From Samhain Publishing.
You never forget your first time.
Cameron Lewis loves his job as an instructor/trainer for a water safety firm that inspects water parks. He gets to travel from March through September, always moving on to something different. When a strange emptiness starts plaguing him, he chalks it up to turning thirty.
He manages to shake off the feeling—until he walks into a classroom and discovers that the eye candy in the front row is actually a very grown up version of his best-friend’s kid brother.
Noah Winthrop never forgot his first time. Scary, painful and then absolutely amazing—and with Cameron, the guy he’d always wanted. He’s had a crush on his brother’s best friend since puberty and now nothing will keep him from finally getting Cameron Lewis to notice him.
Even though Cameron once rejected him, Noah is determined to get it right this time.
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The first time, everyone remembers. There can only be one and I think this was what initially drew me into the story. The first time for Noah and Cam is so hot and real. And, it was not all candies, hearts and flowers. You could understand where Noah was at. That whole scary out of control feeling he has that comes with having sex and being that close to another person. He wants it so badly but he is nervous and does not want to give that away and scare Cam off. OH. So. Good!

Noah has always had a crush on Cam who is his older brothers best friend. He finally gets his wish during a family wedding. But Cam leaves the next day and it is not until years later that they meet again. The chemistry is still there and Noah is determined this time not to immediately fall to his knees in front of Cam in the first hour. He is kinda successful!! I loved how Noah still seems to retain this core of determination, he just loves Cam and always has. It appealed to my inner romantic geek. Not to say that he is a pushover because Cam totally needed a boot in the ass at times. But as a character he was very appealing.

The road to happiness does not always run smoothly for the boys though. There are the complications of family, friendships, distance and Cam’s fear of vulnerability. Cam was not always likable, due to his obtuseness but you felt for him. Maybe he needed soup?

This is the 2nd book of K. A. Michell’s that I’ve read and I liked it. A lot! It’s a hot, sexy read and well worth checking out. And, there’s swimming, you know… mens+swimsuits=merow. How could you not want to read it?

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Cameron is Adam's best friend, and Adam's brother, Noah, first crush. Cam manged to refuse Noah's advances when the boy was 15 yd and Cameron a freshman in college, but when the boy turned 19 yd, they spent a night of passion after Adam's wedding. But the morning after Noah woke up in an empty room with a second hand message that Cam had to take a fly early. Seven years later, Noah has had two serious relationship, but still when he has the chance to meet again Cam, he is ready to jump at the possibility.

Cam has a work that makes him travel a lot all around the USA and for most part of the year. He is used to fucking around without problem, but lately, turning 30 yd created an hollow in him that he couldn't understand. But he is an adult thinking man, and he can deal with his emotions and feelings. Something that Noah seems not able to do. Of the two, who is willing to talk and make compromise, is Cam. He knows he has some issues in his life, but he is willing to share and try to straighten them. And he is able to see when Noah has something on his mind that he has not the courage to spill out.

Cam made some big mistakes in this book: first leaving without a word after taking Noah's virginity (and doesn't matter if Noah likes all the time) and second continuing to fucking around even if he has met again Noah and more or less has started a relationship with him (and doesn't matter if Noah has not asked him to be exclusive and that luckily, we didn't read about it in the book but only knew about it by Cam's word). But still, strangely, of the two men in the book, who seems to me more ready to start a steady relationship is Cam. Cam makes some mistakes, but he is ready to admit them; instead Noah maybe doesn't do nothing wrong, but with his silence and his attitude to hide when he is hurt, he risks to ruin everything even before everything is started.

Diving in Deep is a pretty much erotic novel. Seldom the two men are out of a bedroom doing something else than making love, but there are also some pretty involving confrontation scenes, and I think this is a good romance of two men who manage to start a relationship not from a love at first sight but with some solid basis for it. It's pretty true what Cam asks to himself, how can he knows if he is fallen in love?
he always thought that he would woke up one morning in love, but love can grow slowly but inexorably over the time.

Another very good read from a new author I will look forward to.