Bee-tween the Music by Chantal Mer (Love in Maplewood book 4)

Bee-tween the Music is the fourth book in the multi-author Love in Maplewood series and would you bee-lieve that it features a beekeeper?

From the Bee-tween the Music blurb:

After walking away from a career with the orchestra he’s played in for the last decade of his life, Dmitri Fairchild has spent a year figuring out his next steps. And he hasn’t come up with much. Burned out or midlife crisis, either way, he wants to find his love for music again.

Ever King returned to Maplewood ten years ago and hasn’t looked back. Between his apiary services, his shop, and playing his cello, the beekeeper is perfectly content. But his satisfying life feels a little less fulfilling when he meets the visiting violinist. The only problem, Ever doesn’t date tourists.

When Dmitri and Ever submit to their instant attraction, sparks fly. A fling may be what they both need to step outside of their comfort zones. As they explore new opportunities in life and in love, can they find a way to make music together and reignite lost passion?

Bee-tween the Music is a low-angst, small town, contemporary MM romance with instant attraction, a sexy violinist, a cello-playing beekeeper, and a town of nosey–um, I mean invested–neighbors.

With the highest percentage of LGBTQIA+ residents in Vermont, Maplewood is a town where everyone belongs. And with festivals year round, there’s always something fun happening! This multi-author, low-angst queer series features ten standalone romances—each set against the backdrop of a different festival. Come for the celebrations, stay for the happily-ever-afters!

Heather's Review:

I absolutely loved getting to know Ever and Dmitri in this book... Like the others in the series, it centres around a town festival - this one dedicated to none other than bees...

I love how these two bond over music and how Dmitri adapts to living in a small town.  Beyond the romance, it was nice watching him find his place, and also open himself up to listening for his own wants and needs.

This book, like the others, gives us a utopian glimpse at what a small town in Vermont with a heightened percentage of queer people could be and I'm definitely here for it as we watch the current meltdown of society.

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