Review: Interesting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Reviewed by Pat Henshawfor TheRomanceReviews.comTwo men scarred by their childhoods clash over weight issues in this poignant love story.When 36-year old private detective Sky Cook gets a call from 37-year-old former British Army captain (now gym owner) John Moorcroft about finding his long lost mother, Sky thinks the case will be a slam dunk.But when the tall, overweight Sky shows up at John's gym and realizes how much he despises flabby, unfit people, Sky's skeptical about being able to work with him. However, they agree to barter services. John will help Sky lose weight and get in shape while Sky will find John's mom who left when he was a boy.Sky is skeptical when John, while showing signs of being gay, adamantly keeps telling everyone around him that he's straight. When Sky meets John's acerbic father, who beat John after he'd seen his son in a gay neighborhood when John was a teen, the detective isn't surprised that John is hiding so far in the closet or that John's mother left the volatile man.As Sky and John get to know one another better and Sky succumbs to John's masterful personality, they not only discover the mother's secrets but also something else...Sky is a sweetie whom everyone loves. For a tall, strong man, he is remarkably gentle and intuitive. His subservience might be puzzling to readers at first, but when his past is revealed, his demeanor makes perfect sense.John, on the other hand, is less likeable from the outset, and readers will have a harder time warming up to him, as exprienced by Sky's office assistant. His early belittling of Sky seems excessive given how genial the man is and his attitude makes it unlikely that the gentle Sky will fall in love with him.Fortunately, Sky's character is strong enough to make this an interesting story, and John's slow appreciation of Sky's talents will add to readers' enjoyment of the romance.