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This series is never disappointing and the writing is always stellar. Ethan has lived in Peabody, California, population 339, all his life. Michael is mysterious, scarred and not from Peabody. Ethan can't stop drooling over him. Chance is of course around, offering his sage advise, and subtle matchmaking skills all wrapped up in chocolate.
There wasn't really a mystery in this story, although the writing caused suspicion anyway. Like the last book, I do wish me had one more actual scene with the ...more
There wasn't really a mystery in this story, although the writing caused suspicion anyway. Like the last book, I do wish me had one more actual scene with the ...more
Jun 14, 2012
Elisa Rolle
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Nice and sweet, this novella is also unexpectedly “innocent”; Ethan has lived all his life in a less than 500 people small town and he believes he is the only gay man among them. Not the ideal situation if you want to have a boyfriend, and so twenty something Ethan is pure like the day mum did him, and he tends to fantasize like a teenager girl on “boys”. Ethan’s latest crush is Michael, the owner of the dojo two doors after Ethan’s coffee bookstore, a former soldier who arrived in town six week
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4.5, actually.
I love how these books take place just anywhere and everywhere, in this case a little bitty town just off the interstate.
I liked the main character, Ethan, and his moments of embarrassment and recovery, as well as his thought processes and inability to read people very well. Seeing Michael with Ethan's eyes and hopes was heart-achingly wonderful.
Josh Lanyon kept the tension up throughout the story - I felt like I was never really sure of anyone and what they might be hiding. Thi ...more
I love how these books take place just anywhere and everywhere, in this case a little bitty town just off the interstate.
I liked the main character, Ethan, and his moments of embarrassment and recovery, as well as his thought processes and inability to read people very well. Seeing Michael with Ethan's eyes and hopes was heart-achingly wonderful.
Josh Lanyon kept the tension up throughout the story - I felt like I was never really sure of anyone and what they might be hiding. Thi ...more
1st. Read:11/8-9/10
Feb 02, 2013
Caroline
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Christie Speich
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