Title: Love Happens Anyway
Author: R.J. Scott
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Publication Date: December 6, 2017
Genre: Contemporary, MM Romance
Format: eBook, Print
Length: 156 pages
Rating: 3 Stars
synopsis
Hiring a boyfriend for Christmas; what can go wrong?
Derek is facing yet another Christmas where his life feels out of control. He has a new career that doesn’t feel like his, and parents who would just love to see him settled down. All he needs is a temporary buffer for the parties he has to attend, and for his parents to leave him alone. Enter, Luke.
Luke is twenty-thousand dollars short for the renovations on Halligans; his family’s bar in New York’s Financial District. A favor for a buddy has him agreeing to play the part of boyfriend to a guy with more money than sense.
But when the spirit of Christmas works its magic on the two men, and they begin to fall for each other, Derek runs scared, and Luke needs space.
It doesn’t matter what obstacles you throw in the way of love, or how much you run in the other direction, because, when you’re least expecting it, whether you want it or not, love happens anyway.
♦ Personal Thought ♦
This is a sweet boyfriend for hire meet love at first sight in a holiday season New York setting. The dual POVs novella is pretty straightforward and even-paced; starring two men with different background and opposite characters, Luke and Derek.
I especially adore Luke’s character – hunky former firefighter with a big heart. What’s not to love, right? – scar, limping, and everything. Derek is a bit of a puzzle for me. The dilemma he withstand doesn’t jibe with the facts to me. Well, some of them are PITB, true. But the rest felt more like his overactive imagination.
All in all, I enjoy this Holiday story (the retelling of Luke’s family had me dabbing my eyes dry – there’s an onion nearby, apparently). I just wish of a bit more tweak to it other than the men mooning over each other but expressing nothing to show for it. At least kittens help in getting me (more) drawn-in to the story.
Advanced copy of this book is kindly provided by the author via Signal Boost Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
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