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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Get ready for a thrill journey with "Axe Backwards" (Axford Brothers, #3) by May Archer!
This captivating opposites-attract romance is brimming with excitement, unexpected twists, and sizzling chemistry that will grip you from the very first page. Holden, the steadfast sheriff who lives by the rules, finds himself irresistibly drawn to Merritt, a former thief turned talented photographer.
The humour in this book is spot-on, and I found myself laughing out loud throughout.
The family camp scenes are absolutely hilarious!
This captivating opposites-attract romance is brimming with excitement, unexpected twists, and sizzling chemistry that will grip you from the very first page. Holden, the steadfast sheriff who lives by the rules, finds himself irresistibly drawn to Merritt, a former thief turned talented photographer.
The humour in this book is spot-on, and I found myself laughing out loud throughout.
The family camp scenes are absolutely hilarious!
Books 1 & 2 also reviewed by Pat!
Book 1- Kiss My Axe by May Archer 4 Stars
Kiss My Axe is the first book in the Axford Brothers series by May Archer. Griffin Mercer is thirty years old and has worked for years in New York, building his marketing career at a large company. However, when a major project fails, Griffin loses his job and home.
He decides to go to Winsome, Vermont, where he unexpectedly inherits a treehouse from a man he knew as a child, someone he hasn’t seen in over twenty years.
Griffin plans to stay just long enough to find a new job and get back on his feet, but things don’t go as he expects.
It is a fun, heartwarming read with a lot of small-town charm and romance.
Book 2 - Hot Axe by May Archer 4 Stars.
Ames has been pining for his best friend for SIXTEEN YEARS, so naturally, he eventually hits his breaking point and starts pulling away. And that finally forces Robbie to ask himself the very important question: What the hell do I actually want?
They’re also BOTH firefighters, so the chemistry and intensity were already off the charts. Then Ames gets injured, and I was ready to scream, cry, and fight everyone. I genuinely could not put this book down..
They’re also BOTH firefighters, so the chemistry and intensity were already off the charts. Then Ames gets injured, and I was ready to scream, cry, and fight everyone. I genuinely could not put this book down..
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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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