The One that was Lost by T.C. Blue
It took me a while to read this second book in the “The One that…” series by T.C. Blue, so much that I have almost forgotten what the first story was about. I do remember thought that I like T.C. Blue’s characters since they are simple and ordinary men, your friends, your neightbors, your colleagues.
In the first book, Jim and Michael love and fight over Elliot, an hot 24 years old personal trainer who shared their apartment. Michael went away and then came back and he brought along Jamie, a 34 years old psychologist from Boston. Elliot and Jamie have apparently nothing in common, but they click together in a perfect way, at least for a weekend. No one of their common friends was giving them the time of a day, but when Elliot has the chance to go to Boston, Jamie is there, ready to welcome him… for another weekend or so. Their relationship continues like that, without strings attached and apparently is what both of them want: Jamie thinks Elliot is too young to wanting something serious, Elliot thinks Jamie is out of his league.
Maybe it’s true that Elliot thinks he is too young to commit, that he likes go clubbing and changing partner every night or so, but in the end I think Elliot is only protecting himself. Not giving his heart to anyone, but only his body, he is stating that he is of no one, that he can decide for his life without anyone having a word. Elliot was disowned by his family, he woke up one day finding out he lost everything and now he doesn’t want to be in that position again.
But things are with Jamie, maybe also since he is a little older, and yes, maybe since he grew up in a progressive family, with two “dads”; Jamie gives Elliot a feeling of safety and comfort, he is a mainstay in the middle of a storm. It’s also good that Jamie is open and free with his sexuality, he has no doubt; more he is sure with his feelings and this gives Elliot the most comfortable feeling of all, with Jamie Elliot will always know what to expect.
There is a lot of sex, Jamie and Elliot at first connect through sex and only after they realize that something more can develop between them; moreover I think that at first both of them are finding in each other someone with whom they can have a little vengeance, on Michael, on Jim, on all the people who believe they would be better with someone else. The good thing is that both of them are aware of that, and so there is no surprise or bad feelings between them.
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Series:
1) The One that Got Away: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/664270.html
2) The One that Was Lost
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