Rating: 3.75 rounded up to 4 stars out of 5
Dekker Callan is content with his life though he knows something is missing. Wanting the kind of love his friends share with their partners, Dekker is talked into taking part in a modeling and dating show as part of a fundraiser. He immediately falls in love with the anonymous, sexy voice on the other side of the wall, but fate has a surprise in store–his mystery man isn’t single.
Slade Gannon wasn’t supposed to take part in the dating show. That spot was for his roommate, Phil, who becomes ill and asks Slade to take his place. Slade has just recently gone through a breakup with his cheating boyfriend, George. Shocked and pleased when he wins the interest of handsome Dekker Callan, before he can go on the obligatory blind date, his ex asks for a second chance. Believing Dekker can’t possibly be as good on the inside as he looks on the outside, Slade agrees.
Dekker and Slade hit it off immediately, drawn to each other despite Slade being involved with someone else. They finally get their opportunity to be together when Slade finds out his boyfriend is still cheating, but just as they seem to discover the happiness they’ve been waiting for, George throws them one last hurdle—and this one may prove to be insurmountable.
Blind Date by Kay Doherty was an enjoyable fun contemporary romance, that starts off with a blind date that goes incredibly right and then incredibly wrong. What fun!
Dekker Callan’s best friend talks him into a charity modeling show and sort of Dating Game fundraiser. I thought this was a nice element and its handled with a light and sexy touch by the author. You don’t get to see the men just as Dekker doesn’t. Just here their questions and listen to Dekker’s mention descriptions of their voices and how they make him feel. Delicious.
Then comes his choice and date, Slade. Its going well until both the reader and Dekker find out that Slade went back to his cheating ex, something that makes us all extremely unhappy. Then the waffling begins. Will Slade go back permanently or won’t he? Will Dekker will out or won’t he? Dekker is such a terrific character that its a bit of a no brainer here. He’s charming,outgoing, owns his own Adult Toy Business. Yes, he’s a catch. Plus he’s gorgeous. Slade however is someone I wished had a little more…gumption or backbone or something. I’m not sure what exactly. But the dithering here lasted a little too long in several passages for me to be completely on Slade’s side. This is without spoilers.
However, love is not without bumps and larger hurdles, and this author gave this couple their fill. They survived them, and their romance and ending came together just as it should. I got to see Dekker happy and his Slade and that’s all that counted in the end.
Did I enjoy this story? Absolutely. I went to check to see if there were other stories about the secondary characters here because they were so entertaining and worth their own tales. Did I find any? No, but I hope that means that this first time author is intending to bring more stories out, starting with this circle of friends I thoroughly adored. I can’t wait to see what Kay Doherty writes next.
Cover art is vibrant and eye-catching although a little too generic for me for the storyline.
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Book Details:
ebook, 113 pages
Expected publication: August 29th 2016 by NineStar Press
ISBN139781911153757
Edition LanguageEnglish
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