REVIEW: The Mechanics of Lust by Jay Hogan (Mackenzie County #2)

- October 19, 2023

THE MECHANICS OF LUST

Mackenzie County - Book Two

by Jay Hogan

Release Date: October 19, 2023

Review

This is turning out to be an absolutely stunning series. Set in southern New Zealand on Sheep Station (and surrounding area), the description of the area and the workings of a sheep station are enough to keep me coming back again and again. Not to mention the people that make up this group of friends and small town.

The Mechanics of Lust, like the first book (and many of Jay’s books), is an emotional one. If you don’t shed some tears you haven’t really read it. It’s also beautiful, and forgiving, and ultimately optimistic.

Luke and Zach are both reeling from their own hurts and life hurdles. Pain thankfully many of us won’t ever experience. To say they are going through some things is an understatement.

Zach does not like the sexy Luke. And boy do I love it when a character fights his attraction. Then watching them slowly lose the battle.

They are fascinating to witness as they work through their problems, as they navigate their changing feelings for one another and as they learn to find and trust in a new happiness.

You will love and care for them both, and their story will bring you all the emotions. But ultimately you will be smiling by the final pages.

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Synopsis

I broke the rules and fell in love with my best friend. Newsflash—he didn’t feel the same. I had to stand by and watch him fall for someone else. Moving on hasn’t been easy since we all live and work on the same high country sheep station, but I’m finally getting there.

I’m building a new life, a new set of dreams, planning a different future, just me and my dogs. The last thing I need is Luke Nichols, the sexy, enigmatic, ex-husband of my nemesis, filling my head with a laundry list of cravings. Talk about complicated.

Luke is only in Mackenzie Country for a few months and I’m not about to put my heart on the line again just for a little fun. But the more I’m around Luke, the harder it is to remember exactly why Luke and I are a bad idea, the worst idea.

Things between us are about to go nuclear.

Maybe I’m wrong.

Maybe we can keep it simple.

Maybe I can satisfy my cravings and hold on to my heart.

And maybe pigs can fly.

This story contains references to the past loss of a child .

About Jay Hogan

Jay is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Gay Romance and her book Off Balance was the 2021 New Zealand Romance Book of the Year. She is a New Zealand author writing mm romance and romantic suspense, primarily set in New Zealand. She writes character driven romances with lots of humour, a good dose of reality and a splash of angst. She's travelled extensively, lived in many countries, and in a past life she was a critical care nurse, nurse educator and counsellor.

Jay is owned by a huge Maine Coon cat and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel

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