Review Tour: Rainbow Place by Jay Northcote

06 July of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 4

4.0Overall score

A great start to a new series of standalone books.

Rainbow Place By Jay Northcote

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: June 15, 2018

Publisher: Jaybird Press

Series: Rainbow Place, Book 1

Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

Can Jason find the courage he needs to be the man Seb deserves?

When Seb Radcliffe relocates to a seaside town in Cornwall, he feels like a fish out of water. He misses queer spaces and the sense of community he enjoyed when he was living in the city, and decides to open an LGBT-friendly cafe–bar.

Jason Dunn is the builder Seb hires to help renovate the rundown space where the cafe will be housed. Jason is also gay, but unlike Seb, he’s deep in the closet. He’s never had a relationship with another man—only allowing himself the occasional hook up with guys who are prepared to be discreet.

The attraction between the two men is instant and impossible to ignore. But while Seb is out and proud, Jason is terrified of being exposed. With the grand opening of Rainbow Place approaching, tension is growing among some locals who object to Seb’s plans. When things escalate, Jason is forced to choose whether to hide in the shadows and let Seb down, or to openly support the man he’s fallen so hard for.

Although this book is part of a series, it has a satisfying happy ending and can be read as a standalone.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A great start to a new series of standalone books.

I love to read books by non-US authors. I love reading about different countries and I love reading the stories they write, written the way they speak English. Jay Northcote is one of those writers whose stories I really enjoy. He sometimes challenges me with the British terms he uses but I love looking things up and building my “non-US” vocabulary. ?

Rainbow Place is the beginning of a new series of standalone books set in the same world and it’s off to a great start. Seb moves to a small town in Cornwall for a variety of reasons and he’s happy there but he misses the community feeling and queer spaces of the city. His dream is to start an LGBT-friendly café/bar where all are welcome.

Seb hires Jason to build out the leased space where his café will be. There’s a spark between the two of them but Seb’s unsure if Jason is even gay or bi. Jason is deep in the closet and wants no part of being “out” until his feelings for Seb make him want more.

Rainbow Place is a story that made me feel lots of things and I enjoyed it a lot. Jason feels like he has a lot to lose if he comes out. Men in his line of work don’t usually react well to gays and he definitely doesn’t like drawing attention to himself. He’s also afraid of what his daughter will think.

Seb is OK with Jason staying out of the light for now but he knows that he won’t be OK with it long-term. When something awful happens, Jason lets Seb down in a big way and their relationship may never recover from it.

Just the right amount of tension/angst along with a lot of hot sexy time between Seb and Jason and a nice HFN (happy for now). I’m looking forward to more books in this series.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

Jay Northcote

Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He has five books published by Dreamspinner Press, and also self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press. Many of his books are now available as audiobooks.

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