Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Banker’s Hours
AUTHOR: Wade Kelly
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 290 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 25, 2016
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Even though bankers’ hours leave long weekends for romance, cosmic intervention is Grant’s only option when money doesn’t buy happiness and he’s got virginity in spades.
Grant Adams is a twenty-six-year-old bank teller who’s unlucky at love, yet hopelessly hopeful. After years of horrific first dates, he’s convinced he’s saving himself for true love. Surely he has bad taste in men because it couldn’t possibly be his persnickety nature that’s sent them packing.
Tristan Carr has been in a holding pattern since his daughter was born fifteen years ago, which suits his workaholic lifestyle just fine. This ex-Navy turned auto mechanic never wanted anyone interfering with being a weekend dad. For Tristan to rearrange his perfectly orchestrated life, a guy will need to be special. Or in the case of the newest employee at his bank, the guy will need to be adorable, shy, and open to the prospect of forever when it shows up at his window.
REVIEW:
I really enjoyed this newest book from Wade Kelly! Ms. Kelly took “insta-love” to a new level with this one, and she did it in a way that sounded perfectly plausible, if a bit fast! OK, maybe not perfectly plausible… unless you’re looking at it in the time frame of a Cinderella story, but it was entertaining. We used to refer to relationships that developed this fast as “U-Haul” relationships…because they moved so fast you might as well have brought the U-Haul with your stuff on the first date. I’m sure some people will roll their eyes and say things like “unrealistic”, but those people should just simmer down and read the story!
We first meet Grant Adams when he has just started his new job, in a new town, at a branch of a bank that he was already working for. He was forced due to a branch closing to take a position elsewhere in the company, and since his mom lived close to this branch, he took the position.
Right off we learn that Grant is kind of a mess. He is twenty-six and has never been kissed! He has a low self-esteem, a negative body image, and a pretty darned heavy dose of OCD. Oh, and did I mention he has a penchant for Easter egg pastel colored dress shirts? I loved his character. He reminds me so much of a lost friend I used to work with in a bank years ago, and I spent the entire book with my friend’s face in my mind. Thanks for that Ms. Kelly. Most teller lines have a “Grant”, and I applaud Ms. Kelly for taking us behind their professional facade.
Tristan Carr is a bank customer. He is ex-Navy and an auto mechanic, and he has been too flirty with Grant for Grant to be comfortable…because the guy is really freaking hot. He is also a really nice guy, but Grant’s coworker has warned him that Tristan might not be the type to understand Grant’s being gay.
Well, one thing leads to another in this fast moving story and as it alludes to in the blurb, Tristan might not be as straight and narrow as Grant’s coworker surmises. I liked the contrast between the fussy bank teller and the greasy mechanic. I liked the fact that Tristan had a daughter, which brought a whole new aspect to the story, as did the evil baby-momma. There was also a side character called Mel, who brought some unexpected depth to the story with his own backstory. I love how Ms. Kelly gets into her characters’ heads and how she always seems to know just how to write the angst they are each feeling.
Not going to give any further spoilers. I really liked the story, and I think you will too. Ms. Kelly is one of my “me, me, me” authors…meaning when she comes out with a new one, I’m there jumping up and down saying “me, me, me” before any other reviewer at Love Bytes even hears the book’s name!
I recommend this one. Give it a shot. If you aren’t familiar with Wade Kelly’s books…you should be!
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