reviews_and_ramblings | Fortune's Return by Jamie Craig

Ryan is a math teacher without a school. He was dismissed from his last work since there was a staff cut. After this, his lover since eight years dumped him cause they have incompatible aspirations: means that John, the ex, wants a more successful man as a lover and wants to move in a bigger city, and Ryan instead wants a family and remains near his native ranch.

Without a work and an home, he moves on that ranch: Clay, his brother, lives there with his family and he also engaged a ranch hand, Teo, a single father; him and Tony, his son, could be the family Ryan wants, and when he discovers that Teo is bisexual (even if monogamous), Ryan thinks to have found the perfect man. Teo is a solid and quite man, all work and family; he is gentle and caring, he works hard and loves harder. But he is also a man who pretends a lot from his lover and a stupid mistake by Ryan can ruin everything.

The book is pretty long and flows smoothly. There aren't many bitter surprises or sudden events, all the story is more on the characters than the plot. And the characters are simple men, earth men like the setting of the story: a ranch, a small town, family interiors.

Ryan is open and ready to love. He is not a man with great expectations, he only wants a good man beside him. He probably would be still with his former lover, even if he probably didn't love him so much, if not for the man who dumped him: Ryan likes the passion and the sex, but he values more a steady relationship and the comfort of a mate.

Teo is a good father. First of all he is a father. And he also values a lot friendship and honor. He likes Ryan, but he fears the man only wants a rebounding man, and Teo is not for casual relationship: he can afford it, with a son to raise, and he also doesn't have time to waste.

As I said the story is simple but good. It left me a sense of warm and comfort. It's not a fast-paced plot, it's more a slow and quite tale, probably like the ranch life it decipts. If you like this setting, you will like this story.

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