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    Home And Heart

    By Chris Quinton

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    December in the Cotswolds, deep in the heart of England, and Ben Elliot of Home-Safe House & Pet Sitting is looking after Mrs Bonney’s home and two dogs while the elderly lady is away for two months recovering from an operation. When her black-sheep grandson, Adam Prescott, turns up on the doorstep, Ben has to take in the stray human as well. Adam, hurting and betrayed by family, boyfriend and Fate, needs to have his faith in others restored, and Ben decides he is the one to do it.

    Having gone through an acrimonious split with his boyfriend, Adam has no home, no money, no job and nowhere to go, except his grandmother's house. The son of an abusive, violent father, there's a lot of anger and resentment in him, demons he must exorcise. When he learns an unpleasant truth about his father, Ben helps him come to terms with it, and to find a new direction for his life - together, Ben hopes. But then Adam's ex-boyfriend shows up, offering him the world on a platter if only Adam will come back to him.

    Christmas may not be a time of celebration for Ben.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Quinton
    Release dateJan 31, 2014
    ISBN9781310000577
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    Chris Quinton

    Chris Quinton  Chris started creating stories not long after she mastered joined-up writing, somewhat to the bemusement of her parents and her English teachers. But she received plenty of encouragement. Her dad gave her an already old Everest typewriter when she was ten, and it was probably the best gift she'd ever received – until the inventions of the home-computer and the worldwide web. Chris's reading and writing interests range from historical, mystery, and paranormal, to science-fiction and fantasy, writing mostly in the male/male genre. She also writes the occasional male/female novel in the name of Chris Power. She refuses to be pigeon-holed and intends to uphold the long and honourable tradition of the Eccentric Brit to the best of her ability. In her spare time [hah!] she reads, or listens to audio books while quilting or knitting. Over the years she has been a stable lad [briefly] in a local racing stable and stud, a part-time and unpaid amateur archaeologist, a civilian clerk at her local police station and a 15th century re-enactor. She lives in a small and ancient city not far from Stonehenge in the south-west of the United Kingdom, and shares her usually chaotic home with an extended family, three dogs, a Frilled Dragon [lizard], sundry goldfish and tropicals

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    • 3/5
      2.5 rounded up to 3 stars. I wanted to like this more than I did. I felt for Adam, but I felt Ben was trying to hard to be calm and rational that he didn't express himself enough.
    • 4/5
      I liked this story, which has a lot of Christmas spirit, two men who are attracted to each other but take the time to build a real relationship, and a lot of realism in how they master their lives. The issues are those we can all relate to: weird exes, the need to find a job to survive, parents who do not always understand us, and the attempt to lead an honest life, respecting others’ wishes. Oh, and did I mention cute dogs that are true secondary characters in their own right? I loved them!

      Ben is a man with plans. He knows he wants to get his master's degree, and he works hard to make the money to do so. House and pet sitting is something he likes to do, and his understanding of human (and animal!) psychology helps him with that. When Adam comes along, Ben is surprised how strong the attraction is, but he doesn’t let it overwhelm him. Well, with a few small exceptions, he manages to stay in charge.

      Adam is hurt, angry, and has lost everything – starting with his business and his scheming boyfriend. He is afraid he has also lost his family, since his father abused him years ago, but doesn’t know where else to turn except to his grandmother. Luckily, this is where he also runs into Ben, whose ‘calm and collected’ way of dealing with life may be the total opposite to his, but the attraction and chemistry between them is definitely strong. Adam has a hard time learning to trust Ben (and I can’t blame him), but knows instinctively Ben is different from his crazy ex.

      This is a great love story, with wonderful characters and a rich background. It is believable, but still uplifting and I really found myself charmed by what was going on. If you like realism in your stories, but still want lots of romance, if a credible ‘villain’ who presents a real temptation is your thing, and if you like happy endings, you will probably like this novella.