Come Closer to Me

Rock U, Book 2

By: Christie Gordon

Narrated by: Finnley Cole

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

A man crushing on his brother’s best friend. Another man who’s afraid to love. When all is laid bare, can love triumph over fear?

Axel Sandstrom

I’m the lead guitar player in a punk-pop band and I get hit on a lot. But I’ve got a big problem—a crush on my older brother’s best friend, Remy.

Of course, he’s straight.

So instead of having him, I’ve become the king of hookups. I’m used to hiding my feelings behind teasing and innuendo. But that only drives him further away from me.

When Remy decides to go back to school, my brother asks me to tutor him. After spending time alone with him, it’s pretty obvious he’s not as straight as he says he is.

Remy Hall

Axel makes me feel things. Tingly things.

But he’s also obnoxious and my best friend’s younger brother.

I should stay away, except that I need him to tutor me. During our tutoring sessions it’s impossible for me to deny my attraction to him.

But the bigger issue, is my all-consuming fear of being close to people.

After the deaths of my younger brother and my dad, I don't want to get close to anyone. But Axel makes me want to try.

He might have the conviction to yank me back to him, kicking and screaming, as I’m about to fall off the edge.

Come Closer to Me is the second book in the Rock U series and is part of the Mesa Boys universe. This novel features bisexual awakening, hurt/comfort, and a rocker in love with his brother’s best friend. It guarantees an HEA and has no cliffhangers. It features a bad boy who goes after what he wants, and a man who’s hiding his attraction to men and shies away from love. Each book features a different couple and can be listened to as a standalone or as part of the series in order.

©2023 Christie Gordon (P)2024 Christie Gordon

Flirting and Feelings!

Axel and Remy!! We have Axel who is absolute about his forever love of Remy his older brother's best friend. We have Remi who does not have a clue that he could possibly love Axel in return. All Remi knows is that all of Axel's flirting makes him uncomfortable, but somehow in a good way! Axel uses all his flirting to try to mask how strong his feelings are for Remy. It was lovely to watch Remy slowly grow closer to Axel and start to discover that Axel was a big part of what was missing in his life and in his heart! I enjoyed the tentative, honest progression of Remy's feelings for Axel. These two were fun and sweet together. It was so rewarding to see Axel finally get the love his man. Finnley Cole was a fun and flirty narrator!

Axel and Remy

𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎? 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏.

Axel and Remy take us on their journey in Cᴏᴍᴇ Cʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛᴏ Mᴇ by Christie Gordon, the second book in the Rock U series.

Axel has been in love with his brother's best friend for as long as he can remember and when Remy needs tutoring, Axel jumps at the chance to help and hopes to awaken Remy to a whole new world.

Remy has had a tough life and lately, he has also been trying to figure out why his best friend's brother causes odd reactions from him which proves to be hard to ignore when Axel starts tutoring him.

Axel and Remy's journey to their happily ever after is a strenuous one and even a little bit of a struggle for me. I was happy that Axel and Remy were able to get past all of their obstacles and be the couple they wanted to be but the journey to that place was very bumpy and a little hard to get behind.

Finnley Cole did another great job of bringing the Rock U world and its characters to life.

If you enjoy...

🏳️‍🌈 MM • 💙 College • 🎸 Rockstar • 💙 Hurt • Comfort • 🎸 Brother's Best Friend • 🎙️ First, Dual

...this book may be for you!

The Knot Me crew has me hooked and wanting more. I can not wait to get the rest of the band members' journeys to their happily ever afters.

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Great Characters

Christie Gordon writes great characters and hearing them come to life narrated by Finnley Cole makes them that much more enjoyable! Take time to enjoy this Rock U series, you won’t be disappointed!

Another Great One!

This is a great series and the narration is fantastic! The characters and their stories just come to life with this audio book. I really enjoyed it.

Wonderful story!

Axel and Remy had a rocky relationship from the beginning. Axel has been in love with Remy from the first time they met, but Remy is straight, so Axel never expected anything to happen between them. Axel lives in a house with Leo, who is Remy’s older brother and Remy needs help with his college class and Axel had already taken the class so Axel is helping. In the process they bicker a lot but Remy realizes he does in deed like Remy. Then Axel gets shot by a bad person who was trying to kill lots of people but Axel and his friend Kaleb stop the shooter, but Axel got shot in his leg. He almost died and Remy was beside himself with worry so after Axel was released from the hospital Remy moved in with Axel. Leo said they can have the master bedroom because he was going to be getting a place with his girlfriend and didn’t need the room. I really enjoyed this story. I didn’t expect the shooting, but it did get my attention and it really shows what people need to know in cases like these. They were stronger together than they were apart. I recommend this story to everyone who loves mm romance stories with real life happenings.

"I can't remember a time when my heart didn't ache a little when I thought of you."

Brother's best friend is always in my top 5 book tropes but this storyline is so unique. I love how hard Axel fell for Remy, and how patient he was waiting for Remy to fall for him. I love Remy too, but I was starting to get a little annoyed with him. How can you keep doing my boy, Axel, like that??? My emotions were all over the place with this book anyway but Finnley Cole really made me feel, and fall, deeper into their love. He was amazing. I honestly can't wait for the next installment in this series

spicy & saucy hot romance

this was steamy & hot & lustful. I loved it! the characters are all cool (can we have a real life band like Not Me) & I liked Remy & how he had to heal through his grief/trauma. this also has one of my guilty pleasure tropes (im in love with my brothers bff), & the duel povs made this a super fun & easy read. highly recommend if you are in the mood for something spicy.