Downpayment by AJ Mars

DownpaymentLGTitle: Downpayment
Series: N/A
Author: AJ Mars
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (February 15th, 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5 Hearts
Blurb: Mike Barrow and his friends are among many boys in Manchester who think the city will be their chance to improve themselves. But for now Mike is living in a damp flat with his friend Callum, and they’re both making ends meet by working the streets. When Mike meets Chris Wildsmith, a late-twenties entrepreneur, he thinks he’s hooked a job that will pay his rent for several weeks—a windfall already.

But his connection with Chris quickly goes beyond what’s normal between rent boy and client. Mike meets Chris’s friends, goes to Chris’s parties with him as his “boyfriend,” and finds himself swept up in a world he’s never known. He’s sure it’s all going to go horribly wrong, and when Chris’s work colleague figures them out and becomes violent, he’s almost proven right. But Mike isn’t the only one who has confused professionalism with something else.

The breakup that follows gives Mike the impetus he needs to relaunch himself as somebody else, a man who will hopefully be someone Chris very much wants to be with.

ISBN: 978-1-63476-911-2

Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7423

Reviewer: Eric

Review: Working the streets isn’t ideal but it gets Mike and his friends from day-to-day. But when he meets Chris all bets are off. Chris is a well to do entrepreneur that takes in Mike as his rent boy. Things start to become a bit blurred between them as something sexy develops. It is a matter of time before they make a move on each other.

This is one of those great stories that goes from great to greater. The author takes the time to surround you in the world without overdoing it. And continues to show you that fun can lead to some thing a little hotter and a lot more adventurous.

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