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After Felix by Lily Morton
Close Proximity, Book 3
Sometimes the best love stories come in two parts.
When Felix met handsome journalist Max Travers, it was lust at first sight. It was just his luck that he then had to develop a terrible case of feelings and got his heart broken. However, two and a half years later, he’s over all of that. His job is going well, he has good friends, and he doesn’t lack for male company. Which, of course, is when Max has to come bursting back into his life.
Felix Jackson will always be the one who got away to Max. He’s spent their time apart regretting his actions and hoping for a second chance. When an accident lands him in Felix’s less than tender care, Max is determined to grab this opportunity. The only problem is that Felix is equally determined that he doesn’t.
From bestselling author, Lily Morton comes a story of missed opportunities, second chances, and two very stubborn men. This is the third book in the Close Proximity series, but it can be read as a standalone.
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Felix might have a sharp tongue and sarcastic wit but it
hides a soft and wounded soul. Everyone likes him for a good time and Felix
can’t complain since he likes sex as well but no one ever sticks around after.
Of course, Felix never expects them too and maybe that’s part of why they
always leave. The walls Felix has built around his heart are pretty
impenetrable until he meets Max Travers. Max and he start off on the same
page—in lust and ready to do something about it with no strings attached.
Unfortunately Max somehow gets under those sturdy walls Felix loves and before
long Felix has broken his own cardinal rule and fallen for the guy. But Max’s
heart already belongs to someone else—someone he can never have but still pines
over and loves—Ivo. When the two of them attend Ivo’s wedding it all comes to a
head and Felix sees the truth—he has to get out and never see Max again despite
the fact that it will break his heart.
For two years Max lives with the fact that he let Felix get
away—too bad it never occurred to him while the guy was his that he loved him.
Blinded by his loyalty to Ivo and his belief that it was love, Max lost the one
man he could see loving the rest of his life. Now circumstances have presented
themselves that will allow Max to be with Felix for two months—he has just that
long to convince the hard headed snarky man to take a second chance on him and
stay with him forever.
Lily Morton finishes the Close
Proximity series with After Felix
and it is absolutely wonderful. Felix and Max together is everything I had
hoped for to finish this great series. Two men who claim to not need a
relationship to fulfill them, who prefer hot and intense sex and the ability to
walk away after never see how deeply they fall for each other until it’s almost
too late. The breakup that occurs in this story is gut-wrenching but the
reconciliation and hope for a future together is just marvelously funny and
just as intense. I love this novel for so many reasons but perhaps the key one
is that two men who never wanted love also never see it coming and resist it to
the bitter end—well, at least Felix does.
The smart mouthed younger man versus the master at hiding
his stress and fears clash big time but always find common ground in the
bedroom. Felix meets Max at his most vulnerable—having just left a hectic and
dangerous career as a journalist who traveled to hot spots and was in constant
danger for a new career that he has no idea about or what exactly it will be
for that matter. Max is adrift, struggling with PTSD from his time in war torn
countries that include being held as a prisoner with his friend with benefits
Ivo. He has almost idolized the time he spent with Ivo confusing a deep and
loyal friendship with love.
When Felix enters the picture and messes with Max’s
pre-conceived notions of love it throws the older man for a loop and sets them
both on a path that will ultimately see them split up and leave Felix bitter
and angry. When a freak accident brings them together again, Mac is wiser and
determined not to let Felix go again without a fight. But Felix is also
determined—never to open his heart to Max again.
Watching these two slowly realize just how much the other
means to them is what really fine romance writing is meant to be—tumultuous,
heated, sexy and fun. Despite what appears to be a heavy premise, there is lots
of humor in this novel and Lily Morton knows how to deliver it. Max is a
virtual saint in the latter part of this book and Felix is determined to give
it to him with both barrels as he makes life for Max miserable. But Max knows the payoff for his patience will be
a Felix who is loyal, loving and oh so much fun—and he wants that so very much.
After Felix is
just brilliant in my book and I highly recommend it. It can definitely be read
as a standalone but this entire series is just great so do yourself a favor and
start with book one.
Excerpt:
“How old do you think I am?” he says mock flirtatiously, leaning in close enough that I catch his scent of sandalwood. It brings back memories of rolling all over those soft sheets in that hotel room. I’ve been perturbed to find my mind straying to memories of that room a few more times than it should have over the last week.
He’s watching me intently again, and I swallow hard and tap my teeth thoughtfully. “I think probably sixty.” He opens his mouth in mock horror, and I laugh. “Only because you’re so wise,” I say reverently. “Being intelligent really piles the years on.”
He shakes his head. “I’m thirty-seven,” he says, trying not to laugh. “Can you see my crow’s feet?”
“A crow never made those lines. That’s surely got to be a bigger bird.” I wink at him as he laughs loudly. I eye the table where a book is sitting next to his pint. “What are you reading?”
He looks slightly awkward. “Ruth Rendell.”
“Oh, Inspector Wexford. My grandma used to watch those on the telly,” I say cheerfully.
“Thank you so much for that information,” he says darkly. “It’s made my day so happy.”
I laugh. “It’s like I carry sunshine wherever I go.” I eye him. “So, do you like reading crime novels?”
“I do.” He smiles. “I’ve always thought it would be incredibly easy to murder someone and get away with it, so I like it that people get found out in these books.”
I blink. “Said no man ever who hoped to get laid.”
He laughs. “I’m not going to murder you, Felix. Your arse is far too perky for that to happen.”
“I always knew my buttocks could save a life.”
He bites his lip, laughter brewing in those dark eyes as he leans forward. “The only way I’ll kill you is when you die from an overdose of the pleasure that my cock gives you.”
After draining my drink, I put the bottle on the table and stand up to grab my coat. “Pride goes before a fall, Max,” I say. “Maybe we’d better get you back to the hotel before you break something.”
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About Lily:
Lily writes contemporary romance novels, and specialises in hot love stories with a good dose of humour.
Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle.
She has spent her life with her head full of daydreams and decided one day to just sit down and start writing about them. In the process she discovered that she actually loved writing, because how else could she get to spend her time with hot, funny men!
She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family.
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