It sounded like a recipe for success, but maybe could have been huge disappointment too, which is probably what took me so long to read it. Let’s carry on…) It’s all about Navy Seals, and secret missions, and luuurve. I’m not sure I’ve ever said it, but Birdie is a pseudonym -which is actually pretty obvious, now that I’m writing this. Reading the synopsis today, it was so freaking obvious why I bought this without knowing much beforehand. Instead, I took a dive into my old To Read list, and that’s where I found Latakia, which I bought so long ago (I don’t even remember how long ago) and then forgot all about it. When I started the month I had a tentative list to play around with, but so far I haven’t read any of those books. I’ve been randomly choosing books based on my current mood, and I haven’t been following a schedule at all. So far, my July reading month has been pretty fun. And he winds up changing the lives of several of the men on that Special Forces team as much as they changed his. What Matt doesn’t realize is that the bond of brotherhood runs both ways. He finds that he can, after all, make some very overdue changes in his own life. When called upon, he steps up when every fiber of his being tells him not to, and discovers something deep inside himself that he didn’t realize was even there. And that’s when he finds out that first impressions can be misleading. Worse, a quirk of his situation forces him to spend time with them that he’d rather not. He’s luckily rescued by a team of US Special Forces, only to immediately find out they’re a bunch of bigoted jerks. Right?īut suddenly, Matt finds himself in a desperate life-or-death situation on a trip overseas, and he realizes just how much he misses home, and Brian. If he just shows a little faith and trust, he’ll appreciate what he has with Brian the way he should. And so what if Brian seems to invite Matt’s suspicions on occasion. So what if his friends tend to question just how good his boyfriend is, and so what if Brian tends to have inexplicable mood swings.

And he has a very good-looking boyfriend, Brian, who he’s been happily dating for over a year now. He has his friends and his softball and his volunteer work. About the Book: Matthew likes his life in Richmond.

Latakia by jf smith