Title: Arm Candy
Author: Carol Lynne
Publisher: Total-E-Bound
Publisher URL: http://www.total-e-bound.com/
Author: Carol Lynne
Publisher: Total-E-Bound
Publisher URL: http://www.total-e-bound.com/
ISBN: 978-1-907280-15-3
Genre: [M/M] Contemporary
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Up until the moment the grandstand collapsed, burying him under mounds of debris, Asa Montgomery had everything money could buy. Expensive clothing, jewelry, a private jet, a gorgeous home and all the friends he wanted or needed. After his injury, he couldn’t say the same. Oh, he had all the same personal possessions but his money-hungry, so-called friends left him high-and-dry when he was no longer able to socialize and spend his money on them.
Weeks after his discharge from the hospital, he sits alone in his big house, with only his elderly housekeeper for company. The only man he wants to visit, Mario, isn’t answering his calls and in a moment of tremendous stupidity, offers the man an exorbitant amount of money to manage Asa’s physical reconditioning. Much to Asa’s shock, Mario, who’s tired of having wealthy men take advantage of him, not only refuses the job, he tells the wheelchair-bound man off before storming out of the house. Can Asa find a way to get past Mario’s hang-up about his money and convince the hurting man that they were meant to be together?
Arm Candy is the fourteenth release in Carol Lynne’s ongoing Cattle Valley series and it takes up almost immediately where the last one left off. As with all the books in this series, there are appearances by other characters from previous releases sprinkled strategically throughout the story.
There’s a lot going on in this short novella, almost too much for its length. Don’t get me wrong. This Cattle Valley is a good addition to the series; I just wish more time had been spent developing Asa and Mario’s relationship. They moved from angry and upset with each other to devoted lovers in record time. I know the two men had been friends for months but this sudden change felt unfinished and underdeveloped.
Genre: [M/M] Contemporary
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Up until the moment the grandstand collapsed, burying him under mounds of debris, Asa Montgomery had everything money could buy. Expensive clothing, jewelry, a private jet, a gorgeous home and all the friends he wanted or needed. After his injury, he couldn’t say the same. Oh, he had all the same personal possessions but his money-hungry, so-called friends left him high-and-dry when he was no longer able to socialize and spend his money on them.
Weeks after his discharge from the hospital, he sits alone in his big house, with only his elderly housekeeper for company. The only man he wants to visit, Mario, isn’t answering his calls and in a moment of tremendous stupidity, offers the man an exorbitant amount of money to manage Asa’s physical reconditioning. Much to Asa’s shock, Mario, who’s tired of having wealthy men take advantage of him, not only refuses the job, he tells the wheelchair-bound man off before storming out of the house. Can Asa find a way to get past Mario’s hang-up about his money and convince the hurting man that they were meant to be together?
Arm Candy is the fourteenth release in Carol Lynne’s ongoing Cattle Valley series and it takes up almost immediately where the last one left off. As with all the books in this series, there are appearances by other characters from previous releases sprinkled strategically throughout the story.
There’s a lot going on in this short novella, almost too much for its length. Don’t get me wrong. This Cattle Valley is a good addition to the series; I just wish more time had been spent developing Asa and Mario’s relationship. They moved from angry and upset with each other to devoted lovers in record time. I know the two men had been friends for months but this sudden change felt unfinished and underdeveloped.
I loved learning more about Jay and look forward to the book revolving around his relationship with, who I assume will be, Enrico. Also seeing Quade back in town for a visit was nice, as was getting to see Leo, the new assistant fire chief. Learning more about the pasts of both Asa and Mario went a long way to explaining some of what made them tick, and the information was interjected seamlessly. The scenes revolving around Mario and his mother were the strongest and most gut-wrenching in the entire book and Asa’s attempt to help nicely written.
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