I really enjoyed this! Both characters were endearing, and I liked seeing their relationship blossom. My one wish was that the books in the series connected a bit more, but they're still really good.

The “Out of Uniform” series earned ridiculously high scores from me, and this book, just like the previous installments, definitely secured its spot on my recommended section. The author is getting better and better over time and Bacon and Spencer’s story is solid evidence for that. I could say even now, that Apollo is my favorite daddy figure in this series. But Bacon’s character is winning my heart as well.

Another age-gap. My my. Though the author didn’t give much emphasis on that matter, I can nonetheless feel Spencer’s ‘daddy effect’ on Bacon. Also, no kids like the last book, but it still feels crowded.

I love how straight-to-point the main characters are about their attractions. And even if they are acting impulsively, they try to think about consequences.

I guess it’s safe to say that everything happened in due course, and that was in spite of the undeniable attraction that tortured Bacon and Spencer from the first day they met.

I was a bit disappointed to see Spencer dismissed from Bacon’s team after a terrorist encounter. I was expecting to see a journalist in action out on the field and I wasn’t prepared when he was sent home. But when the author took that opportunity to flood me with amazing sex, my disappointment quickly evaporated in the steamy passion. Meh! I can learn about journalism elsewhere. But the crazy bed scenes between Bacon and Spencer? I could find that right here, and here only.

I knew that Bacon’s story would be entertaining. When he appeared in the previous (especially his appearance in Mark’s story) installments, I knew he had an interesting past to know about. And Annabeth Albert did not disappoint. Bacon, indeed, was once a weird teenager with an entirely different dream. Oh. And he has a beautiful first name too! Haha. What a great way to brighten my life, Miss Albert.

I love how texting played a part on this romance. It’s practical.

Though the conflict is not so explosive, it is still a riveting conflict!

Bacon and Spencer may have pounded Spencer’s mattress like a storm, but I love the ‘one-step-at-a-time’ they’ve implemented on the more serious detail of their relationship. How they talked about the problem that resulted from Spencer’s book is oh-my-so serious and heartwarming at the same time.

The story ended nicely with an attempt to ring the bell.

Highly recommended.

Yes, brothers and sisters. It is another SEAL falling in love. But this one’s cuter.

I adore Annabeth Albert's books and Out of Uniform is one of the best military m/m series out there. Bacon and Spencer may be my favorite men in the series yet! It did take me longer than usual to get into the book but the pace got better with each chapter. Solid 3.5 stars.

Annabeth Albert keeps the magic going with Tight Quarters, the latest in her Out of Uniform series!

I adore Annabeth Albert and everything that she does, so it's really no surprise that I enjoyed the sixth book in her consistently stellar series.

What this author does SO right for me is get the perfect mix of desire, angst, heat, and longing with her queer military men, and this book was no different. I LOVED the pansexual Bacon and his painful backstory and his chemistry with the older, distinguished former dancer-turned-journalist, Spenser.

I loved that the angst never felt manufactured, but it was there never-the-less. These guys don't get a simple HEA- they have to fight for it. I was rooting for these men, especially in the second half of the story when I really became emotionally invested.

Also... I mean, I couldn't get an emo-muscled Bacon out of my head. Eyeliner and tight jeans... dreamy sigh.

While Tight Quarters isn't my favorite of this amazing series, I would still read it every day and twice on Sundays. Annabeth Albert never lets me down.

*Copy provided in exchange for an honest review*

This book was well written and very fun to read. The characters were great and I enjoyed the world building. The author does a great job at introducing the characters and moving the plot along. There were a few things that I didn't like, but it wasn't enough to really sway me one way or the other. It's definitely a story that I can get lost in and both feel for the characters. It is definitely a go-to novel that I highly recommend to anyone who loves a great read. Definitely a highly recommended read that I think everyone will enjoy.

A SEAL and a sharpshooter, Bacon (just Bacon), because of a minor injury is forced to play babysitter to journalist Spencer Bryant who has been embedded in the team.. Bacon knows who Spenser is because of his books. He's in his forties, grey, gay, very hot and quite a bit older.

The attraction they feel just bubbling beneath the surface can be ignored, will be ignored. Spencer slips right into the teams training, proving that he won't be a dangerous hindrance. The mission doesn't go as planned and they have to depend on each other to get to safety. That pesky attraction getting closer and closer to the surface. Because the mission went south and there were injuries, Spencer's access is cancelled.

The men know that an attempt to have a “not” relationship can get them both in trouble but they want each other to much to fight. What follows is two men falling in love without even trying. The sex is spectacular, leading into a real relationship.

