Reviewed by Danielle

TITLE: Serendipity Kit

AUTHOR: Connie Bailey

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 212 pages

BLURB: Christopher “Kit” Britten drifts through life, partying with friends and spending his parents’ money. He hasn’t told them he’s gay, but he’s told all of his five sisters, and to keep from being harassed about responsibility, he works part-time for one of them. When she sends him on an errand and his shiny red Ferrari breaks down in one of Houston’s seediest locals, he pushes it to the nearest garage. That’s where he meets Romy O’Keefe.

Romy works hard as a mechanic to provide for his mother and little brother. When Kit pushes his to-die-for Ferrari into Romy’s garage, Romy is wary of falling for gorgeous Kit despite instant attraction. Kit impulsively decides to prove how serious he is about Romy by coming out to his parents—and his father disowns him!

Uptown and downtown clash as the two men share the tiny space in Romy’s Airstream trailer and struggle to make ends meet. When Kit’s former boyfriend comes sniffing around, and Romy gets the bill for his little brother’s surgery, it drives home to him how very different his world is from Kit’s. However, Kit is in love with the velvet-voiced Romy, and he isn’t about to give up

REVIEW:

Overall I can say I really liked this story. It took me a while to get into it and there are some things that made it difficult to read but the story as such makes sense.

In the beginning of the story we get acquainted with Kit a high class social party player who as the blurb says works for his sister, living an active social life and spending his family’s money.

When his Ferrari breaks down, he meets Romy and the fireworks are there. There is an instant connection and from that part it goes pretty fast. The attraction is there, they fall heavy and fast so to speak (perhaps a little too fast ?) They get involved in a relationship that leads to Kit unexpectedly coming out to his parents. And from that point on the story gets more attractive and interesting.

I like how the author took the reader by the hand in showing Kit and Romy how to live together in a very small space and then going to a place of their own and trying to make that work.

The differences are there but they are able to make it work somehow although there are parts when I have to say it is a bit too easy. There are no real troubles or angst besides a ex-lover who has got it into his mind that he wants Kit back.

The best of this book is in the end when they face some real life problems that sets off a whole set of different emotions and expectations. When Romy lets go of his insecurities and breaks down, when his mum tells Kit somethings he should know and makes it easier to see things, while in the middle of that Cardo is in the hospital.

Kit needs to fight for his love and he will. Making clear for once and for all that he is there to stay and that he can take care of himself.

After that it seems the world is giving them a break and things get better in a kind and nice way not overwritten or unrealistic just in a casual simply written down way. That I really appreciated as a reader.

The Epilogue leaves the reader with a satisfied and pleased feeling. Author Connie Bailey has a very nice way of telling this story, the it flows well and makes for a very comfortable read.

Overall a good 4 stars for me, for someone who is looking for a nice story about opposites attract and not much real drama but some sexy hot romance and strong friendship, a very good choice for reading.

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