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Empty Nests
Empty Nests: Nested Hearts: Book One | Ada Maria Soto
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Neither James nor Gabe has ever had a real relationship. They might make a connection if they can get past their differences--and their fears. At age fourteen, James Maron decided to prove he wasn't gay despite vast evidence to the contrary. Now at thirty-two, he's getting ready to send his son to college and wondering what he's supposed to do next. Outside his son, his life consists of an IT job he hates and watching telenovelas with the women in his apartment building. Gabriel Juarez is the CFO of a technology giant. He has looks, charm, fantastic wealth, a workaholic personality, and a string of boyfriends who only stick around because he's too busy to tell them to leave. A bad laptop/projector interface causes James and Gabe's paths to cross. Friends, family, and coworkers jump to match Gabe with a nice guy, and James with anyone. But are they too different? Everyone will have to tread very carefully to keep things from ending before they start.
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Mehso-so

(Reviewing this & the sequel Bowerbirds together because they were originally written as one story)

Head of major Silicon Valley firm meets and falls for IT technician while giving a motivational talk to students.

I enjoyed the development of the characters' relationship and their back stories. The one big sex scene was actually quite boring and went on far too long. I'm not sure the HEA actually solved the issues that led to the near break up.

random_michelle I've actually held of reading these books because I feared they wouldn't been as good as Arthur & Martin.

Though if you come across “And Everything Nice“ it is another of favorite I've reread perhaps more times than Arthur & Martin's story. It's full of baking and IT. :D
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rwmg @random_michelle They weren't. I suspect it was a mistake to read them straight after the Agency stories, they were bound to suffer in comparison. They weren't terrible but judging from this series sex scenes aren't really the author's greatest strength so the Agency not having any was an advantage. 3d
random_michelle @rwmg So you know, And Everything Nice doesn't have an sex scenes, which is possibly one of the reasons it's another favorite of mine. ;)

But really, I think it's the slow unfolding of the relationship between Martin and Arthur that makes the story so very good. How they are in a relationship without actually realizing it.

Oooh. Now I want to reread those books. ;)
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rwmg @random_michelle I've added it to my pile 2d
random_michelle @rwmg I can't wait to hear what you think. :D 2d
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