Reviewed by Anabela
SERIES: The Captain and the Prime Minister
AUTHOR: Catherine Curzon & Eleonor Harkstead
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 294 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2020
BLURB:
When a devoted prime minster has a second chance at romance, he discovers that love is love on Downing Street.
Captain Tom Southwell has swapped bullets for babies and works as a manny at one of the world’s most famous addresses. Behind the doors of Downing Street, he cooks dinner, puts the children to bed and is the prime minister’s best friend.
Alex Hart is the prime minister Great Britain’s been dreaming of. He’s dedicated, caring and has a conscience. He’s also a widower with two small children. The last thing he can let himself do is fall in love with the manny who has held his family together.
When an old flame from Tom’s past gets in touch, Tom’s first instinct is to keep him at arm’s length, but hell hath no fury like a yoga teacher scorned. As Alex fights to push a life-changing bill through Parliament, the tabloid vultures are circling. With rumors swirling about the prime minister and his gorgeous manny, every shark in Westminster senses blood.
Will Alex put love ahead of duty, or will the most important man in the country be the loneliest, too?
REVIEW:
What do you think it’s been Captain Tom Southwell’s natural choice of profession after leaving the army? Why, of course being a nanny! It was hilarious the way he explained that working with children requires the exact same skills set as being in the military: heavy -lifting, strategy, and cleaning up other people’s mess.
I completely understand Tom’s choice, because he’s amazing with twins Alastair and Madeleine. It doesn’t make any difference to him that they’re the PM’s children, because he loves them as his own, and to him Alex Hart has stopped being a high profile employer a long time ago. What I found endearing was that, through the years, Tom and Alex reached an amazing kind of domestic harmony, fluidly completing each other’s movements in their home. Without noticing, they’ve been living as a couple, emotionally connected and caring deeply for one another. So it wasn’t that much of a stretch to expect they’d eventually desire to move things forward, towards a more intimate relationship.
It was an easy passing from friends to boyfriends, with none of the “no, I’m the PM, I can’t be gay!” drama. I really liked that. Although, when they were outed to the public before they intended to, the supportive reaction of most people felt more like wishful thinking than real. But, it went completely in sync with the general sense of the story: a sweet, feel-good, angst free romance. Just two men and two adorable children, family and happiness.
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