Reviewed by True
TITLE: Rubbing One Out
AUTHOR: Susan Mac Nicol
PUBLISHER: Boroughs Publishing Group
LENGTH: 181 pages
RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2021
BLURB:
Ah, There’s The Rub
Zoologist Ben Sinclair has a thing for quirky antiques. The brass lamp he purchased was supposed to be decorative. Interesting. A conversation piece. It wasn’t supposed to contain – a person.
Now he’s got an annoying yet tantalizing man living with him who knows nothing about personal boundaries. Plus, Ben has wishes to make before his genie disappears.
Except, Ben doesn’t want Daeliel to disappear. Lithe, exotic, and other-worldly, Ben’s never met anyone like him. It doesn’t take long for the men to admit – and act on – the attraction between them.
When the zing turns into something deeper, they have to figure out how to get what they both wish for before Dae must leave.
REVIEW:
To describe this in a few words? Fun, silly, good-hearted, original.
Ben is thirty-two and single, not by choice, but mister right guy never came along.
Who could guess finding a brass lamp would change Ben’s life forever.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, there is a beautiful half-naked man in his house. He introduced himself as Daeliel. He looks likes he just stepped out of a fairy tale.
That’s all nice, only it’s a bit of pity Ben is just dreaming, isn’t he?.
Oh well, he can play along.
The next morning the Djinn guy is still there. He’s a beauty but oh so annoying and irritating!
They sneer at each other. Ben is way too curious and asks too many questions, Dae doesn’t like it a bit. He can’t tell the truth to Ben. The only thing he tells Ben is that he can ask two wishes, after that Dae can leave..
The longer they are in each other’s company, the more they are attracted to each other.
Dae has a lot of explaining to do, Ben’s heart is breaking for him. The story isn’t how he thought it was, how can he keep Dae with him.
As we all know, wishes are to be solid and correct, or else they can be interpreted as something you didn’t wish for.
We know of course the stories about brass lamps and what can happen. I was happily surprised by the original twist coming from this narrative. I always wonder where things like these come from. It’s a gift I guess.
The whole story is fun, with two lovely main characters and a furry one 🙂 I also loved the supportive secondary characters.
The scenery was wonderfully and originally pictured.
Besides a lot of lighthearted banter and humor, there are also little pricks of hurt and emotional parts. The story has some delightful sexy passages.
Overall a lovely narrative which I enjoyed reading!
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This sounds delightful!