Against The Grain - Audiobook

I stumbled on Jay Hogan's Auckland Medicat Series and fell in love with it immediately. I listened to all of them non-stop, they were that captivating. The characters were wonderful, REAL, and the stories were heart-warming.

Really enjoyed this audio and the series as a whole was great. Excellent deal with and the narration was perfect. I highly recommend anyone to check out Jay Hogan's website to take avantage of the great deals there.

Once again Jay Hogan deserves a 5-stars rating from me, and every time I am reminded why her books are an auto-buy for me.
Her writing is so emotional and catching, that it transports you so deep inside the story you just "live" it along with the characters!
Sandy and Miller's story is a whirlwind of emotions, laughter and tears. I adored them both: I was actually looking forward to Sandy's story since book #3, but I was also instantly entranced by Miller.

This is only my second Jay Hogan book and boy am I ready to read more. Against the Grain is the 4th book in the Auckland Med series but it can be read as a standalone. I never felt lost while reading this story but now I really want to go back and read the first three. The couples from the first three books are secondary characters in this one so if you’re like me you’ll probably want to go back and read their stories if you do read this one first.

This was a well developed and intense story. The main focus is on Miller, a masculine character who plays wheelchair Rugby, and Sandy, a more femme character who’s a nurse in the hospital where Miller works. Miller isn’t exactly in-the-closet but he’s not out to his teammates or most of his co-workers. Sandy wears what he likes to wear, and sometimes it’s skirts or dresses and sometimes it’s not. They don’t meet under the best circumstances but Miller was captivated by Sandy right from the get-go.

I almost don’t know where to start with my review so I’ll just say I loved everything about this story. Beyond the somewhat difficult road that Miller and Sandy travel to their HEA there are a couple of other very interesting subplots. One of these involves a 17-year-old bisexual friend of Miller’s nephew with a homophobic father.

If you like complex stories, with more than one plot line, I can highly recommend Against the Grain. I don’t know if there are other books planned for this series or not but I will be reading them if there are.

A copy of this book was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

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I knew Sandy and Miller were going to be great, but I didn’t even imagine this level of perfection. I’M OBSESSED! This was such a wonderful story. From the good and the bad. The small steps and the big steps. Amazing. I couldn’t be happier with this series. It’s magical and perfect and everything you could ever want! Cam, G, Reuben, Ed, everyone, all these men have stolen my heart. Jay does it again 🖤🖤