HEAD OVER HEELS by Andrew Grey
Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Gay, Novella (90 pages)
4****
Blurb: It took a family loss to draw artist Leddy Finster away from his retreat in the woods of rural Wisconsin back to the family home in Carlisle. Originally intending to help clean out his father’s condo and return to the peace and quiet his work requires, he doesn’t expect old feelings for his brother’s best friend to bloom again after all this time. Nor could he ever have expected his father’s obsession with shoes… lots of shoes. Professional hockey player Johan Weiss spends his summers in Carlisle, where he grew up. As a favor, he agrees to help Leddy clean out his father’s condo and get it ready to be sold. Working together, they list the hundreds of pairs of shoes for sale, getting reacquainted while their mutual teenage crushes renew into full-on attraction that they each try to resist. Johan’s life is busy between his home in Carlisle and his place in Philadelphia with the hockey team, while Leddy believes he needs quiet and solitude to work at his best. Their needs seem incompatible with each other, but Johan demonstrates that he’s able to make room for Leddy as well as provide inspiration Leddy never expected. All Leddy has to do is decide if home is the woods or where his heart is.
Thoughts: This was a standard Andrew Grey gay romance. It’s a short, quick read that will entertain. Leddy is an artist who has secluded himself in a cabin in the woods of Wisconsin. He’s comfortable there. Safe from the noise of the world. Then the worst happens, and his father dies, and he’s forced to go back home where he not only has to deal with grief, but his brother’s jealousy. His brother’s best friend, Johan (a professional hockey player in Philly), comes to his rescue. The men discover they’ve had crushes on each other for years, but Leddy isn’t sure he can handle being back in a city, or even a town. The two have a lot to deal with including their increased attraction while dealing with the death of Leddy’s father and all that entails. But there is a HEA that satisfies.
Recommended for those looking for a short, somewhat hot, M/M romance.
Disclaimer: Disclosure of Material: I received a final and/or advanced reader copy of this book with the hope that I will leave my unbiased opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that… My Opinions. I am posting this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”
Sparkling Book Reviews 