3.5 Stars
Cooper has spent the
last three years running from a painful past. He's currently moving from town
to town, working in restaurant kitchens, and playing his violin for tips. As
soon as he starts to feel comfortable anywhere—with anyone—he moves on. He's
aware that music may be the only human language he still knows. Ironically, the
one man he's wanted to communicate with in all that time is deaf.
Shawn is part of a deaf theater group at the nearby college. Shawn wants Cooper as soon as they meet and he begins a determined flirtation. Cooper is comfortable with down and dirty sex, just not people. As far as Shawn is concerned, dirty sex is win-win, but he wants Cooper to let him into the rest of his life as well.
Cooper needs time to heal and put his past away for good. Shawn needs to help Cooper forgive himself and accept that he can be loved. Both men find out that when it comes to the kind of healing love can bring, the sleepy beachside town of Santo Ignacio, “St. Nacho's” as the locals call it, may just be the very best place to start.
Z.A. Maxfield has woven a heart-sweet love story between 2
unlikely men. Cooper is a man on the run
from his life, content to drift through town after town just existing, but
finds a home-away-from home at St. Nacho’s.
Shawn is a deaf college student that sees the true beauty of Cooper and
although they are from two completely different worlds they fit together.
We really liked this booked to about 50%. The first half was a building romance of 2
people finding each other and some sweet heat between the sheets, and then, bam,
Cooper’s past comes back to claim him.
Jordan, Cooper’s ex, has some unresolved business and Cooper is drawn
back to his hometown to help him find his way.
We understand the 2nd book of the series focuses
on Jordan, but his story in St. Nacho’s didn’t endear him to us. Jordan’s story takes up too much time from
Cooper and Shawn. It felt like Z.A.
Maxfield forgot about the love-story of Cooper and Shawn and started on the
sequel in the middle of the first book. We
wished we could have has more of Shawn’s backstory and understand where he is
coming from.
What did we love about St. Nacho’s. We loved Cooper, he is a fantastic character
with a sad story that he is trying to outrun.
He is loving, loyal and does not seem his own value. But Shawn does and we adored the love between
the 2 of these men.
St. Nacho’s is a fantastic love story not to be missed, and
even though Jordan ate up a lot of time we will totally be picking up the next
story!
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