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The New Neighbor: A Friends to Lovers Gay Romance Kindle Edition

by Rye Cox (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 507 ratings

What do you do with an irresistible neighbor you didn’t account for in your life?

Caleb had big dreams of opening a bakery when he was young, but they were shattered when tragedy struck, making him the man of the house. His Mom and younger brother depend on him to be strong and support them, even if it meant sacrificing himself. He was resigned to being a cog in the wheel in a job he hated, until his new neighbor moves in and challenges everything.

Zack didn’t do relationships. After his family cut ties with him, he vowed to stick to friendships in the future. However, when his blushing neighbor overhears him mention erectile dysfunction and balls, he can’t let the cute man leave thinking he has issues with his lower parts.

The New Neighbor is book 1 of the Corio Heights series about well, the new neighbor. Join Caleb and Zack’s story as they discover that they can have more than what they resigned themselves to. It features a regal cat, hurt/comfort themes, and lots of blushing.

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  1. Book 1 of 5
    Corio Heights
  2. Print length
    218 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    September 20, 2021
  6. File size
    1.1 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09C2B3SMQ
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 20, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ Corio Heights
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 507 ratings

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Rye Cox

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Rye is an M/M Romance author who is a romantic at heart. She believes that love conquers all, and so her stories are guaranteed to always have an HEA. When she's not writing, she escapes to the world of books or daydreams about becoming a future cat lady.

Stay in touch at: https://ryecox.com/links/

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Customers enjoy this friends-to-lovers romance for its adorable slow-burn development and tender moments. The book features great relatable characters and is considered a great start to a series, with one customer noting its low-stress, no-angst approach. Customers find the book super fun and sweet, with one review highlighting its epic flirtiness and playfulness.

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15 customers mention "Romance"15 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romance in this book, describing it as an adorable slow burn tale with tender moments.

"...them, yummy food and desserts, a welcoming family, and a satisfying friends to lovers tale for a rainy afternoon. 4.5 stars...." Read more

"Such a fun and endearing story. These two have an instant akward chemistry yet don't know how to take that next step to more than friends...." Read more

"...Zack and his epic flirtiness and playfulness, and MAN! what a way to meet your new neighbor...." Read more

"...just a couple of mostly adorable awkward characters and their slowly blooming romance. Good character development and a basic plot with no extremes...." Read more

9 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a great start to a series, describing it as sweet and worth the purchase.

"...I recommend reading this book." Read more

"...With a great cast of friends to boot proves to be a promising series." Read more

"A very sweet book it does take some time to get into it but the outcome is worth it you just have to get through some cat and mouse chasing." Read more

"...Worth every flipping second! I was dying to get my hands on it. I squealed the second it landed on my kindle and dove right on in...." Read more

7 customers mention "Character development"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, finding them great and relatable, with one customer noting the supportive cast of friends.

"...Great relatable characters working through issues from their youth, great friends to support them, yummy food and desserts, a welcoming family, and..." Read more

"...With a great cast of friends to boot proves to be a promising series." Read more

"...Low stress, no angst, just a couple of mostly adorable awkward characters and their slowly blooming romance...." Read more

"...Cox has a supportive cast to dress their tale, filled with baked sweets. Nicely constructed with good heat." Read more

7 customers mention "Sweetness"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the sweetness of the book, mentioning its yummy desserts.

"...through issues from their youth, great friends to support them, yummy food and desserts, a welcoming family, and a satisfying friends to lovers tale..." Read more

"A very sweet book it does take some time to get into it but the outcome is worth it you just have to get through some cat and mouse chasing." Read more

"...This was such a fun, super sweet, albeit low steam, first novel..." Read more

"...Cox has a supportive cast to dress their tale, filled with baked sweets. Nicely constructed with good heat." Read more

6 customers mention "Enjoyment"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book super fun to read.

"First of all, this book for me is a 5/5! I really enjoyed reading it. Caleb had dreams of opening his own bakery...." Read more

"Such a fun and endearing story. These two have an instant akward chemistry yet don't know how to take that next step to more than friends...." Read more

"...This was such a fun, super sweet, albeit low steam, first novel..." Read more

"...This book is really low angst, and just happy and sweet, but word of caution- it will make you hungry with all the food and desserts in it LOL I ca..." Read more

3 customers mention "Pacing"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the pacing of the book lovely and endearing.

"...Brace for that. Caleb is so stinking cute! And the blushing! I cannot with the blushing. Can I hug him? Keep him?..." Read more

"...This was such a lovely, low angst story with lots of sweet and tender moments. I adore the metaphors used to find your home...." Read more

"Fun and endearing..." Read more

3 customers mention "Stress level"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate that the book has no angst.

