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One and One #2
The One That Was Lost
Book Two of the “One and One” series
Elliot is a player until a traumatic evening sends him running a friend's errand to Boston, where he meets up with Jamie. Jamie's a former short-term lover, and the two get along well enough, but Elliot doesn’t want a relationship. Jamie and Elliot end up being friends who are very attracted to each other, separated by distance.
Jamie likes Elliot and thinks they could have some fun together, right up until he realizes he wants something more, but Jamie tells himself it will never work. After they spend a night making love, the intensity of which scares Elliot enough to run away, Jamie tries to put Elliot behind him. When Elliot realizes what he’s given up, he goes looking to get Jamie back, but will Jamie make it easy on him?
Elliot is a player until a traumatic evening sends him running a friend's errand to Boston, where he meets up with Jamie. Jamie's a former short-term lover, and the two get along well enough, but Elliot doesn’t want a relationship. Jamie and Elliot end up being friends who are very attracted to each other, separated by distance.
Jamie likes Elliot and thinks they could have some fun together, right up until he realizes he wants something more, but Jamie tells himself it will never work. After they spend a night making love, the intensity of which scares Elliot enough to run away, Jamie tries to put Elliot behind him. When Elliot realizes what he’s given up, he goes looking to get Jamie back, but will Jamie make it easy on him?
108 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2009
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July 27, 2009
When Jamie accompanies his friend Michael back to Wentworth he does so knowing he's giving up all chances to be with him. They've been friends for a while and while he'd love for their relationship to be more he's aware of Michael's love for his ex-roommate Jim. Sure enough Michael and Jim reconnect but Jamie is surprised when he also finds someone to connect with.
Elliot is Jim's roommate and totally not the kind of man Jamie is normally interested in. Younger, definitely hot but also a player, Elliot is more a one-night stand kind of guy and not someone looking for a relationship.
It had been too long --years, in fact --since the last time Jamie had indulged in anything casual, and regardless of what Michael had thought about Elliot's relationship with Jim, the young man was clearly a player. And Elliot knew Jamie wasn't local, he reminded himself, which meant… yeah. This was good. And it was about to get even better.
They spend three very hot nights together before Jamie heads back to Boston and his life there. Weeks later Elliot goes to Boston to pack up Michael's apartment and to find a quiet place away to deal with a recent trauma. It's at this point in the story that Jamie and Elliot start to form a real friendship and where TC Blue's solid writing and descriptive style really starts to shine.
Jamie and Elliot are both very believable and likable protagonists and along with the secondary characters held my attention throughout the book. I really liked the development of their relationship from hookup to friends and lovers to their realization that they've falling in love with each other. This well written and interesting story has a plot that is simple and enjoyable without being too predictable. The sex scenes are well written and also pretty hot.
This follow up to The One that Got Away is definitely a fun and engaging story. While it could be read as a stand alone you'd really miss out on another great story if you did. I loved both stories and highly recommend them.
Elliot is Jim's roommate and totally not the kind of man Jamie is normally interested in. Younger, definitely hot but also a player, Elliot is more a one-night stand kind of guy and not someone looking for a relationship.
It had been too long --years, in fact --since the last time Jamie had indulged in anything casual, and regardless of what Michael had thought about Elliot's relationship with Jim, the young man was clearly a player. And Elliot knew Jamie wasn't local, he reminded himself, which meant… yeah. This was good. And it was about to get even better.
They spend three very hot nights together before Jamie heads back to Boston and his life there. Weeks later Elliot goes to Boston to pack up Michael's apartment and to find a quiet place away to deal with a recent trauma. It's at this point in the story that Jamie and Elliot start to form a real friendship and where TC Blue's solid writing and descriptive style really starts to shine.
Jamie and Elliot are both very believable and likable protagonists and along with the secondary characters held my attention throughout the book. I really liked the development of their relationship from hookup to friends and lovers to their realization that they've falling in love with each other. This well written and interesting story has a plot that is simple and enjoyable without being too predictable. The sex scenes are well written and also pretty hot.
This follow up to The One that Got Away is definitely a fun and engaging story. While it could be read as a stand alone you'd really miss out on another great story if you did. I loved both stories and highly recommend them.
June 6, 2009
This is a sequel to The One That Got Away. In the beginning, I had to read the first dozen pages several times to get everyone straight. You do not have to read TOTGA first, but I would recommend it. There is backstory that this would help. I did read TOTGA but I still don't remember is clear enough that I was sorry I didn't re-read it before I read this one. It' not like it is a hardship to read TCB's work. It is well written.
Michael and Jaime arrive to meet up with Jim and Elliot per TOTGA. Jaime is seriously interested in Michael, Michael is in love with Jim. Elliot is Jims's roommate but would like to sleep with Jim. Michael and Jim have eyes only for each other so Jaime and Elliot spend the weekend consoling each other in bed.
That set up took me a while to figure out but once I did, I had a handle on things. We move away from Michael and Jim pretty quickly (the MC in TOTGA) and focus on MC's Jaime and Elliot.
Elliot and Jaime take a long way to get to the end and find the One That Was Lost but it is a very believable story and I really enjoyed watching them get to each other.
