Love and Lint Rollers
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Even with six beloved cats at home, Thom Fletcher can't help opening his heart to a little injured stray he finds at Pride. Luckily, the generosity of the veterinarian who helps him means he doesn't have to open his wallet. Thom's budget is stretched pretty thin, between his struggling start-up and medical expenses for his Crohn's disease, so the free cat care helps a lot. Thom may have fallen for the little feline, but he's also intrigued by the attractive vet in the bi-pride bracelet.Dean Edwards went to Pride with his colors on his wrist, hoping to find community after his divorce. Instead, he's pulled into a cat rescue by an appealing man. Dean likes Thom's kindness to strays, his blue-gray eyes, his intelligence, and his perspective from decades as an out gay man. Maybe with Thom, Dean will finally feel able to explore his long-neglected attraction to men.They're not a perfect match. From Dean's cat-hating dog to Thom's chronic health issues and preferences in bed, going from a casual date to something more will be a challenge for both of them.
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*Review written during the COVID-19 emergency. My emotions are all over the place, and my rational mind is on hiatus.This was okay, but when my emotions were more deeply engaged during a scene between one of the MCs and the kitten he needs to re-home than during the scenes between the two MCs, there's something that doesn't quite work. Thom and Dean are both appealing characters, but I didn't feel a lot of chemistry between them. They seemed better suited as friends than as two men falling in love. I give Harper credit for incorporating chronic illness (Crohn's Disease) into the story, but another recent book I read did it better (Jay Hogan's [b:Digging Deep 49385118 Digging Deep (Digging Deep, #1) Jay Hogan https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576635614l/49385118.SY75.jpg 70500746]). Still, as an aspiring Cat Lady, I can't help but appreciate a story that features one MC with multiple cats and another MC who is a caring veterinarian. It was also interesting that Thom was a little north of 50 years old, and came of age during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, which gives him a unique perspective on the growing homophobia in the US since the 2016 election. I haven't read anything of Kaje Harper that I didn't like, but I've read several books of hers that I loved more than this one. This book was free on Smashwords in March 2020, and I appreciate her generosity.
