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When Hollywood comes a-knockin', a young, small-town Mississippi photographer named Sawyer Taylor packs his bags and heads to the West Coast. He's been hired to photograph for a romantic comedy in San Francisco and looks at the opportunity as a chance to rebuild and reclaim his life. But a quick, drunken hand job behind a bar in the Castro might prove a horrible mistake.
Film director Miles Eisenberg isn't a man who wants to commit. He has a daughter who means the world to him at home, and he worries over how his decisions might affect her. He comes up with a million good reasons not to give Sawyer a second look, but sometimes the heart is determined to love, and the brain can't convince it otherwise. His affair with Sawyer becomes a whirlwind romance worthy of the silver screen, but life doesn't always imitate art, and imperfect heroes don't always get their happy endings.
Film director Miles Eisenberg isn't a man who wants to commit. He has a daughter who means the world to him at home, and he worries over how his decisions might affect her. He comes up with a million good reasons not to give Sawyer a second look, but sometimes the heart is determined to love, and the brain can't convince it otherwise. His affair with Sawyer becomes a whirlwind romance worthy of the silver screen, but life doesn't always imitate art, and imperfect heroes don't always get their happy endings.
206 pages, Paperback
First published August 14, 2014
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Allison Cassatta
42 books187 followersI am a married, 33 year old, female, with no children. By trade I am a network engineer with far too many years under my belt. My first book was published in 2010 by Kerlak Publishing, followed by a short story in 2011 through Dreamspinner Press. I don't have any formal training, I simply write what I feel. I have a vivid imagination and love building dream worlds for my readers to escape to.
I recently discovered that I am a hopeless romantic and that usually makes for some very turbulent stories. As most know, love is a mountain and at its peak there's infinite beauty, but it's best appreciated after a difficult climb... that's how I write. The world would be a boring place if we didn't have to fight a little for what we wanted, now wouldn't it.
I recently discovered that I am a hopeless romantic and that usually makes for some very turbulent stories. As most know, love is a mountain and at its peak there's infinite beauty, but it's best appreciated after a difficult climb... that's how I write. The world would be a boring place if we didn't have to fight a little for what we wanted, now wouldn't it.
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February 15, 2015
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This story presented as having many ingredients I look for in a potential read. Small town guy meets up with a Hollywood hot shot during filming of a movie in the vibrant city of San Francisco. I started out liking Sawyer Taylor quite a bit, and looked forward to traveling along on his adventures as he left his lifelong home in Mississippi to take on the position of set photographer on Miles Eisenberg’s new film. Would worldly Miles change his free- wheeling ways after falling for the handsome southern man? Unfortunately as I read, I became disenchanted.
**This review contains spoilers.
Miles is a Hollywood producer, indeed he is a player behind the scenes in more ways than one. Ever since the death of his daughter Zoe’s mother during childbirth he has been fiercely dedicated to Zoe. She was his everything. Early on it is established, quite heavily, that Zoe is a perfect princess in the eyes of Miles. I frankly thought this point was pressed home in excess of what was necessary to make the point of Miles’ state of mind – and heart – during the course of the story. In his personal life, hook ups are fine, but no way is Miles letting his heart out to play with any of the men he takes to his bed. He had loved Zoe’s mother and did not wish to chance such heartbreak again.
Sawyer was happy, he thought his future was set until Elijah, his boyfriend of 8 years, decided to call it quits four months previously. A spread of Sawyer’s photographs had been featured in a magazine that had captured the eye and interest of Miles, who then asked him to be set photographer on his new film. This all seemed like perfect timing for the suddenly single Sawyer – who had never left the south – to expand his horizons. Through the course of the story Sawyer came to realize a lot of disconcerting facts about Elijah. He wonders how he hadn’t noticed them while he was with him. For eight years. So did I. Off he went to San Francisco.
