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Second Chances #3.5
Sempre Dorian
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Expected 12 Nov 26New York. Parigi. Un’amicizia che attraversa il tempo e i continenti.
La prima lettera dal ragazzo dall’altra parte dell’oceano è arrivata quando avevo nove anni.
Non avrei mai immaginato che la nostra amicizia si sarebbe trasformata in qualcosa di più.
Abbiamo condiviso tutto. Le speranze. Le paure. Il primo bacio…
Alcune storie d’amore sono scritte nelle stelle. La nostra era scritta nelle lettere.
Sempre Dorian è una storia d’amore MM i cui trope sono amici di penna d’infanzia e da amici ad amanti; il lieto fine è garantito.
La prima lettera dal ragazzo dall’altra parte dell’oceano è arrivata quando avevo nove anni.
Non avrei mai immaginato che la nostra amicizia si sarebbe trasformata in qualcosa di più.
Abbiamo condiviso tutto. Le speranze. Le paure. Il primo bacio…
Alcune storie d’amore sono scritte nelle stelle. La nostra era scritta nelle lettere.
Sempre Dorian è una storia d’amore MM i cui trope sono amici di penna d’infanzia e da amici ad amanti; il lieto fine è garantito.
63 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 9, 2018
About the author
Ana Ashley
63 books800 followersMeet Ana Ashley, your friendly neighborhood romance author!
Ana has been lost in the pages of books for as long as she can remember, taking a few amusing missteps with her childhood writing attempts. But everything changed when she discovered the magical world of LGBTQ+ romance—cue the confetti!
Ana's books offer sweet and sexy romance with a charming mix of humor and heart. Getting her guys together wouldn't be the same without the meddling but well-intentioned cast of secondary characters, who always insist on having their own story.
When she’s not crafting heartfelt tales, you can find her indulging in her favorite pastime of baking delicious treats, enjoying quality time with friends, or staying up late immersed in the pages of a good book.
You can find out more about Ana and her works-in-progress by joining her Newsletter. To sign up visit Ana's website anawritesmm.com
Ana has been lost in the pages of books for as long as she can remember, taking a few amusing missteps with her childhood writing attempts. But everything changed when she discovered the magical world of LGBTQ+ romance—cue the confetti!
Ana's books offer sweet and sexy romance with a charming mix of humor and heart. Getting her guys together wouldn't be the same without the meddling but well-intentioned cast of secondary characters, who always insist on having their own story.
When she’s not crafting heartfelt tales, you can find her indulging in her favorite pastime of baking delicious treats, enjoying quality time with friends, or staying up late immersed in the pages of a good book.
You can find out more about Ana and her works-in-progress by joining her Newsletter. To sign up visit Ana's website anawritesmm.com
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December 30, 2018
3.5 stars
maybe
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December 21, 2018
⋇⋆✦⋆⋇ 3.5 stars ⋇⋆✦⋆⋇
Made In Paris is a novella regarding the lives of two pen pals, Dorian and Jean-Paul who each live on different sides of the world, Dorian in New York and Jean-Paul in France, through flashbacks and present time descriptions.
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I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing. While I thought it was fitting to have it split up into flashbacks and present time, it was difficult to distinguish the two at times. I also found the writing to be bland at times and the formatting a bit blah although it was still an engaging story nonetheless.
The lack of character development was a turn off for me as well as I would take well developed, thought out, engaging, interesting characters over plot any day.
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If you are interested in exploring the genre of LGBT romance, this is a great place to start! You can find it on Smashwords for free as of December 23, 2018 here.
Made In Paris is a novella regarding the lives of two pen pals, Dorian and Jean-Paul who each live on different sides of the world, Dorian in New York and Jean-Paul in France, through flashbacks and present time descriptions.
☆━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☆
I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing. While I thought it was fitting to have it split up into flashbacks and present time, it was difficult to distinguish the two at times. I also found the writing to be bland at times and the formatting a bit blah although it was still an engaging story nonetheless.
The lack of character development was a turn off for me as well as I would take well developed, thought out, engaging, interesting characters over plot any day.
︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵
If you are interested in exploring the genre of LGBT romance, this is a great place to start! You can find it on Smashwords for free as of December 23, 2018 here.
December 19, 2018
3.5 stars. A good story telling the lives of Dorian and Jean-Paul and their many penfriend letters. Set and based over 20 years through their letters and post it notes. Friends to lovers and much more.. no love making scenes included.
December 17, 2018
Wonderful and sweet holiday tale. Really enjoyed this.
December 13, 2018
Dorian & Jean-Paul have been pen pals since they were 10 and living in two different continents. their love story spreads over the past 20 years.
I love how the story flows. Using their letters to give a flashback to the most important moment of their lives allowed you to summarize 20 years in a short story. And it's so beautiful!
I love how the story flows. Using their letters to give a flashback to the most important moment of their lives allowed you to summarize 20 years in a short story. And it's so beautiful!
October 8, 2025
Oh my heart!! What a beautiful, touching, sometimes painful tale! We slowly travel through time reading the letters between to young boys, one in America and the other in France, pen pals first and then good friends, as the years go by and they get older their companionship never wavers. This is beautifully written, it melts your heart one minute and then crushes it the next, such a wonderful tale.
February 27, 2019
Very sweet story about how two men, Dorian and Jean-Paul, start out as pen pals in grade school and through their letters become best friends and eventually husbands. At time I found the letters to be sweet, other time rather bland. There were also quite a few times that I couldn’t remember who’s POV I was reading; it just got a little confusing. There were a few oddball mistakes in grammar and spelling but nothing too distracting. Although, the address format for Dorian was a giveaway that the author is not American since it was in a very European format, not one that would be used in the US. I started to get a little bored towards the end, but I have to say, that final letter from Jean-Paul to Dorian was absolutely beautiful.
