Hunter Easton is a multi published, best seller author of a paranormal shifter book series called Wolf's Landing. He's horribly blocked on book 8 of the series and frittering away his time and advance with no real forward motion. He's been a member of a fandom website for a few years, and corresponds regularly with the website's adminstrator, Lone Wolf, and alone Wolf has sent Hunter bits and pieces of fan-fic, and slash (porn scenes), based on the characters in Wolf's Landing. This has all been anonymous--Hunter posts under a pseudonym--and though the men have never met in person they do feel a kinship for each other. 
 Well, Lone Wolf writes a fanfic novel, half out of desperation with the delay in getting a new book in the series, and sends it to his online friend, aka, Hunter. Hunter LOVES it. Unequivocally. He arranges a meeting with Lone Wolf, knowing he'll break his cover, but desperate to somehow adopt Lone Wolf's story into the Wolf's Landing series. 
 Kevin thought he was meeting another fan of Wolf's Landing--not the creator of the fiction universe he adores. His excitement over meeting with the notoriously reclusive Hunter Easton in public is only eclipsed by the attraction Kevin feels for the silver fox at his cafe table. Then, Kevin remembers all the gay slash he'd written and unwittingly sent to Hunter, and he's almost too embarrassed to breathe, let alone absorb all the chat about how great the book is, and can Hunter share it with his agent... 
 I REALLY loved all the banter between these two. 
 Kevin held his gaze. "Uh, well, for one, the part where it turns out I was sending explicit slash porn to my favorite author." 
 Hunter laughed. "Fair enough." 
 "Which I guess explains why you never sent me any of your racy stories." Kevin groaned and pressed his elbows against the table as he buried his face in his hands. "Oh my God . . ." 
 "Kevin." A gentle hand squeezed his arm. "Do you think I would've kept asking to read them if it bothered me?" 
 "Well, no." Kevin lowered his arms, and as Hunter took his hand back, added, "You weren't, uh, laughing at them, were you?" 
 Hunter's cheeks reddened. "Laughing isn't the word I'd use." 
 "It's--oh. Oh. You weren't kidding about that part." 
 Good God, if the man's face got any brighter . . . "No. I wasn't." Hunter watched his thumb run up and down the handle on his mug. "Honestly, I kind of wanted to put more explicit stuff into the Wolf's Landing books, but that was pretty much moot once the TV series came around." 
 "Yeah, I guess they didn't sign up for Fifty Shades of Gray Wolves." 
 And the steam? 
 Kevin laughed softly, and suddenly his startled expression turned to something a little different. Sly, maybe. Devilish. Shit, yes. Definitely devilish. He met Hunter's eyes. "Let's just say you're really, really good at describing settings." 
 "Huh?" Hunter glanced around. He'd never used this place in any of the Wolf's Landing books. In fact, he'd completely wasted the opportunity to use this as a setting for anything except-- 
 Oh. 
 Oh. 
 "This is where you set All In, isn't it?" The playful lilt in Kevin's voice had an undercurrent that made Hunter's heart race. 
 He gulped. Then nodded. "Yeah. I'd forgotten all about 
 that." 
 "Forgotten?" Kevin took a step closer to Hunter. "I don't see how you could forget about that scene." 
 "Well, it's been a long time since I wrote it. I wrote that one, um, years ago. I think. It's been--" 
 "You think the light fixtures would really support handcuffs?" Kevin looked thoughtfully at one of the sconces and its faded bare bulbs. "They do seem pretty solidly anchored." 
 "I . . . I've never tested them." 
 Well that was just asking for it. 
 Like real life, there are so many pauses in this book. Wait for the agent. Wait for the editor. Wait for the publisher. Contracts. Advances. Good thing the time is filled with a smoking hot passion between silver fox Hunter and 20-something Kevin. 
 Kevin has a lot of adjusting to make. Selling a book into a best selling series means lots of money, and insta-fans. He and Hunter work well, rewriting his book together to create two books out of one, and spending their downtime in bed, or wherever, together. But, Hunter's never had a relationship, and Kevin feels like he's getting too attached and overwhelmed by the whirlwind that is Wolf's Landing. He doesn't tell this to Hunter, because he doesn't want to admit the depth of his feelings and risk being rebuffed--little does Kevin know that Hunter's been quietly rearranging his life and priorities to accommodate Kevin, for keeps. 
 I super enjoyed the honesty of character, and the fun "insider" scoop on writing, and publishing, which are TWO very different things. Hunter is a delightful curmudgeon, and Kevin's bright shiny outlook is seriously blotted out as he learns how the wheels turn. Also, we get not just an age difference to overcome, but a racial diff, as Kevin is of Middle Eastern descent, and Muslim. 
 I haven't read other books in this series, but they look great, and I'm inclined to grab them, now, to get into the Bluewater Bay world. I received an ARC via NetGalley.