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The Only series from best-selling author Shawn Lane now available in an exciting box set! Whether falling in love at a law firm, a hospital, or a coffee shop, for these men, falling in love was unexpected. But now that they've found the man of their dreams, only forever will do.
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Only in His Darrell Lincoln has worked hard as billing manager for a prominent law firm. But Darrell has a crush on one of the partners, Travis Anderson. Darrell thinks Travis would only be interested in him in his dreams. Travis is just as interested in Darrell. Both men are after the same thing -- each other. Their relationship is the stuff of dreams ... until Travis meets Darrell's family.
Only for Barnaby has a thing for attorney Nathan, but the conservative man doesn't know Barnaby is alive. A chance to take care of Nathan when he is ill leads to a date and then so much more. Nathan thinks their differences are too much to overcome, but when Barnaby leaves, Nathan wonders if he's just made the biggest mistake of his life by letting the man go.
Only His Calvin Lassiter is an ER doctor who buries himself in his high stress job. He's most definitely not interested in nurse Matt Walton, but Matt is intrigued by the stuffy doctor. Matt's co-workers bet he can't get Calvin into bed. Matt succeeds in breaking the doctor's hard exterior, but when love ensnares him, will the truth end his dreams of winning Calvin's heart forever?
His One and When Drew Richards spots gorgeous lawyer Mark Stevens, he's intrigued. Though rebuffed at first, Drew convinces Mark they can be friends. After the death of his partner, Mark buried himself in work ... until he meets Drew. Drew is cute but not Mark's usual type. But he finds Drew appealing and, before he knows it, they become more than friends. Can Drew become Mark's one and only?
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Only in His Darrell Lincoln has worked hard as billing manager for a prominent law firm. But Darrell has a crush on one of the partners, Travis Anderson. Darrell thinks Travis would only be interested in him in his dreams. Travis is just as interested in Darrell. Both men are after the same thing -- each other. Their relationship is the stuff of dreams ... until Travis meets Darrell's family.
Only for Barnaby has a thing for attorney Nathan, but the conservative man doesn't know Barnaby is alive. A chance to take care of Nathan when he is ill leads to a date and then so much more. Nathan thinks their differences are too much to overcome, but when Barnaby leaves, Nathan wonders if he's just made the biggest mistake of his life by letting the man go.
Only His Calvin Lassiter is an ER doctor who buries himself in his high stress job. He's most definitely not interested in nurse Matt Walton, but Matt is intrigued by the stuffy doctor. Matt's co-workers bet he can't get Calvin into bed. Matt succeeds in breaking the doctor's hard exterior, but when love ensnares him, will the truth end his dreams of winning Calvin's heart forever?
His One and When Drew Richards spots gorgeous lawyer Mark Stevens, he's intrigued. Though rebuffed at first, Drew convinces Mark they can be friends. After the death of his partner, Mark buried himself in work ... until he meets Drew. Drew is cute but not Mark's usual type. But he finds Drew appealing and, before he knows it, they become more than friends. Can Drew become Mark's one and only?
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288 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2010
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Shawn Lane
131 books310 followersShawn Lane writes erotic gay romances and believes love and passion know no boundaries. Happily Ever After is for everyone.
In the past she has written heterosexual romances (see her backlist) but is now concentrating on gay romances.
Shawn lives in California and holds down a boring day job in a legal department of a giant corporation dreaming of the nights and weekends when she can create new stories.
Shawn loves to hear from readers, is happy to answer any questions, and has been known to send free books to fans just because.
In the past she has written heterosexual romances (see her backlist) but is now concentrating on gay romances.
Shawn lives in California and holds down a boring day job in a legal department of a giant corporation dreaming of the nights and weekends when she can create new stories.
Shawn loves to hear from readers, is happy to answer any questions, and has been known to send free books to fans just because.
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September 14, 2010Only in His Dreams by Shawn Lane
This is a really nice office romance, simple, light and easy, but really enjoyable. Darrell is a shy and a bit geeky guy working as accountant for a law firm; while he has a good relationship with all four lawyers working for the firm, with on of them in particular his shyness seems to stop him to further their acknowledge, Travis is simply too handsome and successful to being interested in someone like Darrell; then there is also the interracial nature of their relationship, even if Darrell has a degree in Finance, he is always the African American guy from downtown, while Travis is the classical wasp from the wealthy suburbs.
