Welcoming the Recluse (Forestville Silver Foxes Book 7) by Nora Phoenix

WELCOMING THE RECLUSE is a later in life hurt comfort slow burn romance.


From the blurb:

I’m a man on a mission to stay as far away from everyone else as possible. I have too much damage as a veteran, and this is the only way to keep those I love safe—especially Boden, my teenage son, whom I haven’t seen in years.

I find a quiet spot on top of a mountain where no one bothers me. Until Arek shows up, the local doctor and a single dad to teenage twins. I help him with an emergency, but something happens. There’s a spark, a connection between us I’ve never felt before.

We become friends, and slowly but surely, he’s the reason I come down the mountain. Even though I’ve never been attracted to a man, I’m very much into Arek, and our friendship grows into more.

But the past never stays in the past, and if I want a future with Arek, I’ll have to deal with the mistakes I’ve made. Can I repair what I broke, or is it too late to find healing?

Welcoming the Recluse is a super slow burn, friends-to-lovers MM romance set in a small town, featuring two older single dads, a bi awakening, and all the hurt/comfort. This is book 7 in the Forestville Silver Foxes series but can be read as a standalone. Please mind the content warnings in the front of the book.


Molly Otto's review:

There is something about Forestville that is pure magic. Each of these men are so beautifully deep and have been through so dang much to reach this point in their life and be ready for what happens now. Arek moved to Forestville with his twins to have a slower paced life working with Fir in the clinic, too bad Arek isn't the best at a slow-paced life. Mac moves to Forestville when an incident due to PTSD makes him fear being around people. Together Mac & Arek learn to slowly open up to one another and let each other share the burdens of life together as a team. This is a slow burn done in the way all slow burns should live up to be, let's be honest, all the books of this series are done in a way that very few authors are able to pull off in such a beautiful way. This story covers some heavy topics, and it is handled in a mature way of understanding the healing process is not linear, there will be highs and lows, but as long as you keep trying you are winning. Mac's relationship with Arek's twins allows Mac to be able to open up to his son again and build on that lost relationship and have a better future for all parties. What an amazing addition to an already amazing series.

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