Spencer's job intervenes, forcing them apart. Both broken-hearted. Not seeing a way to make it work.

This was another good book in the series. Some angst, nice sexy times, and another set of likable heroes.

I stopped reading after 50%, and getting there was a struggle. I'm sorry, but this simply didn't manage to hold my interest. Looking back, I found that I've always liked the idea of this series a lot better than the books themselves in the end, and after struggling with this one and the one before I have to be honest with myself and just stop trying and giving it another chance to convince me.

After reading Squared Away a few month ago, I was really excited to see another book in the series from Annabeth Albert!

I loved reading about Spencer and Bacon (or Del) in Tight Quarters and I felt like their story was realistic and relatable. Granted, I've never been in the military nor have I ever been a reporter. I really enjoyed that we dived right into the action, which I'm assuming is because it's a sort of already long series that someone should know that there's a lot of history between most of the men. I've only read this and Squared Away, but I still feel like I know these guys and that's hard to do when you don't read every book in a series. Bacon was sweet and kind but also determined to be a good soldier. Spencer was funny and sophisticated, and I could see why both of them fell for each other.

At first I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to like this book, but really how could you not love Bacon. For me it seemed as if the book started off relatively slow.
We met Bacon ( and finally learn his real name, and as much as I would like to reveal it, you should just read the book lol) and he's not a happy camper about having to babysit journalist Bryant Spencer. Not sure if it's because of Spencer's job or because of how attracted he is towards him. But as the story continues and they give into the attraction towards one another, these two have major chemistry both in the bedroom and out. Although Spencer gets on my bad side, he definitely redeems himself.

I absolutely love this series and am excited for the next book.

Bit of a slow start but doesn’t take long for the story to pick up. I liked that while Del and Spencer know they’ve got chemistry, they wait until they’re out of danger before pursuing a relationship

I have loved Annabeth Albert's Out of Uniform series so when this came up here I requested it hard. I was really excited to read it, but I was left a little disappointed. I adored the characters and I liked the overall plot, but there's a fight between the characters, you know the trope, towards the end where they fight, break up, and make up and I just did not find that fight believable at all. And it's an easy fix! They fight because Spencer, the journalist, is writing a book about how the military fails veterans, especially those in Special Forces, like Bacon the love interest. Bacon should want this book to be written, and in the story he quickly comes back around to wanting the book to be written. The fight could easily, and should have been, about how Spencer didn't talk to Bacon about the book and how he expected Bacon to break up with him over it, essentially telling Bacon, when he tells him about the book, that. So the fight should have been about how Spencer didn't trust or communicate with Bacon rather than the book existing in general. And Albert does twist the argument after the fact as the story goes on to be about that instead but I was just annoyed with the book by that part. There is nothing leading up to the fight to imply that Bacon would react like he does in story to that book being written. It just felt out of place and like the author needed to shoehorn in a fight. It really brought the entire book down for me.

I just love a series about men in uniform. Such a turn on. If you haven’t started this series you must. At first I was a little apprehensive from book 1 blurb but man since I started reading I haven’t looked back.

Bacon's SEAL team is still struggling to get into a new dynamic after their explosive technician and their XO are leaving almost at the same time to pursue life in private sector. Now a reporter is embedded with their team, and Bacon is stuck with babysitting duty. If only Spencer Bryant doesn't get under his skin...

Tight Quarters is book 6 in Annabeth Albert's Out of Uniform series. I honestly have stopped trying to remember how the characters are connected to the other couples in the previous books *laugh*. Apparently, Bacon is friend with Lowe (who is one of the main characters in Wheels Up).

Anyway, I loved the relationship building phase of this book. Add with the fact that Spencer is a SILVER FOX (hubba, hubba) and there's fifteen years age-gap between him and Bacon, those are two of my favorite things as well.

I loved that Bacon and Spencer don't immediately acted on their attraction. Sure, there's the problem of Spencer being a reporter, and Bacon doesn't want to slip some bad information about his team by mistake... but I feel that these two respect one another as well. I loved when they are talking about themselves, about their friends, heck, even about their teenage emo-stage which resulted in tattoos ^^. They have chemistry, they are connected, and it's obvious.

Plus, Spencer WINS in taking care of his SEAL boy department... the way he cooks for Bacon, the way Spencer makes sure that Bacon can let go when he feels down after his mission. I loved that Spencer has his own name for Bacon (it's Del) and how Bacon feels that yes, he can be just Spencer's Del, when they are together. Be still my heart!

