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Dream (Skins Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Garrett Leigh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 672 ratings
The first in a sexy hurt/comfort MM series from bestselling author, Garrett Leigh.

I can’t sleep…

When unrequited love leaves Dylan Hart sleepless and nursing his wounds, instinct draws him to the one place he's found mindless respite in the past—Lovato’s. It’s a place for every fantasy — for crazy-hot encounters — where a night of insane NSA sex brings relief to Dylan’s fragile feelings. It should be a perfect escape, and for one magical night it seems that way, but then worlds collide, and reality bites when his hookup desperately needs a friend. Surely Dylan can’t trust his instincts when friendship has bruised his heart so badly before?

It’s burying me alive… The deck is stacked against former ballet dancer Angelo Giordano ever finding real love. At least visiting Lovato’s offers respite from a life defined by illness; a glimmer of light in the dull grey of his so-called life without dance. But then he encounters Dylan — a glorious ray of the brightest sunshine — who makes his heart pound once more with purpose. Angelo’s mind is blown by this man, but the disease that ended his career won’t let him bask in new love. He’s drowning, and Dylan can’t save him while insecurities swamp them both. The only way to make it means confronting their demons.

If Dylan can turn his back on the past, and Angelo can face his uncertain future, maybe they can chase their dreams together.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0792NRTH6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fox Love Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Skins
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 672 ratings

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Garrett Leigh

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Bonus Material available for all books on Garrett's Patreon account. Includes short stories from Misfits, Slide, Strays, What Remains, Dream, and much more. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/garrettleigh

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Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer, cover artist, and book designer. Her debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards, and was again a finalist in 2017 with Rented Heart.

In 2017, she won the EPIC award in contemporary romance with her military novel, Between Ghosts, and the contemporary romance category in the Bisexual Book Awards with her novel What Remains.

When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.

Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with photographer Dan Burgess.

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Customers enjoy this romance novel for its drama and fast-paced narrative, with one review highlighting its interesting backstories. The book features well-developed characters that grow throughout the story, and customers appreciate its gritty writing style. Moreover, they find the book emotionally engaging with enough angst to keep readers invested, and one review notes how the sex scenes are balanced with mental content. Additionally, customers value the book's learning opportunities about ME representation.

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13 customers mention "Story quality"13 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, with its great plot and amazing narrative, and one customer notes how it turns dark topics into sweet stories.

"This was a really good story filled with drama and some angst!!! I loved the flow of the storyline! Can't wait to read the rest of the series!!!" Read more

"...This one was a tender loving story, but don't be fooled.. it also had quite a lot of kinky sex sprinkled in (mostly at the start)...." Read more

"...I enjoyed the characters, found their backstories incredibly interesting, and was looking forward to seeing how their time together would play out...." Read more

"DREAM is a gritty, erotic, fast-paced romance about the everyday struggles people go through and the realistic yet once-in-lifetime kind of love..." Read more

9 customers mention "Angst level"9 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's emotional content, describing it as a sweet story with enough angst to keep readers engaged.

"This was a really good story filled with drama and some angst!!! I loved the flow of the storyline! Can't wait to read the rest of the series!!!" Read more

"...This sweet story had me from page one all the way to the end and left me one clicking the rest of the series." Read more

"...There’s certainly a good amount of angst, both between characters and with things the men are facing individually, but Dream felt less weighty and..." Read more

"...It’s angsty without being over the top. The story takes precedence over the erotica, but there’s enough sex - and it’s hot enough! -..." Read more

8 customers mention "Readability"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and enjoyable, with one mentioning the likable main characters.

"...The story is told from both the MCs POV which was perfect in this one. We needed to understand them both and I gotta say it wasn't easy...." Read more

"...Good storytelling, likable MCs, interesting premise. A learning opportunity about ME, which I did not know about...." Read more

"There is a lot great about this novel, so much that even though I give it four stars because where Leigh skips ahead - though understandable -..." Read more

"...It's not a completely shiny happy story but it's a good read for me, nonetheless." Read more

7 customers mention "Writing style"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as gritty.

"I can’t get enough of Garrett Leigh’s wonderfully crafted guys and their love stories...." Read more

"DREAM is a gritty, erotic, fast-paced romance about the everyday struggles people go through and the realistic yet once-in-lifetime kind of love..." Read more

"...A wonderfully written story with a great plot and characters who will stay with you long after you've read the last page." Read more

"...Another gritty, emotional, sexy read by Ms. Leigh...I simply fell in love with Angelo and Dylan...." Read more

6 customers mention "Character development"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, with one noting how the characters evolve throughout the story.

"...I enjoyed the characters, found their backstories incredibly interesting, and was looking forward to seeing how their time together would play out...." Read more

"...As usual, her characters and their development are top-notch, as is the plot. It’s angsty without being over the top...." Read more

"Love Garrett Leigh! They create such fascinating and memorable characters with so much heart and depth...." Read more

"...A wonderfully written story with a great plot and characters who will stay with you long after you've read the last page." Read more

6 customers mention "Sex scenes"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romantic scenes in the book, with one customer particularly appreciating the club scenes.

