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Hotel Pens

By: Robin Knight
Narrated by: Tobias Rain
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For travel writer Joe, the world has lost its sense of wonder including New York, the city he once called home. But when he meets a handsome French stranger who shares his obsession with hotel pens, Joe is about to see New York—and himself—in a whole new light.

Travel writer Joe Jordan hasn’t been home to New York since his boyfriend broke up with him. Instead he’s hopped from hotel to hotel, collecting pens like a child in a fairytale might leave a trail of breadcrumbs hoping to find his way back.

But now he has an assignment, an article titled “5 Ways to Rediscover New York.” Being back on his home turf is daunting—until he meets Claude Desjardins, a gay romance translator staying in his hotel who, after a night of near passion, leads Joe on a treasure hunt through Manhattan, writing clues on Joe’s skin using hotel pens. But it isn’t just New York Joe needs to rediscover.

Hotel Pens is a sweet and touching 17k-word romance about rediscovering yourself in order to find true love. It features a sexy French stranger, a happy ending and a unique and wonderful journey through the greatest city in the world.

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Jaded travel writer Joe Jordan is still hurting from when his boyfriend left him. He meets Claude Desjardins, a cute French guy, they bond over stealing hotel pens, and Joe is invited back to Claude’s room. While Joe expects a hot hookup, Claude delays gratification, writing clues over Joe’s body, and Joe spends the day chasing Claude across NYC.

This short instalove romance (83 pp, under 2 hrs on audio) is cute but unconvincingly contrived; there was nothing real or natural about it. It felt weird to have a complete stranger write on Joe’s different body parts and for Joe to happily be directed to various parts of the city. It felt weirder that Claude and Joe fell in love in one day—they know nothing about each other and spent most of the day apart as one chased the other. 🎧 Tobias Rain does a great job on the audio, his performance was the best thing about this.

Contrived instalove short story!

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