Review: Short Sweet Romance that Gets a Second Chance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2012
I was intrigued by the premise and I like this author.  This story has a short story feel to it in that it comes to the point quickly without much development.  Story development and character growth is a big deal to me usually, but I must have been in the right mood because I was able to enjoy this quick read anyway.It begins with Noah Wheeler getting the most horrendous shock of his life when he gets to the airport to pick up his husband Dante and finds him in the arms of a woman.  Noah is told that Dante loves her and they part.  Noah is devastated and was unable to tell Dante that their plans to have a daughter have come to fruition and Noah's sister is pregnant.  Later, when Noah is able to pull himself together, he is still unable to tell Dante that he will be a father because Dante and his whole family have disappeared.Six years later, Noah and his beautiful Gracie are in Vegas for the wedding of his close friend Chelsea.  And in the hotel lobby his new and comfortable world fall apart when he comes face to face with Dante.  From there, Noah discovers that everything he assumed was all wrong, but can he trust and open his heart yet again?The plot, as I noted before, is fast paced and pushes right on through to the finish.  There is room in it for Mary Calmes' usual sweet angst before the resolution comes.  It was all a bit quick for me (my head was spinning almost as badly as Noah's when Dante steamrolled him) to truly latch on to the characters, but I did find myself liking them just fine.  My novel-length loving self does wish that this one could have been stretched out a bit, but that's just my taste talking I think.So while I prefer some of her other work, I do recommend this one for the Mary Calmes fans and fans of M/M Contemporary Romance short stories.