This was a great story where the main characters had been unable to really bridge the gap of their (perceived) differences in the past. And then Carol adds another misunderstanding and suddenly they're not even talking to each other anymore.

I loved the way she then had them gradually reapproach each other (very carefully) because the underlying attraction proved to be too strong. Interestingly the relationship got started even before all the misunderstandings were cleared up - showing the capacity to forgive has more power than any grudges held.

Both Asa and Mario had their own personal issues as well, making for a rich and emotionally satisfying story. I loved it! ( )

Reading a book in the Cattle Valley series is pretty much like meeting with an old friend and remembering all the common acquaintances. Plus, most of the time, the two men in centre stage are already known name to the reader and also their interaction, so, when the story starts, we are ready to see them going down to the core of the story. Sex usually arrives pretty much on chapter 1, but the nice thing of Arm Candy is that Mario, the arm candy, doesn’t want to put out so soon for Asa, the multimillionaire who will be more than willing to have him as boy toy since he doesn’t believe someone else could want him as lover without all his money.

Both Mario and Asa have prejudices against each other not for something they did, but for what people can think. Mario is young and handsome, and he has a bad past experience with his very beautiful mother who always used man for money, and so now he doesn’t see himself being only a boy toy for a rich man. He has prejudices against Asa even if the man has never treated him like a pretty Arm Candy, and Mario is always ready to think the worst about him. On the other hand, Asa doesn’t see himself interesting past his money; he is 43 years old, of average looks and not so much experienced in the fact of love. Asa’s strength is his brain, but that is not something you can expose, above all not with someone that doesn’t speak with him.

Anyway the disagreement between Asa and Mario has short life, and they are soon living like an old established couple; they don’t disagree on anything, and they pretty much think alike. The age difference is there but it’s more or less only a number, without any real consequence on their relationship: Mario grew up sooner than his age, and instead I have the feeling that Asa lived in his own world, and his emotional development got interrupted.

Arm Candy is a nice addition to the series, and being also a Thanksgiving story, it has the usual abundance of good feelings; it’s a nice and good love story.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1907280758/?tag=elimyrevandra-20