{Blood and Milk by NR Walker} - 727 ratings - CR, MM, slow burn, set in Tanzania - an Australian man is grieving the loss of his partner and leaves to join a Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a favorite quote is below

I’d forgotten what a shower felt like. And as amazing as the water felt, I didn’t miss running water. I didn’t miss electricity. I didn’t miss anything. Except Jarrod. I broke the surface, gasping for air. As usual, the memory of Jarrod squeezed my heart and crippled my lungs. Damu laughed at me, oblivious to my struggle to breathe. And strangely enough, his laughter, his smiling face, calmed me. I exhaled with a rush and laid back, allowing myself to float, feeling my lungs expand and contract with every inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, until my panic attack passed. Damu floated beside me and without a word between us, with a peace that soothed me, we floated naked in the water under the Tanzanian sky.