A small inn near the city was to be home base for Sawyer, Miles and some others working on the movie for the next three months. Sawyer was immediately charmed by the owner of the inn, Martin. He wasted no time heading into the city to sightsee, with plenty of tips and suggestions from Martin. His final stop of the evening was in the Castro. He was pleasantly drunk and working up the nerve for a potential hook up – something he had promised himself and his best friend he would do – when a handsome stranger appeared, and before long Sawyer was in the back of said stranger’s town car receiving an earth shattering hand job. This foray was quite hot, and I was looking forward to how things would play out once Sawyer found out who this stranger was.
Both Miles and Sawyer were honestly attracted to each other beyond their initial clandestine moment, and it was going to be interesting indeed to see how their relationship would unfold. But, Miles “needed” to keep away from Sawyer. Yet, he could not – he really see-sawed back and forth with his “no strings” convictions and over the following days his behavior sent mixed messages to Sawyer. Sawyer got angry. Sawyer pouted. Sawyer basically rolled over and exhibited no resolve. At one point he stayed locked in his room at the inn brooding for an entire week – pretty immature behavior on his part. Sawyer had a job, and an assistant, as well as other people at the movie set who would have been wondering where he was. The only person aside from Miles who seemed to notice was Martin, who figured out what was going on between Sawyer and Miles and took pity on Sawyer. Meanwhile Miles fumed and told himself Sawyer would be better off without him while at the same time he was still craving the man. Eventually Miles relented to these cravings, and Sawyer found he was powerless to refuse.
For me, the behavior of both Miles and Sawyer seemed to drift in and out of character, based on how each man was initially presented in the story. There were several continuity errors in the writing. One that really struck me was this: Sawyer had revealed to Miles that he had discovered Elijah had been unfaithful to him for three years before they broke up. Elijah had been Sawyer’s first and only sexual partner and Sawyer had never bottomed. When Sawyer and Miles decided to have intercourse, Sawyer pushed for bareback: After all he said, “I’m clean, I’ve only been with one guy…ever.” Ah…what? Sawyer’s “one guy” had been with who knew how many other men. I had to page back and double check what I had read about Elijah fooling around for three years. Plus, it was also Sawyer’s virgin experience at receiving anal sex, and Miles had a long, recent history of hook ups. Generally I don’t fret about condom/no condom, however, given what we already knew in this story, I found this whole section jarring.
I liked Martin, the Innkeeper. He had known Miles for years and was hoping that he would get his head out of his rear and get together with Sawyer and allow himself to fall in love again. He worked to help smooth the way for it to happen. His background, and his stake in the success of such a relationship, was revealed at the end of story. Until then it was somewhat of a mystery as to why he didn’t just throw Miles out.
I got frustrated with the back and forth uncertainties, the “are we in a relationship or not” status between Sawyer and Miles. The men also had plenty of notice about getting back to regular life after the movie wrapped, and how to approach introducing Sawyer to Zoe, yet they floundered badly and I wanted to scream for Sawyer’s sake for Miles to buy a clue. There was also the tiny detail about Miles not being “out” in Hollywood, which became an obstacle as well. I’m sorry to say, at no point in the story did I warm up to Miles, but Sawyer did and I really hoped Sawyer was going to be happy with him.
Zoe’s on page role became practically non-existent after the first chapter, other than a walk on which served only to precipitate a misunderstanding between Miles and Sawyer. She also became directly important again in the epilogue. The story pretty much existed in the vacuum of Miles and Sawyer’s interactions. I found myself wanting to see them interact with the world they walked in every day. The movie set, the actors, the rest of the crew, the city of San Francisco – all were non-entities. The movie the men were working on was never even referred to by name. Sawyer, a handsome “new kid in town”, apparently never got hit on by anybody else on set. Lots of thoughts like that came to mind as I was reading.
The writing style, which features an intense focus on the building romance, but with lack of interesting sub plots and ambiance, didn’t work for me. Continuity issues and characters behaving in ways I construed as not plausible, took me out of the story.
The actual romance between Miles and Sawyer is quite lavish once Miles is able to unlock his heart. Even though I had major issues, other readers who love drama within a romance, watching a cynical character become pliant via good loving from the “right” man, and a very definite HEA, may definitely enjoy this story.
