Release Day Review: Going Off Grid by SJD Peterson

Title: Going Off Grid
Author: SJD Peterson
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Category: Contemporary, States of Love
Pages: 78

Dreamspinner Press

Clay and Elliott are working toward a dream—working sixty-hour weeks for one of the oil companies that recently sprung up in North Dakota. The pay is good, but is it a fair trade for never seeing each other? The point becomes moot when the company folds, like so many others, and the couple is left with a difficult choice.

Should they find comparable work somewhere else, or is it time to throw caution to the wind and go after their goal—years earlier than they intended?

What they’ve always wanted is to be together and have time to enjoy it, so they follow their hearts. They’re going off the grid and fixing up an old cabin so they can be self-sufficient. But when they go from all the conveniences of the modern world to outhouses, solar power, a shoestring budget, and more mosquitos than they ever thought possible, will they find there’s such a thing as too much time together?

States of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the United States.

**Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by DreamSpinner Press for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.**

Going Off Grid by S.J.D. Peterson is a novella in DSP’s States of Love line. Each of these books explores a different area, with the area and environment being a large part of the story. In this story, existing couple Clay and Elliott are making good money working for an oil company, when it comes to an end and they need to figure out what their future should be. The men go from not spending very much time together, to spending all their time together renovating a cabin in the woods.

Both men were likable and their relationship seemed really easy. They were able to communicate what they wanted and able to compromise with each other. They worked together well and it showed their history of being partners. This story really showed the day to day life of a couple in the midst of change, and how that changed made their relationship stronger.

This was a quick read with no angst and gave an interesting glimpse of North Dakota, not a place I’ve ever given much thought to. I’m not sure if the descriptions of the area are true, but they felt like it to me. I think this whole line of books in the series is a great way to explore the world from the comfort of your home, while reading about men in love.

Rating: 4 stars