New Release Review: Love from a Stone by Elle Keaton

02 September of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

Love from a Stone By Elle Keaton

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Age-gap, grumpy+happy, gender fluid, workplace romance

Released: September 2, 2021

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Home in Hollyridge, Book 4

Length: 74 pages

Cover Design: Cate Ashwood Designs

Synopsis

The irrepressible Skylar Jones has arrived…
Rural Hollyridge and, more specifically, Wallace Kenton, are in for a big surprise when Sky moves to town.

Wallace has never hidden his sexuality but as an older, gay, man in a small town, he’s well aware of the haters.
Sky is who he is, with no shame. If people don’t appreciate that he’s fantastic they can look the other way. Sky does, however, have a weakness for grouchy old bears and ugly dogs.

Wallace had no idea he’d been waiting his whole life for him.

Wallace’s black and white existence turns technicolor when Sky comes to work for him. Even if he doesn’t want to admit it, Sky is change for the good.

grumpy+happy, age gap, dog wedding?, gender fluid, workplace romance, protective lover, 0 angst, high heat.

Love From a Stone is a standalone and the fourth in the Home in Hollyridge series, although previous characters make appearances. It’s dual POV following both Sky and Wallace as they work their way to their fantastic HEA.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Sky + Wallace + dogs? Yes!!!

Love from a Stone is one of my favorite kind of books. It’s long enough to convey a great story but it’s short enough to read in one sitting/evening. Not to mention how sweet Skylar is and how he shakes up Wallace and gets him really living again.

Skylar’s mom is a piece of crap, she ruined his credit among other things, but he didn’t let that get him down. He’s moved to Hollyridge for a new start but staying with friends is wearing on him. He can’t take much more of listening to their wild sexcapades at night. He has to find a job and a place of his own to live.

Wallace doesn’t know what hit him when Sky comes looking for a job. It doesn’t take long for him to be totally captivated by how Sky is, how he really listens to and interacts with his customers. He soon finds that he can’t resist Sky no matter how much he tells himself that he should.

There is almost no angst in this story (one tiny little scene that wasn’t really that angsty) but there is a lot of fun and good times with two dogs who fall in love with each other before their owners do. I loved everything about this story!

Elle Keaton writes fantastic romantic suspense (I’m a big fan) but the Home in Hollyridge books are equally good and a nice change of pace. The books in this series stand alone with no problem.

♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

Home in Hollyridge Series

♥ Amazon US ♥ Amazon CA ♥ Amazon UK ♥

About Author

Elle Keaton

Contemporary gay romance and MM romantic suspense set in the Pacific Northwest is my game. My books are known for their hot mm romance, complex characters, and unique sense of place. The men start out broken, and maybe they’re still banged up by the end, but they always find the other half of their hearts.

Since 2017 I have written over twenty books, all are available for you to read or listen to, with more on the way.

I love cats and dogs, Star Wars and Star Trek, pineapple on pizza, and am known to start crossword puzzles with ballpoint pen.

Love always wins, thank you for supporting this indie author!
Elle

Author Links