The Alcove
Lavender Shores Book 7
M/M Romance
May 29, 2018
Jasper Getty is living his dream as the owner of the charming bookshop, Lavender Pages. For seven years, he’s enjoyed the safety and freedom to be himself, selling books by day and curling up and getting lost in novels by night. But a dark page from the past comes back to haunt Jasper as his ex begins stalking him. Russell Wallace hit reset on his life in Nashville and became a bodyguard after decades of living according to family expectations. But even years later, he doesn’t believe he deserves happiness. When Russell is asked to travel to the beautiful seaside town of Lavender Shores to protect a friend’s brother, he expects nothing more than a job and a paycheck. But Lavender Shores reveals a world Russell never imagined, and his immediate attraction to the adorably geeky Jasper complicates an already difficult job. Jolted by the memory of a shared moment and paths that crossed years ago intensifies the sparks into a bonfire of passion and hope. When danger comes pounding at the door, Jasper is in danger of losing his life… and his heart.
(Contains Lavender Shores maps and family trees.)
Review by Gloria Lakritz
PRG Review Chair
This is the Seventh Book of this series, and I am hoping there is no end in sight. We have ben intrigued by this author giving us a beautiful place to visit and filling it with people whose lives we are sharing. Lavender Shores is a wonderland, a beautiful town in the Pacific northwest, settled by the founding families to provide acceptance for all. In all small towns its past shares secrets and darkness, and we are invited to see.
Our 7th entry The Alcove, we prologue 7 years prior, to two strangers meeting 7 years ago. It was a hook up at a bath house, each there for specific reason unknown to each other. The meeting was sexy, passionate and over. Until…….
Jasper Getty, owner of the book shop Lavender Pages has just found out his abusive ex has been released from jail without anyone letting him know. His brother Harrison and his husband have planned a getaway and Harrison refuses to go unless he hires a Body Guard for Jasper. ENTER Russell Wallace ex cop nee bodyguard.
This story hits every bell and whistle you could ever want, but it works and I loved it. The two are sweet and searching and they are meant for each other. Again, Rosalind Abel writes a smoking hot love story with twists and turns that add again to the stories mystery.