Review: HELLO GOODBYE AMORE by Andrew Grey

Fiction, Contemporary Gay Romance, Italy, Level 4 Heat

4****

Blurb: In college, Chase Anderson and his twin sister, Elaine, met Antonello Glorioso and became best friends. Chase fell in love with him—but so did Elaine, so he kept quiet. Then heartbreak they graduated, Antonello returned to Italy, and Elaine died, leaving Chase to raise her son as his own. Returning to Florence to run the family business had felt like Antonello’s only option. He did his duty to his legacy, but he’s been second-guessing that decision since he got on the plane. Still, he doesn’t know what he could’ve had until it shows up on his doorstep. Chase never wants to see Antonello again. His departure tanked the business the three of them had planned to start and hurt his sister deeply. But his engineering project needs specialized metals, and the Glorioso firm is the best supplier. Reluctantly, Chase agrees to head to Italy for a few months to oversee production, hoping he’ll be able to keep a low profile… only to run into Antonello the first day. As Chase and Antonello spend time together, old hurts fade, replaced by renewed friendship and the possibility for a love they’ve only fantasized about. But duty, family, history, and big secrets could topple any possibility of a future.

THOUGHTS: Take two men (one of whom is a rich, handsome Italian) and one woman (twin to the other man) and you have the makings of trouble. Antonello, Chase, and Chase’s twin sister Elaine are best friends in college. They’re so close, they decide to go into business together. Then Antonello gets called home by his family—and you do not go against family. Meanwhile, Elaine has a baby – yep, you guessed who the father is—but when she is killed in an accident, Chase becomes Ricky’s adopted father. Then his company sends him to Italy for five months to oversee a project and he is assigned to work with Antonello.

Ready to hate the man he once had a huge crush on, Chase discovers that he can’t. Especially when he understands why Antonello had to leave. But there is a lot to atone for. As the two become closer, Antonello realizes that he has been hiding who he really is and needs to break out from under his mother’s dictatorial thumb. But it’s not easy, especially when she discovers that the boy, Ricky, is Antonello’s son.

The two men have to figure out how to live their lives together with Ricky and without bowing to the dictates of the mothers.

A nice, hot romance with a satisfying HEA ending.

Recommended.