The Searching Heart
by Pepper Espinoza
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Author: Pepper EspinozaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-07-13
ISBN: 1602728623
Number of pages: 198
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
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Book Review: (Just Like) Starting Over by Pepper Espinoza
Summary: 5 Stars
I like a lot this short novel by Pepper Espinoza. It's really angst, it's not a simple and sweet romance, but I like it.
Guillermo Rivera, Guy, is a 27 years old Spanish MBA student; while he is in United States he had a bad car accident. Now, one month after, he not only has bad injuries that force him in a wheelchair, he has also a short term amnesia. He doesn't remember his previous life, nor who he knows or doesn't know in this stranger country. He needs a caregiver and lucky him he has Dane.
Dane is the perfect nurse, he always knows what Guy wants, like he has the memory that Guy lacks... he is so perfect that Guy is becoming dependent from the man. And it's not what Dane wants... Dane is not an unselfish nurse who is paid for doing a job. Dane is Guy's former lover, and in their past relationship, Dane did unforgivable things. But now Guy needs him, and Dane can't mistake a second time. This time he will do the right thing, and not to have a second chance with Guy, but to have a second chance for his own life: for Dane is vital to do at least one thing right, to have the right push to continue in doing the right thing.
Guy and Dane, in different way, are needing a caregiver: one for physical injuries and the other for emotional ones. In this perspective, Dane is not a saint, and he has his reasons to fear what will happen when Guy will remember everything.
Pepper Espinoza is very good in rendering Guillermo uncertain behavior the first day after the accident. The reader lives with him his fears, his needs of comfort and reassurance. And she is also very good in penning, with only few words, Dane's world and life outside the safe heaven of Guy's apartment. The story could be short, but it's a complete tale and very good.
Summary of The Searching Heart
(Gay / Anthology / Collections / Contemporary) When memories fade and old hurts are forgotten, there are only two hearts, beating in time, searching for each other. Previously available only in electronic format, these two novellas of gay erotic romance have now been combined for a paperback edition! Included are the tales......My Only Home (The night before Noah Hill left his hometown of Mountain View, he had a drunken sexual tryst with his best friend, Lucas Wesson. Deeply in the closet, Noah is horrified at his behavior, and terrified of what Lucas would think of him. He left the next morning without saying goodbye, and effectively cut off all ties. He returns five years later to help his father, and runs into his old best friend almost as soon as he reaches town. And nothing has changed. He still loves Lucas, and he still can't stand to meet the other man's eyes. Lucas has been through a lot in the past five years without his best friend's support. A marriage. A divorce. A child. Running his own business. He also remembers his one night with Noah with perfect clarity. For five years, he only wanted Noah to come home. But now that Noah is back, things have changed too much to ever be the same between them.)......(Just Like) Starting Over (After a horrible car accident, Guillermo 'Guy' Rivera doesn't even remember who he is. Suffering from amnesia, bound to a wheelchair with a broken arm and a broken leg, he relies on his in-home caregiver, Dane Mathis, to help him with everything from bathing to eating. Guy wants Dane to be more than just a caregiver, but Dane keeps his distance. Six months after their relationship ended, Dane Mathis drops everything to help Guy put his life back together. It's difficult to treat Guy like a stranger, but he knows he must not give in to his deep desires. He won't risk Guy's anger by revealing the true nature of their relationship. Or the reality of their past together. Even so, Dane can't help but hope that this is their second chance at love.)Gay Books
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