with my five best friends and staring down the barrel of an unknown future.
2. The idea of settling down makes my skin crawl, and that’s how I made it to forty with zero serious relationships in the rear view mirror.
At least I’m smart enough to hire the right people. Enter Salem Barlowe, the prettiest twink who ever twinked and my personal kryptonite. Physically he’s everything I like but our personalities couldn’t be more at odds. I didn’t want to like him with all his sass and acting like he runs the place, but someone tell that to my...Uh, you get what I’m saying.
As if my hands aren’t full enough figuring out how to run the town’s only gay bar, my nights are filled with a man younger than me, bossier than me, and definitely prettier than me, and like a finely aged whiskey, Salem should be enjoyed slowly, savoring every complex note.
We just have to keep it casual. No problem. I can do casual with my eyes closed.
Whiskey Neat is book one in Last Call, a contemporary series set in the New Onyx universe. You can expect the antics and bond of six long time friends, the shenanigans happening at a quirky gay bar, a commitment phobe with a penchant for sweet guys, a bossy twink with mad top energy who doesn’t have a sweet bone in his body (or does he), the eternal f*ckboi has finally met his match, you can come home again vibes, midlife glow ups, an easter egg or two, and plenty of steam.
At Moby’s Bar, there aren’t any rogue white whales to harpoon, but they are serving up plenty of D… Drinks, folks. Come on.
Molly Otto's review:
Mia has come back to visit the world of contemporary and so happy to see it. Their is just something about her contemporary work that calls to me. Indy comes back to Willows Bay with his six best friends to open a bar and live. They have a beautiful friendship that has lasted even with years away when they get back in the same place its like nothing has changed. Salem comes home to start afresh after not so great luck in New Onyx (yes, that New Onyx). When he walks into the not yet open bar, everything changes. Salem & Indy start off as fwb, but over time, the building of trust became so much more to each other. There may be instalust, but that doesn't mean instalove and enjoyed the build up and pace of them working towards more. A great start to a new series, looking forward to the rest of these men's stories.
Heather's Review:
I love anything Mia Monroe writes, but honestly, my heart gave a start when I found out she was writing a new contemporary series and I wasn't disappointed by the friend group we get to explore with the Last Call series! Blending into her New Onyx world, without the vampires and demons, we get a return to a simpler, sweeter story and meet up with Indy and Salem... and get instalust and a FWB that goes beyond benefits and even a little cameo from the New Onyx family that started it all...
This was a fun, steamy and quick read, but the characters still have depth and real world issues that are so much a hallmark of Monroe's writing. Whether you've been introduced to the New Onyx world or this is your first jump off, you'll enjoy getting to know Salem and Indy (I definitely did)
Whiskey Neat is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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