Clean Start at Forty-Seven

Forty-Seven Duology, Book 1

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Clean Start at Forty-Seven

By: Nora Phoenix

Narrated by: John Solo

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I’m done hiding who I am.

Pretending to be straight, to be the loving, devoted husband and successful ER doctor everyone wanted me to be, has been exhausting.

I numbed the pain any way I could, and in the end, it cost me everything. My job, my marriage, the relationship with my grown kids.

But now I’m in recovery, and for the first time, I’m living my true life as an out gay man.

I need to get my act together, to get healthy again. Benoni is my new personal trainer...20 years my junior. He makes my mouth water and certain other body parts react. Oh, and he’s also my son’s best friend.

I’m 47 years old. It’s time for a clean start. But where does Benoni fit in?

Clean Start at Forty-Seven is part one of a duology, an emotional MM romance with an age gap, first-time gay, loads of hurt/comfort, and the beginnings of a beautiful Daddy/boy relationship. It contains themes of opioid addiction and religious homophobia. Please check the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book.

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First of all, I love John Solo as a narrator. Possibly one of the best in the genre, so I knew this would be a great listen (and I was right!)

I obviously didn’t read the description very well, as this story is actually across two books which I didn’t realise until I was suddenly at the end credits - oops. So I did listen initially, feeling this was the slowest of slow burns, but it was amazing anyway. Phoenix covers some of the issues in this book (addiction, religious homophobia) with real taste - it was very well done. Kinsey and Benoni are both beautiful characters, don’t think I could pick which I preferred. Looking forward now (that I know) to the next book and to see how their beautiful relationship continues to develop to complement each other even further.