Title: Papa Knows Best
Author: Jaxx Steele
Publisher: Phaze Books
Publisher URL: http://www.phaze.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60659-123-9
Genre: Gay Romance
Nymph Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Dominick Pappas is a young photography instructor at the University of Indiana. He’s also talented, handsome and impulsive, which explains why he approaches an attractive older man who he first sees at a popular local café. Papa is also persistent and he knows what he wants when he sees it. In this case it’s Professor Brad Louis who, at first, turns him down flat, with the explanation they have nothing in common, he’s years older and they come from different generations. It’s up to Papa to convince an emotionally wounded Brad to take a chance on a relationship he never expected, in hopes they can both find the happiness they are looking for.
Papa Knows Best is the first book by Jaxx Steele that I’ve had the opportunity to read, and it won’t be my last. Mr. Steele has constructed a heart-warming, sexy read of two men finding love with someone they never expected. Many readers are turned off by May/December romances in fiction, but I for one appreciate the appeal of the realism, which is why I was so thrilled when I first read the blurb for this story.
For an 18K length book, this tightly constructed short is surprisingly detailed and filled with vivid details, interesting background and two likable guys both with painful pasts. When the story started, I assumed Brad would be the dominant force in the relationship, so imagine my surprise when it turned out just the opposite. Mr. Steele did a nice job in expressing Brad’s uncertainly and unease, and an equally nice job in describing Papa and his willingness to give his new lover what he needed. I admit it. I liked these two guys, and would love to know more about them and their life together in the future.
Author: Jaxx Steele
Publisher: Phaze Books
Publisher URL: http://www.phaze.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60659-123-9
Genre: Gay Romance
Nymph Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Dominick Pappas is a young photography instructor at the University of Indiana. He’s also talented, handsome and impulsive, which explains why he approaches an attractive older man who he first sees at a popular local café. Papa is also persistent and he knows what he wants when he sees it. In this case it’s Professor Brad Louis who, at first, turns him down flat, with the explanation they have nothing in common, he’s years older and they come from different generations. It’s up to Papa to convince an emotionally wounded Brad to take a chance on a relationship he never expected, in hopes they can both find the happiness they are looking for.
Papa Knows Best is the first book by Jaxx Steele that I’ve had the opportunity to read, and it won’t be my last. Mr. Steele has constructed a heart-warming, sexy read of two men finding love with someone they never expected. Many readers are turned off by May/December romances in fiction, but I for one appreciate the appeal of the realism, which is why I was so thrilled when I first read the blurb for this story.
For an 18K length book, this tightly constructed short is surprisingly detailed and filled with vivid details, interesting background and two likable guys both with painful pasts. When the story started, I assumed Brad would be the dominant force in the relationship, so imagine my surprise when it turned out just the opposite. Mr. Steele did a nice job in expressing Brad’s uncertainly and unease, and an equally nice job in describing Papa and his willingness to give his new lover what he needed. I admit it. I liked these two guys, and would love to know more about them and their life together in the future.
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