REVIEW: Don't Fall by EM Lindsey (Storm Season #1)

- July 01, 2026

DON’T FALL

Storm Season - Book One

by EM Lindsey

Release Date: July 1, 2026

Review

Wonderful story. Engaging, touching, and with a little bit of external drama to make things extra interesting.

Leo and North are both carrying the weight of the past and future. That weight is oppressive and exhausting. On top of that, Leo is also dealing with severe medical issues.

They start as enemies, always snipping at each other, but over time, and thanks to some crows who both endear and irritate our MCs, they become something more , then temporary enjoyment. Until they find themselves relying on each other, seeking the other out.

I really felt for these two and loved them together.

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Synopsis

That’s it. My neighbor has to die. There’s no other way around it. The man must be killed—and I’ll even find a way to do it gently, but this cannot go on.

Okay, maybe I’m a bit dramatic, but living next to my brother’s best friend who decided to befriend the crows that spend all week spreading garbage across my lawn is not what I signed up for.

I wanted quiet.

I wanted peace.

I wanted to stop fantasizing about the gorgeous man I couldn’t stand.

Unfortunately for me, North is a big presence with an annoyingly sunny smile and a way of making life sound like it’s worth living. And as a widower who wants to spend the rest of my life wallowing, the last person I want around is one who makes me question my new life’s purpose.

But these feelings can’t be real, can they? I had my great love, and I lost him. So that’s supposed to be it for me.

Isn’t that the way things go?

I can’t seem to stay away from North, even when I know I should. And when he starts to make me feel like maybe there’s another happily ever after out there, I find that as cautious as I’ve taken each step, I’m on the verge of falling once more.

Don’t Fall is the first book in the small town, enemies to lovers, heavy yearning, MM romance series, Storm Season. It features a virgin EMT whose smile is hiding a lot of things, a disgruntled, grieving writer who just wants solid sleep and a good meal, neighborhood crows wreaking havoc, cooking lessons, hurt/comfort, and a toe-curling 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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