This story presented as having many ingredients I look for in a potential read. Small town guy meets up with a Hollywood hot shot during filming of a movie in the vibrant city of San Francisco. I started out liking Sawyer Taylor quite a bit, and looked forward to traveling along on his adventures as he left his lifelong home in Mississippi to take on the position of set photographer on Miles Eisenberg’s new film. Would worldly Miles change his free- wheeling ways after falling for the handsome southern man? Unfortunately as I read, I became disenchanted.
**This review contains spoilers.
Miles is a Hollywood producer, indeed he is a player behind the scenes in more ways than one. Ever since the death of his daughter Zoe’s mother during childbirth he has been fiercely dedicated to Zoe. She was his everything. Early on it is established, quite heavily, that Zoe is a perfect princess in the eyes of Miles. I frankly thought this point was pressed home in excess of what was necessary to make the point of Miles’ state of mind – and heart – during the course of the story. In his personal life, hook ups are fine, but no way is Miles letting his heart out to play with any of the men he takes to his bed. He had loved Zoe’s mother and did not wish to chance such heartbreak again.
Sawyer was happy, he thought his future was set until Elijah, his boyfriend of 8 years, decided to call it quits four months previously. A spread of Sawyer’s photographs had been featured in a magazine that had captured the eye and interest of Miles, who then asked him to be set photographer on his new film. This all seemed like perfect timing for the suddenly single Sawyer – who had never left the south – to expand his horizons. Through the course of the story Sawyer came to realize a lot of disconcerting facts about Elijah. He wonders how he hadn’t noticed them while he was with him. For eight years. So did I. Off he went to San Francisco.
A small inn near the city was to be home base for Sawyer, Miles and some others working on the movie for the next three months. Sawyer was immediately charmed by the owner of the inn, Martin. He wasted no time heading into the city to sightsee, with plenty of tips and suggestions from Martin. His final stop of the evening was in the Castro. He was pleasantly drunk and working up the nerve for a potential hook up – something he had promised himself and his best friend he would do – when a handsome stranger appeared, and before long Sawyer was in the back of said stranger’s town car receiving an earth shattering hand job. This foray was quite hot, and I was looking forward to how things would play out once Sawyer found out who this stranger was.
Both Miles and Sawyer were honestly attracted to each other beyond their initial clandestine moment, and it was going to be interesting indeed to see how their relationship would unfold. But, Miles “needed” to keep away from Sawyer. Yet, he could not – he really see-sawed back and forth with his “no strings” convictions and over the following days his behavior sent mixed messages to Sawyer. Sawyer got angry. Sawyer pouted. Sawyer basically rolled over and exhibited no resolve. At one point he stayed locked in his room at the inn brooding for an entire week – pretty immature behavior on his part. Sawyer had a job, and an assistant, as well as other people at the movie set who would have been wondering where he was. The only person aside from Miles who seemed to notice was Martin, who figured out what was going on between Sawyer and Miles and took pity on Sawyer. Meanwhile Miles fumed and told himself Sawyer would be better off without him while at the same time he was still craving the man. Eventually Miles relented to these cravings, and Sawyer found he was powerless to refuse.
For me, the behavior of both Miles and Sawyer seemed to drift in and out of character, based on how each man was initially presented in the story. There were several continuity errors in the writing. One that really struck me was this: Sawyer had revealed to Miles that he had discovered Elijah had been unfaithful to him for three years before they broke up. Elijah had been Sawyer’s first and only sexual partner and Sawyer had never bottomed. When Sawyer and Miles decided to have intercourse, Sawyer pushed for bareback: After all he said, “I’m clean, I’ve only been with one guy…ever.” Ah…what? Sawyer’s “one guy” had been with who knew how many other men. I had to page back and double check what I had read about Elijah fooling around for three years. Plus, it was also Sawyer’s virgin experience at receiving anal sex, and Miles had a long, recent history of hook ups. Generally I don’t fret about condom/no condom, however, given what we already knew in this story, I found this whole section jarring.