With the help of an unexpected fairy mother (very fairy and little mother), Darrell has the chance to see a different Travis, someone who is lonely as much as Darrell is, and maybe shy as well. Probably if Darrell had not taken matters in hand, I don’t know if Travis would have done it; even if older and richer, Travis has a well deep rooter failure syndrome, like a little voice that tells him that is useless to try, there is no way to have an happy end for him. Maybe the double tragedy of losing first his parents and then his partner in different accidents rooted that feeling in him, something like a curse that prevents him to be really happy. Or maybe, in both cases, being him the one who survived, gave him the double idea that he was not worthy and that he didn’t do enough to prevent those accidents, and so depriving himself of happiness is a right punishment.
In a case or the other, even if younger, poorer and shier, Darrell is the stronger of the two, he has probably fought more, and everything he gained, he knows to deserve it. And know he knows to deserve someone like Travis, and Darrell will find the strength to reach for him. And he will also prove to have a domineering core that will make all the sex scenes good.
This is only a novella, but it’s a concentrated of events. To give you an idea, from the first time they go out dinner, Travis and Darrell have the following three meals together, alone or with company, and then spend the night together in the same house, even if not in the same bed… from barely speaking to each other to an almost cohabitation in 2 days, it’s a long stretch. But probably packing all these events in so little time space was the right solution to give credibility and deepness to the novella.
Only for Him by Shawn Lane
Like in the previous book, Only in His Dreams, Only for Him is a classic office affairs romance. And as in the best office affairs, the two men involved apparently are not good for each other, but then they are perfect, like missing pieces of a puzzle. Barnaby is a flamboyant gay man who, I think, hides his insecurities behind makeup and flashy garments; he was orphaned by mother even before he was able to remember her, and he has an estranged father. He was raised by a loving grandmother, but as often happens in these cases, he was sheltered when he was young, and maybe the first experiences with the big bad world were not good. Nothing tragic, but for sure Barnaby tends to search reassurance, and to build a safe haven like the one he left. Barnaby is like a wonderful paradise bird, showing off all his beautiful plumage to attire the perfect mate to build the perfect nest where to live happily ever after. And like a paradise bird, Barnaby is high maintenance, non in the monetary meaning of the word, but in showing affection and attention.
Nathan is one of the partners of the lawyers firm where Barnaby works as PA. He is also the man Barnaby pointed out as a different type of partner, a private life partner. When he thinks that his colourful plumage is not drawing in the “prey”, Barnaby tries to change his exterior look, to be more similar to conservative Nathan, but he hasn’t realized that it’s not his look that worries Nathan, but everything in Barnaby. Barnaby is too shiny, too friendly, too much for someone “boring” like Nathan.
Without even realizing it, Barnaby does exactly the right thing to catch Nathan, instead of waiting for him to do the first move, Barnaby almost forces Nathan out for a date and then for a hot weekend of sex. In the privacy of his house, and probably playing on an home field, Nathan reveals a domineering side that is exactly what Barnaby needs; all right, it’s cheap psychology, but I think that Barnaby needs a fatherly figure in his life, and even if Nathan has not the age (he is not so much older than Barnaby), he has the look, and even the cool attitude. Even when he is maybe a bit too harsh with Barnaby, I think that he is exactly what Barnaby needs, if he was too easy a conquest, Barnaby would loose soon the interest.
Again Shawn Lane wrote a nice and sweet novella, very romantic, something that I think could appeal to a female target, but even to that young gay men that can easily identify in Barnaby, and even in Nathan, how many geeky guys out there are dreaming of finding a Barnaby for their own?
Only His Heart by Shawn Lane
I’m starting to like a lot this series of short novellas centering around a lawyer firm whose three partners are all gays. Only His Heart is almost a spin off, since it’s the story of Matt, Nathan’s stepbrother, and Calvin, Barnaby’s brother. Nathan and Barnaby, a couple from the previous novellas, did nothing to let Matt and Calvin meet, but they are working on the same hospital, as nurse and doctor, and so it happens.
