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Willow Bend
by Ally Blue
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Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Can two men from different worlds cut the ties binding them to heartaches past and present, and make a life together? For Paul Gordon, the little town of Willow Bend, South Carolina is the perfect place to start over. A place where he can move on after his lover's death, alone and anonymous. Cory Saunders is just trying to survive. Between working two jobs and caring for his ailing mother, it's all he can do to keep his head above water. When Paul and Cory meet, their mutual attraction is undeniable. When the intense physical attraction starts to blossom into something deeper, neither wants to admit to what's happening. Cory doesn't have time for a relationship, and Paul isn't sure he's ready for one. But sometimes, what you thought you couldn't have turns out to be exactly what you need. Warning: this title contains explicit male/male sex and graphic language.
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| Refreshing |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Willow Bend, was for me, a very refreshing read. Ally Blue's writing style quickly gave life to the main characters, Paul and Cory, which had me taken up and away on an emotional ride throughout.
The men, though both from very different worlds, found themselves attracted to one another from the get-go, and the story had me emotionally focused as the two established, adjusted, and finally settled into a relationship that was put to the test from the start.
Bottom line: The story was believable. A far cry from the typical manga-style romance of fluff and unrealistic, mushy sex. Willow Bend has soul.
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| Wonderful story |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I am a huge fan of this book and have read it through several times. The angst and longing in the story are a wonderful combination in the story Ally has created.
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| Willow Bend |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Paul Gordon makes a sudden and unexpected move from the Pacific Northwest to the tiny town of Willow Bend, South Carolina; to a house he's bought sight unseen. Paul is still recuperating from a terrible auto accident, which happened fourteen months earlier that left him with a number of broken bones and took the life of his lover. Paul is determined to convert the barn loft into an artist's studio, using his plans to focus away from the memories of his accident and the pain he still experiences from his injuries.
Paul is astonished to find that, instead of the small, back-in-time village he's been expecting, Willow Bend proves to be a lively, up-to-date, gay-friendly community. At the restaurant, Paul's server Cory is an appealing young man whose signals Paul interprets as possible interest; but for Paul, dating and relationships are on ice forever. In the accident that damaged him, Paul lost his life partner, Jay. Even his libido has shriveled to nothing, but seeing Cory changes that immediately.
Cory works two jobs, waiting tables at Uncle Charley's Place, and leading kayak tours to Otter Island, to keep up a home for his invalid mother. Despite the fact that he has no personal time, for in addition, he must keep up repairs on his mother's run-down home, but he can't keep his mind or his eyes from straying to Paul.
I really enjoyed Willow Bend. I live in a really small town in which some of the stereotyping is straight out of Reconstruction Days, so it was pleasure to read of a community with the same feel to it as mine. Ally Blue delves deeply into her characters from the first page, making the reader feel as the characters do, and touching our hearts along with them. Willow Bend was a really exciting book for me, as it promises that hope can rise from the cold dry ashes of despair, and that life is not over until death takes you. Willow Bend's premise of course does include m/m intimacy, but I found it tasteful and should not offend most readers, I highly recommend this book.
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| Formulaic story |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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"Willow Bend" by Ally Blue is competently written in that there is a "course of true love doesn't run true" kind of story line that is coherent, but there is very little originality otherwise. You have to conclude that the thin plot is basically a structure for the sex scenes, which are very explicit and, again, competently rendered. Little more to say about this one. There are certainly better gay genre books out there.
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| Willow Bent |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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Are there not enough good men writers? I found the sex scenes to be completely contrived and sanitized. Boring!
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