I liked Martin, the Innkeeper. He had known Miles for years and was hoping that he would get his head out of his rear and get together with Sawyer and allow himself to fall in love again. He worked to help smooth the way for it to happen. His background, and his stake in the success of such a relationship, was revealed at the end of story. Until then it was somewhat of a mystery as to why he didn’t just throw Miles out.
I got frustrated with the back and forth uncertainties, the “are we in a relationship or not” status between Sawyer and Miles. The men also had plenty of notice about getting back to regular life after the movie wrapped, and how to approach introducing Sawyer to Zoe, yet they floundered badly and I wanted to scream for Sawyer’s sake for Miles to buy a clue. There was also the tiny detail about Miles not being “out” in Hollywood, which became an obstacle as well. I’m sorry to say, at no point in the story did I warm up to Miles, but Sawyer did and I really hoped Sawyer was going to be happy with him.
Zoe’s on page role became practically non-existent after the first chapter, other than a walk on which served only to precipitate a misunderstanding between Miles and Sawyer. She also became directly important again in the epilogue. The story pretty much existed in the vacuum of Miles and Sawyer’s interactions. I found myself wanting to see them interact with the world they walked in every day. The movie set, the actors, the rest of the crew, the city of San Francisco – all were non-entities. The movie the men were working on was never even referred to by name. Sawyer, a handsome “new kid in town”, apparently never got hit on by anybody else on set. Lots of thoughts like that came to mind as I was reading.
The writing style, which features an intense focus on the building romance, but with lack of interesting sub plots and ambiance, didn’t work for me. Continuity issues and characters behaving in ways I construed as not plausible, took me out of the story.
The actual romance between Miles and Sawyer is quite lavish once Miles is able to unlock his heart. Even though I had major issues, other readers who love drama within a romance, watching a cynical character become pliant via good loving from the “right” man, and a very definite HEA, may definitely enjoy this story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 18, 2014
I love a good MM with kids and this was great. Well written with well developed characters. It seemed like a realistic portrayal of two guys learning how to be a couple and integrate into each other's lives. Very enjoyable lazy day read.
August 22, 2014
Ok story but nothing that really wowed me. It had potential but the mc's were at times a little too sappy for me. With the lip quiver and all the tears. I also found it annoying how the author used don't many times when it should have been doesn't. There's a big difference. This was an editing issue and should have been caught as many times as it happened. Once I could pass off as a mistake but not that many times. It ruined the dialogue.
Then there were inconsistencies in the story. Early on in the book Sawyer remembered making love on the beach with Elijah but later when Miles expressed wanting to make love to him on the beach and asked if he ever had, Sawyer said no. Little things here and there just added to my disappointment in what could have been a really good book.
Then there were inconsistencies in the story. Early on in the book Sawyer remembered making love on the beach with Elijah but later when Miles expressed wanting to make love to him on the beach and asked if he ever had, Sawyer said no. Little things here and there just added to my disappointment in what could have been a really good book.
August 18, 2014
Can not gush about this enough, honestly m/m isn't my go to when I read but I adore every book of hers that has ever come out. Her S&S series has always had a soft spot in my heart, but I think I might have to make room for these three
May 10, 2018
When Sawyer Taylor gets a job as set photographer for a Hollywood blockbuster by famous director Miles Eisenberg it’s like a break from his heartbreak – getting away from the lonely house he lives in after his lover of 8 years left him. Miles Eisenberg likes men – for short flings, far away from his home - and his 7 year old daughter and sister, the only people he truly loves. And his plan is to have it remain this way. He can’t have a boyfriend meet his daughter and break her heart when he leaves. So when he meets Sawyer that’s the only thing he wants – easy sex. But as he gets to know Sawyer he knows that won’t ever be enough.
Miles and Sawyer both come with a lot of baggage and both make a lot of mistakes as they get to know each other. Reading about them dancing around each other, daring one minute, scared and regretful the next is highly entertaining. The book is well written, the emotions powerful the characters well developed. I love it every time I read it.
Miles and Sawyer both come with a lot of baggage and both make a lot of mistakes as they get to know each other. Reading about them dancing around each other, daring one minute, scared and regretful the next is highly entertaining. The book is well written, the emotions powerful the characters well developed. I love it every time I read it.
