Reviewed by Heather C
TITLE: The Start of a Beautiful Friendship
SERIES: Spy vs. Spook Prequel #0.5
AUTHOR: Tinnean
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 79 pages
BLURB: It’s 1996, and Mark Vincent, senior special agent of the Washington Bureau of Intelligence and Security, has been assigned the task of assassinating the head of a terrorist organization in Europe. When the mission goes south and he’s ordered to take a vacation, he reluctantly goes to Paris, where, in a little bar called Le Petit Homme, he sees a man who intrigues him. However, like ships passing in the night, they go their separate ways, only to meet again the following morning, and over breakfast, the man introduces himself as Louis.
Is it too much of a coincidence? Perhaps, perhaps not, but Mark is intrigued and, unable to resist, he gives his name as Rick. A comment of Louis’s leads Mark to assume Louis hustles for a living, so Mark decides to “rent” him for the week. Unbeknownst to Mark, Louis has his own reasons for going along with the charade, which leads to… the start of a beautiful friendship.
REVIEW:
We already know the short version of what happened between Mark Vincent and Pierre de Becque during that fateful week in Paris back in 1996; The Start of a Beautiful Friendship finally gives us the dirty, explicit details of that time together…before Quinton Mann ever comes into the picture. If you can’t remember the backstory, then all the details are nicely laid out for you in the story blurb.
This was a fun short story; it was nice getting to see a few of these characters again, even though it wasn’t Vincent and Mann together. I was even a little surprised that I didn’t feel like I was betraying Mann by reading all the hotness between Vincent and Pete. Because THEY WERE HOT!!!
The beginning was a little rocky for me since Vincent was going into all the details of the case leading up to his “forced vacation” and his subsequent affair with “Louis”, and I was lost in all the characters and information dump. I mean, I’m supposed to know all that information from the other Spy vs. Spook books…but I just couldn’t remember and was a bit frustrated. Then Vincent and “Louis” finally hooked and I really loved the sexual heat between them, even though it was brief and pretty much the gist of the entire story.
In the end, I’m glad I took the time to read this, but I don’t believe it will reach its full appreciation with those readers who haven’t already read the Spy vs. Spook series…which I highly recommend.
Heather rates it – 
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