Review Tour & Giveaway: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Clare London

20 September of 2017 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Delicious slow burn, friends to lovers story.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place By Clare London

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: August 30, 2017

Publisher: Deramspinner Press

Series: London Lads, Book 5

Cover Design: Tibbs Design

Length: 19,598 words

Synopsis

Garry’s at the end of his tether. He’s waiting at Glasgow Airport to meet his friend Will, on their way to a holiday in a Scottish Highlands hotel. Now there’s a ten-hour delay to incoming flights, the seat in the lounge is more like an instrument of torture, and he’s beyond tired of airport food.

He’s also dreading having to apologise for the pass he recently made at Will, his colleague at a London bank, under the influence of too many beers and a long-held crush. Now Will’s been offered a new job offer on a continent thousands of miles away, Garry realises it may be the end of their close friendship—let alone anything more.

To add to Garry’s stress, he’s treated to the company of Emily and Max, two young people who think he needs educating in the ways of the world. Struggling with their well-meaning help and the startling mess from spilled ketchup and noxious-smelling sweets, he’s encouraged to re-examine how he feels about Will and to decide what kind of journey he’d really like them to take together.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Delicious slow burn, friends to lovers story.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place is book 5 in the London Lads series but each story can be read as a standalone. This is only the second story I’ve read by Clare London and I found it deliciously entertaining. It’s not a long book but it was an intriguing and captivating story.

Garry is stuck in an airport waiting for Will and Will’s flight has been delayed 10 hours. For anyone who’s ever been stuck in an airport because of flight delays you know how trying this can be. Add in a couple of precocious kids and Garry’s wait doesn’t seem like it’s going to be much fun. The thing is that the kids, who Garry has never met until today, begin to grow on him.

They boy and girl manage to help Garry pass the time while waiting on Will and keep him from worrying about how things will be with Will when they see each other again. Garry wants to be more than friends but he’s afraid he mucked it all up by making a drunken pass at Will before he left on the business trip he’s now returning from.

This book has only one hot scene but that doesn’t matter as the story is what’s important. And there is a wonderful surprise twist at the end that I absolutely didn’t see coming. I’m looking forward to reading more stories by Clare London.

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O Factor: Spicy

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About Author
Clare London

Clare took the pen name London from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with her other day job as an accountant.

She’s written in many genres and across many settings, with award-winning novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she’s just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she’s happy.

Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic and sexy characters.

Clare currently has several novels sulking at that tricky chapter 3 stage and plenty of other projects in mind . . . she just has to find out where she left them in that frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home.

All the details and free fiction are available at her website. Visit her today and say hello!

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