Pit Stop by Ellis Mae

My review

4 stars 🍩

Beautiful story of two men moving on from their past demons to a hopeful future. Isamu has returned home one limb less and a new companion to help calm him and able him to move forward with his life. John is transgender man who is having issues letting his past pain go and believe people are here to stay and support him. They don't have an easy relationship, but they have a real one with real struggles. Together, they must overcome their pasts and believe it can work even with Isamu wanting to see the world and John staying back to complete school. I would call this a hopeful HFN.

Book overview

When Isamu Miura returns home on medical discharge from the military, he finds his childhood best friend busy with a new relationship, and his father packing up to return to Japan. With only Inu, his trusted service dog, left at his side, he plans to outfit a camper van to travel across the country. There’s just one problem. The only guy in town who can help wants nothing to do with him, his dog, or his dreams.

Unlike Isamu, John Love doesn't consider himself a dreamer. A car accident took his mother way too soon, and he has all but lost his father to alcoholism. All he wants is to work his mechanic job to pay for school and leave everything else behind. Adding more work by helping out Isamu is the last thing he wants.

When a friend convinces John to take the job, will he find something, or someone, worth dreaming for?

Only if Isamu can prove that John is more than just a pit stop on everyone else’s path.

Pit Stop https://a.co/d/bIRWKxb