The near-end conflict between them is believable for me; when one of the couples is a reporter whose topic of the next book MAY portray SEAL in a not so-positive way, while the other is a member of a SEAL team who plans to be a lifer. The working compromise is satisfying.

So yep, this one is good *thumbs up*

This was going to be my first M/M romance and first book by this author. After reading the synopsis, when I came across it for the first time, and then when I got granted an e-arc of this book, I was so excited to start reading it.

I haven't read the prior 5 books in the series yet and in hindsight, I don't feel like I missed out on things because of that, thankfully. I DO plan on reading the prior 5 books because I really really liked 'Tight Quarters'.

The characters were interesting, well developed and a joy to read about. I love reading about military man, in whatever 'form' they come- seal, navy, marine, veteran, etc - and I really liked 'Bacon's character a Lot, right from the start. He comes across this rough-edged Seal, but at the same time he's so much more on the inside, in the best ways possible. Then there's the counterpart, our other main character, Spencer Bryant, a journalist who gets a chance to accompany this group of SEALs on their upcoming adventures. Journalists clash with the military environment a lot, so the group of SEALs isn't particularly happy with Spencer joining them. And unfortunatley for Bacon, since he was injured recently, he gets the 'babysitter' job. Bacon thinks Spencer is only going to be a hindrance to his team, but he's being surprised a lot when he finds out Spencer is so much more then the 'typical' journalist. Both fighting their growing attraction and fondness towards another when they get to know each other better, in this homophobic military environment, was so incredibly well written I think. To me, Bacon was definitely the more interesting of the two, but I liked Spencer okay though as a counterpart to Bacon.

The romance was steamy, sexy and just really well developed. It felt real and believable. I loved reading this M/M romance in this particular setting. I loved how the romance was developing with one of the characters being a part of a SEAL group and him struggling with this homophobic environment for a while now and struggling to 'come out'. It made me feel even more for this particular character because of the way he's struggling with this all.

I liked the story-line but it didn't had me emotionally hooked as in me feeling really intense emotions that would've made me rate this book with 5 stars, hence the 4-star rating. I felt connected to this story, these characters and their struggles regarding the romance development and the 'environment' around them they're fighting at the same time, but it sometimes felt a bit over-dramatic. some drama was a bit unneccessary maybe?

It was entertaining right from the start and there wasn't a dull moment for me, so that's always a good thing haha. There was action, a great, sexy and enticing romance, great character developing, an entertaining story-line and great writing. So there's really nothing left for me to say except; this a book definitely worth reading. A book I definitely recommend to any romance reader out there and especially if you're into M/M romance. This was my first encounter with a M/M romance and I can't wait to read more of it!

I haven't read any of the previous books in this series but that didn't spoil my enjoyment here so this can be read as,a standalone.The characters from previous books (I'm guessing) fit perfectly into the story.


Spencer Bryant is a successful journalist and is lucky enough to get himself embedded with a Naval Seal Team.He is the ultimate professional and the last thing he's expecting is any kind of involvement with anyone but he hadn't bargained on temptation to be put in his way in the form of a hot as hell ace sharpshooter...


Del Bacon is used to being on the front line,something he lives for but a minor injury finds him having to take a step back and he's definitely not happy about having to look out for a journalist...

This one didn't exactly grab me but overall it was enjoyable,

-there's no denying the attraction between the two men,the pacing of their relationship was just right.

-the sex scenes are not overly descriptive but they didn't need to be here and they just worked for me.Sometimes a book can be very sexy without pages and pages of long drawn out scenes and I think the reason this worked for me was because the men had a believable chemistry.

-it took me a while to warm to Spencer but I absolutely loved Bacon and he's one of the reasons for my enjoyment here.

-a bit of drama,which I could totally see coming unfortunately.

Conclusion: I would recommend it,especially for fans of this series.

oh wow! guys, this one was so so good! First of all, give me hot Navy Seals any day of the week and I'm going to read that book! But Annabeth Albert has a knack for writing them really, REALLY well! And with Bacon and Spencer, be still my heart. They were perfection! This was a wonderful installment to this series and I CANNOT wait for the next book111

It never ceases to amaze me how Annabeth Albert can create unique and interesting characters, both physically and in personality, add them to different situations within the world of SEAL teams, and then create completely new romance and sex scenes, and a combo thereof. Add to that the fact that the situations frequently include at least one dangerous SEAL team mission, and it’s impossible to put the story down once I start reading.

