Cooper has spent the last three years running from a painful past. He’s currently moving from town to town, working in restaurant kitchens, and playing his violin for tips. As soon as he starts to feel comfortable anywhere–with anyone–he moves on. He’s aware that music may be the only human language he still knows. Ironically, the one man he’s wanted to communicate with in all that time is deaf. deaf.
Shawn is part of a deaf theater group at the nearby college. Shawn wants Cooper as soon as they meet and he begins a determined flirtation. Cooper is comfortable with down and dirty sex, just not people. As far as Shawn is concerned, dirty sex is win-win, but he wants Cooper to let him into the rest of his life as well.
Cooper needs time to heal and put his past away for good. Shawn needs to help Cooper forgive himself and accept that he can be loved. Both men find out that when it comes to the kind of healing love can bring, the sleepy beachside town of Santo Ignacio, “St. Nacho’s” as the locals call it, may just be the very best place to start.
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This is a review of the audiobook.
Overall: 5
Performance: 5
Story: 5
A good book and a good audio performance.
St. Nacho’s is the first book I’ve read by Z. A. Maxfield. I’ve had this in my Audible library for almost 2 years and now wonder why it took me so long to listen to it. I couldn’t be that I have a huge To Be Listened to List, right? In any case, I loved listening to this. It was also the first book I’ve listened to by Thomas Fawley and I’m happy to know that he performed the other books in this series (also in my library). His voice was very pleasing to listen to.
I’m a sucker for a good New Adult story and this one was really good. The blurb tells you everything you need to know. I’ll add that the story kept my attention all evening and I listened to it straight through. I’m happy that I have the other books in my library; now I just have to make time to listen to them.
Characters with painful backstories looking for love and healing is a major weakness of mine, and St. Nachos fills this particular niche beautifully. The characters are written with plenty of sensitivity, the story has great pacing, and the writing itself easily matches both. This book is a wonderful start to a wonderful entire series.
I’m rec’ing the entire series. St. Nacho was one of the very first mm’s i read and it has stuck with me all these years. I think about Cooper and Shawn all the time, in my mind that’s the sign of great characters and a great book.
I positively love ZA Maxfield’s writing and the St. Nacho’s series is particularly engaging. She really gets the deeper psychology that draws characters together and the challenges of relationship.
Loved loved loved this story!
I can’t believe that I’ve never read anything from this author before. You can bet that’s gonna change ~
St. Nacho’s is a touching story about two friends who were involved in a life-changing accident years ago and how they each deal with the consequences of their actions.
Cooper leaves and heads out to California on his motorcycle with no intention of staying in the magical little town of St. Ignacio. But once there, he meets Shawn, his deaf lover, and friends who are everything but judgmental. Fighting it at first, Cooper realizes he has finally found his solace and a sort of redemption. I loved him.
Jordan stays in their small town of Falls River, Wisconsin, after spending time in prison from that accident. He is treated like an outcast and shunned from the townsfolk. Considerably more unstable, he seeks guidance from a questionable storefront religious pastor.
There’s so much inner turmoil stuck in Jordan’s head that it almost seems impossible for him to carry on. He finds the only way to NOT think or feel is when he goes into “the cities” (Twin Cities) and looks for pain.
Cooper’s sister urges him to come back to help Jordan. It’s the best and the worst thing he could have done. I’ll say no more ~
A storyline that’s an emotional rollercoaster with fabulous main and supporting characters, along with painstaking attention to detail, makes St. Nacho’s, easily, a five-star read for me. I highly recommend this one!
great read