February 28, 2017
It's been awhile since I've read one of these that I loved and never wanted to end.
This is a total Hollywood fairytale and I loved every minute of it. Especially the ending.
This is a total Hollywood fairytale and I loved every minute of it. Especially the ending.
September 30, 2014
A Joyfully Jay review.
4.25 stars
To say that the men start off on the wrong foot is an understatement. After that encounter, the men try to avoid each other. But staying at the same inn and working together makes that impossible. There is a strong pull between them, but neither man thinks they are in a place for a relationship. Miles runs hot and cold, one minute wanting Sawyer, and the next pushing him away. When Miles finally gets his act together, Sawyer is the one who thinks things are moving too quickly and needs some space. After time, both Sawyer and Miles are on the same page. As they begin to navigate the waters of their budding relationship, they try to give each other what they need. It doesn’t always work out like they expect it to. But their connection is undeniable, and though they have doubts and worries, Miles and Sawyer know that if they can just get past their stumbling blocks, they can have something that will last forever.
There were a couple of things that I really liked about this book. The first and foremost being Sawyer. Yeah, I really enjoyed this guy. I adored his naiveté, his innocence, but that he had a solid backbone underneath. He wasn’t all wide eyed and taken in. Sawyer knew what he wanted, what he deserved, and he wasn’t afraid to say he wasn’t getting that. Sawyer worked for me on every level.
Read Kris’ review in its entirety here.
4.25 stars
To say that the men start off on the wrong foot is an understatement. After that encounter, the men try to avoid each other. But staying at the same inn and working together makes that impossible. There is a strong pull between them, but neither man thinks they are in a place for a relationship. Miles runs hot and cold, one minute wanting Sawyer, and the next pushing him away. When Miles finally gets his act together, Sawyer is the one who thinks things are moving too quickly and needs some space. After time, both Sawyer and Miles are on the same page. As they begin to navigate the waters of their budding relationship, they try to give each other what they need. It doesn’t always work out like they expect it to. But their connection is undeniable, and though they have doubts and worries, Miles and Sawyer know that if they can just get past their stumbling blocks, they can have something that will last forever.
There were a couple of things that I really liked about this book. The first and foremost being Sawyer. Yeah, I really enjoyed this guy. I adored his naiveté, his innocence, but that he had a solid backbone underneath. He wasn’t all wide eyed and taken in. Sawyer knew what he wanted, what he deserved, and he wasn’t afraid to say he wasn’t getting that. Sawyer worked for me on every level.
Read Kris’ review in its entirety here.
January 27, 2015
synopsis:
sawyer is still upset that his boyfriend broke up with him because he wanted to come out. fortunately, some hollywood type people spot his photos in a magazine and ask him to be the set photographer. miles has a daughter, but he never introduces anyone to his her; he makes do with one night stands and furtive affairs. he is a big name director whose last film didn't do so well. they unknowingly meet in a bar and after a sexual encounter, realize that they will be working together. miles puts the breaks on because he doesn't sleep with people he works with...except for actors, appparently. still, they have chemistry and can't resist, so their affair begins.
what i liked: well...i liked miles' intentions to not introduce anyone to his daughter until he was serious about them.
what i didn't like: where to start? first of all, if i didn't know any better, i would think that both miles and sawyer are high school girls. there was a lot of hand wringing and "why doesn't he feel the same way i do?" then they confabbed with their besties who encouraged them to go for it...*sigh* there were a lot of misunderstandings and hurt feelings and so on and so forth. i actually didn't feel as though they had chemistry, more like they were thrown together and told that it had to be that way.
sawyer is still upset that his boyfriend broke up with him because he wanted to come out. fortunately, some hollywood type people spot his photos in a magazine and ask him to be the set photographer. miles has a daughter, but he never introduces anyone to his her; he makes do with one night stands and furtive affairs. he is a big name director whose last film didn't do so well. they unknowingly meet in a bar and after a sexual encounter, realize that they will be working together. miles puts the breaks on because he doesn't sleep with people he works with...except for actors, appparently. still, they have chemistry and can't resist, so their affair begins.
