Title: Serendipity Kit
Author: Connie Bailey
Genre: Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 978-1-62798-267-2
Length: Novel (212 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 6th, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 Hearts
Reviewer: Thommie
Blurb: Christopher “Kit” Britten drifts through life, partying with friends and spending his parents’ money. He hasn’t told them he’s gay, but he’s told all of his five sisters, and to keep from being harassed about responsibility, he works part-time for one of them. When she sends him on an errand and his shiny red Ferrari breaks down in one of Houston’s seediest locals, he pushes it to the nearest garage. That’s where he meets Romy O’Keefe.
Romy works hard as a mechanic to provide for his mother and little brother. When Kit pushes his to-die-for Ferrari into Romy’s garage, Romy is wary of falling for gorgeous Kit despite instant attraction. Kit impulsively decides to prove how serious he is about Romy by coming out to his parents—and his father disowns him!
Uptown and downtown clash as the two men share the tiny space in Romy’s Airstream trailer and struggle to make ends meet. When Kit’s former boyfriend comes sniffing around, and Romy gets the bill for his little brother’s surgery, it drives home to him how very different his world is from Kit’s. However, Kit is in love with the velvet-voiced Romy, and he isn’t about to give up.
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Review: Serendipity means a “happy accident” or “pleasant surprise”; a fortunate mistake. Specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it. (Source: Wikipedia)
As Kit go on an errand for his sister, his car simply stops near a garage. Romy, the mechanic falls in love with the Ferrari, but he’s struck as if by lightning with the owner of the car. Two men that couldn’t be more different from each other; one a wealthy brat going through life being supported by his rich parents, the other barely making ends meet and supporting his mother and teenage brother. What they have in common though is their heart. Makes you wonder if that is enough to make a life together.
This story is a classic Connie Bailey one, sweet and full of hope and happy chances. The characters are adorable and quite sexy, approaching each other with caution in the beginning and throttling each other on the nearest bed once, they establish their relationship. The lovemaking is sweet and sensual, going hand in hand with the rest of their life. While there are events that cause trouble in paradise, they are easily conquered and the general feel of this novel is an easygoing love story where love overcomes all obstacles.
Honestly, this is not quite my kind of read where everything is so sweet and verging on corny, but I did enjoy the story. I would have liked it a lot better if the angst and drama there had been a bit more realistic. The ex-boyfriend showing up for example was a weird thing, as he showed up, made all those big exclamations claiming Kit for his own, and then suddenly vanished from the story like steam on a hot day. It felt as if there were unfinished business there. Same goes for Kit’s relationship with his father. I don’t know, the feel of something building yet left in the middle is what I got out of the dramatic part of this story.
Overall though this is a very romantic novel, focuses on the happy chances and the love of two men who don’t give up on their feelings. If this is what you like to read, then I definitely recommend this one to you.