Authors: Ashlyn Kane, Claudia Mayrant, & CJ Burke
Book: Babe in the Woodshop
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: September 30, 2016
Length: 189 pages
Book: Babe in the Woodshop
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: September 30, 2016
Length: 189 pages
Synopsis
When long hours and
crushing stress push Bellamy Alexander to his breaking point, he walks
away from his consulting job and drives until he runs out of gas.
Fortune deposits him in front of Antonio’s, a place with decent pizza
and an opening for a delivery boy. Even better, he finds an apartment
right across the street from his new job. And best of all, Chris
McGregor, the property manager who runs the custom furniture shop below
Bell’s new digs, is super hot—and super into Bell.
It seems too good to be true—and maybe it is. Things aren’t exactly going smoothly. Bell avoids telling his mother the truth about his new job because he doesn’t want to hear how he should go back to the corporate world. On the other hand, he doesn’t think he wants to deliver pizza forever either. He’d like to think about settling down, but Chris runs hot and cold. Between Bell’s uncertainty and the hang-ups Chris refuses to talk about, they have their work cut out for them. Fortune may have caused their paths to dovetail, but it will take more than wood glue to hold them together.
It seems too good to be true—and maybe it is. Things aren’t exactly going smoothly. Bell avoids telling his mother the truth about his new job because he doesn’t want to hear how he should go back to the corporate world. On the other hand, he doesn’t think he wants to deliver pizza forever either. He’d like to think about settling down, but Chris runs hot and cold. Between Bell’s uncertainty and the hang-ups Chris refuses to talk about, they have their work cut out for them. Fortune may have caused their paths to dovetail, but it will take more than wood glue to hold them together.
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Review
I freaking loved this story! The
characters in this story were cute, funny, and full of sass and snark. One of
my favorite things in stories is humor and Bell and Chris both have it in
spades.
“Chris’s ears
went red. “I can’t believe I did that in your parents’ house.”
“Me neither.
Teenage me is fist-pumping right now.”
Bellamy Alexander, otherwise known as
Bell, gets tired of the rat race and never seeing the sun so he bails on his
Junior Consultant job in the big city and just drives. Where he lands is
Pineville, a small town where everyone knows everyone and the new guy is a
novelty. Oh and of course once you live there you never want to leave, or so
they say. Bell is young and decides the life his parents and siblings live
where it's all work and no play is not what he wants. He wants to experience
life and have time to relax. One thing leads to another and he finds himself a
pizza boy at Antonio’s, living upstairs from a woodshop and it’s sexy owner,
and sharing a bed with Lady Frances. He also isn’t used to subtly because in
the big bad corporate world you had to be straight forward so when he finds
himself dating super gun shy Chris McGregor, owner of Good Wood, it’s a whole
new ball game.
Watching these two dance around each
other was so much fun and created a high level of unresolved sexual tension
especially on Bell’s end who is not used to taking things this slow.
But he really starts to like Chris and doesn’t want to push the sexy funny man
too far too fast. Who knew beards were his thing?
“His libido
seriously needed to chill. If he was going to start getting hard every time he
saw a pile of wood scraps, it was going to be a problem.”
Chris has had a bad relationship that
caused him some issues within himself and those issues cause him to very
cautious and keep Bell at arm’s length especially when it comes to sex. The
whole story is told from Bell’s POV but even through him we get a true sense of
who Chris is. He such a gentle guy, one that is meticulous in his woodworking
as he is in most everything else. He is also a work alcoholic.
When I say their relationship was slow
build...I mean it! Chris is very standoffish when it comes to sex and Bell
doesn’t find out the reason until much, much later. But not all things are
going so well for Bell; he still hasn’t told his mother about delivering
pizza’s or his new boyfriend since he knows she would not approve. A family
emergency sends Bell home where he is forced to confront things with his
family. Will Chris and Bell survive the experience?
“Because”...”he’s
the best thing in my life right now, and I’ll be really upset if you make him
feel like he’s not good enough.”
There’s funny banter, awkward naked run
ins, meddling best friends, a pushy mom who just wants what’s best, and that
secret tote full of goodies that Bell finds in the apartments closet of
Chris’s. I highly recommend this book because it’ll have you laughing and full
of love.
“Please keep
putting up with me.”
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