Reviewed by Jen B.
TITLE: The Endless Road to Sunshine
AUTHOR: Nicky James
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 361 Pages
RELEASE DATE: February 1, 2021
BLURB:
My name is Jason Atkinson, and I married a serial killer.
My world shattered on a cold April morning when they took my husband away in cuffs.
The life I knew, the man I loved, and the world I believed in was nothing but a lie. He stole my trust, my happiness, and my faith in humanity, and I’m not sure how to move on.
With my mental health hanging by a thread and a media circus following me everywhere I go, escape seems like the only answer.
Shedding my old life and starting fresh.
A new city. A new job. A new name.
Maybe everyone will leave me alone and let me wallow in peace.
But Skylar Dawson, a student almost twenty years my junior, has a different plan.
Everything about him is endless—his eyes, his smile, even his babbling mouth.
He shines with a blinding inner light I can’t ignore.
He’s a ray of sunshine in my dark world.
Skylar Dawson will not be ignored.
But will his energy and patience run out when he realizes I’m too tormented and broken to love him back?
This is a hurt/comfort, student/teacher, grumpy/sunshine, age gap (25/43) MM romance novel with a moderate amount of angst.
REVIEW:
I can always count on Nicky James coming up with a refreshingly new storyline. Here, Jason is struggling with the fact that his husband of 20 years has just been convicted of being a serial killer which has just about destroyed Jason’s life.
Jason is trying to move on as a professor in a different town, but he is harboring a lot of guilt and other issues. He’s a pretty big mess, and understandably so. He is not at all prepared or receptive to Skylar’s interest in him.
Skylar has some issues of his own, but he sets his sights on Jason who, unfortunately, is his professor adding more layers to an already bad idea. Throw in a class on criminal behavior, and these two are thrown together in a bit of a powder keg.
This started out a little slow for me, but it eventually picked up and I was flying through to the end. Jason’s ex is creepy as all get out, and I couldn’t wait for Jason to get some closure with him. The other bad guy was a bit predictable, but it was interesting how it all played out.
Bottom line is that Nicky James remains on my auto read list, and as always, I’m already looking forward to whatever comes out next.
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