Review: Mmmmmm Firemen
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
Firemen. Definitely one of the top five sexiest jobs ever. So when I read the description about this first book in a series and I saw it involved two firemen plus a May to December romance I was desperate to read it. Since it was also listed on the to-read pile of a friend I trust, I figured I couldn't go wrong. This is a new author to me, but one of the first things I noticed is her sense of humor and her wit is quite dry which makes it even better.Eric has just ended a twenty year marriage because when the marriage counselor told him to be honest, well, he told the truth. Not exactly what his wife wanted to hear that her husband had always been gay. Eric has an employee out for a couple of months with a replacement coming in from Texas, the local crazy has decided that Eric needs to be fired as fire chief because he must be up to no good being gay, and someone is running around the city setting arson fires. Life is not so great for Eric right now.Tom has finally gotten out of Texas away from his homophobic, judgmental father after his gram dies because she was the only reason Tom stayed. His relationship had ended when Tom figured out that his boyfriend didn't really want to settle down and be an adult. So now Tom is on his way to Mesa, Arizona to fill in for a firefighter and hopefully find a permanent place to call his own. Meeting Eric, his hot, straight chief hits all of Tom's switches and later that night, when Tom inadvertently discovers Eric is gay, sends Tom into orbit.With everything going on Eric has made the decision to not get involved with anyone until the arsonist can be caught, his ex-wife released from suspicion, and his son speaking to him. That resolve doesn't last long when he and Tom hit it off and Eric finds what he has always wanted: someone to share his whole life and self with. Of course none of this comes without a price and a lot of pain and betrayal but it was fun watching the whole situation evolve. There was a little ridiculousness in some of the scenarios but I ran with it and had fun with the story and some cheesy dialogue as a whole. And the two firemen were smoking hot together!NOTE: This book was provided by Total-E-Bound for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews[...]