February 12, 2019
Challenge Number One on Book Riot's 2019 Read Harder Challenge list, is "An epistolary novel or collection of letters." It's been a good 40+ years since I last read Les Liaisons dangereuses, so I'm thinking of going back and rereading it. But in the meantime, I'll count a short story by Ana Newfolk in which the story of two young men is told in the twenty year correspondence they began as ten year old pen pals, one in New York, the other in Paris. A sweet story, easily read, with enough Parisian local color to grab my attention and keep it. It is a Christmas story, for what that's worth. The title of the story is Made in Paris.
December 19, 2018
A most charming story portraying a relationship as it develops over twenty years as two boys, living on different continents, grow up and move from pen pals via friends to.… Well, if you want to know what their lives look like twenty years after the first letter you’ll just have to read this wonderful story, told in part through those letters they sent back and forth.
December 17, 2018
Told in bits of the present and the past. Dorian and Jean-Paul rediscover the letters from their past. From childhood ramblings to young adult confessions, painful silences and notes of life lived as roommates. Memories abound bringing them to the start of a new chapter of their lives.
December 19, 2018
Wow. Great Christmas story.
This got me thinking about the pen pal I had in grade school and whatever happened to them. My story was nowhere near as cool. Loved the story of the love growing over time and the fact they got to meet in person. Awesome.
This got me thinking about the pen pal I had in grade school and whatever happened to them. My story was nowhere near as cool. Loved the story of the love growing over time and the fact they got to meet in person. Awesome.
January 4, 2019
Sweet.
A lovely sweet short Christmas story. A story that spanned two decades , two boys starting as pen pals an ocean apart, into best friends and finally lovers. There were a few hiccups along the way, but they got there.
A lovely sweet short Christmas story. A story that spanned two decades , two boys starting as pen pals an ocean apart, into best friends and finally lovers. There were a few hiccups along the way, but they got there.
January 12, 2019
Penpals forever
Okay, a quick delightful read. Alternating voices, letters from the past, the story develops drawing this reader in deep. The story is believable, and ended with me smiling and very damp eyes. Bravo!
Okay, a quick delightful read. Alternating voices, letters from the past, the story develops drawing this reader in deep. The story is believable, and ended with me smiling and very damp eyes. Bravo!
January 22, 2019
Love letters?
How a childhood pen pal becomes the love of your life. I very much enjoyed reading the recollection of Dorian and Jean-Paul as partially shown in select letters from their decade of correspondence.
How a childhood pen pal becomes the love of your life. I very much enjoyed reading the recollection of Dorian and Jean-Paul as partially shown in select letters from their decade of correspondence.
February 21, 2019
As Dorian and Jean Paul relive the start of their relationship via the letters they wrote beginning when they were kids, it's easy to fall in love with them. This sweet, touching love story, which takes place on very big day for their family, will warm your heart. A must read for any romantic.
December 12, 2018
A brilliant love story.
December 18, 2018
Stories with lots of letters usually aren't my thing, but I could really feel the emotions here, and the ending made me cry--happily.
January 10, 2019
A good book!
Written in letters between to boys who became penpals at the age of ten. You see and read as they grow up, and discover their love for each other.
Written in letters between to boys who became penpals at the age of ten. You see and read as they grow up, and discover their love for each other.
January 15, 2019
**3.5 Stars
This was really sweet and parts of it made me teary. What a great little Christmas read, I just wish there was more.
Review of advance copy received from Indie Reviewers
3.5/5
July 30, 2019
This was just a beautiful little story. I bawled like a baby. The letters got me.
When Jean-Paul and Dorian were young, 10, they became pen pals. Over the years, they became best friends. They shared each other's first kiss, secrets and other things. But things almost broke them apart when Dorian's mom died. But he tried again to write his best friend and get that connection back. Now years later, they are married. Things are going well, but they still have some obstacles ahead. And hopefully, they will weather the storm again instead of folding.
When I read these two from the New York book, it kind of gave it away they were married. But in this book you get to see how they got started. How their lives began. And what kept them going. They have a LGBT center for kids. We find out how and why that got started. And there are two new things that are about to rock their world. But after what they've been doing all day, I think they've got it. And no, it's not sexual. But it will make you cry.
Another good little story.
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When Jean-Paul and Dorian were young, 10, they became pen pals. Over the years, they became best friends. They shared each other's first kiss, secrets and other things. But things almost broke them apart when Dorian's mom died. But he tried again to write his best friend and get that connection back. Now years later, they are married. Things are going well, but they still have some obstacles ahead. And hopefully, they will weather the storm again instead of folding.
When I read these two from the New York book, it kind of gave it away they were married. But in this book you get to see how they got started. How their lives began. And what kept them going. They have a LGBT center for kids. We find out how and why that got started. And there are two new things that are about to rock their world. But after what they've been doing all day, I think they've got it. And no, it's not sexual. But it will make you cry.
Another good little story.
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October 21, 2019
The correspondents!
Boy, Ana you made me teary again. This story was so well written, you could imagine the characters as they wrote to each other. Can't wait for the next story. Definately buy these! The men falling in love and meeting their partners in life are books to have in your collection.
Boy, Ana you made me teary again. This story was so well written, you could imagine the characters as they wrote to each other. Can't wait for the next story. Definately buy these! The men falling in love and meeting their partners in life are books to have in your collection.
July 9, 2019
Cute story and a fast read. I enjoyed the flashbacks and the pen pal set up a lot. But I would have loved to read more of their 'now'. I suppose that's difficult to do with a novella's limited parameters though.
July 10, 2019
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