Blurb:
After ten years of blissful marriage, Navy Pilot Nate Chandler is divorcing his cheating husband. Single for the first time in years, Nate is numb to all emotion and kisses any chance of another relationship goodbye.
Not only is Nate struggling to get through this divorce, but his body is branded with a permanent reminder of his failed marriage: a matching tattoo with his ex. Searching for a place to cover up his old tattoo, Nate finds himself at the Skin Deep, Inc., where he meets the young and charming cover-up tattoo apprentice, Lucas Brandt.
From just flirty glances to steamy hot encounters, Nate and Lucas dive headfirst into a fling of hookups. But worried that he’ll forever be Nate’s “cover up” rebound relationship, Lucas fears that their love won’t be anything more than just skin deep. What was once just a casual attraction, Lucas now hopes to turn into a real relationship. But will he be able to convince the still tender-hearted Nate to fall in love again?
Third installment of L.A. Witt’s Skin Deep romance series, COVER UP is a story of passion, pleasure, and happily ever after.
4.5 Stars
While we met both Nate and Lucas in book two of the series, Pounding Skin, and Nate and his backstory are featured throughout that story, Cover Up can be read as a standalone, but this has been such a great series, that I really recommend you pick up the previous two stories. You won’t regret it, I promise!
It’s been three months since Nate came home and caught his husband Caleb, in bed with another man, he quickly tossed him out of their home and has filed for divorce. Ten years is a long time to spend with someone, and it’s not easy to heal, but Nate is starting to move on slowly. One of his first things he decides he needs to do is cover up the matching tattoo on his arm that he got with Caleb just a couple of years ago. He heads to the tattoo shop, Skin Deep Inc., and is introduced to Lucas, an apprentice, who is also a cover up expert.
Unfortunately, after a recent mess up on a client’s tattoo Lucas has lost his confidence in his artistic ability. When Nate and Lucas come face to face for the first time the sparks fly. Nate feels an attraction to Lucas that he thought had gone up in smoke with his marriage and the attraction is definitely mutual.
I really liked Nate and Lucas. They were both likable men and they fit well together. The chemistry between them was out of this world and once they got between the sheets, it really exploded. Both of their stories and the issues they were working through were interesting and I loved watching them grow both individually, and as a couple.
I loved getting to revisit and catch up with Matt and Jon, as well as Colin and Daniel, who made me swoon and cry!
I love that the story ends realistically. Both of these men know they love one another, but they have both been through divorce and although they want desperately for this to be “it”, they know life doesn’t always turn out the way you think it will or want it to, but we are still left with a solid happy ending and an epilogue that ties the series up beautifully.
I’ve really enjoyed this series and I’m sad to say goodbye to these six men. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that maybe Ms. Witt will revisit them sometime in the future. I’ve read a lot of her books and this series has definitely been my favorite by far, and I don’t say this often, but I loved it so much I’ll probably reread it in the future, especially Jon and Matt’s story, my favorite couple from the series.
A well-written, emotionally charged story that was very enjoyable and definitely recommendable!
*copy provided by author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
4.5 Stars!!!
Cover Up is book 3 in the Skin Deep series and while some of the characters from the first two books are featured in this installment, it can be perfectly read as a standalone, which is what I did. That said, I really liked Matt and Jon and Colin and Daniel, so as soon as I have some free time, I'll definitely be picking their books up.
I loved Lucas, he was so down-to-earth and sweet. I felt so bad that he'd lost his confidence after doing a bad tattoo and I adored seeing him finally get over that. I really liked Nate, but I wanted to shake him a bit when he didn't really give himself the time to heal before he threw himself into a relationship with Lucas. Yes, the attraction between them was undeniable, they had so much chemistry that it sizzled, but they were kind of a trainwreck, albeit a very hot one.
I think L.A. Witt did a great job at giving us a realistic account of how a kind-of-but-not-really rebound relationship could turn into something more. I loved the progression and how despite the various sexy scenes, this was still a slow burn, in the sense that love grew slowly but surely between Nate and Lucas, almost without them realizing it. I can't say I was surprised that the fact that Nate hadn't dealt with his divorce came into play at some point and I was glad it wasn't dragged endlessly, I don't think my heart would've stood it otherwise.
Overall, this was a fantastic read, poignant, sweet, angsty and oh my God, but Ms. Witt writes the yummiest kisses and some of the hottest sex scenes I've read. *fans self* Definitely recommendable!
*** Copy provided to the reviewer via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ***
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