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Mystic Man

By: E.J. Russell
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
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2018-2019 Rainbow Awards Runner-up, Best Gay Contemporary Romance & Romantic Comedy

When a series of personal crises prompt risk-averse research librarian Aaron Templeton to apply for a job on the other side of the country, nobody is more surprised than he is. He nearly runs home before the final interview except for one little problem: he has no home anymore. He put his condo on the market before he left California and it’s already sold. Only an encounter with free-spirited Connecticut native Cody Brown at the Mystic Seaport Museum staves off Aaron’s incipient panic attack.

Cody loves nothing better than introducing newcomers to the great features of his beloved home state, and when the newbie in question is a rumpled professorial type with the saddest blue eyes on the planet? Score! The attraction between the two men deepens as they explore Cody’s favorite spots, but when difficulties arise and Aaron’s insecurities threaten to overwhelm him, will Cody’s love be enough to keep him in Mystic?

Mystic Man is a 32,000-word novella featuring a pertinent internal playlist, suggestive shellfish consumption, and a six-year-old who thinks history should have more girls. HEA guaranteed.

©2018 E.J. Russell (P)2024 E.J. Russell Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy
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In an uncharacteristic move, risk-averse librarian Aaron Templeton sells his California apartment and applies for a job in the small seaside town of Mystic, CT. From the moment he arrives he regrets his decision and panics. Local boy Cody Brown talks him down, shows him the sites, and the two fall for each other. But Cody is planning an overseas trip and Aaron has yet to win the job—will the Fates align?

This short instalove romance (100 pp; 3.5 hrs on audio) is sweet and heartwarming but the few minor road bumps mean it’s just not that exciting. I was bemused by the almost instant connection, then kissing, and then physical touching, they hardly knew each other. Surely the timeline could have been stretched a little so they could have become friends first. It felt completely rushed and entirely unbelievable. 🎧 Voice actor Kirt Graves is always superb, he was the best thing about this.

The instalove was too unbelievable!

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I was hoping for a light romance story, instead I got a tediously boring reading of a history lesson... which I wouldn't mind if it had been presented in an interesting way.
Basically, not impressed, but I'm sure it will appeal to others

Very light

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