Cat's Audiobook Review of Digging Deep Written by Jay Hogan Narrated by Gary Furlong @jayhoganauthor @garyfurlongvo @neonrainbowarcreviews @tammystwocents X- @jayhoganauthor @GaryFurlongVo @TTCBooksandmore

2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Gay Romance 

Drake Park has a complicated life. As a gay male midwife, he’s used to raising eyebrows. Add Crohn’s Disease and things get interesting—or not, considering the sad state of his love life. Experience has taught Drake that most men are fair weather sailors when it comes to handling his condition—gone for dust when things get rough. Staying healthy is a fulltime job without adding in any heartbreak, so a little loneliness is a small price to pay. If he says it often enough he might even believe it. One thing for sure, the cop who arrested him isn’t about to change that. 

Caleb Ashton does not have a complicated life. A senior detective with the Whangarei Police Department, he likes his job and is good at it. He works hard and plays hard, happy to enjoy as many men as he can while he’s still young enough—or at least he was. These days he feels adrift for the first time in his life, and the only thing sparking his interest—a certain prickly young midwife.

But can Drake find enough faith to risk opening his heart again? And does Caleb have what it takes to cope with the challenges Drake’s condition presents?

Note: One of the main characters in this book is a midwife and there is an account of an emergency delivery and the loss of a baby. 

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Cat gives this Audiobook 5 meows for the story; 5 meows for the performance with a 3 purr heat indes... 

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Digging Deep is such a beautiful story. I love stories with a physically challenged character. Drake is such a wonderful character. He is an activist, a male midwife, business owner with 2 partners and has a moderate case of Chrones.  If his is moderate I'd hate to see bad. He's also mixed race. I loved seeing a bit of the Asian too. And then we had Caleb. The exact opposite.  Hardworking, hard playing lead detective that arrests Drake for entering a public building during a protest...during one of his outbreaks. At first I disliked Drake, but he worked his way in.

This story is so beautiful and has some heartbreaking moments. It's a bit of a slow burn but the sexual tension is there. All the side characters are awesome and both have amazing friends and family. 

The narration is very good. I do wish there had been more distinction between characters, but the accent, pacing and emotion all make up for it. I'd definitely relisten to this. 

Heart, humour and keeping it real.

Jay is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Gay Romance and her book Off Balance was the 2021 New Zealand Romance Book of the Year.

She is a New Zealand author writing mm romance and romantic suspense, primarily set in New Zealand. She writes character driven romances with lots of humour, a good dose of reality and a splash of angst. She's travelled extensively, lived in many countries, and in a past life she was a critical care nurse, nurse educator and counsellor. Jay is owned by a huge Maine Coon cat and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel

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