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Adam And Holden (2012)

by L.B. Gregg(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1426894678 (ISBN13: 9781426894671)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Carina Press

series

Men of Smithfield

review 1: Adam and Holden is a very entertaining, albeit a bit short story which tells us about Holden Worthington, a former explorer and adventurer who, after facing a public scandal and media prosecution when his hidden personality as gay erotic novel writer is found, is nowadays suffering house confinement, due to his raging agoraphobia. Entertainment comes in the form of his new gardener, Adam Morgan, a young, attractive and very shy man with a felony record. Holden tries to keep the attraction he feels for Adam at bay, fearing it will mean trouble. And trouble arrives in the form of a corpse which Adam digs up by chance in the back of Holden garden. As police investigates, and a series of uninvited guests turn up at Holden’s houses, the threats become bigger, and Holden is n... moreot only in risk of losing his heart, but also his life…I love L.B. Gregg. She does know how to write a book that is entertaining, sweet and extremely funny at the same time. This story, with its preposterous WASP characters and nosy but well-meaning relatives reminded me to some of my favourite films, such as Arsenic and Old Lace, where people are slightly crazy but are endearing nonetheless. Holden is got a lot of psychological problems, but he is an appealing character despite being a sarcastic neurotic. He is a master at using irony in his witty remarks, but this crashes into Adam inability for reading between the lines, and interpreting non-textual messages. Adam’s handicap forces Holden to express himself clearly, thus forcing him to see things he did not wanted to (such as how crippled he is because of his agoraphobia). Strangely enough, their relationship works nicely, and they form one of the sweetest and sexiest couples I’ve read about lately.This is my first book on the Men of Smithfield series, but surely will not be the last. I have this terrible tendency to begin series in the wrong order (Adam and Holden is the fourth book), but I am going to correct it this time and go for the first book in the series as soon as I can. So. Good.
review 2: A very good story.The 1st person narrator, Holden, is a 40 year old former adventurer and writer who is agoraphobic and lusts after his sexy young gardener. He lives in his family's old mansion with an austere housekeeper, his alcoholic brother (who has his wife/ex-wife in tow as well as his best buddy) and his ex-boyfriend "visiting" him. It is a animated, lively coming and going in this house and the murder mystery is smack in the middle.When Adam, the beautiful young man who tends to Holden's garden, finds a body behind the shed not only the police investigation starts - the love story also is kicked off.I liked both main characters, Adam and Holden. They were very different, both broken in their own way, but without this "oh woe is me" - no self pity, nothing OTT. Just two people with problems, history and quirks. The side characters were also an intersting bunch and really helped the story along.What I especially liked was the way Adam and Holden communicated. This and the humor made this a very enjoyable read. less

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