There is some misunderstanding that could be cleared up with some outright communication but then the book would have been half the pages and half the fun.
Michael and Jaime arrive to meet up with Jim and Elliot per TOTGA. Jaime is seriously interested in Michael, Michael is in love with Jim. Elliot is Jims's roommate but would like to sleep with Jim. Michael and Jim have eyes only for each other so Jaime and Elliot spend the weekend consoling each other in bed.
That set up took me a while to figure out but once I did, I had a handle on things. We move away from Michael and Jim pretty quickly (the MC in TOTGA) and focus on MC's Jaime and Elliot.
Elliot and Jaime take a long way to get to the end and find the One That Was Lost but it is a very believable story and I really enjoyed watching them get to each other.
There is some misunderstanding that could be cleared up with some outright communication but then the book would have been half the pages and half the fun.
March 3, 2017
3.5 You definitely need to read The One That Got Away to understand most of the start of this book properly.
It was so great that Jim and Michael got their acts together and got together officially - it was so frustrating to have them apart. The book was great for introducing us to a lot of the pairings to come or at least part of them. Jamie was so wonderful and understanding dealing with Elliott's distress after his run in with Linden. I was wishing Jim could meet Linden in a dark alley and smack him into next week. Books seem to make me so violent these days.
It was so great that Jim and Michael got their acts together and got together officially - it was so frustrating to have them apart. The book was great for introducing us to a lot of the pairings to come or at least part of them. Jamie was so wonderful and understanding dealing with Elliott's distress after his run in with Linden. I was wishing Jim could meet Linden in a dark alley and smack him into next week. Books seem to make me so violent these days.
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October 18, 2010
I enjoyed this one as much as the first book in the series. The characters' thoughts and feelings are conveyed very well, to the point I felt my stomach clench for the heroes. Just loved it!
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October 20, 2010It took me a while to read this second book in the “The One that…” series by T.C. Blue, so much that I have almost forgotten what the first story was about. I do remember thought that I like T.C. Blue’s characters since they are simple and ordinary men, your friends, your neightbors, your colleagues.
In the first book, Jim and Michael love and fight over Elliot, an hot 24 years old personal trainer who shared their apartment. Michael went away and then came back and he brought along Jamie, a 34 years old psychologist from Boston. Elliot and Jamie have apparently nothing in common, but they click together in a perfect way, at least for a weekend. No one of their common friends was giving them the time of a day, but when Elliot has the chance to go to Boston, Jamie is there, ready to welcome him… for another weekend or so. Their relationship continues like that, without strings attached and apparently is what both of them want: Jamie thinks Elliot is too young to wanting something serious, Elliot thinks Jamie is out of his league.
Maybe it’s true that Elliot thinks he is too young to commit, that he likes go clubbing and changing partner every night or so, but in the end I think Elliot is only protecting himself. Not giving his heart to anyone, but only his body, he is stating that he is of no one, that he can decide for his life without anyone having a word. Elliot was disowned by his family, he woke up one day finding out he lost everything and now he doesn’t want to be in that position again.
But things are with Jamie, maybe also since he is a little older, and yes, maybe since he grew up in a progressive family, with two “dads”; Jamie gives Elliot a feeling of safety and comfort, he is a mainstay in the middle of a storm. It’s also good that Jamie is open and free with his sexuality, he has no doubt; more he is sure with his feelings and this gives Elliot the most comfortable feeling of all, with Jamie Elliot will always know what to expect.
There is a lot of sex, Jamie and Elliot at first connect through sex and only after they realize that something more can develop between them; moreover I think that at first both of them are finding in each other someone with whom they can have a little vengeance, on Michael, on Jim, on all the people who believe they would be better with someone else. The good thing is that both of them are aware of that, and so there is no surprise or bad feelings between them.
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In the first book, Jim and Michael love and fight over Elliot, an hot 24 years old personal trainer who shared their apartment. Michael went away and then came back and he brought along Jamie, a 34 years old psychologist from Boston. Elliot and Jamie have apparently nothing in common, but they click together in a perfect way, at least for a weekend. No one of their common friends was giving them the time of a day, but when Elliot has the chance to go to Boston, Jamie is there, ready to welcome him… for another weekend or so. Their relationship continues like that, without strings attached and apparently is what both of them want: Jamie thinks Elliot is too young to wanting something serious, Elliot thinks Jamie is out of his league.
Maybe it’s true that Elliot thinks he is too young to commit, that he likes go clubbing and changing partner every night or so, but in the end I think Elliot is only protecting himself. Not giving his heart to anyone, but only his body, he is stating that he is of no one, that he can decide for his life without anyone having a word. Elliot was disowned by his family, he woke up one day finding out he lost everything and now he doesn’t want to be in that position again.
But things are with Jamie, maybe also since he is a little older, and yes, maybe since he grew up in a progressive family, with two “dads”; Jamie gives Elliot a feeling of safety and comfort, he is a mainstay in the middle of a storm. It’s also good that Jamie is open and free with his sexuality, he has no doubt; more he is sure with his feelings and this gives Elliot the most comfortable feeling of all, with Jamie Elliot will always know what to expect.
