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"I look back at the student still sitting on the blanket. He looks...fragile. Like the slightest breeze will break him. Jesus, but he's f****** perfect. Soft, f****** innocent." "I definitely want to be good for you. I mean...do good. Do a good job for you, Professor Levine. I want to do a good job. For you." "I know I'm a scary sonofa***** to most people, and it's not often I smile. But Luca is so f****** precious, it's hard not to." "I can shut your brain off if that's what you want. I can make it so you don't think about anything but the words I say to you. Do you want that?" "I'm not sure if that's going to be enough, but I know I want him too much to mess this up by trying to understand why I'm not enough to be worth more." "What is it about this man in my arms that makes me lose all sense of who I used to be? It's almost like my past never happened when he's around." "I don't know why, but you're the only person I know who makes me feel...safe. I don't want to lose that." "Oh, sweet Luca. My sweet, sweet Luca. God, I'd give you everything you've ever wanted. You just have to tell me and it's yours. I'd give you the f****** moon if you asked." "Something claws inside of me, telling me that I'll end up broken like last time, but I can't walk away. Not unless he tells me to." "He doesn't even realize how f****** adorable he is. He hunches his shoulders, trying to look invisible, but I can't help but notice him. It's like my eyes are drawn to him, no matter where…

It's a great nickname "Little Lamb" for Lucas. Just like "Dimples" was great for Zander in the previous book. It makes me wonder what Russ's will be. Anyway I really enjoyed this relationship of grumpy and not really sunshine till part way through the book when Lucas became the beautiful confident man that being with Maddox allowed him to become. Maddox was the perfect man to allow Lucas to feel safe not the way another made him feel. And Lucas was the perfect man to help Maddox tear down those walls he had from his last devastating relationship. The sex was beautiful and it had a great cockwarming scene, one of my favorite kinks. Lucas's grandparents were the best allowing some unconditional love that he needed as did Maddox's friend Crista. The villain was a great touch and karma is a witch! I really liked this series.

Kind of disappointed because the first book was unhinged it was funny. This one was more cute. Good writing but personally I don’t love age gaps when the younger person is so innocent and naive. Feels predatory no matter how nice the older one is. And no one gets that drunk that quickly, even from hard alcohol