"...Low stress, no angst, just a couple of mostly adorable awkward characters and their slowly blooming romance...." Read more

"This is an easy and uncomplicated read which is a stress free escape and demurely romantic which I can definitely recommend." Read more

"An engaging story with low angst and sweet characters." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Auburngeo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Neighbor
    Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2023
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    First of all, this book for me is a 5/5! I really enjoyed reading it. Caleb had dreams of opening his own bakery. But his plans had to change when he stepped up to take care of his mom and younger brother. He becomes an accountant because the work is steady and so are the paychecks. Zack is a consultant for restaurants. He does not do relationships at all. The two men on the day that Zack is moving into the unit close to Caleb’s. The two men become friends quickly but are afraid to move to the next level for fear of ruining their friendship. But both men would like to leave their jobs and work with each other. Zack wants to be his own boss and help smaller business. So his dream would work well with Caleb’s. But they two men need to discuss how they really feel about each other. I recommend reading this book.
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  • deedee
    4.0 out of 5 stars Caleb and Zack. 4.5stars
    Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Caleb is a young man who loves baking, an accountant who hates his job, a man who doesn’t recognize when someone flirts with him or knows how to flirt, and a son who lost his father at a young age so is afraid of taking a chance on a relationship with someone for fear they will leave.
    Zack is Caleb’s new neighbor, owner of Lady the cat, a man who loves to cook, a restaurant consultant who loves his job, and a man estranged from his family who doesn’t do relationships because he doesn’t believe anyone could love him since his family didn’t.
    When the two meet, they notice attractive things about each other, but aren’t into relationships, so friends it is, all started over a plate of Caleb’s white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. The more time they spend together and learn about each other, the more the attraction grows, but things are really awkward when thinking of more, since neither has a clue about how to get into a relationship or what it really means.
    As the two share their hopes and dreams for the future, Caleb to have his own bakery and Zack his own consulting firm, spend time together and with friends, and support each other, they work toward that elusive thing called a relationship and a belief that another won’t leave and it is possible to be loved.
    Great relatable characters working through issues from their youth, great friends to support them, yummy food and desserts, a welcoming family, and a satisfying friends to lovers tale for a rainy afternoon.
    4.5 stars.

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  • Molly Otto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and endearing
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
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    Such a fun and endearing story. These two have an instant akward chemistry yet don't know how to take that next step to more than friends. Caleb had a sweet innocence to him that you want to protect and nourish for him to just be himself. Than you have protective Zack who stands up for all around him, especially Caleb and his cat Lady. With a great cast of friends to boot proves to be a promising series.
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  • D J
    3.0 out of 5 stars It seems to be directed to a younger adult gay reader,
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    There seem to be plenty of books out there dealing with the same scenario...gay man moves in next door to a single man (who happens to be widowed, divorced, with young or adult children) who was/is closeted as a gay man. Interactions ensue...mishaps occur...misunderstandings mount..and finally they discover that they love each other and become a loving couple. "The New Neighbor" by Rye Cox falls into this group of novels written for the gay audience. While it had is funny parts, it was basically overly sweet but lacking real direct dialog between the main characters until near the end of the novel. It also seemed to be directed a younger adult gay reader, which I am not.
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  • Megan Newman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet
    Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024
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    A very sweet book it does take some time to get into it but the outcome is worth it you just have to get through some cat and mouse chasing.
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  • Jolene Osborn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super fun and sweet
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2021
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    What do I have to say about Rye Cox's debut novel?

    Worth every flipping second! I was dying to get my hands on it. I squealed the second it landed on my kindle and dove right on in. Then, of course, you have to have a little bit of heartbreak right in the beginning. Brace for that.

    Caleb is so stinking cute! And the blushing! I cannot with the blushing. Can I hug him? Keep him? Wrap him up in bubble wrap for safekeeping?

    Zack and his epic flirtiness and playfulness, and MAN! what a way to meet your new neighbor. Glad he got to clear up that miscommunication in more ways than one.

    This was such a fun, super sweet, albeit low steam, first novel (and I love me some high steam so it speaks volumes I loved this and it didn't need it!). It was super amazing and I am super excited to see what else Rye produces in the future. ;)
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  • Xanlthorpe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sugary Sweet
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024
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    If deserts and sweetness are your jam, then this is the romance for you. Low stress, no angst, just a couple of mostly adorable awkward characters and their slowly blooming romance. Good character development and a basic plot with no extremes. Ends on the anticipated positive note and provides a hopeful start to the next book in the series.
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  • Mkaye
    5.0 out of 5 stars The New Neighbor
    Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2023
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    This is a sweet, gentle, slow burn romance between neighbors. The two main characters become friends, then best friends, then lovers, until they both realize they are meant to be together forever and get their HEA. I found it to be a bit slow, but an overall good story.
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  • sarah mitcham
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sugar and spice and all things nice.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2021
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    MM, hurt/comfort, slow burn romance. An easy to read page-turner with great characters and a HEA. Fantastic introduction to the series, I can't fault the story as I absolutely loved everything about it.
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  • Jodie.c
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love thy neighbour
    Reviewed in Australia on June 15, 2023
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    This was just the sweetest story going, short and sweet with a filling of friendships and blossoming romance with a little tear jerker thrown in.
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  • Edga
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and cute romance.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2021
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    I really enjoyed this. It's a sweet slow burn romance, a friendship that builds into a satisfying love story. The story was so cute, I was probably smiling most of the time while I was reading it. If you love a friends to lovers romance, with a side of slow burn, this book is for you. Caleb, Zach and their friends warmed my heart, looking forward to Ian's book already.
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  • Jonah
    3.0 out of 5 stars Very predictable
    Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2023
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    I wasn't a fan of the writing style and the story was very predictable. On the plus side, I liked the main characters.
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  • Maureen Crothall
    3.0 out of 5 stars Cute Story
    Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2021
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    A very sweet, cozy love story with no angst, just two very cute men that slowly fall into an unexpected romance, well unexpected by Zack, he'd always wanted to steer clear of connections, just happy with hook ups. A lovely, gently written tale, very enjoyable.
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