A good comfort read. ( )

Very nice Cinderfella story, Kevin is a 24 years old pretty boy who is having a downtime; laid off from his job, almost starving and with a rent to pay he has no money for, he accepted a car wash job, but also there, troubles are arriving. And then a knight in shining armour comes to rescue, only that instead of an armour he has a very expensive suit and instead of a stallion he is driving a Maserati. And he is not even a stranger, Michael was the Kevin’s best friend’s older brother, the one Kevin tried to seduce when he was 15 years old, and the one who of course refused him since he was too young. Kevin was already a little prissy at the time, and instead of trying to understand Michael’s words, he severed all relationships with him and his brother Danny.

9 years later, Kevin is still as prissy as before, but now he is also legal and Michal has no more reason to refuse him; problem is that Kevin is also very high maintenance, and even if Michael comes as strong as a tornado, when he overlooks to woo Kevin in the right way, Kevin is soon ready to highlight his lacking skill as boyfriend. I really loved Kevin’s attitude, even if broken, even if starving for food and also love, he is ready to throw all of it away just for principles. It’s also true that Kevin has big self-esteem issues, and that he is lacking the support of a loving family, leaving him more starving for affection than food or anything else.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NOGDSE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20

Kevin Flaherty’s life really sucks. He’s already been laid off from his job, compelled to sell his motorcycle, and now faces eviction from his apartment. Things can hardly get worse. Now, forced to work a low-paying job at a car wash and barely surviving, Kevin is too embarrassed to even tell his friends.

Hotshot lawyer, Michael Bennett, comes into the car wash to have his Maserati cleaned. Kevin knows Michael well. When Kevin was fifteen, an openly gay twenty-one-year-old Michael was Kevin’s dream. But when the teenaged Kevin made his move, Michael rejected the young man.

Nine years have passed and Michael is surprised how attracted he is to Kevin. He soon takes him out, then takes him home. This time the beautiful man is not too young. When he learns of Kevin’s situation, a smitten Michael makes it his job to clean up the disaster that Kevin’s life has become. But his take-charge, bossy way irritates a sensitive Kevin, who starts a fight, ending in the breakup of their budding relationship. A breakup neither of them really wanted. ( )