REVIEW: ILY by EM Lindsey & Cora Rose (Deaf Hearts #2)

- November 14, 2025

ILY

Deaf Hearts - Book Two

by EM Lindsey

Release Date: November 14, 2025

Review

A romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

Leif and Thorn meet in the most unusual circumstances, and despite one pretty much losing his mind, and the other trying to unravel what is actually happening, they fall completely in love and just can’t stay away.

Surrounded by equally charismatic friends, these two (and their friends) make you laugh. And also shake your head.

Conniving groundhog, questionable history of the property, and bonding over a shared understanding of deaf culture; something special develops.

I’m not gonna lie - the groundhog thing was a little over the top for me, but I don’t balk at the levity it provides.

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Synopsis

Whoever convinced me that quitting my job as an interpreter to take over my dead aunt’s farm should be covered in honey and left for the ants.

Oh wait…that was me.

I was burnt out and ready for a change, but I didn’t expect what came with it.

An orchard full of fruit I’m allergic to.

A bunch of farm equipment I don’t know how to use.

And a vindictive, vicious groundhog who has made it his life’s mission to drive me to the brink of madness.

But in my quest to find a permanent solution for Michael, I’ve also acquired something else I didn’t expect: a stalker.

I should be more concerned that the man offering to sell me TNT has followed me home, but Thorne is the most gorgeous thing I have ever laid eyes on, and we communicate well.

With our hands in ASL, yeah, but also with our lips, tongues, hips…and other parts of the body.

It’s also increasingly obvious that Thorne is much more than a stalker. With my focus on trying to stop Michael from using his little paws to dig my grave, though, it’s hard to worry about his secrets.

But skeletons never stay buried for long, and when everything comes to light, I can’t help but wonder if Thorne is the best thing that will ever happen to me, or the worst.

ILY is the second book in the Deaf Hearts series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone. It’s a spicy, MM, strangers to lovers rom-com featuring a burnt out, not-quite farmer, a tall, dark, and handsome man with a mission and a secret, a groundhog that knows more than everyone else, and a toe-curling, feet-kicking happily ever after.

About EM Lindsey

E.M. Lindsey is a non-binary, MM Romance author, an ancient historian, and avid lover of nerdy things. They live on the East Coast of the United States.

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