Life on Pause
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- 3,49 €
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- 3,49 €
Publisher Description
Niles Longfellow is a nerd, and not the trendy type of nerd, either. He wears a historically accurate homesteader costume to work every day, has a total of one friend, and doesn't know how to talk to guys. So when he gets a flat tire and the hottest hipster ever stops to help him, all Niles can think is that he's wearing his stupid cowboy getup. Normally, Niles feels invisible to other men, but he'd take that invisibility any day over Rusty Adams seeing him in suede and fringe.
Rusty moved to Bison Hills to help his sister raise her daughter, and nothing is more important to him than that. He's also fresh off a breakup, and isn't prepared for anything complicated. But then he meets Niles. Rusty sees Niles as more than a clumsy, insecure guy in a costume. He sees a man who is funny, quirky, and unexpected.
Nothing about their connection is simple, though, especially the lies and insecurities between them. Niles doesn't know if he can trust Rusty with his heart, and when Rusty's sister decides to move away, Rusty doesn't know if he can stay behind.
NOTE: This is a reprint of a previously published novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McLellan (Controlled Burn) proves that love is all you need after plenty of agita and endless, sometimes irritating soul-searching for the exasperating central couple in this contemporary romance. When music teacher Rusty Adams stops to help a motorist with a shredded tire, he doesn't expect to walk away with a boyfriend. Bison Hills, Okla., is a Grindr wasteland. Niles Longfellow, a historical reenactor at a local homestead museum, is a socially awkward man who seems to fear his sexuality, despite having come out as gay. Rusty and Niles's attraction is immediate, but Niles's fear is greater than his bravery, and he abandons Rusty for a trumped-up reason when it looks like they're getting close to real romance. When Rusty decides to leave town, Niles has to face his feelings and his fear, or lose the best chance at love he's ever had. The lack of communication between the protagonists is exhausting to read; as Rusty's sister points out to him, "You're sometimes really bad about telling the important things." Despite this flaw, the vulnerability of the couple triumphs over the questionable bits of plot to keep readers on board.
