Series: A Little Bit Cupid
Author: Pelaam
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Publication Date: February 11, 2020
Length: 65 pages
Reviewed by Sammy
Synopsis
From the A Little Bit Cupid collection
When Jason takes the chance on a blind date, it’s then that his eyes are finally opened.
Wealthy winery owner Jason is happy to claim that he’s too busy to have a love life or a romance. He has all he needs with his personal secretary taking care of his business life and an old friend looking after the yacht where they live.
When he’s invited to a Valentine’s masked ball, Jason asks his assistant Kris to find him a date for the evening. To Jason’s shock, instead of someone Jason knows and is comfortable with, Kris sets him up with a blind date—one he claims will be a perfect match. Trusting him, Jason agrees.
His date appears dressed as Princess Buttercup, and Jason is surprised at just how comfortable he is with the unknown person.
But when Buttercup is abused by another party attendee, Jason follows his distraught guest and his eyes are fully opened.
When ‘the moment’ comes, will Jason grab it with both hands?
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Review
Jason loves his life. With most of his time spent building
his business in fine wines and often sailing aboard his private yacht, Jason
doesn’t want for anything material in life but a boyfriend is another matter
altogether. He tells his right hand man/secretary Kris that he’s just too busy
to date but both men really know otherwise. Jason would like to have someone in
his life but has fooled himself into believing otherwise. It’s not till Kris
sets him up on a blind date that Jason finally sees what was right in front of
his eyes all along—someone to love and cherish.
Pelaam offers up an insta-love romance in their contribution
to the series, A Little Bit Cupid
Collection. The Moment draws on
that instant where a person just knows what they’ve been looking for in a
partner is standing right before their eyes—now they have to be brave enough to
grab for the love that’s being offered. Jason is a successful man—his wine
business is booming and he sets his own corporate hours—often using his yacht
to take him to meet new clients. His best friend Manu is skipper and first mate
all rolled into one while his secretary Kris keeps him and his schedule running
like a well-oiled machine.
Jason has everything but love and he figures who needs that
when everything else is going so well? It will take a series of events to open
his eyes. First he will see his secretary threatened by a violent stalker, then
he will be forced to go on a blind date complete with costumes and masks in
order to assuage an old friend and after he will finally see that what he’s
been needing has always been there—just waiting for him to open his eyes and grab
it.
As short stories go, The
Moment was fairly complete and never felt as though we were just shoved
down into the middle of a man’s life and expected to understand all the players
and what was at stake. Instead we are given all we need to understand the
different characters and I must say that other than the oddly swift and
unfinished scene about Kris having a stalker this story delivered quite a nice
little romance. I felt that plot point was just thrown in in order to jolt
Jason into realizing how much he needed and enjoyed being with Kris in and out
of the workplace. I just wish that we had some kind of closure beyond that
short scene or seen more explanation than the little we were given. Kris,
compared to Jason, was a more shallow character as a result of not delving into
his background just a bit more. Still, The
Moment delivered and gave us a short and sweet Valentine romance just as
promised.
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