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4.5 stars
Claire Thompson’s book are either a hit or miss with me. Not to say she isn’t a great writer, because she is. She has a tendency to write very erotic novels, while of course I love. BUT, in some of her books, I don’t feel that the characters have an emotional connection between them. The heroes are always very sexy and the writing is sexually explicit, but I always prefer my heroes to have an emotional bond, also. In Handyman, I think she did an awesome job with the heroes having both ...more
Claire Thompson’s book are either a hit or miss with me. Not to say she isn’t a great writer, because she is. She has a tendency to write very erotic novels, while of course I love. BUT, in some of her books, I don’t feel that the characters have an emotional connection between them. The heroes are always very sexy and the writing is sexually explicit, but I always prefer my heroes to have an emotional bond, also. In Handyman, I think she did an awesome job with the heroes having both ...more
Will Spencer is a slick business man from New York who likes to live from hook-up to hook-up surviving on sex and coffee to keep him going. He decides to take a sabbatical after his boss has a heart attack so he doesn't end up the same way. Jack Crawford is a handyman and widower. His wife passed away 2 years ago after 24 years of marriage and raising 2 sons. Will has bought a house in Westchester that needs a good deal of fixing up. He hires Jack, who in general prefers to remain on a professio
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I re-read via audio and bought it because I remember really enjoying it but then looked at my old review and I only gave it three stars. I'm not sure why. It was a sold four star read. I really liked how the relationship developed between these guys and they felt like grown-ups. The narration was good though sometimes he sounded a bit like a tv announcer rather than a story teller, if that makes any sense. :-/
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I enjoyed every inch of this story. It was a lovely unravelling of Jack's sexuality, coupled with Will's burgeoning love. Jack was a sweetheart from every angle and I could see why Will wanted him. A definite reread for me :)
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May 15, 2009
Kate Roman
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2010
Lee
marked it as unsorted
Apr 28, 2010
Faifully
marked it as to-read
Aug 21, 2010
Dee
marked it as mm-wishlist
May 15, 2011
Cindy (eclecticfirefly)
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
erotica-contemporary,
erotica-m-m
Apr 22, 2012
D.G.
marked it as dnf
