Nick is a strawberry blond rugby player, with no family to speak of, who's been missing the recently-departed grandmother who raised him. Then his roommate sets him up on a blind date, pronounced "ambush", without telling Jamie what he's done. Jamie is a UK-born half-Chinese man, who's been burned by a controlling cheater and has been reluctant to date since his last relationship ended, nearly a year ago. NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.I found this short 39-page Christmas tale utterly charming.
If you like short, fun stories about the blossoming of a new romance, if you want to read about a man who has suffered an overbearing boyfriend, and if you’re looking for a read that is entertaining and sweet, then you will probably like this short story. Not to mention what happens when snow begins to fall and it becomes apparent that most of the UK does come to a standstill - just when Jamie’s relatives need picking up from the airport.
While Jamie is still wondering whether to be upset or not, Nick is being so nice about the whole situation, that all worries quickly vanish. His “meddling” friends have different ideas and introduce him to Nick. It almost seems as if Fate steps in on his behalf, and I loved the “solution” the author came up with to ensure things go a lot more smoothly than expected. So when Jamie meets a potential new boyfriend just before his aunt and grandmother fly in for a visit, he is a little worried. His parents and mother’s British family know he is gay, but his father’s Malaysian/Chinese family are not yet aware.
In this story, Jamie has just been through a bad breakup, has had to move back home and work in the family restaurant, and a lot of people worry about him. Friends and family can be particularly insistent on seeing “their own” happy, particularly around Christmas.
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