Title: A Sunday Kind of Love
Series: Comfort and Joy
Author: Charley Descoteaux
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 13K words
Publisher: Amber Allure (July 7th 2013)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥2Hearts
Blurb: Jazz trumpeter Jake McKynnie is living a lonely existence in LA, convinced that’s the best he can expect from life. He indulges in a bender to drown thoughts of missing his estranged son’s high school graduation, but to his shock, finds the boy on his doorstep the next morning. DJ grew up in a small Oregon town with his mom and stepdad, but now he’s come to town with big dreams of becoming an actor. He’s also not above doing a little matchmaking for his lonely father while he’s at it.
Jake takes DJ to a friend’s salon, where he gets a hairstyle fit for professional headshots. As they leave the salon, however, the observant DJ sends Jake back inside alone to see Mason, the sexy stylist who was checking him out, which leads to a thrilling and memorable encounter.
After their impromptu tryst, Jake can’t get Mason’s strong hands and hot body out of his mind. And for the first time in years, thanks to his son and Mason, he can actually imagine an exciting future when it comes to his personal life. Yet Mason’s hiding something about himself, and his secret could force him to blow town at any time. Will he stick around long enough to replace the ghost of Jake’s past?
Product Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/SundayKindLove.html
Reviewer: Tams
Review: A short story in the Comfort and Joy series featuring secondary characters from that novel. Jazz musician Jake, Stylist Mason, and Jake’s son DJ.
DJ has come to LA to live with his father and pursue his dream of becoming an actor. In need of a makeover, and thinking his father needs one as well, they head off to the local salon. Jake might be oblivious to the stylist that’s eyeing him, but DJ is not. DJ heads into town after sending his father back into the salon to talk to Mason. A quick thank you turns into a quickie in the restroom, a quickie that leaves both men wanting more.
Jake’s past still haunts him, and Mason’s is hunting him.
There is a lot of furniture stuffed in to a too small space. If this were a full-length novel and all the different angles had been fully explored it would have been better for me. As it was, it was confusing and scattered. I really wanted to like this book but overall I wasn’t overwhelmed, and the ending was too abrupt. I can’t say I wouldn’t recommend this author; Descoteaux’s novel Directing Traffic was fantastic. I just wouldn’t necessarily recommend this particular book.