Genre: Contemporary
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: D.B., Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
What do you get when you throw a burly blacksmith and the town’s poster child for clumsiness together? A whole lot of swearing and a threatening use of duct tape. And the need to construct a sign that reads, “DO NOT LET CAMPBELL NEAR THE FORGE!”
Alabaster Falls’ local blacksmith, Daughtry Blackburn, was satisfied with his reclusive status. He had iron to bend and orders to fill but he knew he needed something to take the business to the next level. His father had fought taking their business into the twenty-first century, but since he’d passed, it was up to Daughtry to keep things forward moving and he knew there was no way to do so without being on the World Wide Web. Metalworking, he got. Computers, not so much.
Campbell Jenkins was desperate to be accepted by his peers in the little town he’d called home since birth. Problem was, he was accident-prone. Not just in the sense of an occasional break here or there, but in a “can’t walk by glass without it shattering – even when it seemed he was a mile away” type of thing. No matter how hard he tried to fit in, this curse led to failure. Forced to stay stuck inside the walls of the home his grandmother left him, he spent his time learning all he could about computers and social media. His online friends never cast him aside—too bad the real world wasn’t as kind.
When he answers an ad in the local paper for online marketing assistance, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Least of all, the brawny man answering the door to a log cabin that had seen better days.
Can two opposites in forced proximity learn to play nicely or will one wind up in an iron grave?
Heat is a complete stand-alone in the ABCs of Love series where one author a week will deliver a brand-new story for you to rediscover your ABCs.
The Review
The moment I started reading the book, I fell in love with the characters. Campbell is a klutz, and the town isn’t very fond of him. Daughtry is a typical small town muscle man, who the town adored. Despite being opposites, the two complimented each other beautifully.
I also loved the way the story unfolded and enjoyed reading as the main characters overcame their life obstacles and things that kept them from being whole. Again, complimentary personalities went a long way in promoting their self-exploration and growth.
That said, the story needed more editing. I also struggled a lot with believing any thirty-year-old in the United States didn’t know how to use the internet. And there were times when the author would say something, then contradict herself later.
Still, this was a very sweet novel, and I even got a little verklempt in the end.
The Reviewer
I am D.B. Wilson and I am an avid reader. I was born in Tennessee and lived there until I went to college in Iowa. I spent most of my life in Kansas City and have been a teacher, real estate agent, bookseller, and even a full-time foster parent. My husband and I became full-time RVers in 2017 and now travel with our two dogs Denver and Buddy as he works all over USA as a travel nurse.
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