Heat Stroke

Beach Kingdom, Book 2

By: Tessa Bailey

Narrated by: Kale Williams, Kas Vadim

They can't be together. They won't stay apart.

Marcus “Diesel” O’Shaughnessy is a brash, oversized CrossFit enthusiast with a naked lady tattooed on his rippling forearm. Jamie Prince is a private school teacher with an extremely low tolerance for bull.

The two men have zero in common. Well, except for three things: they’re both moonlighting as lifeguards for the summer; no matter how hard they try, they cannot stay away from each other; and they both have secrets they’re determined to keep.

What happens in the shadows of the Long Beach boardwalk can only remain hidden for so long. The July sunshine reveals the hot, unrelenting connection they never expected, forcing Marcus and Jamie to decide: are they simply caught up in a temporary heat stroke, or have they found something worth rescuing?

©2019 Tessa Bailey (P)2023 Podium Audio

Smoking hot

Tessa can do no wrong to me, I love some of her charachters more than others, Marcus and Jamie are two of my favorites! This was my first M/M story ever, and it is still the hottest! Tessa is the queen of dirty talk, and that is here, but the sweet, the sweet is SO GOOD in this book! I have read this one over and over, I want their story to keep going, (It does a bit in Sink or Swim) but I need more!!!

Too perfect!

I honestly didn’t expect too much from this since the writer usually doesn’t do mm stories but she nailed every aspect of this story. The dialogue was fun and youthful. The story was realistic and steamy. The narrators gave it their all and had all (even the side characters) leaping of the “page”. Such a wonderful read my only complaint is I wish it were longer lol.

4/5 peppers for spice I love how they wrote the spicy scenes too very descriptive and I do love a verse couple.

My favorite of the Beach Kingdom

The humor, passion and love is overwhelming. The narration is wonderful and captures the different personalities so well. I’ve listened to this 6 times now and still laugh and swoon to all the best parts.

Marcus and Jamie are EVERYTHING!!

Let me begin by saying that i had high hopes for this book. Book 1 of the Beach Kingdom series, Mouth to Mouth introduced the heroes of this book Jamie and Marcus, and I was instantly excited to see how their relationship developed. Jamie Prince is an intelligent school teacher who spends his summers as a lifeguard and helping to run his families bar. He is responsible, hard working, smart and knows it... but not in a way where you would find him annoying. Instead it adds to his confidence which is sexy. Marcus "Diesel" O'Shaughnessy is outwardly strong, a Cross-fit enthusiast, overly muscled and flaunts it. He also works as a lifeguard and as a bouncer at Jamie's bar.

Jamie is an openly gay man who has been out since his youth, while Marcus is still exploring and discovering himself. Both men spend time discovering who they are, what is important to them, and what they can and can't live with. This story is filled with heart, emotion, longing, a little bit of angst and a lot of dirty sexy times. It was truly the perfect story for these two.

When i got to the end of the book, i was already planning my reread. I hope this one goes to audio too, because i would love to listen to two male narrators interpret this story.

Update 5/1/23: WE GOT AUDIO!! and it was such a great way to revisit Long Beach and Jamie and Marcus! Kas Vadim brought Jamie to life and I was blown away by Kale Williams Narration Marcus' was phenomenal! I love these characters so much!

So not what i expected

i usually purchase all books narratored by Kale Williams because he is the best narratore ever ! But i have never read this author and oh boy it was so good not so much angst but a lovely story of coming to terms with your sexuality , and both narrators did such a good job ! i give it 5 stars for sure