Nice: Holiday Deal

by Mel Spenser

Greg has nothing special going on for the holidays, so when his friend Sophie asks him to charade as her fiancé for an upcoming office party, he agrees. But he hadn’t planned on finding a lost dog, and then meeting cute veterinarian Ted. It’s not long before the deal he made with Sophie threatens his new relationship with Ted. Will Greg and Ted be able to overcome the confusion and strike up their own deal?

35 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 2010

Reviews

[Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Right from the start you know this is whole plan of Greg’s friend is going to come back and bite them both in the ass. Of course, Greg didn’t know he’d meet sexy vet Ted or find himself a lost abandoned dog when he agreed. Seems Ted and Sophie’s boss whom she’s trying to trick with the fiancé have a much closer relationship than anyone thought, like genetically close. And when Ted is told that Greg is Sophie’s fiancé, he is needless to say upset and Sophie and Greg run for it, leaving Greg to try to fix things with Ted and explain the mess the next day.

I know the mess was created as a source of conflict for the guys, but Sophie wants to impress her boss and be a full professor and then as Ted says “What are you two? Sixteen?” Exactly. A mature university professor would simply tell her boss she’s not interested in her son and get the job based on her abilities, not come up with some elaborate plan. So that really annoyed me because I would NEVER hire her after that came out. But I liked Greg, and Ted was great and easy-going. He was willing to hear Greg’s explanation and give him a chance when he probably just deserved a kick in the ass.

So on the whole I enjoyed Ted and Greg together and Ted’s menagerie of animals was cute and endearing, even Greg’s enthusiasm for his new guy was appealing, however the fact that Greg would even go along with Sophie’s moronic plan took him down a few notches in my book. I’m getting a bit tired of the “best friend who’s a girl asks the gay boy to do something totally ridiculous and out there but because she’s been there for him he does most anything, no matter how stupid or harmful to all involved” storyline. Maybe I just don’t have close friends, but I’d think a real friend would smack you in the head and tell you to get a clue if you came up with some lame plan, not go “Oh well, you’re my best friend so I’ll do it”. Still, I really like the characters (except for Sophie) that this author creates and I find her style easy to read and engaging.

[JenMcJ]

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