The Year of Spooky Dee by A. Leigh Jones
To be true when I read the blurb of this short story I was uncertain if read it. I like romance and happily ever after, and here is a story where a man is mourning the loss of his lover. Where I can find my HEA in this story?
And instead, even if the story is less than 10 pages long, the author manages, with flash of life, to bring our hero through his pain and forward a new love and lover. Nick is a rockstar; since his college year he was in love with his roommate Dan, even if, when he started touring, the chance to be together were few. And now Dan is dead and Nick is totally alone. But Dan has left something to Nick, TEX.
Tex is a new type of robot, in bone and flesh, with the capability to feel and think. But he is also totally dependant by Nick, he has not a life far from him. He is the last gift of Dan and Nick doesn't think twice before giving an home to him. And in exchange he finds a "man" to love again and who will stay with him forever and everywhere.
A very original story, I'd like to read more, maybe not only of what happens after, but also of more of Nick and Tex's life when they meet.
Amazon Kindle: The Year of Spooky Dee
Publisher: JMS Books LLC (June 24, 2012)
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