"...I liked how the sex scenes balanced out the mental, physical, and emotional distress the characters experience as they navigate their relationship,..." Read more

"...The story takes precedence over the erotica, but there’s enough sex - and it’s hot enough! - to please the casual reader." Read more

"...Another gritty, emotional, sexy read by Ms. Leigh...I simply fell in love with Angelo and Dylan...." Read more

"...I loved the club sex—it was super hot and appreciated the slow to grow tenderness outside the sex club that their relationship took on...." Read more

5 customers mention "Heat level"5 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the heat level of the book.

"...it down with a story that brings 2 good men together with some serious spicy heat and enough angst to keep you in your feels...." Read more

"...takes precedence over the erotica, but there’s enough sex - and it’s hot enough! - to please the casual reader." Read more

"...I loved the club sex—it was super hot and appreciated the slow to grow tenderness outside the sex club that their relationship took on...." Read more

"Emotional but hot!..." Read more

4 customers mention "Learning opportunity"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book offers a learning opportunity about personal growth, with one customer noting it discusses real issues.

"...Good storytelling, likable MCs, interesting premise. A learning opportunity about ME, which I did not know about...." Read more

"...I enjoy the way she discusses real issues like Angelo’s chronic fatigue syndrome or the illegal Fox hunting in her book Cash while still writing a..." Read more

"Love Garrett Leigh! They create such fascinating and memorable characters with so much heart and depth...." Read more

"...It was also cool to learn about ME, because I'd honestly never heard of it before. I love books that I learn something in." Read more

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  • Katie
    5.0 out of 5 stars 😍😍😍😍
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2025
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    This was a really good story filled with drama and some angst!!! I loved the flow of the storyline! Can't wait to read the rest of the series!!!
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  • UltraMeital
    4.0 out of 5 stars Give it a go! Quite unique in what it deal with! Also be advised there's a mild kinky side to it (mostly in the beginning)
    Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018
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    This book was NOT an easy read. Like most of Garrett's books, it's the kind to break your heart to too many pieces before it is reassembled back together. Yet there is always a sort of hope because we KNOW Garrett will bring us a HEA even if it will takes us a while to get there.

    The story is told from both the MCs POV which was perfect in this one. We needed to understand them both and I gotta say it wasn't easy. We've technically met Dylan Hart before in Garrett's only MF novel "What Matters" (written as Gracie Leigh). His relationship with his best friend Sam turns to be more than he can handle now that he realizes he can never get more than a threesome with him and his girlfriend Eddie. Thing is, Eddie and Sam are soulmates and he feels like an intruder, nothing more. Not knowing how to deal he shuts both of them off and goes to a kinky sex club to blow some steam.

    Angelo Giordano life couldn't be more miserable. He used to be a successful dancer but after being diagnosed with an illness he finds himself back home, barely able to get up off bed in the morning yet needing to do it so he can run his father's failed coffee house. His debts are all over the place and his mother refuses to sell the place which only piles more debts. Everything is closing in on him and with his body failing him again and again he can't see any future. His only escape is a kinky sex club he used to work in before he left for the states for his dancing career.

    Dylan and Angelo meet in discrete room. One that suppose to be safe enough to be who you want to be without having the consequences of meeting the other person ever again.. yet something happen in their first encounter and when they accidently meet in Dylan's work things get confusing fast. Angelo behaved like a dick, but Dylan is genuinely intrigued by the guy, enough to try and pursue him. Yet Angelo has enough on his plate, besides a bit of sex as his other alter-ego "Angel" he isn't ready to reveal his secrets to anyone. Even his family doesn't know anything about his current medical situation.

    Dylan offers Angelo a friendship and through it, somehow Angelo confesses. It's not easy for Dylan to learn everything that Angelo is dealing with but he truly wants to pursue a relationship with him even if they started off with mostly a physical relationship, playing games at the club where they can be whomever they want to be. But little by little things change for both of them and so decisions needs to be made.

    What I really enjoyed though was even though you'd expect Angelo to be the more "needy" one because of his situation, Angelo proved that he sees Dylan enough to take care of him as well and not just fall into the role of 'the one in need'. For me, it was really important seeing how much EACH of them impacted the other's lives. They both changed and grew through falling in love with one another.

    This one was a tender loving story, but don't be fooled.. it also had quite a lot of kinky sex sprinkled in (mostly at the start). Really enjoyed this one. Yet something was missing for me. At the moment I haven't a clue what it was. But it left me at times too impatient. One last thing I want to add, I've read Angelo's "diagnosis" on Garrett's facebook group and actually I wish I hadn't. It would have given a different sense to the story learning it all as Dylan did, which is why I haven't written a word about what Angelo is dealing with.

    You should try this one, it's quite unique not only in what Angelo is dealing with but also the way their relationship was building somehow backwards.

