Neither one thinks they want anything serious, and so they are trying to keep it just sex. On one hand, Cole and Ren are in this hot and heavy sexual relationship. What we get instead of the big secret is two parallel relationships developing at the same time, which creates such an interesting dynamic. But in this case, the guys realize at the same time, and we as readers know basically from the start. Frequently when you get the anonymous chat storyline, one of the characters figures it out before the other and the secret ends up being the big story conflict. This book brings freshness into both the “don’t do relationships” theme, as well as the two guys chatting online that don’t realize they know one another trope. It takes a lot of talent to take two common tropes and create a story that is unique and engaging, and Neuhold really succeeds at that here.

Neuhold’s new Four Bears Construction series and it is off to a great start.

Now Ren and Cole have to sort out their tangled relationship and figure out if they are willing to take a leap and trust one another with their hearts.Ĭaulky is the first book in K.M. Not to mention that neither realizes that the guy he is hooking up with is also the guy he is growing increasingly close to online. They are thinking about meeting and seeing if there is more between them, but Ren/Rebound is still wary about getting into another relationship and getting his heart broken, and Cole/Caulky isn’t sure he is a relationship guy at all. At the same time, unbeknownst to either of them, Ren as “Rebound” and Cole as “Caulky” are building a friendship with one another online, one that is growing increasingly intense. Despite themselves, they can’t stay away from each other and the sex just keeps getting better and better. Neither man seems interested in turning it into more, but their friendship grows, and there is a real connection between them that neither has felt with too many others.Īs the weeks pass, Cole and Ren find themselves drawn together again and again. Ren also ends up joining a chat/hookup app and meeting “CaulkyAF.” The two hit it off and begin chatting regularly. Both men are pretty shocked when Cole ends up being the contractor Ren has hired to redo his bathroom, but it puts the guys back in each other’s orbit and their interest in one another is still strong. He and Cole seem to be on the same page that this is a one time only thing, as Cole has never been a relationship kind of guy. When he meets a gorgeous guy in a bar, Ren ends up with a smoking hot night of sex.

He always seems to find the wrong guy and he’d rather just avoid anything serious from now on. After breaking up with his boyfriend of five years, Ren is over relationships.

Caulky by K.M. Neuhold