The Stopping Place

As promised, here's me binge-reading through yet another author. This time, we have Lily Morton. "The Stopping Place" was originally published in the third Heart2Heart Anthology. This edition has a new scene as well as an epilogue.

["Simeon Frith is recovering from a car accident at his house in Cornwall. He’s a successful man and usually very self-sufficient, but after attempting to open a can of baked beans with a brick, he realises that he needs help. However, he never imagined that putting an advert in the paper for an assistant would result in the gorgeous Ziggy Tuesday sauntering into his life.

The much younger Ziggy is fun and free-spirited, and an attraction quickly grows between them. When they finally sleep together and Ziggy insists that it be completely strings-free, Simeon can’t believe his luck. However, to his horror, he develops unforeseen feelings for the laidback surfer, and he can’t stop them, despite knowing that Ziggy will always leave. It’s what he’s done all his life."]

The think I really like about binge-reading authors is that you get a really quick assessment of their ability, their favorite tropes, their writing style, and their signature. One of Lily's signature's is the pure sweetness and fluffiness and warmth between the main characters. 

And when I got to the part in the story where the title comes into play? God, I cried a little. It was so sweet and happy and perfect.  I loved these two, their dynamic, their secrets, thier love. They were perfectly imperfect for each other and it was beautiful.

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