Dani (Daniiireads)'s Reviews > Hard Target

3.5 ⭐️

- tattooed vigilante mercenary
- nerdy professor
- both ex military
- size difference
- age gap (40s/30s)
- friends to lovers
- found family

Everett has been in love with his best friend for the last six months, the only problem is that Rafi is still mourning the loss of his husband and has stuck Everett firmly in the friendzone. Oh, and Everett kinda sorta moonlights as a vigilante mercenary with some old military buddies when he's not tattooing veterans for free.

Rafi and Everett spend all their free time together, and to outside eyes look very much like a couple, except they're only best friends. Things start to change for Rafi when he sees Everett in a new light and his libido goes from 0-100%, but he doesn't want to betray his deceased husband by moving on too quickly.

When his life ends up in danger, Rafi throws his hesitancy into the wind, and realizes maybe he's been in love with his best friend all along and life is too short to keep himself from being happy again.

This kind of book was a little outside of my wheelhouse, and was a bit too slow, but the crazy action and steamy HEA for Rafi and Everett won me over in the end.