Love Bytes reads the Never Too Late Daily Dose from Dreamspinner Press!

For the whole month of June there will be a daily review featuring one of the stories from this new collection.

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At the end of each week one winner will be selected to win their choice of a book from the collection and at the end of the month their will be one grand prize winner who will recieve the COMPLETE Collection!!

DAY 1

 Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Piano Man

SERIES: Never Too Late (2015 Daily Dose)

AUTHOR: Elizabeth Coldwell

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 24 Pages

BLURB:

Approaching fifty, Graham is tired of the gay club scene. He dreams of a venue where he won’t be judged on his age and looks. He and his friend Mike decide to fill the gap in the market by opening the Midnight Lounge, a gay-friendly piano bar in the heart of London’s Soho. After several unsuccessful auditions, Graham finds the perfect pianist for the bar. Adam Turner is young, handsome, and talented, and there’s a spark of attraction between him and Graham, but Graham’s split with his ex has left him feeling old and unattractive. He believes Adam is just stringing him along—a belief that seems validated when Adam kisses him, then claims he’s made a big mistake. Adam wants Graham, but first he’ll have to prove to Graham that age is no barrier to finding love.

REVIEW:

Six months ago the man Graham had spent the last eighteen years building a life with told him that it was over. Graham is left with his confidence in tatters and his sex drive apparently departed along with his ex. Fast approaching fifty, he feels that he’s past his best before date and doesn’t see how anybody would be interested in a relationship with him. Bemoaning the lack of venues for more mature adults to hang out, Graham and his best friend decide they need to open their own piano bar. Why not? Between them they have the skill to carry it off. All they need now is a pianist. But when they finally hire Adam Turner, the sexy younger man begins hinting that he might be interested in filling more than the one position in Graham’s life.

This was a cute little story to start off my Daily Dose reading. I’m a sucker for May/December relationships and the main characters here had at least fifteen years between them. Graham does have an issue with the difference in ages, but it’s really just one more insecurity to add to his list rather than any big drama in itself. Adam didn’t care at all, he was simply looking for a man that he could see himself forming a serious relationship with.

The whole story is told from Graham’s point of view and despite the short length of the story I would have liked to know a few of Adam’s thoughts. We really don’t know anything about Adam except that he spent five years playing the piano on cruise ships.

This story gets serious bonus points for sex involving a baby grand piano. I cheered (at least internally) when Adam bends Graham over that beautifully reflective surface. Definitely my favourite scene in the whole book.

I’m probably going to spend the rest of the day channeling Billy Joel but I couldn’t resist YouTubing Piano Man, because what could be a more perfect soundtrack to accompany this book?

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BUY LINKS:

Dreamspinner Press – Anthology Link

Dreamspinner Press – Piano Man Link

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