REVIEW: Hammered and Nailed by Riley Long

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HAMMERED AND NAILED

by Riley Long

Release Date: October 20, 2025

Review

Two best friends, three weeks fixing up a cabin, and a chance at discovering they could be in love with each other.


There’s nothing like some time away in the country with only one bed, skinny dipping, and no power to open the possibilities of exploration.


Emery and Mason are two likeable guys with jobs they love and a friendship they can count on. So their tentative mutual attraction isn’t a complete surprise. 


The whole thing is just a warm, loving story of exploration and acceptance.

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Synopsis

Best friends don't kiss each other. Especially when you're both straight.


I'm the cautious one--the guy who avoids romantic disasters by avoiding romance altogether. Mason's the opposite: impulsive, flirty, and perpetually in someone's bed. But it's always been women. For both of us.


That is, until one impulsive kiss in the middle of the cabin renovations turns my whole world sideways. I can't stop thinking about doing it again, and Mason's looking at me like he wants the same thing.


We've promised not to cross that line again, but dirt, sweat, and late nights at the lake are a dangerous combination. The more time we spend working together, the more I realize I'm not just curious. I want him.


If we're not careful, this renovation might end up rebuilding more than a cabin. It might change everything we thought we knew about ourselves.


Hammered and Nailed is a low angst, double bi-awakening, best friends to lovers standalone MM romance with a sexy contractor, bonfires by the lake, and a summer where unexpected discoveries turn into something Mason and Emery never saw coming. It has heat, heart, and a guaranteed happy ending.

About Riley Long

Riley Long is an author of gay romances novels spanning many genres from contemporary to paranormal, she is a wife and mother living a quiet life in Virginia, with her husband, son, and two very silly pit bulls.


She spends her evenings writing, reading, and watching bad television (or not so bad television).


For fun, Riley participates in NaNoWriMo, GISH, and reads with her book club, the BAMFs.


She likes things with silly acronyms.


The craziest thing Riley has ever done involves lots of butter and a time lapsed video.


Where to find them:


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