Behr Facts Foothills Pride Stories Book 3 (Audible Audio Edition) Pat Henshaw David Ross Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
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Big, burly CEO Abe Behr is dismayed to discover someone - possibly a family member - is stealing from Behr Construction, which primarily employs Behr relatives. Abe takes the unprecedented step of hiring an outsider, likeable CPA Jeff Mason, to go over the books and help find the culprit. They are drawn to each other as they talk to workers, including Abe's two younger brothers and their shifty cousin.
Since he has sacrificed romance all his life to build the business, Abe's surprised by his feelings for the handsome Jeff. He's even more shocked when they are confronted by bigotry in the Sierra Nevada foothills community, which is being inundated by gays moving from the San Francisco area. As he and Jeff get closer, Abe must come to grips with coming out to a family and community that aren't very tolerant. Fortunately, being the head Behr helps him find his footing and grab onto love when it bites him.
Behr Facts Foothills Pride Stories Book 3 (Audible Audio Edition) Pat Henshaw David Ross Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
I do recommend this book. I liked the plot and characters. The main character identifies as asexual and clearly states he doesn't find people attractive. It strongly states he didn't have time to date, which has nothing to do with sexual identity. When he falls in love and then finds Jeff attractive, the sexual identity slides into Grey sexuality or possibly Demisexuality and but the author simply says oh he is gay now. You can be both grey sexual or demisexual as well as gay, but this fact was glossed over and never felt with. When the character finally comes out he never states he thought he was asexual untill Jeff. He simply says he is gay and didn't have time to date before.. This scene was dissatisfying. It may be true the character was too busy but has nothing to do with him not finding people attractive before.Product details
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Behr Facts Foothills Pride Stories Book 3 (Audible Audio Edition) Pat Henshaw David Ross Dreamspinner Press LLC Books Reviews
This is the third book in a series that can be fully enjoyed as a standalone.
I will preface this review with a couple misconceptions that I brought with me when I opened the book
1. I thought it would be sexy. It is a contemporary M/M romance, featuring an out-gay man and an asexual man. This is a romance, but do not expect any sex. Any.
2. I thought it would be a paranormal/shifter story. I mean, Abe Behr (pronounced "Bear") is a six and half foot tall, grizzly of a man, who is gruff and loves to spend time in his isolated cabin, fishing. He's inordinately drawn to sweets. Like, he could (and does) eat a whole three-course dessert meal. Abe is a bear, but he is NOT the bear shifter I thought I'd find. (More's the pity, alas). Disclaimer My review isn't based on the the lack of shifterness, however. I'm totally cool with non-paranormal stories.
Okay, so what happens is this Abe's been running his family's construction company since the ripe age of 16 when his no-account, alcoholic dad died of liver disease. He is now 32 y/o, a steadfast family man, very concerned about his two remaining younger brothers, Ben and Connor who work in the company, along with any of a number of uncles, cousins and in-laws. Behr Construction is a profitable company, but the books aren't lining up with the kind of profit that should exist. Abe hires Jeff Mason, a young, svelte accountant with great recommendations to go over his finances.
[Aside Jeff Mason's father and Abe's father did not like each other, and Abe's father had a particular hate for all the Masons.]
Bringing a "Mason" into the Behr lair is tantamount to mutiny, for some of the Behrs, but Jeff does a great, and somewhat convoluted, espionage job with Abe at his side to learn who is scamming the company. It seems that the fraud is a team effort and the worst of the bunch are weeded out.
Being in close proximity with Jeff awakens new feelings within Abe. He's never had an attraction before, and he's frustrated to find he's very much attracted to Jeff. Add to that, their cloistered area of California has a firebrand of a minister that's rallying the townsfolk against the Gays, who are moving into this area due to skyrocketing prices in San Fran. (Clearly The Gays don't like Oakland...)
So, Abe is beginning to notice all the anti-gay sentiment and it angers him. He pushes back, hard, against his vendors and sub-contractors who are flying their bigot flag. It's a rough deal, because he's trying to come to terms with his own sexuality, and people he's known his whole life are newly homophobic.
I'm going to say that I'd have liked this story a lot more if there had been a little less frenetic pacing. Abe spends a good bit of time pondering his three issues dwindling company profits, same-sex attraction, and homophobic townsfolk. The crescendo for these issues came too fast, however. I had little time to savor the results of all the tension. Also, no sex. Abe has a wild night, his first I'm led to believe, and I got nothing. #HugelyDisappointed I love me a virgin hero, and Abe had all the makings of this, based on his asexual history. Like a teen boy busting his first nut, it was all over too quickly to suit me.
I am sure this will appeal to readers who like low-steam romances. Abe is an admirable hero, and Jeff is a doll. There's a good lesson in there about family and loyalty and being the very best person to do a tough job, too. The characters are interesting and I wanted more of their soft side on the page.
Great story, good story development, lot of twist and turn just right amount of sex.Hope the author keep writing more story
A satisfying read. Ties in with the other books in this series very well.
The tone of the book reflects our Behr hero. He's stoic, straightforward, drama free and loyal. We meet him realizing the family that he sacrificed for has no loyalty. And that he is in love and not as straight as he thought. While, there is no overt sex scenes, you get the picture. My one issue is that Behr is fleshed out when Jeff isn't. I think if that connection was made... A better book would've developed.
Foothills is a wonderful series. Pat Henshaw gives us all sorts of guys (bears, twinks, bikers, and more) and tells their stories in different and believable ways. Each couple faces challenges, some from homophobia, some from small town insularity, and some just the normal ups and downs of relationship. I fell in love with all of them.
Pat's writing style is clean and good pacing, enough detail to make me visualize the scenes, and solid dialog. Pat Henshaw is a new author for me, looking forward to much more.
Was not overly impressed with this story felt as if it needed a bit more development. Expected one thing but got another. I understand that sometimes the curve balls that life throws us makes us unable to know all of our personal desires or even be self aware. Abe is the CEO of his family construction business a position he's held since he was a teen. He was responsible for raising and providing for his younger brothers, so he set aside all his personal needs to make the business successful. He suspects someone is stealing from his company and hires Jeff an accountant to audit his accounts and try to identify who and how the money is being stolen. They grow close together while working on the case. The story is filled with bigotry, envy, resentment and a plot to destroy the company and remove Abe as CEO. The story felt one-sided as it was told from Abe's perspective and there were certain places where the story was not explained properly.
I do recommend this book. I liked the plot and characters. The main character identifies as asexual and clearly states he doesn't find people attractive. It strongly states he didn't have time to date, which has nothing to do with sexual identity. When he falls in love and then finds Jeff attractive, the sexual identity slides into Grey sexuality or possibly Demisexuality and but the author simply says oh he is gay now. You can be both grey sexual or demisexual as well as gay, but this fact was glossed over and never felt with. When the character finally comes out he never states he thought he was asexual untill Jeff. He simply says he is gay and didn't have time to date before.. This scene was dissatisfying. It may be true the character was too busy but has nothing to do with him not finding people attractive before.
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