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Gay Romance #9
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Marry a man for money if you can… Especially if, like 34-year-old Thomas, you lost your job and boyfriend in the crash of 2008. But Mike, the young Irishman he meets on the Barcelona airport bus, his pockets taped up in fear of pickpockets, is in the same dire straits as Thomas. A few weeks later, despite their seeming made for each other, they agree to break off their relationship. But Thomas soon finds that in abandoning Mike he has also cast himself adrift - thrown himself down from a high place. Can any man or angel break his fall before he hits the ground?
241 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 3, 2014
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About the author
Anthony McDonald
68 books107 followersAnthony McDonald studied history at Durham University. He worked very briefly as a musical instrument maker and as a farm labourer before moving into the theatre, where he has worked in almost every capacity except those of Director and Electrician.
His first novel, Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet, was published in 2001 and his second, Adam, in 2003.
Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet became the first book in a Seville trilogy that also comprises Along The Stars and Woodcock Flight.
Other books include the sequel to Adam, - Blue Sky Adam - and the stand-alone adventure story, Getting Orlando.
Ivor's Ghosts, a psychological thriller, was published in April 2014.
The Dog In The Chapel, and Ralph: Diary of a Gay Teen, both appeared in 2014. Anthony is the also the author of the Gay Romance series, which comprises ten short novels.
Anthony McDonald's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic
He has also written the scripts for several Words and Music events, based around the lives and works of composers including Schubert and Brahms, which have been performed in Britain and in Portugal.
His travel writing has appeared in the Independent newspaper.
After several years of living and teaching English in France McDonald is now based based in rural East Sussex.
His first novel, Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet, was published in 2001 and his second, Adam, in 2003.
Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet became the first book in a Seville trilogy that also comprises Along The Stars and Woodcock Flight.
Other books include the sequel to Adam, - Blue Sky Adam - and the stand-alone adventure story, Getting Orlando.
Ivor's Ghosts, a psychological thriller, was published in April 2014.
The Dog In The Chapel, and Ralph: Diary of a Gay Teen, both appeared in 2014. Anthony is the also the author of the Gay Romance series, which comprises ten short novels.
Anthony McDonald's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic
He has also written the scripts for several Words and Music events, based around the lives and works of composers including Schubert and Brahms, which have been performed in Britain and in Portugal.
His travel writing has appeared in the Independent newspaper.
After several years of living and teaching English in France McDonald is now based based in rural East Sussex.
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October 16, 2021
Adventures in love and Barcelona
Magic Mike makes mischief with new friends when he blows a new job on the first day. But opportunity saves the day with a short English language school and a teaching job with benefits. It is explaining it all to his parents that is the real challenge. Yet love conquers all with the luck of the Irish and a pint of Guinness with his partner.
Magic Mike makes mischief with new friends when he blows a new job on the first day. But opportunity saves the day with a short English language school and a teaching job with benefits. It is explaining it all to his parents that is the real challenge. Yet love conquers all with the luck of the Irish and a pint of Guinness with his partner.
May 23, 2014
Anthony McDonald triumphs with this warm-hearted romance; if there are any villains in an Anthony McDonald novel, they aren't people. The baddies are invariably bad luck, difficult situation,s and tough decisions to face, usually of the heart-rending kind. What you get is a cast of loveable characters, principal and secondary. In this case thirty-something Tom and his nine-year junior, Oirish boy Mike. From an accidental meeting on an airport bus to the center of Barcelona springs a love affair which is beautifully realized: uncomplicated in itself but set about with social problems which bring the two to the brink of disaster. Enter Rolando from Argentina, sexy and wealthy and… is he the one to break the fledging lovers apart?
These three headline, but the rest of the cast also sparkle, and among them, as usual with an Anthony McDonald novel, so does the location. Somewhere about the middle of this story I felt I would burst if I didn't rush to the keyboard and book a flight to Barcelona, to experience at first-hand hills, the avenues, the Jewish quarter and breathe the Mediterranean and scents of Catalan food (especially the spring onions), dusty streets and gaze on the stunning vistas. The background, then, complements the unfolding drama all the way to the entirely satisfactory conclusion.
McDonald's long running Gay Romance series has been of a universally high quality, and Gay Romance in Barcelona may well be the best yet.
These three headline, but the rest of the cast also sparkle, and among them, as usual with an Anthony McDonald novel, so does the location. Somewhere about the middle of this story I felt I would burst if I didn't rush to the keyboard and book a flight to Barcelona, to experience at first-hand hills, the avenues, the Jewish quarter and breathe the Mediterranean and scents of Catalan food (especially the spring onions), dusty streets and gaze on the stunning vistas. The background, then, complements the unfolding drama all the way to the entirely satisfactory conclusion.
McDonald's long running Gay Romance series has been of a universally high quality, and Gay Romance in Barcelona may well be the best yet.
July 29, 2016
The whole Gay Romance series merits five stars in my opinion.
As Anthony McDonald tells the story of Mike and Tom I just wonder at the depth and development of Anthony's ability to make you fall in love with them.
Wonderfully written.
As Anthony McDonald tells the story of Mike and Tom I just wonder at the depth and development of Anthony's ability to make you fall in love with them.
Wonderfully written.
May 5, 2014
Well worth the wait. Two of the most lovable characters, Thomas and Mike, meet on a bus from the airport heading into Barcelona. Two perfect strangers with one thing in common, they are both alone in this beautiful city...........
Anthony manages to portray in his books such detail that by the end you feel as if you have lived and breathed in the very place that the story takes place. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and loved every page.
Anthony manages to portray in his books such detail that by the end you feel as if you have lived and breathed in the very place that the story takes place. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and loved every page.
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