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DAY 14

Reviewed by Tidal

TITLE: Unexpected

SERIES: Never Too Late (Daily Dose 2015)

AUTHOR: Amelia Mann

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press 

LENGTH: 52 Pages  

BLURB:

Fifty-one-year-old Jonathan Allen is watching his friends sign domestic partnerships left and right, and for the first time considers how lonely his future might become. His last boyfriend was a parasite, hurting him in so many ways, and he’s beginning to believe living alone with his cat is a better option than chasing shadows.

When Jonathan starts working for Tricorp, a multinational construction company dealing with conservative religious countries in the Middle East and Asia, he connects with CEO Blake Carter on all levels. But the company is antigay and forces its employees to sign a reticence clause, which puts the company on the LGBT-blacklist, and Jonathan back into the closet. He knows fantasizing about Blake is a pointless endeavor. But life throws them a curveball when Jonathan’s ex and a man from Blake’s past come together to destroy both their lives.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Daily Dose package “Never Too Late.”

REVIEW:

Imagine two things.

1. You are over 50, in shape, look amazing naked and you are having hot wild wicked sweaty man sex with someone much younger who is into you. You have had sex in every possible position known to man; and together you even invented a new one that could be submitted to the Kama Sutra that could be titled the Screaming Thunder Chicken.

2. Imagine you are a powerful professional man giving a presentation that is going to cement your career and further establish your professional credibility in front of your boss and potential investors from around the world. You are prepared, confident and at the top of your game. Who would expect that your power point presentation had been tampered with and that those wonderful moments had been photographed without your knowledge and those moments would end up in your power point presentation killing the mood of the meeting and potential career advancement? This was the plight of Jonathan Allen.

This is a great book. I love books that are realistic and feature mature men finding love with other mature men. Jonathan is attracted to his boss Blake but he has never came out to him, nor does he realize that Blake is gay either. Tricorp works with many countries from around the world that are horribly homophobic, so by contract they are restricted by morals clause. Enemies from both their pasts conspire against them to blow them both out of the water.

I love the relationship that Jonathan and Blake have between each other. They both have a code and integrity that they live by. That aspect of their make up is the very thing that makes people like them come out on top of things, when people are underhanded. That is the quality that makes you root for a hero, not one specific selfless act; it is the consistent way that they live and how they treat people that define their personal character.

This is a great love story that unfolds at a nice pace. It is not stale, and it offers excitement, delayed gratification, good love scenes, and a climax that leaves you wanting more.

This book is worth your time and money, because it shows that guys over 50 still have value and hot sex. Good guys do not finish last, character counts, respect and life experience cannot be bought and sold like a commodity. Real love is worth the wait and you do not just have to settle for something less. Lastly, and most importantly it offers an important lesson in how to spot narcissistic sociopaths; they always overestimate their ability and they always underestimate the intelligence of others. This is a great illustration of that principle with an awesome love story

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