Thursday, October 12, 2017

High Balls (Balls to the Wall) by Tara Lain




Blurb:

A Balls to the Wall Romance

Though only twenty-six, single father Theodore Walters lives with his head in the clouds and his feet firmly planted in reality. At the center of his life is Andy, his seven-year-old son, with whom he shares no DNA, though nobody—including his religious-fanatic in-laws—knows that, and Theodore will do anything to keep them from finding out. Theodore works hard to get his PhD and the tenure and salary that might follow to make a better life for Andy—but the head of his department thinks his dissertation on Jane Austen and romance novels is frivolous.
Theodore’s carefully planned life goes off the rails when he walks into a popular Laguna Beach bar and meets the bartender, “Snake” Erasmo, a pierced and tattooed biker who sends Theodore’s imagination—and libido—soaring. Snake has even more secrets than Theodore and couldn’t be a less “appropriate” match, but he might be the only guy with the skills to show Theodore that happily ever after is for real.

My review:

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Never judge a book by its cover. PHD candidate Theodore Walters should know this. His dissertation is actually a cause near and dear to my heart. Why doesn’t the romance genre get the respect it deserves?  Theodore is a 26 year old gay single dad who looks like he is much younger than that. He will do whatever is necessary to keep his son even if it means kowtowing to the boys homophobic grandparents. But when he meets the tattooed, Harley riding bartender “Snake” Erasmo his careful world gets rocked off its axis. Can he have love, respect and most importantly raise his son without interference? With the help of his Laguna Beach friends he may just have a shot.
This book went straight to my heart and took up residence. I could identify so much with his fight to keep his son and still find love. I LOVED his dissertation topic and could go off on that for days. High Balls is a warm and sweet tale of learning what is important in life.

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