Turned Over

The Family Jules #3.5

by Sean Ashcroft

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, LGBT, Contemporary, Friends To Lovers, Short Stories, Contemporary Romance

107 pages, ebook

First published October 1, 2017

About the author

Sean Ashcroft likes rainy days, white hot chocolates (don't knock it 'til you've tried it!) and boys kissing in books. He currently resides in Australia, all the way down at the bottom of the mainland in a sleepy little seaside town.

He writes sweet, hot books about sweet, hot boys who absolutely deserve each other.

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sweet story about a relationship coming together in a variety of small disastrous ways, but still being everything that the couple had hoped for. It was a situation where both of the MCs knew each other and had been building a friendship, and an unbeknownst mutual love, and have finally made the move for more. At each date something goes wrong, but not in any catastrophic or ridiculously angsty way, just in the ways of getting to know someone for the first time as a lover. Love prevails and the two are still together despite, or because of, the imperfect perfection of the two of them together.

[Tina J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in Hope Springs and tied to the Jules family.
Lexi is actually a cousin of the Jules' boys. He's a florist in town.
Marcus is a transplant from southern Florida. He briefly dated Charlie before they decided they were much better off as friends. He owns a bakery next door to the flower shop.
The two finally get their chance to take their growing friendship to the next level during the Halloween season. But disastrous dates seem to make their hearts grow fonder.

Fun novella, solid ending.
(Novella was included in the Family Jules box set collection)

[Wendy Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glad to get Marcus and Lexi's story. A sweet feel good read!!

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story !

[namericanwordcat · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was nice short story. What was on the page was enjoyable if you have been reading this series. I am happy to see Lexi and Marcus get a HEA.

However, it is rushed and the most interesting issue of dating a close friends or family members ex flew by too fast.

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven’t read any of the books in The Family Jules series. I received this from an instrafreebie offer. It was a good short story. I feel it’s important to note that this could totally be read as a stand-alone.

[DC · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars.
Cute little story but I really found Lexi to be more annoying than anything. Marcus, on the other hand, was quite swoon worthy. But their dating seemed very juvenile (we never get a sense of how old they really are). Lexi kept on playing the shy timid card but yet the first night he spends with Marcus he doesn’t display a shy bone in his body (as he displays just about everything else). There is also no background provided on either of the characters. Do I have to read the other books in this series to get that?

[Shelley Chastagner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet and funny. Lexi and Marcus have it all going on; awkward first moments, followed by a passion that flares bright, a few times where they stepped carefully and a wonderful ending. It was great that these two had been building towards their relationship for so long that when they finally make those first tentative steps in all fits together perfectly.
Adult read

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Family Jules #3.5
A truly enjoyable read that I got free in a Halloween Giveaway. I'm tempted to read the rest of the series. It's a short fun little story from a good author. How can you go wrong with that?

[Shawna (endemictoearth) · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.25 stars - This was a pretty predictable short novella with a couple of tertiary characters from the series. I was momentarily intrigued when Marcus said he had his eye one someone in book 2, but this was just all payoff and no build up, so the payoff didn't really have any stakes.

[Louise Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet and very enjoyable. I was hoping we’d get a story about Marcus and I wasn’t disappointed!

[~nikki the recovering book addict · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but very sweet! Loved it!

[Jenn C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute sweet read. Sure nothing goes right but in the long one these two realize they are perfect together.

[Ken Cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short novella, good characters, adequate story line. Clever romance of two men lusting silently for the other, and their romance blossoming.

[Denise GremoryKohta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marcus and Lexi are adorable. Loved their story. All the cute nervousness of the start of a relationship and sexy to boot.

[Lissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Jana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short story. Too sweet.

[Kaye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyable.