Reviewed by True
TITLE: Be Still, My Heart
AUTHOR: Holly Day
PUBLISHER: JMS Books LLC
LENGTH: 75 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 13, 2021
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Four years ago, Dimitri Petrov had his leg blown off by a landmine while in military service. Suffering from PTSD, he doesn’t do crowds, and he doesn’t do people. If he had his way, he’d never leave his house at all. Dimitri’s sister, Irina, runs a dating agency, and despite that it would be better for business if they had a pretty woman working the front desk, Irina insists Dimitri’s the man for the job.
In a whirlwind of pink shirts, flapping hands, and outrageous flirting enters Elian Hubert. Elian needs a date. Invited to speak on love through time in fiction at a Valentine dinner, there is no way he’s showing up alone. When Dimitri tells him The Single Pursuit is unable to help on such short notice, Elian suggests Dimitri be his date.
Dimitri doesn’t do dates, and he doesn’t do dinners, but Elian’s made him happier in the last few minutes than anyone’s been able to do in years. He might not do Valentine’s, and he might not do gatherings, but maybe he can do Elian … a favor and accompany him to his presentation? If things go too badly, he can always hide behind a curtain and pretend he’s somewhere else.
REVIEW:
Dimitri is content working at his sisters’ dating agency. It’s manageable, he can oversee everything. He’s ex-military, his leg is blown off by a landmine, he’s suffering PTSD, has heavy reactions to noise and crowds. So working at a little office, not too many interactions with people is just his thing. Until Elian steps into the agency.
Elian will speak at a Valentine dinner, he has no relationship but will not arrive alone, he already gets bullied by colleagues, if he shows up alone, he… just can’t. So, he needs a date and tries to get it at the agency where Dimitri works. Only it’s not that kind of agency. After he understands, there will be no one to accompany him, he desperately asks Dimitri to be his date.
Dimitri is smitten by Elian and almost forgets his fear of crowds. He accepts.
What follows is a blooming friendship slash romance, sweet, kind, endearing.
Two amazingly kind characters, both on the edge of a nervous breakdown, one because of talking to a bunch of people, the other because of a bunch of people.
Such a lovely romance, two ordinary characters you’d think, not!
Everybody shines in their own way and when you meet these guys you understand.
The author has a pleasant way of telling a story, it has endearing, supportive characters and a captivating content.
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