Title: Born for
Leaving
Series: New England
State of Mind, Book One
Author: Jude Munro
Genre: M/M Romance
Release Date: July 2, 2020
Review Source: Enticing Journey Book Promotions
When they say be
careful what you wish for, do you pay attention?
Neither did
Oliver Tunstead.
Oliver wishes
for nothing more than to get his mind off his crappy bar-tending job, pile of
debt big enough to swallow him whole, and playboy ex-boyfriend/boss who refuses
to back off. Too bad distractions, like the hot little convertible he has his
eye on, cost megabucks. And Oliver is flat broke. Renting the spare bedroom in
his rundown beachfront cottage is his only option to pick up the cash he needs—a
risky proposition, as Oliver is the polar opposite of a people-person. When he
responds to a bizarre ad in the Waterfront Gazette seeking summer housing, he
gets more than he bargained for. But Oliver can cope… After all, how much harm
can a single quirky tenant do to his tightly guarded life in three short
months?
Where Oliver is a
loner by design, urban cowboy Bodie is a loner by necessity. A family dispute
long ago drop-kicked him onto the path of a lifelong wanderer. This changes when
Bodie moves into the tiny beachfront cottage and starts working the door at Oliver’s
bar.
Despite Oliver
and Bodie’s nearly paralyzing instinct to avoid commitment, they fall into a
wary romance. And to their surprise, life as a couple is sweetly satisfying;
that is, until their jealous boss devises a cruel plan to destroy the tentative
bond they’ve built. True to form, Bodie hits the road, leaving Oliver to lick
his wounds alone.
Can these
wounded souls defy their urge to flee and fight for love?
Great, sweet & cute book.
Highly Recommend!
I needn’t have
worried about Bodie keeping up. He’s a born runner, which is surprising for a
man of his size. Once again, my mind is drawn to the question of football
positions. Would he be a running back? A tight end? The quarterback? I shrug as
I chase him along the beach, where the waves meet the sand. The man is big and
fast—that’s all I know.
We pace the
beach for an hour, sprinting until we’re both dripping with sweat. When we
finally stop, Bodie toes off his sneakers, yanks his T-shirt over his wide
shoulders, and plunges into the water.
“Shit,” I murmur
to Hugo, who is sizing Bodie up, right alongside me. The guy is built like a
freaking gladiator. A broad sculpted chest tapers to a narrow waist. A just
round enough ass, well displayed by soaking wet basketball shorts. Long,
muscular legs. Light auburn fur in all the right places. A crown of russet
curls. “My God…”
My dog’s
interest runs more to the “Bodie’s swimming without me” direction than my “what
an amazing piece of eye candy” bend. He trots out to join him.
“Water’s
frigid,” Bodie announces with an exaggerated shiver.
“It doesn’t seem
to be stopping either one of you,” I call back. “But pardon me if I don’t join
in.”
The sight of my
two housemates frolicking in the Atlantic Ocean warms my heart in a way that it
hurts to admit. My immediate instinct is to turn my back on them. To make my
way up the sand to the street just to distance myself from a vision so
bittersweet. But I don’t. I let the sight sink into my soul.
I’m a damned
fool.
Like Jude Munro,
her fictional characters in her gay romance novels are drawn to the beach.
They’ve sunbathed on the sands of many alluring East Coast beaches, along with
the fantastical beaches in Jude’s books.
They’ll answer questions like “Who do
you think you are, the sun god?” (which they often resemble) if they can hear
you over "Boys of Summer" cranking on their headphones. To most of
Jude’s men, no shoes and no shirt is really not a problem. But even on the
sunniest of beach days, the guys in Jude’s books do have problems… as in,
serious relationship issues. Many of which seem insurmountable. And each
character must earn his day at the beach. (Yes, there is always a HEA).
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