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Cubs & Campfires
Cubs & Campfires | Dylan Drakes
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A cozy summer romance with low angst and high heat. Luca Torres, struggling journalism graduate, never meant to take a vow of celibacy. It was just a dumb idea from a job interview gone wrong. He never thought they'd approve the article. Or make his future career conditional on delivering it. Now, with no choice but to steer clear of temptation for the summer, he takes the most isolated job he can find: a fire lookout in the rural and picturesque mountains of Washington State. However, his goal becomes much harder with the arrival of the husky and flirtatious Artair Osmond, a musician and wilderness enthusiast who takes up camp nearby. Now he must decide what he really desires: the career at the prestigious newspaper, or the big, bearded bear he can't get out of his head. Cubs & Campfires is a sweet and spicy romance about chunky men, cozy woods, and cuddles under starlight.
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MatchlessMarie
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I was so excited to read this cozy and low angst MM romance with some much sought after plus size representation / appreciation. Luca is a journalist whose passion is to highlight honest stories about sexuality. This book is placed in the early 2000‘s so this kind of work is not for the mainstream. After an offhanded suggestion to write about celibacy instead, he lands the potential for a huge writing opportunity. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie The catch is that he needs to actually stay celibate for the entire summer.

He finds an isolated job working in a remote fire watch tower to stay away from temptation and focus on writing. What could possibly go wrong?

One day Luca meets Artair, an outdoorsy virtuoso of a nomad who is familiar with the area and who also plans to stick around for the summer.
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MatchlessMarie I really loved the banter between these two and especially Artair‘s penchant for puns. Oh and the spice of course. I loved how the size of these men is not used as a device to drive the plot, it just is. Lovely story and I dare you to finish this book without a marshmallow break. 3mo
gossamerchild That cover is just the best. 3mo
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willaful super cute! 3mo
MatchlessMarie Oh I forgot to mention I went back and tracked down all my unfinished #TBRTarot challenge prompts since it started in 2022 and this book fulfills the book that begins with a prologue prompt from June 2023 😄 @CBee I‘m sure there have been others but this is the one I remembered so I‘m counting this one 😉 3mo
CBee @MatchlessMarie sounds good to me! I can‘t believe we‘ve been doing it for 2 years! 3mo
MatchlessMarie @CBee That‘s right! You started in October. I‘m gonna catch up eventually 😆 3mo
CBee @MatchlessMarie time flies when you‘re reading good books 🤓😍 3mo
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MatchlessMarie
Cubs & Campfires | Dylan Drakes
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So for kicks and giggles I thought I would check on some other ARCs I signed up for and I was chosen for this one too!! 🤯 Safe to say I will be contributing to #ReadYourKindle this month after all 😉

I really need to get better about checking my personal email 🫣😅

Kenyazero That looks so cute! I hope you enjoy the arc! 😍 4mo
peanutnine This looks adorable! 4mo
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