The Tattooed Heart by J.M. Snyder

[reviews_and_ramblings]

This is the classical example of short story that makes me love so much J.M. Snyder: it's a sweet and tender story, a bit naughty but not too much, and there is no sex at all. It's erotic without being pornographic, and it's all about the feelings, feelings that are simple and warm, like a homemade pie with a spicy taste.

Chris and Lee were old time friends, they met when they were still children and never be apart from that moment. Chris is the smaller of the two, in age and body, but he is actually the leader: what Chris wants, Lee does, and every single desire of Chris is like a duty for Lee. It's obvious that Lee is madly in love with Chris, but Chris doesn't really see his friend. Lee is like an old blanket, comfortable and warm, something you always search in the colder nights, but then, the morning after, you leave it at home while you go on with your day-to-day life. And Lee is too shy and unselfish to pretend more from his best friend, it's enough for him that Chris always comes back to him.

But something is changed, Chris has a boyfriend, and now, it's Barry that always comes first. It's on Barry that Chris, a tattoo artist, wants to try new things, Barry is like a blank canvas and Lee instead is already full of their past history together, an history that's inked on Lee's body. Lee is like Chris's photobook, instead of pictures of Chris in different stage of his life, there are his tattoo, from the beginning to the last, all on Lee's body.

Now Chris has to realize that what he has always wanted is right there and he hasn't to search for new shores, he already met the love of his life 20 years ago.

http://www.jms-books.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=215

Amazon Kindle: The Tattooed Heart
Publisher: JMS Books LLC (February 5, 2011)

Comments

Thanks!

[jmsnyder.livejournal.com]

Hi Elisa,

Thanks so much for the awesome review! I'm glad you enjoyed my story :)

J.M. Snyder
http://jmsnyder.net

Re: Thanks!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was really "unexpected" sweet. Elisa