Title: Axe Backwards
Series: Axford Brothers #3
Author: May Archer
Genres: Contemporary Gay Romance
Tropes: Fake Relationship, Hidden Identity, Small Town
Opposites Attract, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity
Release Date: September 15, 2026
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A fake engagement to the hot sheriff who escorted me to family camp? Weirdly delightful.
Failing to tell him that my family is a bunch of professional thieves? Small oversight.
I left the Callahan family business years ago. These days I’m a law-abiding citizen. A photographer who takes nothing but pictures. A man who’s learned not to get greedy for anything… or anyone.
But my family hasn’t gotten that memo, so I expect my week at family camp to be filled with guilt-trippy attempts to lure me back into the fold.
Until Holden Axford comes along… and everything goes axe backwards.
Winsome’s gorgeous sheriff was supposed to be nothing more than a one-night-stand.
He doesn’t have a clue why I’m dreading this week, but he takes his protection game seriously.
So when he thinks I need a rescue, he steps in and declares himself my fiancé… and I’m too busy swooning to argue.
Now Holden’s sharing my bed, stealing kisses like Callahans steal Rembrandts, planning a camp heist (for fun, obvs!), and charming my family of criminals.
Our motto is ‘Callahans don’t get caught’ but nobody warned me about catching feelings.
Unfortunately, secrets don’t stay buried forever. And when someone forces the Callahans toward one last impossible job, protecting the family I love means becoming the man I swore I’d never be again.
But if Holden learns the truth about my past, it’ll be goodbye fake engagement, goodbye sheriff… goodbye heart.
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REVIEW
4.5 Stars
We get to see the third Axeford brother fall. This book was so much fun to read. This is a true opposites attract romance. Holden is a rule following sheriff while Merritt and his family have made some questionable criminal decisions in their lives. The whole fake fiancé part just added another layer to this story. Merritt's family is a hoot! His nieces are too cute with sass. Holden fit right in with them, but Merritt is keeping a huge secret from him about his family. Such a great cast of characters expect Merritt's ex. This book had me hooked right from the beginning with the morning after and then the fiasco with the tent. I knew I was going to love this book with it's great sense of humor. The little tease we got for the next book has me eagerly awaiting it!
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May is an M/M author who lives in Boston. She spends her days raising three incredibly sarcastic children, alternating eating Jax and Tostitos, planning beach vacations, avoiding the gym, reading M/M romance, and occasionally writing it.
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