Aaron has waited years for a man who can share his heart and he insists it's party boy Zach.
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Two men whose love has never faltered must relive their most treasured moments in order to secure their future.
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If Ben wants to find love with Micah, he'll have to own up to the truth of who he is.
Word Count: 68,858
David must find the courage to share himself and Jonathan must find the strength to tell the truth.
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Boyfriends come and go but best friends are forever has always been Andrew and Caleb's mantra. Can they be both?
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Serious, responsible Seth longs for sexy, outspoken Eli but must decide if he's willing to veer from his safe life-plan.
Word Count: 68,252
For best friends Jake and Nate the question isn't how they ended up in bed together but how they stay there.
Word Count: 82,569
These books are linked by theme or world. They are independent and can be read in any order.
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This was a very sweet love story – 100% pure Cardeno’s style.
I really loved this story. It spans several decades and the unfolding of Zev and Jonah's maturity is a great read. When they finally reach their HEA, I got the full blast of a romantic fulfillment that made the heart thrum.
This was a wonderful story and the chemistry was off the charts.
I loved this book! C. Cardeno kept me frustrated with Ben, laughing with him and sometimes sobbing right along with him on his journey to self awareness and a life worth living in every respect. C. Cardeno's characterizations and spot on dialog were so wonderfully executed that the story zipped along and I was finishing the end before I knew it. ...And the other characters C. Cardeno created to assist/love Ben into making the life adjustments necessary to become a whole man happy with who he is? They are just so real, so alive that they jumped off the pages at you. ... In fact C. Cardeno has laid out a beautifully realistic book of one's man's' journey to a happy fulfilled life, and the pitfalls he encountered or put up himself that had to be overcome before he could achieve his goals. As I said I loved this book and I think you will too. Don't pass it up.
Wake Me Up Inside is the first book in the Mate series from Cardeno C and I can't wait for more. Cardeno C has a straightforward narrative that delivers the story in a manner that makes it easy for the reader to follow the timeline of Jonah and Zev's relationship as it grows from childhood to adult. ... Take a good long look at that marvelous cover and it gives you an accurate picture of a scene in the book. Boy and wolf pup and Jonah and Zev, always together no matter the form Zev is in. How does that idea not draw you in? It is the characterizations that make or break a story for me and in Zev and Jonah we get two characters to connect with immediately.