Here is probably the first nice surprise, it’s an out-track from the usual Nurse/Doctor romance, since it’s not the Doctor who is pursuing the Nurse but viceversa. Even if with a less high professional career, Matt, the nurse, has a more domineering character than Calvin, and so it’s him that almost force Calvin in a relationship. Calvin is cautious, but interested, and so it’s easy to convince him. Calvin’s perplexity is not much due to the difference in career level or since they work in the same place, even if he tries to use them, I think it’s more a fear to commit with the wrong person; Calvin has never had a real long lasting relationship in his life, and he is always ready to find a reason to avoid it. But with Matt the fight will be uneventful.
I really like how the author managed to give power to Matt’s character without actually giving it with the usual ways: he is not rich, not successful, average handsomely, while Calvin is striking… Matt is strong since he is at ease with himself, he is convinced of his reason and of what he wants, something that Calvin, despite career and success, has still yet to learn.
His One and Only by Shawn Lane
The last in this series follows the love adventure of Mark, the third lawyer in a firm of all gay partners, two of them already paired in the previous books. Mark is the workaholic one, who seems not interested in having a love life. During a B&B at Nathan’s home, one of his business partners, Mark meets Drew, a kind and cute man, who finds the courage to do a move on aloof Mark. Surprisingly, for his friends, but also for Mark himself, he accepts Drew’s invite for a coffee, and they start a tentative relationship, more similar to what you will see between two teenagers, than two adult and independent men.
This is probably the best part of this novella, and all the stories preceding this one, they are uber-romantic stories, but the common leit-motiv is that they are ordinary stories, something that could happen also to you, meeting someone at work, or at a friends gathering. These men are young and handsome, but not “stunningly” handsome, they are more cute, or pretty, or interesting, they are your neighbor, your friend’s friend, your colleague. They come from different family experience, maybe even particular, like Drew who is the result of an artificial insemination, or sad, like Mark who has lost his life-partner to AIDS years ago.
I like this feeling, I like to be able to read of ordinary men and ordinary lives; when you close one of these stories, you are happy and comfortable, you had your dose of sweet and bitter, perfectly balanced, and the feeling is basically of a successful dish.
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This is a really nice office romance, simple, light and easy, but really enjoyable. Darrell is a shy and a bit geeky guy working as accountant for a law firm; while he has a good relationship with all four lawyers working for the firm, with on of them in particular his shyness seems to stop him to further their acknowledge, Travis is simply too handsome and successful to being interested in someone like Darrell; then there is also the interracial nature of their relationship, even if Darrell has a degree in Finance, he is always the African American guy from downtown, while Travis is the classical wasp from the wealthy suburbs.
With the help of an unexpected fairy mother (very fairy and little mother), Darrell has the chance to see a different Travis, someone who is lonely as much as Darrell is, and maybe shy as well. Probably if Darrell had not taken matters in hand, I don’t know if Travis would have done it; even if older and richer, Travis has a well deep rooter failure syndrome, like a little voice that tells him that is useless to try, there is no way to have an happy end for him. Maybe the double tragedy of losing first his parents and then his partner in different accidents rooted that feeling in him, something like a curse that prevents him to be really happy. Or maybe, in both cases, being him the one who survived, gave him the double idea that he was not worthy and that he didn’t do enough to prevent those accidents, and so depriving himself of happiness is a right punishment.
In a case or the other, even if younger, poorer and shier, Darrell is the stronger of the two, he has probably fought more, and everything he gained, he knows to deserve it. And know he knows to deserve someone like Travis, and Darrell will find the strength to reach for him. And he will also prove to have a domineering core that will make all the sex scenes good.
This is only a novella, but it’s a concentrated of events. To give you an idea, from the first time they go out dinner, Travis and Darrell have the following three meals together, alone or with company, and then spend the night together in the same house, even if not in the same bed… from barely speaking to each other to an almost cohabitation in 2 days, it’s a long stretch. But probably packing all these events in so little time space was the right solution to give credibility and deepness to the novella.
Only for Him by Shawn Lane
Like in the previous book, Only in His Dreams, Only for Him is a classic office affairs romance. And as in the best office affairs, the two men involved apparently are not good for each other, but then they are perfect, like missing pieces of a puzzle. Barnaby is a flamboyant gay man who, I think, hides his insecurities behind makeup and flashy garments; he was orphaned by mother even before he was able to remember her, and he has an estranged father. He was raised by a loving grandmother, but as often happens in these cases, he was sheltered when he was young, and maybe the first experiences with the big bad world were not good. Nothing tragic, but for sure Barnaby tends to search reassurance, and to build a safe haven like the one he left. Barnaby is like a wonderful paradise bird, showing off all his beautiful plumage to attire the perfect mate to build the perfect nest where to live happily ever after. And like a paradise bird, Barnaby is high maintenance, non in the monetary meaning of the word, but in showing affection and attention.
