I had so many watery eyes while reading this book. We meet Geoff as an adult. We reconnect with Len after the death of Cliff. And we meet Eli. I loved how good hearted Geoff was, I think Eli complimented him perfectly. I wish there was more communication between the two of them. I wish we would of saw a little more of a struggle with Eli adjusting. For someone new to orange juice he adapted awfully fast! Overall I liked this book and will read more of this series! 4.5 starsGeoff Laughton spends every night in bed with a different man, and his days as a staff accountant for a chain of retail stores. He enjoys his work, his job not so much but thankfully his best friend Raine makes the place tolerable. He is beginning to question his lifestyle when he receives a phone call from his dad’s partner Len, telling him his dad, who had been sick with cancer, died and he should come home to the farm. After the funeral Len tells Geoff his dad left the farm to Geoff and he needs to decide what he plans to do with it. Initially he had no plans to keep the farm but eventually he realizes this was where he belongs, quits his job and takes over the operation with Len as his foreman. One morning as he heads into the stables he finds a young Amish man asleep in one of the stalls. He learns that Elijah is on his Rumspringa, which is a year away from the community and he has nowhere to go. Geoff offers Elijah a job on the farm and lets him stay in a spare room in the house. It doesn’t take long for Geoff to realize that his feelings for Elijah are more than that of employer and employee. Geoff thought he had everything worked out when he took over the farm, now he isn’t sure about his ability to lead and his feelings for Elijah are growing more each day. Andrew Grey has taken the age old theme of romance between two people who shouldn’t have anything in common, and put his own special spin to it. His writing is so vivid I can see Geoff’s “farm” which is reminiscent of a western ranch with acres of cattle grazing in the fields, horses neighing in the barn, farmhands going about their chores mending the fences and planting the crops. I could picture Geoff swinging himself up on his beautiful temperamental horse Kirk, and pounding off through the fields, free as a bird. The characters are also so well portrayed that each and every one of them practically jumped off the page and into my mind’s eye.Geoff grew up being raised by his father and Len, his mother died when he was young and he has no memories of her so being raised by two men was normal for him. He always knew what their relationship was and he always considered Len as another father. Needless to say, his father’s had no problem with him being gay and he was always comfortable with the fact himself. He was taken aback by his attraction to Elijah. To start with, he didn’t know if Elijah even understood what being gay was, and he felt as Elijah’s boss he should keep the relationship strictly business. Elijah was innocent but always knew that he was not like the other Amish people he grew up with. He was attracted to Geoff but didn’t know how to act on the attraction or even if such a thing was possible. To watch the two of them dance around each other was cute. There were times that Geoff seemed more innocent than Elijah and Len’s amusement at their dance was fun. Raine gives us more than one moment of amusement and fun, and thanks to him I’ll never look at a pink bathing suit without smiling again.Mr. Grey could have just written a nice safe romance between these two men and the obstacles they encounter because of Elijah’s upbringing, and it would have been a good book. He gave us the romance but also didn’t shy away from showing us the heart wrenching consequences of the intolerance of people to that which they don’t understand. Front and center to this intolerance is Geoff’s Aunt Janelle who is a bitter old bitty and wants nothing more than for Len and by extension Geoff to be as miserable as she is. The results of Aunt Janelle’s bitterness are some of the hardest scenes to read in the book. There was more than one occasion I sat with tears running down my face. I loved just about everything about this book. The setting was awe inspiring, the budding love and uncertainty between Geoff and Elijah was at times beautiful and at times heartbreaking, the love Len had for Geoff’s father even after his death and the love the felt for Geoff was inspiring. Even nasty old Aunt Janelle was perfect as a villain. This is a romance between two men, and there are some bedroom scenes that leave little to the imagination, but they are written with sensitivity and shouldn’t offend anyone who understands that the book is an M/M romance. Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team
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A city boy falls in love with an Amish teenager who is spending a year away from his family.
—kate
My fav by Andrew Grey and one of my fav gay romance.I just love Geoff and Eli.
—gergana_h2o
Beautiful,loving Story brought tears to my eyes :)Fantastic HEA!!!
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