“Like naked pictures don’t usually do it for me. What also stands out in this story is that Mark admits to Isaiah, once he feels safe enough, about his sexuality: (Although I do think the grief could have been examined a little more closely with the five-year old but I’m not here to judge! Maybe just a little!)

The five-year old is not handing out relationship advice! And while the kids are in the book a lot, they didn’t annoy me one bit. These kids are well written, thank the book gods (or maybe thank you Annabeth Albert). But Isaiah wants to be there for the kids, and as him and Mark work out custody (along with the courts) they cohabited, and start a romance.įirst let me say, there are three kids in this book, as they are the catalyst for bringing Mark and Isaiah together. When Mark arrives home, he assumes Isaiah will flake out and want to go back to his partying, younger life. But then Danielle and Cal dies, and he steps in (as there is no local family) as a guardian, and while it’s exhausting, it has never felt more right. Changing his majors, not sure the path he wanted to take, he recently got a landscaping certificate and has decided that is what he wants to do with his life. Isaiah has had a little less direction in his life than Mark. When he put the moves on Mark that night, Mark somewhat reluctantly pushed him away – and then got deployed and they lost touch.

Isaiah and Mark know each other, and at Mark’s sister wedding, ten years ago, Isaiah, a fresh-faced eighteen year old, even tried to make out with Mark, who was already a SEAL at that point. Isaiah, Cal’s cousin, has stepped in as temporary guardian of a five-year old, three-year-ish, and a baby under the age of one. Mark, who has been deployed for many months gets the news that his sister, Danielle and brother-in-law, Cal have died in a car accident, he rushes home to care for his two nieces and nephew – but someone has already taken over. And Mark, a Navy SEAL who working out his identity. She gives us Isaiah, biracial, and younger than Mark. And I ended up really enjoying this author’s voice. What the heck, self? I think a publicist reached out about this book asking for a guest post, and when I read the blurb I thought – ooooh, I’ll give this one a try. Squared Away by Annabeth Albert (Out of Uniform #5)

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