A-dork-able

by J.D. Walker

Alister Redgrave knows he's a dork. He dresses in ill-fitting suits and trips over imaginary obstacles constantly; then there's his Star Trek underwear. Still, he hopes to find the love of his life one day. And when he meets Jaiden Greyson, the new Assistant CFO in the Finance department, Alister knows he's found his dream guy. Except, Alister makes a fool of himself repeatedly in front of Jaiden and decides he doesn't have a chance in hell.

Jaiden Greyson doesn't know what to make of Alister when he meets him. A more klutzy guy had never existed. But despite all that, there's something about the man that draws him in, and he's determined to find out what it is, no matter the antics of a jealous coworker intent on ruining everything.

Jaiden has Alister in his sights, and Alister won't know what hit him, in the best sense.

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary, Romance, Short Stories, Anthologies, Workplace, LGBT

41 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

J.D. Walker likes to keep her stories short and sweet, with the occasional novel or novella. A multi-published author, she is also a musician, artist, language enthusiast (German and Spanish), and lover of all things knit and crochet.

For more information, please visit her website at http://www.lifebyjo.com/jdwalker.

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Reviews

[~Mindy Lynn~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

With a title like that I couldn't pass it up.

It was as the title says, adorkable.

I felt for Alister and his clumsy ways. I, unfortunately, have the same issues of tripping on air. lol

I didn't like that the female was casted as the villain and slut. Really?

Besides that it was a short sweet read.

[namericanwordcat · Rating 2 out of 5]

A promising premise and blurb the while Alister is well drawn Jaiden is pretty static.

Alister does seem just be into Jaiden for his looks and there is no good reason for Jaiden to think any differently.

Didn't work.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the cutest. Jaiden was right. Alistair is adorkable. A big ole klutz to the nth power, but lovable all the same.

[Lila Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5 stars

Review to follow at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words.

ARC provided by JMS Books in exchange for an honest review.

[Tiferet · Rating 3 out of 5]

It would be a cute (if a bit simple and underdeveloped) story if not for the fact that the only female character in it is a Mean Girls-derived "office slut", a jealous and vindictive villain, who gets insulted and physically shoved by the MC.

[Tinnean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute story.

[jennifer Jensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too cute

Such a short but cute story. Well written and so easy to read. I loved I loved it. Just perfect for a quick read.

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too short. For some reason I thought it was going to be longer and was surprised when I hit the end. The MCs are likeable, but I think it could be more interesting as a longer story.

[Ro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty straightforward story, told in the first person point of view by Alister, who is a little clumsy, too good at his job to be where he is and treated pretty poorly around the office. So when the new assistant CFO, Jaiden, turns out to be the man Alister dreams of, he knows nothing good can come of it. Particularly when the finance department needs help and Alister has been nominated.
Of course when Jaiden speaks to Alister, Alister immediately trips over a nothing on the carpet and falls flat on his face. Not the way he hoped to start off but typical. Meeting Alister’s coworker, Heather, just sets things off to a more awkward place. Poor Alister.
It is a revelation to Alister when Jaiden is unhappy that people fawn over him. “I prefer to be adored by one person, and it needs to be real and not based on looks, my Armani suit, or my bank account.” Of course Alister follows up by falling, on his butt this time. Poor Alister. Again.
This is a sweet, easy tale of two men who seem total opposites trying to find whether a perfect specimen can make a match with Mr. A-dork-able.

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet, but not a lot to it. I'm not a huge fan of the whole 'makeover' trope to get noticed. This isn't as bad as some, the reader could tell Jaiden is interested in Alister from the get go, but it's still there and it annoys me.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being socially awkward and rather clumsy keeps Alister quiet and to himself, and then Jaiden comes on the scene, handsome and suave he only makes Alister more clumsy. This is a cute short story, soppy and sweet.

[Emma Jaye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great short read, not particularly memorable, but sometimes you don't want to work too hard when reading a story.
A nice palette cleanser between the 'meatier' stories I usually read.

[Izzy Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 nice story but short... would have liked to know more about their dating adventures.

[c. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeah... it was cliche. Written for a very juvenile audience, in my opinion.
Not a fan, wouldn’t recommend. Sorry. ):

[Laura Wilke · Rating 4 out of 5]

short but sweet

This was short, fun read. The not nice vixen get put down and the dork gets the guy. Nice one.

[xim ✿ · Rating 4 out of 5]

too short, but i loved it!! Alister was so adorable

[Tailtiu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of the 2017 Top Ten Gay Romance Anthology.

[Maria Vargas · Rating 1 out of 5]

What happened to hello? How are you? My name is … 👏🏽 I 👏🏽 NEED 👏🏽 MORE 👏🏽!

I thought with that title this was going to be a funny story 😅. What I really wanted to do was hug Alister because everyone at work was doing everything in the checklist to bully him, while he is one of the HR people 😡.

I'm going to blame it on the book been so short for the plot to not fully develop. Because the blurb is what got my attention, and don't get me wrong Jaiden sounded hot, but everything went from nice to meet you, let's work together, now that we are done with work, I really like you 🤷🏽‍♀️.

[Cassie Geiger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alister and Jaiden are co-workers that get thrown together for a project and realize how much they like each other. Alister is the awkward type and everyone makes fun of him, but Jaiden gives him the confidence he needs. Great story. I always feel like the awkward type too, so it was nice to have someone to relate to.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute fast read

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I loved our main character but can't say I loved jaiden. I figured for our interesting main funny, klutzy, cute character he deserved someone with more personality. He's good looking and smart but then nothing else... gotta say he deserved better.

[Jenn (not Lily) · Rating 3 out of 5]

short and cute!

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick & sweet awkward/geek and the sexy stud

The story provides a quick and relatively simple "swept off his feet" romance with a geeky guy and the extremely sexy executive. This is a short but gently relaxing reading experience for fans of extremely socially awkward characters being surprisingly attractive to the confident/unattainable/very sexy/powerful man.

The clumsiness was over-the-top, and the attraction from the assistant CFO seemed a bit out of the blue, but a nice “wish fulfillment for dorks” story.

3.5 stars - rounded up for my fondness of the dorkiness

[Suze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and fun read.
Alaistar is the clumsy klutz that takes the brunt of the workplace kingpins. The continual ‘lets all laugh at Al’ does take its toll though.
It all gets worse when Jaiden arrives in the office - though it is far into the book before we get more than a passing feel for him - as Al gets clumsier in the face of an instant crush!
Heather may be a bit OTT and Al’s roomy is funny, though does get him spruced up.
Light and easy to read.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

Cute short story

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars. A short sweet romance that is a perfect when you need a little distraction.

[Wende · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main Characters were wonderful. I loved them but I am sick of the women in MM books being evil. This is so overdone. It took my enjoyment from the book down a lot.

[AlitaConejita · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute short story

[Straight Girl Goes Gay · Rating 3 out of 5]

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