Clement Constantine Church is a hot mess. With deadlines to meet.
Whereas the striking Viking redecorating his seaside cottage is simply hot.
As a precocious teen, Clem wrote a best seller. Now he writes for other people. Too busy contemplating his bleak career and panicking about pretty much everything, he doesn’t notice that the gorgeous surfer slapping paint across his bedroom walls has a top-notch flirting game. Nor that the body hidden underneath his white overalls should come with its own government health warning.
Anyhow, apparently the Viking is straight.
After one too many unwise hookups, Ragnar Aleksander Sigurdson Eggebraaten needs to lay low and avoid romantic entanglements. Which means there is zero chance he’d ever fall for a lonely writer. Not even if they pretended to be fake boyfriends during a weekend trip to London. Not even if there was only one bed. And especially not if he’s planning on leaving England at the end of summer to fulfil his dream of setting up a surf school.
Can surfer Vikings fall unexpectedly in love? And are failed writers allowed to write their own happily ever afters?
Brushed With Love is a warm and funny romance set in the UK. Trigger warnings include cosmic lizards, feisty octogenarians, and a spoiled shih tzu.
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I’ve read a few of this author’s books, and enjoyed them, so was glad to have the opportunity to read this one.
I will start by saying, the first chapter…it threw me. It definitely didn’t capture me like I would have liked, and I briefly considered if I wanted to continue forward. Very glad that I did.
This book had some very funny moments, and some moments that brought tears to my eyes. Eggy and his best mate Fifty (the origin of that name!) are just surfing and figuring out how to make their dream business a reality. Eggy is someone with a personality that shows his confidence and his vulnerability.
Meanwhile, Clem, with an interesting past, who definitely needed all the hugs. His career is not going as it should be, and a bit stuck in his ways doesn’t quite get that the man helping with his redecorating wanted more.
Fake boyfriends, miscommunication, and the potential for a move out the country makes for lots of challenges for these guys on their way to their HEA. Recommended for a tender, yet funny romance. Looking forward to more!
4 pieces of eye candy