Reviewed by Taylin
TITLE: Love Me Gently
AUTHOR: E M Denning
PUBLISHER: Paper Gold Publishing
LENGTH: 205 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 3, 2022
BLURB:
Dusty Mack likes his quiet life, even if it means sometimes he’s lonely. He keeps busy with work and Dusty spends his down time being a shoulder for his newly single sister to cry on. Love is the last thing he’s thinking about, but after a splurge purchase, he can’t get the cute sales associate off his mind.
Jason Robinson has his life figured out. Work hard, pay your bills, smile, and don’t be a burden. He knows his mother’s death wasn’t his fault, but he feels like the destruction of his older brother’s marriage probably was. Fighting for independence, Jason wants nothing more than to stand on his own two feet. So when a hot, older customer needs a little more help than most, he’s happy to oblige.
Soon, Jason and Dusty are dating, but neither of their lives is perfect. While Dusty’s sister struggles, Jason does what he always does. He keeps his nose to the grindstone and hopes for the best. And the more Jason tries to get ahead, the farther the universe pulls him down. Even though Jason feels tempted to open up to Dusty, he doesn’t want to be another problem on Dusty’s list.
But they’re both about to learn that you can only ignore your needs and your wants for so long.
If there’s any hope for a future between them, Jason must learn to accept help from the people he loves, and Dusty will need to believe he’s worth loving.
REVIEW:
Dusty’s last relationship finished after five years and is happy about it. However, his sisters’ breakup is a stark reminder of the resulting loneliness. In the absence of his sister’s husband and to help connect to his niece, Dusty buys a gaming system. That’s when he meets Jason, the man with gorgeous eyes, ass, and smile, but so much younger than Dusty. Jason is pansexual. It’s the person, not gender, that attracts him. When this shy, silver fox man needs his help – more than electronics is sparked. Nevertheless, Jason doesn’t have the purse for a relationship – all his spare hours are taken up working to make ends meet.
Love Me Gently is a 205-page story that is as sweet and gentle as the title suggests.
The tale is told in the third person from the viewpoints of Dusty and Jason. Short of the odd independent body part, with plenty of weak knees and melting, it is technically sound. Worldbuilding revolves around their apartments, work, and extended family, as does most people’s real life.
Jason and Dusty work hard. Dusty is of the age where he has been through hard times and emerged on the other side, with food in the fridge and a nest egg. He’s settled, but his sister’s situation takes up much of his spare time. With tragedy in his past, Jason refuses to be a burden to anyone and therefore works super hard. All the same, his brother tries to keep a protective eye on him. Dusty and Jason’s schedules make it difficult to get together, but where love strikes…
Love Me Gently is a sweet tale of blossoming love between the shy settled man older man and the still floundering – trying to find his way younger man. It is a quiet story, full of awkwardness, doubts, body language, taking it slow, learning, family, and two men who fulfill a missing part in the other. It may not be a dynamic action novel, but it will leave you with warm fuzzies.
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