In this installment of the Out of Uniform series, Bacon, whom we met in Squared Away, is assigned to be the liaison to an embedded reporter, award-winning journalist Spencer Bryant. That puts the sharpshooter on the beta team and leaves him virtually babysitting during the mission, unable to use his skills to help his teammates. Add to that the fact that the Navy brass have never allowed a reporter to be embedded with a SEAL team so they are breathing down the team’s proverbial neck to make sure all is perfect. Bacon’s neck, in particular, is on the chopping block even before the worst case scenario becomes reality.

That disaster results in Spencer being booted from the assignment and sent home. The two were slowly becoming friends and when he was sent off base, that should have been the end of their contact and both men knew it. But there’s just something about the other that each has a need to know more about, and the men end up spending a weekend in bed, which, of course, doesn’t end there. The author has given us two highly personable, intelligent, courageous men who both deserve to live a settled life with a partner who respects and understands them and their life’s work. And did I mention one is a silver fox and the other a muscular, very fit SEAL?

Though it’s difficult to achieve, Bacon wants to work toward a long-term relationship, but when Spencer’s latest project is announced, it doesn’t look like these guys will find their way to their HEA. Can they overcome the obstacles? Well, of course, Annabeth Albert is not going to make us go away angry, but watching the men’s struggles and cheering them on is one major nail-biting experince.

One other thing—even though there is some mention of past characters, this actually could be read as a standalone. The action is thrilling, the characters well-developed and interesting, the sex is hot, and the romance is tender and loving. I highly recommend this book to all MM romance lovers.

More #outofuniform yumminess! Gimme some more of that Bacon!

I’ve been waiting for Bacon to get his own story and it did not disappoint. Journalist Spencer Bryant is approved to embed with Bacons SEAL team. He wants to write a story he feels passionalty about in memelry if a friend. He feels like he needs this opportunity to make that dream a reality. The mutual attraction cackles and summers in the pages between these two and when it was finally time to combust it was oh so good!

The perfect yin and yang for one another we watch them battle advancing their careers and establishing a relationship. This book taught me about a community of people I didn’t know existed— pan — and I feel like Annabeth always does an authentic job portraying different individual lifestyles.

I’m already ready for more out of uniform men, bring them on!

Annabeth Albert gets better with every book she writes! "Tight Quarters" gave us more sexy SEALS, more feels, and kept it more real than ever. Bacon and Spencer just might be my favorite couple yet. 5/5 stars.

4 stars

Synopsis: Bacon and his SEAL team are learning to work together after they get a couple of new members. The tension is upped a notch or two when a reporter is embedded with the team. Bacon, not being fully functional, is tasked with making sure the reporter doesn't come to any harm on their mission. Bacon is pan, and only one person on the team knows it, so his tension is increased by the fact that anytime something homophobic is said, no one really stands up to it.
Spencer did a book on vets who were injured, and wants to understand more about what they go through and what the mindset is while they are prepping for missions and during a live mission, whether issues, both physical and mental, are ignored. Although Spencer thinks he knows what to expect, he doesn't expect an attraction to Bacon (he of the frustrating one name), and until things go wrong on the mission, Spencer doesn't really understand what his being on the team means for himself and for the team.
After the mission is over, Spencer and Bacon give in to their attraction, and then start building their relationship. But they have different ideas about what the military is doing to support returning vets, and what should be done, and neither is willing to give in to the other.

What I liked: how even though Bacon was closeted, he was very open to a relationship with Spencer, was even eager for it. Bacon stood up when his teammates were being homophobic, did what he was ordered to do, even though he didn't necessarily like it, and loved with his whole heart when he loved. Spencer, for all that he had been out for a long time, was more worried about what people would think if they knew how he and Bacon had met, and was more focused on his stories and his careers. He loved taking care of Bacon, and being his safe place, but that didn't seem to translate to love in his mind. At least, not at first. I liked that even though Bacon was angry with Spencer, he admitted that the story that Spencer wanted to tell did need to be told, and that he had essentially given Spencer the same "all or nothing" ultimatum that Spencer had given him. I liked that Spencer made the first move after their argument, especially since he had been more closed off than Bacon within their relationship.

What I didn't like: even though Bacon and Spencer fought hard for their happy ending, it felt a little too pat. And while their separations were a necessary thing, Bacon still being on active duty, it felt as though more story was told while they were alone than when they were together.

Overall impression: I enjoyed reading about someone who was pansexual, and who completely embraced it. There was a lot more emphasis placed on the actions and consequences of missions, rather than on the romance. It brought a different element to the story than what has been in the previous books in the series, and I enjoyed it. Told in third person POV, alternating between Bacon and Spencer.

*I received a copy through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.