Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: Two Daddies for Henry
SERIES: Daddies and Littles (Book 2)
AUTHOR: TL Travis
PUBLISHER: Sapphire Publishing
LENGTH: 159 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2024
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Life for young Henry Adams was lonely, mundane, and just plain sad. His only friend, a unicorn stuffie named Merlin, was always nearby and ready anytime Henry needed a hug. By day, Henry was the owner of Turn the Page bookstore but at night he was a lonely boy who dreamt of having a Daddy of his own.
Mitchell Blackthorn moved back home after years away living a grand life in Chicago when his mother fell and broke her hip. When another fall led to a dementia diagnosis, Mitchell turned to his best friend Jensen for support and guidance. What he didn’t expect to find was love.
Jensen Pohler had been head over heels stupid in love with his best friend Mitchell since the day they met. Mitchell, however, didn’t feel the same. For years Jensen fought the attraction by filling his bed with one boy after another only to be disappointed in the end when the relationship would fail.
One lost boy, two struggling daddies and a stuffie named Merlin. Do they have what it takes to make each other whole? To become a family. Or were they wasting their time searching for something that wasn’t there.
Two Dad’s for Henry is an MMM, best friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, age gap, family life romance.
A portion of this story was included in the Dirty Daddies Pride 2023 anthology.
REVIEW:
A great story that will warm your heart.
This was originally a quick short story/novella that is part of the Dirty Daddies Pride 2023 collection. I could easily see back then that this book should become a full novel and thankfully now it did. TL has greatly expanded the original into a complete novel of the journey of Henry with his daddies, best friends-turned-lovers Mitchell and Jensen.
Henry is always on his own. He’s the forgotten one. Even his neglectful parents would forget they had brought him to work with them when he was young and leave him in the bookstore over night. Thankfully there were plenty of books and a cozy chair to curl up in. Now Henry has reversed roles and is his father’s caretaker. His dad may be at the end of remembering him but, being the dutiful son, still goes to see him regularly in his memory care facility. His mom is gone and his dad has dementia so bad it’s like he doesn’t exist. So Henry goes on with his life with his beloved kitty Magpie and his trusted stuffie Merlin the unicorn by his side to keep him company. His days are filled with running the family bookstore in a strip mall in Vegas and Saturday evenings, after he goes and checks on his dad as the dutiful son that his parents never were, spent as a little at the BDSM Cordes to regress and unwind. If he gets a moment to play with a Daddy that’s a plus. But when the two men he had had eyes on since a chance meeting at his shop want to play Henry’s life just might have taken a good turn and might just get Two Daddies for Henry!
Originally we got a glimpse as to the dynamic developing with Mitchell and his best friend Jensen and the puzzle piece of Henry that made the three fit. I liked all three men and really desired to get more of their story. This book now provides that. The back stories of how Jensen secretly loved but never shared it with Mitchell for 20 years and the neglectful past Henry had endured from his “too into their own world” parents was heart wrenching. Having the author expand upon that part and the triad’s developing relationship was key to a more rounded story. A huge thumbs up for me on this completed story.
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