There is a lot of sex, Jamie and Elliot at first connect through sex and only after they realize that something more can develop between them; moreover I think that at first both of them are finding in each other someone with whom they can have a little vengeance, on Michael, on Jim, on all the people who believe they would be better with someone else. The good thing is that both of them are aware of that, and so there is no surprise or bad feelings between them.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NGBOV8/?...
November 9, 2011
In "The One That Got Away" we only saw Elliot as the kid brother of Jim's childhood friend, and a guy who Michael saw as kind of a rival for Jim's time and attention. He seemed kind of shallow and not too bright. Jamie, however, was a friend of Michael's, as well as his therapist; the guy who helped him get his shit together and figure out what he wanted and needed from a relationship, and that he needed all of that from Jim.
In "The One That Was Lost," Jamie kind of starts out thinking that same way about Elliot, but as he helps El overcome a pretty traumatic incident, and spends time with him just as a friend, Elliot becomes a little deeper and stronger (not that he wasn't, but it becomes apparent.) He's also starting to grow up. He's still living with Michael and Jim, and seeing them together, while he hates the sugar-coma, is giving him a picture of what a long-term relationship can be. And he's seeing what it's like to trust and respect the person you're with, rather than indulging in a series of no-trust, quickie encounters.
Of course they have their issues, since Jamie's quite a bit further along the growing-up scale; he's always known he wants a permanent partnership, and he manages to convince himself that Elliot can't and won't ever want the same thing. As with the previous book in the series, a lot of unhappiness would be avoided by one of the guys saying "Just think about me as a long-term relationship prospect, ok?"
In "The One That Was Lost," Jamie kind of starts out thinking that same way about Elliot, but as he helps El overcome a pretty traumatic incident, and spends time with him just as a friend, Elliot becomes a little deeper and stronger (not that he wasn't, but it becomes apparent.) He's also starting to grow up. He's still living with Michael and Jim, and seeing them together, while he hates the sugar-coma, is giving him a picture of what a long-term relationship can be. And he's seeing what it's like to trust and respect the person you're with, rather than indulging in a series of no-trust, quickie encounters.
Of course they have their issues, since Jamie's quite a bit further along the growing-up scale; he's always known he wants a permanent partnership, and he manages to convince himself that Elliot can't and won't ever want the same thing. As with the previous book in the series, a lot of unhappiness would be avoided by one of the guys saying "Just think about me as a long-term relationship prospect, ok?"
December 5, 2013
I really liked this sequel to The One that Got Away. This story builds on Jamie, Michael's psychologist and Elliot, Jim's roommate. When Jamie accompanies Michael back home to confront his love for Jim, he meets Elliot and the two share a hot weekend together. I like the way the author overlapped the two stories without getting deep into the first story.
When Elliot volunteers to go to Boston to retrieve Michael's belongings, Jamie seeks him out because of a phone call alerting him that Elliot has a problem. He helps Elliot and the two slowly develop a friendship which ultimately leads to love. The path to love is not simple, however, due to misunderstandings and to Elliot's overwhelming fears.
HEA? Yes, thankfully. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
When Elliot volunteers to go to Boston to retrieve Michael's belongings, Jamie seeks him out because of a phone call alerting him that Elliot has a problem. He helps Elliot and the two slowly develop a friendship which ultimately leads to love. The path to love is not simple, however, due to misunderstandings and to Elliot's overwhelming fears.
HEA? Yes, thankfully. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
August 31, 2010
Liked this one even better than the first. More meat ;-) to the storyline with the events in Elliot and Jamie's lives. I was happy to get to know the other characters in the story. Since the 4 books are related through characters this made me happy cause there is nothing I like more than getting to know characters and follow them through time.
I really enjoy TC's writing. It makes me laugh and sniff and smile. That's all good for me. It means I have been pulled in and am absorbed in the story,
OK off to read The One That Stayed
I really enjoy TC's writing. It makes me laugh and sniff and smile. That's all good for me. It means I have been pulled in and am absorbed in the story,
OK off to read The One That Stayed
October 27, 2012
This book I liked less than last maybe for the character by Jamie, snooty,snobby, presumptuous. While I loved Elliot for the his naivety and sympathy. But the story wrote by the author isn't ever semplice and if also the scheme is similar to other of series ,they are ever original, exciting, poignant and is really impossible not get involved. So I said little of plot but is really better to read .
December 28, 2010
I was a little rectulant to read this one because of the perception I had of Elliot with the first book.
It's took me a little time to start loving him but as the story go I was cheering for him and Jamie.
I like that the sex is less present in this one and that it's focuses more on 'learning about the other'.
It's took me a little time to start loving him but as the story go I was cheering for him and Jamie.
I like that the sex is less present in this one and that it's focuses more on 'learning about the other'.
June 30, 2010
3.5 stars
September 23, 2010
Very sweet! Elliot sure had a lot of baggage to carry around! And I thought the "Dads" were funny...if a bit annoying! LOL
March 17, 2012
3.5 stars
November 15, 2012
3.5 stars
April 25, 2013
What a shitty psychologist.
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