Reviewed by Tammy
TITLE: Flashbulb
SERIES: Flight HA1710, #3
AUTHOR: Clare London
PUBLISHER: Jocular Press
LENGTH: 117 pages
BLURB:
Blythe Harris was taking his first flight to the USA and hopefully a whole new client base for his bespoke upholstery business. An adventure for him, he was both nervous and excited to attract the attention of a handsome steward. Things might have gone further – if Flight HA1710 hadn’t failed.
Marc Stafford is a self-confessed player, and he used his charm to seduce his cute passenger. But in the aftermath of the crash, he’s struggling to recover his confidence. The TV declares him a hero for saving passengers, but at night his nightmares trigger painful flashbulb memories of the crash.
In an Irish hospital, Bly realises that although his broken leg will recover, his career may not. And in Chicago, Marc can’t face returning to work. Neither of them can shake off the memory of their brief, sexy encounter. Both of them need to be with someone who understands exactly what they’ve been through. And on a middle ground they can make all their own.
REVIEW:
Blythe Harris was on his first ever flight. He was understandably nervous and more than a bit scared but he’d taken two or three doses of sedative in the last twenty-four hours so he was all set. If the trip wasn’t needed for his bespoke upholstery business he for sure would not have set foot on a plane. When he saw the incredibly good-looking flight attendant coming his way he had to admit he had a few naughty thoughts!
When Marc Stafford saw Blythe Harris sitting alone looking very nervous he couldn’t help but notice how attractive he was. He couldn’t help flirting with him because as a self-confessed player he knows all the tricks to seduce his cute passengers! After yet another fight with his purser Darcey, Marc is in a foul temper and decides then and there that he’s going to see just how far he can go with his cute passenger Blythe.
The longer the plane takes before they can take-off the more nervous Blythe is getting. When the cute flight attendant sits down next to him they talk about the fact that he’s so nervous now and doesn’t know how to calm himself down. They start talking about anything and everything, soon they’re swapping mini versions of their life story’s and decide to meet up in Chicago after Blythe has attended his meeting. One thing leads to another and they end up squashed together in the toilet, after a mutual hand-job Blythe went back to his seat completely relaxed so he wasn’t all that scared when the flight took off. And then everything went haywire, the plane kept lurching and dropping and then he was terrified. The last thing Blythe remembered was staring into Marc’s eyes then everything went black.
Three weeks after the crash and Blythe was still in hospital with his badly broken leg and scraped hands. He had formed an obsession with learning everything he could about the crash, he learnt that there was seven dead with an awful lot of wounded spread over three different hospitals. With every day that passes more and more people are going home but Blythe is still there. The only person he really wants to know about is Marc but as he’s back in Chicago he has no way of finding out how he is, he knew he had survived the crash but that was it. He can’t wait to go home!
Marc is actually hiding out in his apartment, his flatmate Lily has had enough of him lying around all day, every day she just wants him to do something. Marc isn’t sleeping the best, in fact when he tries he has horrific nightmares about the crash. He can’t stop thinking about the fight he had with Darcy and somehow he feels responsible for her dying in the crash. He’s going stark raving mad not doing anything but even more, not being able to do anything without having “flashbulb” memories. He has to find out where Blythe is and how he is, he’s all he thinks about now.
Six weeks after the crash Marc turns up in Ireland on Blythe’s doorstep and despite the shock of seeing Marc again Blythe can’t help but be relieved that he’s alright and excited because Marc came looking for him! They get into a routine that glosses over the aftereffects of the crash and yet they both know things can’t continue the way they are but the longer they can bury their heads in the sand the better. Everything comes to a head and they’re both forced to face what happened and as we all know it’s the best thing that happens for them. It’s a slow process but at least both Marc and Blythe are willing to work together to overcome the stress and nightmares left after the crash. Flight HA1710 has turned out to be an incredibly thought-provoking series of books and Flashbulb is another well written piece of the puzzle that I have no hesitation in recommending to everyone I know.
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