Nathan is one of the partners of the lawyers firm where Barnaby works as PA. He is also the man Barnaby pointed out as a different type of partner, a private life partner. When he thinks that his colourful plumage is not drawing in the “prey”, Barnaby tries to change his exterior look, to be more similar to conservative Nathan, but he hasn’t realized that it’s not his look that worries Nathan, but everything in Barnaby. Barnaby is too shiny, too friendly, too much for someone “boring” like Nathan.
Without even realizing it, Barnaby does exactly the right thing to catch Nathan, instead of waiting for him to do the first move, Barnaby almost forces Nathan out for a date and then for a hot weekend of sex. In the privacy of his house, and probably playing on an home field, Nathan reveals a domineering side that is exactly what Barnaby needs; all right, it’s cheap psychology, but I think that Barnaby needs a fatherly figure in his life, and even if Nathan has not the age (he is not so much older than Barnaby), he has the look, and even the cool attitude. Even when he is maybe a bit too harsh with Barnaby, I think that he is exactly what Barnaby needs, if he was too easy a conquest, Barnaby would loose soon the interest.
Again Shawn Lane wrote a nice and sweet novella, very romantic, something that I think could appeal to a female target, but even to that young gay men that can easily identify in Barnaby, and even in Nathan, how many geeky guys out there are dreaming of finding a Barnaby for their own?
Only His Heart by Shawn Lane
I’m starting to like a lot this series of short novellas centering around a lawyer firm whose three partners are all gays. Only His Heart is almost a spin off, since it’s the story of Matt, Nathan’s stepbrother, and Calvin, Barnaby’s brother. Nathan and Barnaby, a couple from the previous novellas, did nothing to let Matt and Calvin meet, but they are working on the same hospital, as nurse and doctor, and so it happens.
Here is probably the first nice surprise, it’s an out-track from the usual Nurse/Doctor romance, since it’s not the Doctor who is pursuing the Nurse but viceversa. Even if with a less high professional career, Matt, the nurse, has a more domineering character than Calvin, and so it’s him that almost force Calvin in a relationship. Calvin is cautious, but interested, and so it’s easy to convince him. Calvin’s perplexity is not much due to the difference in career level or since they work in the same place, even if he tries to use them, I think it’s more a fear to commit with the wrong person; Calvin has never had a real long lasting relationship in his life, and he is always ready to find a reason to avoid it. But with Matt the fight will be uneventful.
I really like how the author managed to give power to Matt’s character without actually giving it with the usual ways: he is not rich, not successful, average handsomely, while Calvin is striking… Matt is strong since he is at ease with himself, he is convinced of his reason and of what he wants, something that Calvin, despite career and success, has still yet to learn.
His One and Only by Shawn Lane
The last in this series follows the love adventure of Mark, the third lawyer in a firm of all gay partners, two of them already paired in the previous books. Mark is the workaholic one, who seems not interested in having a love life. During a B&B at Nathan’s home, one of his business partners, Mark meets Drew, a kind and cute man, who finds the courage to do a move on aloof Mark. Surprisingly, for his friends, but also for Mark himself, he accepts Drew’s invite for a coffee, and they start a tentative relationship, more similar to what you will see between two teenagers, than two adult and independent men.
This is probably the best part of this novella, and all the stories preceding this one, they are uber-romantic stories, but the common leit-motiv is that they are ordinary stories, something that could happen also to you, meeting someone at work, or at a friends gathering. These men are young and handsome, but not “stunningly” handsome, they are more cute, or pretty, or interesting, they are your neighbor, your friend’s friend, your colleague. They come from different family experience, maybe even particular, like Drew who is the result of an artificial insemination, or sad, like Mark who has lost his life-partner to AIDS years ago.
I like this feeling, I like to be able to read of ordinary men and ordinary lives; when you close one of these stories, you are happy and comfortable, you had your dose of sweet and bitter, perfectly balanced, and the feeling is basically of a successful dish.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1602727805/?...
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