    Tags: Contemporary MM Romance

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  • Sweet Reads and Treats - Mere
    5.0 out of 5 stars Being vulnerable doesn't make you weak
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022
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    I can’t get enough of Garrett Leigh’s wonderfully crafted guys and their love stories. She takes such care in the details of giving her characters real-world struggles and finding just who they need to take a little weight of the world off their shoulders. This book won’t let you put it down with a story that brings 2 good men together with some serious spicy heat and enough angst to keep you in your feels.

    Dylan has just left the FOB relationship he was in with his two best friends and is feeling very lonely. His job is taxing and he just needs some release. He escapes to a sex club for the night and he has a night that he can’t get off his mind. At his job as a financial advisor in walks in the anonymous man he can’t forget from the club, and before they realize it the walls that have been closing in on them both fall away. Angelo is drowning in debt, obligation to his family, a life he can’t escape, and a disease that is crippling him. Dylan might be just what he needs, and Angelo might be the man Dylan needs to love.

    Angelo and Dylan both stole my heart right along with each other’s. I loved the care and patience Dylan had for Angelo, who has all the stereotypical fire of an Italian man. Very rarely is falling in love easy, and I loved how their story took some twists and turns to get there with real world problems and a major kick in the pants for Angelo to realize what he wants and that being vulnerable doesn't make you weak. This sweet story had me from page one all the way to the end and left me one clicking the rest of the series.
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  • AbbraCadabra
    3.0 out of 5 stars Real world issues
    Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
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    Dylan just left a 3-way relationship with his bff, Sam, and his GF, Eddie. Dylan is in love with Sam, but Sam is really much more towards the “straight” end of the spectrum than the “bi” or “gay” side.
    Dylan & Angelo happen to meet in an….unusual setting and then meet again in a very unexpected setting when Angelo is trying to get help. He & Dylan eventually form a friendship which quickly evolves into a relationship with real feelings, despite Angelo having some serious health issues which have turned his life upside down. Those issues, on top of the dire financial crises his family are in have left him in a nasty cycle.

    Dylan works way too much & takes on way too much responsibility. He has to learn how to refocus some of that anxious energy and Angelo and he learn to rely on each other.
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  • Mandy Tunstill
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great recommend
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2019
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    First time with this author Realy enjoyed this one about Dylan and Angel great chemistry between them loved how they met and how got together not saying much about book don't want to spoil it
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  • grs
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading
    Reviewed in Germany on May 1, 2018
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    Tough but full of compassion, not easy to read but worthwile, great main characters and strictly in the here and now, no fantasy billionaire around.
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  • Luka
    4.0 out of 5 stars Storia ben scritta e personaggi che rimangono dentro a lungo
    Reviewed in Italy on April 29, 2018
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    Questo è il terzo racconto di Garrett Leigh che leggo ed è quello che mi è piaciuto di più. Ben scritto, personaggi ben caratterizzati e storia originale e ben studiata. Niente drammi eccessivi ma si arriva bene fino alla fine senza annoiarsi. Sicuramente un ottimo inizio per chi non conosce l'autore.
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  • Helen George
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but I wanted more
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2018
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    While I really enjoyed this story and the couple, I felt like there was something missing with their relationship. I needed more for their connection and with regards to their intimacy and relationship; it built up nicely yet I was left still feeling a little bit unsatisfied.

    Also, I felt the mother's arc wasn't handled well. She did a sudden three-sixty with zero explanation and then all was forgiven and forgotten? I wish her arc could have been tied up more tightly.

    All in all, an enjoyable read.
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  • Le-Jana
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best.
    Reviewed in Australia on May 3, 2021
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    This book didn’t resonate with me like Kiss Me Again did. I found the book edgy. Twitchy-edgy, not dark-edgy and I couldn’t find any calm after reading it. Maybe I was feeling Dylan’s vibes, it seems he suffers from hyperactivity and along with Angelo’s ME condition, it’s amazing that they ‘clicked’.

    Perhaps it’s Dylan’s hyperactive manner that made him unable to understand Angelo’s illness and I felt that he was more focused on himself. I was annoyed by the way Dylan behaved when Angelo hadn’t replied to Dylan’s texts and phone calls after Angelo had the altercation with his uncle and symptoms of his illness kicked in. Surely Dylan must have understood that with all that Angelo was going through, there was the possibility that something was wrong.

    Another thing that I had difficulty with was Angelo’s character. He was a ballet dancer before he became ill but there seemed to be nothing in his character portrayal that gave any hint to his past, no lingering loss for the dance or performing to crowds, or even mourning the loss of how his body once gave him joy. I understand that he seems to have closed the door to all of that in order not to dwell on the past and that his illness is all he has now, but having him, even fleetingly, recalling his life when he was healthy and doing something he must have loved, would have given a nice insight to his character. But then, neither of them talk much to each other and I think that’s why I was unable to get a feel for them or to really get to know them.

    I also had a problem with the way they speak; throwing odd cockney word around like they both come from the East end of London. It didn’t ring true to me and I felt the words were thrown in just for effect.

    I know that that is the arc, Angelo’s illness, the miscommunications, the struggle and then the hallelujah moments for both of them, but it was just so hard to get to the Happy.

    3 Stars.
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