Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Flushed
AUTHOR: Susan Laine
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 75 pages
BLURB:
To prove to his annoying older brother that he’s a man, well-to-do sculptor Rupert Pemberton tries to repair his broken toilet. But he has no knack for practical tools and no know-how. After a flood of biblical proportions, he has no choice but to call for help.
A gorgeous hunk of a plumber named Paul Cooper shows up at Rupert’s doorstep with a ready toolbox and a sexy smile. With Paul at his side, Rupert realizes he wants more than a quick fix. After a couple of cozy dates and a few bouts of steamy sex, Rupert wonders how he can keep Paul around for good.
REVIEW:
I think this had potential to be really good but it fell short for me. I think my biggest issue was how corny these two characters were. Paul calling Rupert “honey” within the first hour of them meeting kind of set the cornfest off and running. Another thing I didn’t get was the whole “emo” obsession?? Why was that such a big focus? It made no significant difference in the story so why was there so much talk about it?? I don’t know, just overall this was a miss for me mainly due to the corniness and also because the love aspect just really wasn’t believable.
Rupert Pemberton is a wealthy, young artist living off his parent’s wealth. After some ribbing from his older brother about not being manly enough to fix a plumbing issue Rupert tries and makes the situation worse. So he calls a plumber to help him out.
Paul is immediately attracted to Rupert and notices early on that Rupert feels the same way. After Paul fixes the emergency leak he sets off on wooing Rupert into the sack and it works.
I did think that the chemistry between these two worked out but other than that it just wasn’t believable for me and the things I mentioned before just didn’t make much sense.
The writing wasn’t horrible by any means but this story just wasn’t for me I’m sorry to say.
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