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Book Blurb

Colin McDermott goes home to Sydney, Australia, to await his Green Card, which will grant him legal residence in the US. When the process drags on, he's worried he'll be denied, but he's also financially stressed. He's still paying his bills back in LA and coping with a sub-leased apartment in Kings Cross, the famed red-light district.

Forced to take a part-time job in a Darlinghurst cafe, Colin comes face to face with the past he'd fled and the childhood he sought to forget. And there's one other thing—he's reunited with Ronan Hensley, the man he thought he could love until Colin shamed himself on a disastrous date ten years ago.

Can these two men rekindle their relationship? Can old wounds be forgotten and forgiven? As Colin walks the streets of the Cross—which, like him, clings to its shameful past—history comes back to life. He realizes so many things, but mostly that you can take the boy out of Australia, but you can't take Australia out of the boy.

First edition published by Amber Allure, March 2013.

Book Review

This is a very special book, and I really loved it. First, because it is wonderfully told, very descriptive, and had some great characters I was able to empathize with (especially Colin). Second, it is set in one of my favorite cities: Sydney. I was lucky to live and work there for six months, and this story brought back a lot of good memories. But most of all this is amazing because the main character undergoes a tremendous change in how he looks at life, and what he wants from it, yet it all happens naturally and in such small steps that I almost didn’t notice.

Colin is a great guy, trying to build a new life in the US, but still very connected to his birth county of Australia. Going back there to wait for his green card to come through forces him to confront his past, his family, and where he stands in life right now. As if all of that isn’t enough, he eventually runs into Ronan, a man he was beginning to love ten years ago when he had quite a traumatic date with him… I won’t go into details here, but I'd be embarrassed as hell! I can totally relate to Colin running!

Roan is ecstatic to have found Colin again, It's obvious that he wants to rekindle their romance, and he pulls out all the stops. He was clearly far less traumatized than Colin by the events of the past, and has never been able to get over losing him. What a treat for my romantic soul! I loved the ideas he came up with to woo Colin, and was rooting for him to succeed. Those two just belong together!

If you like deeply romantic stories that tug your heat, if you enjoy characters who confront their past and learn new things about themselves, and if you're looking for a read that is as romantic as it is entertaining, and set in Sydney, then you will probably like this book as much as I did.

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 85 pages/26107 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	29-March-2019
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-2436-7-the-cross/