There are moments of pain, moments of joy, moments of sadness, a whole lot of self reflection and compromise, but through it all there is love and in the end it is love that saves them all. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Three’s a disaster when things come unraveled.
Rock star Nate Keller is on top of the world, but his headlining tour has one drawback. It keeps him away from his boyfriends, Theo and Cameron, for weeks at a time. Yet after four-and-a-half years—and a lot of hard work—the trio is still going strong.
But then Cam comes to visit with devastating news. After seventeen years together, he and Theo have agreed to a trial separation. Nate tries desperately to fix his lovers’ broken relationship, but there’s only so much he can do from the road.
At home, Cam tries to carry on, but feels like his whole life is spiraling out of control. Theo struggles to cope with the split as his depression worsens. They’re both spinning their wheels, quickly losing hope they can keep it together—and keep the man they both still love.
Desperate, Nate drops everything in a last-ditch attempt to pull their trio back together before they hit rock bottom. Except their love could already be shattered beyond repair.
Warning: Contains two men who must face how broken they are before they can fix their failing marriage, and the man who loves them both—but doesn’t know how to save them.
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve finished a book by author L.A. Witt (Ann Gallagher, Lauren 
Gallagher) and said, “What the hell did I just read?” I just did it again with Hiatus and I don’t say that as a bad thing, I say it because she puts so much into her books that your brain just needs time to absorb it all and process it. Hiatus is a very, very good book and it tackles a multitude of issues, but it is also one hell of a love story between three men (yes, you read that right three men). There are moments of pain, moments of joy, moments of sadness, a whole lot of self reflection and compromise, but through it all there is love and in the end it is love that saves them all.
Cam and Theo have been together for over 15 years and married for many of those years and while they occasionally asked a third to join them for the past four and a half years Nate has been a part of them. While on tour with his band Nate looks forward to the days that Cam and Theo fly in to meet him, until Cam arrives to share the news that he and Theo have separated. While they both assure Nate they are working on their relationship and that what they feel for him hasn’t changed, Nate’s world is thrown into a tailspin as he tours around the country, spending time with Cam and Theo when they travel to him separately all while struggling to figure out what happened and how he can help. Honestly as bad as I felt for Cam and Theo in this book, my heart hurt for Nate so much.
This is a really hard review to write because I don’t want to spoil this story; so I will say that both Cam and Theo have individual personal issues that have put their relationship in tatters. They aren’t communicating at all and are both too scared and stubborn to seek outside help. While Nate tries to help them it become obvious that he can’t help them when they refuse to help themselves and makes a drastic decision which has a snowball effect on them all.
I appreciated the very complex nature of this story; the toll mental health issues have not only on the individual dealing with them, but their relationships with others as well. There wasn’t an easy answer to their problems and there was fallout for all three of these men, but hard work, time and some outside help put them back together stronger and better equipped to deal with anything life throws their way.
While this book does have a Hollywood worthy ending and it is most definitely a love story, there isn’t a lot of romance in this book. What there is however is a married couple and the man they both love and have accepted in their lives as a third working very hard to repair what they had and ensure they live happily ever after.
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EXCERPT
“The Riverside Hotel, please.”
The cab driver punched it into his GPS, turned on the meter, and pulled away from the fairgrounds. The enormous parking lot had mostly cleared out, but there were still a few people making their way back to their cars, so I kept my baseball cap pulled over my eyes. As much as I adored my fans, and still couldn’t believe they’d recognize me—never mind mob me—I had somewhere else I needed to be tonight.
In my lap, I turned on my phone and texted my boyfriend, Cameron.
Leaving now. Be there in 20.
Then I turned the phone over and grinned in the darkness. Cam and his husband, Theo, had flown in this afternoon. I hadn’t seen them in three weeks—not since they’d met me like this at another hotel in another city—and I’d been climbing the walls every night. Skyping, texting, and e-mailing only did so much to make up for the lack of physical contact while I was out on tour. For the last seven months, I’d been on the road, only occasionally dropping back into LA, and in between, seeing them whenever they could meet me. Seven months down, at least five to go, assuming more dates weren’t added again.
Technically, we had an open relationship. Especially while I was out on the road, they had no problem with me hooking up with other guys. The same went for them. The only rules were we had to use condoms with other people, and with each other if we’d been with anyone else.
In practice, though, they were monogamous except for me, and despite the option being open, I hadn’t touched anyone. My band thought it was hilarious—now that we’d actually made it big and could act like the rock stars we’d always thought we were, I was practically celibate. Go figure.
But I didn’t want anyone else. For the last four and a half years, the only men I’d touched were the two who’d welcomed me into their bed and their marriage. I was one lucky bastard too. They were sweet, generous, and both were dynamite between the sheets.
Didn’t hurt that they were gorgeous too. They were different, and yet somehow complemented each other. Fair-skinned Cam, who never managed to get any color despite living in Los Angeles. Theo, who could tan just looking at a photo of a beach. They both worked out and looked the part, and even though they’d long ago left the world of high-powered investment banking, they still looked that part too. Theo kept his dark hair short and professional. Cam looked studious and serious whether or not he had on his glasses. Small wonder they’d caught my eye that first night, since they’d both been wearing shirts and ties.
I shivered. God, those two were the reason business attire had been invented.
My phone buzzed. I turned it over, and Cam had written back.
Rm 1128. See you soon.
I put the phone down again and rolled my stiff shoulders. I was seriously tempted to ask him for a massage tonight, but damn it, he hadn’t come here to work. He and Theo were here so we could fuck each other senseless, which would tide us over until the next tour stop where they could meet me.
About L.A. Witt
L.A. Witt is an abnormal M/M romance writer who has finally been released from the purgatorial corn maze of Omaha, Nebraska, and now spends her time on the southwestern coast of Spain. In between wondering how she didn’t lose her mind in Omaha, she explores the country with her husband, several clairvoyant hamsters, and an ever-growing herd of rabid plot bunnies. She also has substantially more time on her hands these days, as she has recruited a small army of mercenaries to search South America for her nemesis, romance author Lauren Gallagher, but don’t tell Lauren. And definitely don’t tell Lori A. Witt or Ann Gallagher. Neither of those twits can keep their mouths shut…
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Thanks Slick
Thanks for the review, Slick. I’ enjoyed every book I’ve read by L.A. Witt (and her other incarnations). I’ll have to take a look at this one.