REVIEW: TMI by JE Birk, Rachel Ember, and Leslie McAdam (ILYBSM #2)

TMI

ILYBSM - Book Two

by JE Birk, Rachel Ember & Leslie McAdam

Release Date: December 3, 2023

Review

My favourite writing throuple brings us another trio this holiday season. It’s got all the best parts of a Christmas story - small-town inter-city holiday competition, a curmudgeonly elderly newspaperman, and townsfolk who are all up in your business. But these men aren’t going to sleep with visions of sugar plums dancing - Zeke, Doug, and Max are all safely on Santa’s naughty list with the fantasies they’re imagining. Get ready for some TMI!

This story brings together tall and built childhood best friends Zeke and Doug. They work together as a fireman, but Doug has also been elected mayor. And he’s in the hot seat thanks to an editorial that wasn’t too kind of the truly sweet and precious Doug. Zeke is his protector and cheerleader. He may grunt a lot, but believe me he is a marshmallow of a man.

Max finds his way into the middle of these two hulking men when comes to town to write a story about the mayor the holiday competition. He’s also renting a room from them. This spitfire of a man with absolutely no filter brings a level of cheery chaos (and dirty fantasies) that makes a beautiful (and steamy) addition to this polycule.

It’s not all fun and cow-napping, there is plenty of introspection, healing, and personal growth for all three of these men (and a few others two) to make this a perfect holiday read.

PS. If you’ve read ILYBSM you’ll be happy to know Sherbert is still gleefully causing chaos amongst all that come to visit him.

These three authors are all amazing in their own right, but together they make magic

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Synopsis

Two firefighters. One twink. Can an evil twin, a small-town holiday competition, and revealed secrets bring them together?

I returned to Vermont to write an article about Mayor Doug McEmbirk and his town’s battle to win their local Holiday-Off. Even before I knew him, I had a crush on him. Because have you seen the man? OMG. With his big biceps and easy charm, Doug’s straight out of my firefighter fantasies. But I wasn’t planning on my inconvenient attraction to his scowly, grumpy roommate, Zeke, who’s the identical twin of my high school bully. That’s… messy.

Life gets even messier when Zeke confesses to the entire town that he’s bisexual—and that he’s been in love with Doug for years. Problem is, Doug’s straight.

Or is he?

Now, I’m on a mission to bring these two hot men together. I volunteer my services as a love coach, because these burly guys can’t even kiss without my assistance. Except both men seem to be into me as well. This is one confusing holiday season.

Things only get more complicated when meddling newspaper editors and kidnapped cows become involved. Not to mention some accidental texts and eggnog-fueled confessions. Will Zeke, Doug, and I be able to navigate our newfound feelings? Or is this relationship as doomed as the Holiday-Off competition appears to be?

TMI is a holiday m/m/m romance that includes a grandma-chic house, lots of cheer, and many OTT fantasies. It stars Max, a journalist without a filter, Zeke, a grumbly Viking pirate, and Doug, a himbo mayor who makes excellent cinnamon rolls. Cameos from Sherbert and the guys from ILYBSM included. HEA guaranteed.

About JE Birk

J.E. Birk was raised in Vermont and is now adulting in Colorado with intermittent success. She is a long-time lover of stories, and she writes and reads in worlds where imperfect characters find their happily ever after.

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About Rachel Ember

Rachel was born and raised in the midwest USA, and now lives there voluntarily, a life choice she only sometimes questions. On the small farm her menagerie calls home, she happily juggles her voracious reading and writing habits with caring for her kids and pets.

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About Leslie McAdam

Leslie McAdam is a California girl who loves romance, Little Dude, and well-defined abs. She lives in a drafty old farmhouse on a small orange tree farm in Southern California with her husband and two small children. Leslie always encourages her kids to be themselves - even if it means letting her daughter wear leopard print from head to toe. An avid reader from a young age, she will always trade watching TV for reading a book, unless it's Top Gear. Or football. Leslie is employed by day but spends her nights writing about the men you fantasize about. She's unapologetically sarcastic and notoriously terrible at comma placement.

Always up for a laugh, Leslie tries to see humor in all things. When she's not in the writing cave you'll find her fangirling over Beck, camping with her family, or mixing up oil paints to depict her love of outdoors on canvas.

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