Title: Once Shattered, Twice Shy
Author: Benjamin Dahlbeck
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (102 pages)
ISBN: 978-1-63216-123-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 5th, 2014)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb: Wade Meadows’s life is in a downward spiral. After company downsizing leaves him unemployed, his mother’s ill health forces him to move back to Georgia. Fortunately, Wade finds a home health care firm to help his mother when he can’t be there. Then a terrible accident leaves him the one in need. Joe Gillis, home health care worker, is there to lend a hand. However, as an independent and capable person,
Wade finds it hard to accept help. Weeks pass and Joe’s consistent strength and presence cause Wade to feel he could let his defenses down and be vulnerable—in more ways than one. Joe wants what’s best for Wade, but crossing the line with a patient could cost Joe his career and business.
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Review: Wade finds himself back home living with his mother in his mid-forties. The bookstore chain he worked for went bankrupt, his boyfriend was an alcoholic, and he left after Wade lost his job and his mother had taken ill. While tending to her yard planting Bamboo he has a bad accident that injures his arm and he needs assistance to drive to Dr’s appointments. He uses the one his mom uses and meets the owner Joe.
This is a very sweet romance. It was pretty predictable but still a very enjoyable story. I love that the characters were older more settled men. You could feel the anguish Wade was going through being hurt and alone and needing to help his Mom.
If you like, a story with older men, and a warm sweet romance with no real sex this is for you.