Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Winter isn’t the only chill in the air on Turtle Lake.When Sam Burgman’s mother, Gloria, nears the end of her battle with cancer, Sam makes the hard decision to leave his job as a corporate lawyer in Miami to take his mom home to Turtle Lake, Minnesota.
Ian Mendoza takes his job as Gloria’s caregiver very seriously, but unlike the assignments he’s taken in the past, Ian fails to maintain a professional distance when it comes to Sam. Unfortunately for Ian, Sam refuses to open his heart despite their mutual attraction.
Born and raised in Miami, Ian isn’t prepared for the frozen landscape that is Minnesota in the winter, but the chill he wants to erase is the one coming from Sam.
This was a short, low angst story about two men who find love while dealing with the impending death of a woman they both care for. The story threw me off a bit at first because when it starts the men have known each other for some time and have already fallen for each other. I felt at first that I had been thrown in to the middle of a story (which I had been) and I was scrambling to catch up. Once they head back to Minnesota though the store flowed better for me. I enjoyed the interactions with Gloria and felt they were reasonably realistic. (I work in the medical field and I am super picky about how death/dying issues are portrayed.) I liked both Sam and Ian and I enjoyed their journey to a happily ever after.
The writing was well done and it was a unique plot with interesting characters. My only complaint was that it was so short. I liked what was here but I would have rather read a longer book so we could have seen the two men falling for each other. As previously stated it was all a little abrupt and I had to take a lot of things on faith. Overall though I enjoyed this and I would recommend it as a short story.
Cover: I love the cover. I think it is really lovely cover that is both nice to look at and a great representation of the story.
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Published October 25th 2016 by Pride Publishing
ISBN139781786515155
Edition LanguageEnglish
Published October 25th 2016 by Pride Publishing
ISBN139781786515155
Edition LanguageEnglish