what i liked: well...i liked miles' intentions to not introduce anyone to his daughter until he was serious about them.
what i didn't like: where to start? first of all, if i didn't know any better, i would think that both miles and sawyer are high school girls. there was a lot of hand wringing and "why doesn't he feel the same way i do?" then they confabbed with their besties who encouraged them to go for it...*sigh* there were a lot of misunderstandings and hurt feelings and so on and so forth. i actually didn't feel as though they had chemistry, more like they were thrown together and told that it had to be that way.
June 19, 2016
I really wanted to like this one. The writing is fine and the outline of the characters sounded great, but the book seemed endlessly / needlessly LONG.
Miles a director and a single father. He has placed his 7 year old daughter on a pedestal and keeps the reality of this life a closely guarded secret. He is a gay man but has never allowed himself to get close to any of the men he has had in his life. He is all about the sex and none of the feelings. He even thinks of his bed mates as whores in a couple of places in the book.
Sawyer is a young less experienced photographer who has been hired by the movie company to do still photographs for movie Miles is directing. Sawyer is talented but has led a sheltered life. Until the movie gig, he had never traveled very far from home and had only slept with one other man.
Miles spends half the book pursuing Sawyer, pushing him away, giving him hand jobs or blowjobs and then pushing him away again. Mile was entirely too self centered, and Sawyer was too easy to forgive. The book had potential but by the end I couldn't stand either one of the main characters.
Miles a director and a single father. He has placed his 7 year old daughter on a pedestal and keeps the reality of this life a closely guarded secret. He is a gay man but has never allowed himself to get close to any of the men he has had in his life. He is all about the sex and none of the feelings. He even thinks of his bed mates as whores in a couple of places in the book.
Sawyer is a young less experienced photographer who has been hired by the movie company to do still photographs for movie Miles is directing. Sawyer is talented but has led a sheltered life. Until the movie gig, he had never traveled very far from home and had only slept with one other man.
Miles spends half the book pursuing Sawyer, pushing him away, giving him hand jobs or blowjobs and then pushing him away again. Mile was entirely too self centered, and Sawyer was too easy to forgive. The book had potential but by the end I couldn't stand either one of the main characters.
October 20, 2014
Oh I love a good m/m romance with children, they are my favorite type of m/m books and this one was really good. The main characters Miles and Sawyer were so adorable together. I liked that they had to overcome so many things individually before they could make being a couple work. I was disappointed in Miles when he let Sawyer return to the Inn during the after party. But the garden scene was amazing and I loved it. Was hoping to get more of the story with Cooper amongst them.
September 18, 2014
I enjoyed it but it didn't knock my socks off.
Also, Lucy having her brother's baby, I thought you couldn't do that unless they had an egg donor (or used Miles' sperm; which they didn't)? And if that's the case then it really isn't "her" baby. The way it ended made it sound like it was her egg which is just wrong and weird... I think the facts should have been made a little clearer here.
EDIT: I got confused, she's not his real sister!
Also, Lucy having her brother's baby, I thought you couldn't do that unless they had an egg donor (or used Miles' sperm; which they didn't)? And if that's the case then it really isn't "her" baby. The way it ended made it sound like it was her egg which is just wrong and weird... I think the facts should have been made a little clearer here.
EDIT: I got confused, she's not his real sister!
December 6, 2014
This book is a sweet story and let us meet Miles and Sawyer ... Who during the production of a movie get to know each other.
I like the way the story flowed and it takes you to the journey of giving love a first and even a second chance.
I highly recommend you read this book.
I like the way the story flowed and it takes you to the journey of giving love a first and even a second chance.
I highly recommend you read this book.
September 2, 2014
Too times at boundaries with sappy made me not too convinced , much potential ,and very hot and exciting moments when the chemistry between Miles and Sawyer took over a trivial interactions.
September 3, 2014
A bit slow in starting, but I enjoyed it.
May 22, 2015
3.5 stars
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