Unforgotten

Garrett Leigh

Feb 2021 · Forgiven Book 2 · Sold by Carina Press

About this ebook

Billy Daley hasn’t been home in years, and he likes it that way. He’s just fine on his own—he has a cash-in-hand job at a scrapyard, a half-feral cat to keep him company, and many miles between him, his hometown and all the baggage that comes with it.

Until the job goes sideways. Suddenly he’s back in Rushmere, working for none other than his brother’s best friend—a man whose kiss Billy can’t seem to forget.

Gus Amour’s memories of Billy Daley are all spiky edges, lips crushed against lips and a reckless streak that always ended in trouble. But when Billy needs a place to stay, Gus steps in. He’d do anything for the Daley family, including living, and working, side by side with a man who makes his heart beat too fast and his blood run too hot—two things he’s been running from for years.

It doesn’t take long before their easy banter, lingering touches and heated glances become a temptation too hard to resist. But falling into bed and falling in love are two different things, and love has never come easy to either Billy or Gus. Only when fate threatens to steal away their opportunity for a second chance will they realize they don’t need easy.

They just need each other.

Forgiven

Book 1: Forgiven

Book 2: Unforgotten

Ratings and reviews

A heartfelt and moving hurt/comfort story, I enjoyed Garrett Leigh's Unforgotten. This is part two of Leigh's Forgiven series. Somewhere along the way I got the impression Unforgotten could be read as a standalone. I does work as a standalone, but I'm sure I'd have enjoyed it more if I'd read Forgiven first. The first novel in the series, Forgiven, is about Luke and Mia. And while I don't read much M/F romance these days, I'm seriously tempted. There's quite a bit of information about these two characters and their relationship in Unforgotten, plus a number of great scenes involving them. The dynamic between them is intriguing, and like I say - dang, I'm tempted. This novel is about Luke's brother Billy, and Mia's brother Gus. These guys each have their issues. Gus is avoiding commitment and intimacy with his Grindr addiction, but he clearly wants to belong to someone. Memories of a teenage drunken kiss with Billy keep him from being interested in anybody else. Billy's got some huge issues surrounding his brother Luke, and he rocking the whole bad boy story. He's not doing a good job of caring for himself. A serious shoulder injury, a brush with the law, a bit of drug use - not to mention he's jobless and homeless. Clearly crying out for help, and carrying a torch for his childhood crush... Gus. I have a feeling there's a ton of info about both Gus and Billy in Forgiven, so we're missing details which would have helped me enjoy this story more. Plus the scenes in Unforgotten with Luke and Mia would be more significant if I knew them better. Of course this is my own fault and has nothing to do with Garrett Leigh's marvelous writing.

About the author

Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer, cover artist, and book designer. Her debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards. She was again a finalist in 2017 with Rented Heart. In 2017 she won the EPIC award in contemporary romance with her military novel Between Ghosts and the contemporary romance category in the Bisexual Book Awards with her novel What Remains.