Take Two by Barbara Elsborg

Two men with broken pasts. One chance to rebuild a future.

When rising film star River Lawson suffers a devastating on-set accident, his world grinds to a halt. Currently unable to communicate and drowning in frustration, he goes home to recover—pushing away everyone who tries to help. With the role of a lifetime about to slip through his fingers, River is terrified he may never reclaim the future he fought so hard for.
Newt just wants a fair shot at a normal job, but his criminal record shuts every door before he can even step through it. Until the day he intercepts a thief and saves a stranger’s phone—only to be offered a surprising opportunity; a well-paid, live-in position assisting someone who demands absolute secrecy. Just sign the NDA.
River and Newt aren’t prepared for the collision of stubbornness and vulnerability, or the unexpected connection that follows. As River battles his way back to his voice, Newt may become the one person who can hear what he can’t say—and the one he can’t afford to lose.

Warnings
Terrible behaviour by family members of both MCs, use of a homophobic slur, brief suicidal thoughts, violent behaviour by minor character, traumatic brain injury, death of a sibling due to cancer.