The Forbidden Equation

Love Equations

By: J.R. Gray

Narrated by: Alexander Amado

My father’s the president and my brother’s the golden boy, which leaves me the black sheep; the son who never wanted to be here at all.

The white house is my gilded cage, and the secret service are my prison guards. I'm nearly twenty and nothing about my life is normal.

The only thing giving me life and any motivation to get out of bed is the way he looks at me. The stolen glances across the West Wing. Heated gazes in the private dining room.

He's my father's best friend, which isn't even the worst part, he's also the vice president. Utterly off limits and I can't bring myself to care. Can't bring myself to stop encouraging his flirting, dreaming, and hoping he won't be able to resist me forever.

©2022 J.R. Gray (P)2023 Podium Audio

Really a great book

This was a fun romance to read but it also had statements to make. I loved the struggles Matt had with his very public life and his need for a private one and the well written dialogues about depression

Loved it!

J.R. Gray killed this book, and the narrator is my new favorite.
I went into this book knowing that I was going to love it because I had already read it.
But hearing a male voice instead of my female voice really brought this book from a 4-star to a 5 🌟.
This whole series was absolutely fantastic!

Age Gap (20 years)
Father's Best Friend
Vice president/ college student

Check this book out. You can read it as a standalone, but you meet MC1 brother in the first book, Friendship Equation. Trust me, the whole series is 🔥

Loved it

This was the best of the three books. I felt a lot more details and slow building of the romance made it explode. Very good book. This one will be in my top favorites. This narrator is awesome. He’s fantastic. It’s about time new voices were coming out. I’ve grown very tired of the same top 5-8 narrators that ruin books for me. Alexander Amado was FANTASTIC. I hope he becomes a regular voice in a lot of lgbtq books. I could listen to him all day…. Oops I have. Good job on this book guys. So worth the money.

Great story

Loved their dynamic. Only complaint was lack of ending between Liam and his father. Wish there was more between him and his brother as well.

The confusing title of the book

I thought this was about something like between a couple within the same family e.g. stepsons, stepson- stepfather, son- nephew. At the end I finally saw what was forbidden - father’s son with father’s best friend, Age differences as in a twenty year difference is no longer uncommon, we see prevalent examples of sugar daddies and 18 year olds. Why not a story about a teenager or a 17 y/o with an older man. Anyway I believe that the young guy in the story was way advanced in age as he fell for an older bro who was 20 years older than the 17 y/o not because of money or position or suffers from a hang-up with a father’s image. The young guy has persistence and was able to attract the older dude with flirtatious queries. The older dude being a lawyer was not a dumb target and because the older guy’s took the bait not realizing he will fall in love towards the end. Persistence triumph in the end. Kudos to the generation Z.