Reviewed by Kat

TITLE: Mabry’s Minor Mistake

AUTHOR: Sam E. Kraemer

PUBLISHER: Kaye Klub Publishing

LENGTH: 254 pages

RELEASE DATE: November 11, 2022

BLURB:

Mabry Caldor meets the devil in the form of a computer genius who turns his world upside down in college. Now, ten-years later, Satan’s back. Will Mabry survive his second run in with his Minor Mistake?

Mabry Caldor has a life many would envy. The glamour of a successful professional basketball career that leads to him owning a car dealership in Illinois after an injury that took him out of the game. He has his parents nearby in Indiana, and he’s resigned to living a quiet life after surviving a scorned college hacker and a relationship blunder, ending with his ex-boyfriend’s attempt at pawning his NBA championship ring.

JJ Lewis is a genius—certified. He’s also the owner of a lucrative gaming business in Los Angeles that specializes in sports-related video games. The whale he’s never been able to convince to work with him is three-time NBA MVP Mabry Caldor, a man with whom JJ has a checkered past.

Can Mabry ever forgive JJ for the hellacious senior year of college that JJ caused after he obliterated Mabry’s life on campus? Can JJ convince the man of his dreams to give him a chance to make up for a mistake seventeen-year-old Jimmy made after believing he’d been rejected by the ball handler? Will a second run-in with the geek leave the jock’s head spinning like a basketball?

It’s a fun holiday romance where a geek goes in search of the jock he’s loved for ten years after making a minor mistake, in hopes of proving to the jock that he’s the man Mabry never imagined he’d be?

This work of fiction is approximately 74,000 words in length and ends with an H-E-A. It is a standalone M/M holiday romance. Enjoy!

REVIEW:

Oh my goodness gracious could this have been more precious? This was the perfect Christmas treat!

Mabry “May” Caldor isn’t having a great senior year Texas A&M. He’s recovering from the knee surgery he had over the summer and taking the year off from being the school’s basketball star to heal. He chose to be an RA in the dorms instead of rooming with his teammates. But when he can’t get the internet to work he his friend shows up with a freshman to help make it work in return for being the designated driver to the frat parties. When the cutie, who turns out to have just turned 17 and is some kind of genius, gets drunk he gets him home and tucked in his bed. But the next morning his world blows up when he is suddenly not only not enrolled in school but his scholarship he depends on disappeared from the school’s computer system and May knows just who the devious culprit is…Jimmy Lewis, the computer genius he trusted and looked forward to becoming friends with! Boy oh boy was that a mistake!

I fell head over heals with both men. Yes Jimmy had made life miserable for May that year but he was all grown up and now and  “JJ” was trying his hardest to make amends. Even reaching out to his mother who would cost him dearly. My heart went out to the poor little rich boy that neither of his parents wanted and he was just a nuisance in their eyes. How could they treat such a treasure so coldly was beyond me. At least his mother helped May’s father and that was something.

I did love that Jimmy not only still crushed over May for 10 years but held himself pure for the man that held his heart. He was the perfect partner for May who had been raked across the coals by his money hungry ex. Plus Jimmy was the perfect mate for May just like May’s parents were the best example of what loving partners should be like. I loved that May’s Mom chose to love Jimmy as her’s when she realized how important he was to her son. And Jimmy would do anything in his power to make May and his parents happy.

This was the perfect Christmas pick-me-up to snuggle into on a cold winter’s night to warm your heart. So curl up in front of a nice fire and get read to have your heart filled with joy, laughter and love.

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