Jacey Mills

Unrequited love is hard on people, and Brendan has taken a beating. For twenty years he has loved his friend and business partner James from afar, watching him as he got married and had children. Then James’s wife dies in a car accident, and Brendan is there to help James through the grief. When the unexpected happens and an awful cold causes them to get closer, things begin to look up. Brendan doesn’t even notice it at first, but increasing “weirdness”, as he calls it, makes him realize that James is more interested than he’d ever dared hope.

This is a cute story, written with a lot of humor and even though the situation is dire, I had to laugh more than once. Brendan’s observations and self-deprecating comments are funny, and James’s kids and their antics are so true to life. I really enjoyed reading this one.


NOTE: The anthology this short story was published in has been provided by Torquere Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
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