Release Day Review: His Last Christmas in London by Con Riley

17 November of 2022 by ButtonsMom2003

His Last Christmas in London By Con Riley

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Age-gap

Released: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Self-Published

Length: 169 pages

Cover Design: Natasha Snow

Synopsis

Falling for his final client won’t make leaving London easy…

Ian ~ A talented, young photographer desperate to stay in London.

Guy ~ An older, fierce food critic, determined to keep him in his city.

Ian shouldn’t be attracted to a scathing food critic like Guy Parsons, not after the last time he fell for someone older, arrogant, and gorgeous. He knows better than to let dramatic good looks sway him since his last heartbreak. Besides, he’s accepted a new job at the far end of the country and won’t be staying in London.

Having one month left doesn’t seem enough now Ian’s fallen in love with the city. Working as Guy’s photographer for December might help him afford to stay for longer, even if he hates Guy’s brand of restaurant reviewing. When Guy turns out to be worlds away from the last man Ian fell for, shared meals soon result in shared secrets and feelings.

More than attraction sparks between them as Christmas approaches. Intimate moments lead to intense passion, but is being well matched in the bedroom enough to stop the clock counting down to Ian leaving London, and Guy, for good?

♥ Steamy, snarky, and sweet, His Last Christmas in London is an utterly British, low-angst, age-gap, workplace gay romance set in London and Cornwall. ♥

Celebrate the holidays with a lovely long novella full of heartfelt hurt/comfort and second chances from Con Riley, author of the much adored Charles: Learning to Love.

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Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

So romantic! So many feels!

I’ve read quite a few new Christmas books so far this season and I’ve loved them but I have to admit that His Last Christmas in London really hit me hard in the feels. It’s the only Christmas book so far to make me sob (in a good way) but it didn’t happen until near the very end.

This is kind of an enemies-to-lovers story but not in the traditional sense. Ian doesn’t really hate Guy, because he doesn’t know him, but Guy’s reputation as a restaurant reviewer/critic certainly doesn’t give him any good feelings about the man. Ian’s agreed to an assignment to work as Guy’s photographer during December. As they spend more time together Ian realizes that what he’d read online about Guy doesn’t reflect the true man.

The feelings these two have for each other come through loud and clear by way of Con Riley’s always beautifully descriptive writing. The blurb really says it better than I can. I won’t do spoilers but OMG – the last couple of chapters nearly broke me – in the best way. Con Riley fans won’t want to miss this book!!