Chicago Awakenings Series by Lexi Amber

Beckett. When the hottest guy I’ve ever seen teaches one of those weird New Age, self-help seminars at my company, I don’t exactly pay attention to the content of the presentation. I just know I want to see him again. He’s flirty and charming, and I find myself asking him on a date. I’m usually all about casual hookups, but Cody is different. He doesn’t care about my family’s money or that I’m the owner of an NHL team. He wants to get to know me for me... moreBeckett. When the hottest guy I’ve ever seen teaches one of those weird New Age, self-help seminars at my company, I don’t exactly pay attention to the content of the presentation. I just know I want to see him again. He’s flirty and charming, and I find myself asking him on a date. I’m usually all about casual hookups, but Cody is different. He doesn’t care about my family’s money or that I’m the owner of an NHL team. He wants to get to know me for me. His sunshine personality is addicting, and I’m worried that one hookup won’t be enough. Just when I start thinking this could be something real, I realize I might have misread his always happy and interested, golden retriever energy. Because when I finally lean in to kiss him, he looks confused instead of excited. Just my luck to want something serious for the first time, only to find out he’s straight. Cody. I work for the best company in the world! I get to travel around the country, helping motivate people to find success and happiness—it’s my dream job. I’m always meeting new people and making new friends, so when the cool, confident guy at one of my seminars asks me to hang out after class, it feels completely normal. But spending time with Beckett is different. When the night ends sooner than I’d like, I find myself wishing it hadn’t, and that’s. .. unusual for me. Thankfully, we exchange numbers, and I can’t stop thinking about him—what he’s doing or what I could say to make him smile. I’ve never been this eager to see someone again, and it makes me nervous in a way I can’t explain. Then he leans in to kiss me, and everything suddenly makes sense. There’s a reason I can’t get him out of my head. Maybe I’m not as straight as I thought I was. less

Book two in the Chicago Awakening Series, this stand-alone, best friends to lovers romance will follow Oakley and Parker. Parker. Oakley has been my best friend since we were eight. We live together, work together, our lives are completely intertwined. His past girlfriends never understood how close we are, but Oak says the right girl wouldn’t be threatened. I’m not so sure. Now we’re both dating a pair of best friends who seem to get it... moreBook two in the Chicago Awakening Series, this stand-alone, best friends to lovers romance will follow Oakley and Parker. Parker. Oakley has been my best friend since we were eight. We live together, work together, our lives are completely intertwined. His past girlfriends never understood how close we are, but Oak says the right girl wouldn’t be threatened. I’m not so sure. Now we’re both dating a pair of best friends who seem to get it. The four of us click instantly, and for once, everything feels… easy. But then a dare leads to a kiss, and suddenly, nothing feels easy at all. Oakley. Dating best friends? Genius idea. Parker and I finally found girls who don’t question how inseparable we are. I thought I’d found the one, until a silly game flipped everything on its head. Because when I kissed Parker, it didn’t feel like a joke. It felt like something I’ve been waiting for without even realizing it. Now I’m questioning everything…my feelings, my past, and most of all, what Parker really means to me. Maybe the person I’ve been searching for has been by my side all along. less

Hudson. I thought I was living the dream—captain of my NHL team, married to a model, planning to finally become a dad—the last thing I was expecting was to be served divorce papers. All the plans I’d been making, all the ideas of what our family would look like, gone, just like that. Thank God for Adrian, he always knows what to do. My ex kicked me out and Adrian offered to let me stay in his spare room while I figure out what comes next... moreHudson. I thought I was living the dream—captain of my NHL team, married to a model, planning to finally become a dad—the last thing I was expecting was to be served divorce papers. All the plans I’d been making, all the ideas of what our family would look like, gone, just like that. Thank God for Adrian, he always knows what to do. My ex kicked me out and Adrian offered to let me stay in his spare room while I figure out what comes next. My future hasn’t felt this uncertain since I entered the draft, but with Adrian offering to help, I feel like I can breathe again, like the unknown might not be the worst thing after all. Adrian. Living with the perfect man is a cruel and unusual sort of torture. Hudson walks around half-naked all the time, showing off his perfect hockey body, it’s obscene. And then there’s the teasing. It isn’t new, but I'd assumed he would stop now that we’re roommates and there’s no one else around. He hasn’t. He’s straight, and I don’t know how much more platonic flirting my little gay heart can take. I know that our time together is limited. Hudson wants to be a dad more than anything, and he deserves the family he’s always wanted, the future he’d dreamed of. I know that future won’t include me, and I want Hudson to be happy. Even if that means giving up our time together, helping him move on. He was never mine, so why does the thought of saying goodbye feel like it might break me? I’m screwed. less