Spring Affair Seasons of Love Book 1 edition by BG Thomas Literature Fiction eBooks
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Seasons of Love Book One
Sloan McKenna is going through a tough time. His beloved mother has recently passed away, leaving him her house and beautiful garden. But should he keep the house? Sell it? To make matters worse, he’s in love with one of his best friends, Asher, a man who can’t (or won’t) love him back.
Sloan’s neighbor, Max Turner, is married to an ambitious woman with far-reaching dreams, including moving the family to France. But Max is happy teaching at the local college and living in their nice, quiet town. Then he discovers his fourteen-year-old son is not only gay, but out and proud as well. That throws him into complete disarray, for more than one reason....
When Max’s wife leaves on a two-month business trip to Paris, circumstances throw the two men together. As they become friends, Sloan finds himself falling in love with Max, who is completely unavailable… just like Asher. As for Max, he is discovering that both his son’s coming out and his new friendship with Sloan are stirring up feelings he thought buried long ago. Spring is a time for rebirth—Is there any way the two men can find happiness and a new beginning?
Spring Affair Seasons of Love Book 1 edition by BG Thomas Literature Fiction eBooks
B.G. Thomas has outdone himself this time. I've been a fan of Thomas ever since I read his first book. I've read every book he's written so far, and each one is better than the last. Thomas never fails to make me laugh, cry, and fall in love in every book he writes. And Spring Affair was no exception! If you're looking for erotica or wild, raw sex scenes, then don't buy this book. But if you want a romantic love story with a whole cast of characters that you can fall in love with, and a plot that pulls you in and makes you care, then go out and buy Spring Affair immediately. I won't describe the plot. Amazon already posts a synopsis of the plot for you to see. But I will say that the plot is detailed and complete and totally believable. Thomas definitely does his research. He brings in vegan restaurants and you can tell he has taken the time to learn all there is to know about vegan diets. He brings in meditation and the philosophies of the Dalai Lama, and you can tell he has studied and learned all about it. He even brings in different languages as some of his characters speak French and Samoan, and he took the time to use both languages correctly. ( I should know.......I speak French)And best of all-- he brings in BELIEVABLE characters. These characters are real, Not the tall, buff, muscular, too-perfect men that appear in so many of the other gay romance novels out here. No, Thomas' characters are much more believable. Some are short, Some are skinny, Some are a bit over-weight. Some are hairy (and don't do that man-scaping thing). But ALL OF THEM are totally human and totally lovable. Thomas fleshes out every character in his book. We know exactly what each one looks like, and we know what each of them feels inside. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the fantastic job Thomas does with the female character in the story. She's not just the foil that we want to hate because she's the necessary block in the love affair. Instead she is a fully human character (with a happy ending of her own). And let's not forget young Logan in this story. He's wise beyond his years and a son that any parent would love and be so proud of.
As a side note to the author-- may I say I was pleased to see a character named Lee? My name is Lee and it was fun to imagine (if only for a little while) that I was that character! And Mr. Thomas, even though you want us all to fall in love with Sloan and Max, I want to tell you that it was Wyatt that I found myself falling for. He is just my type! Maybe he can get a story all his own some time (hint, hint).
And to all the people reading this review-- Go out now and read this book and see which character YOU fall in love with. Will it be Max and Sloan, or will it be Scott, or will it be Asher? Stay away from Wyatt. He's all mine (LOL).
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Spring Affair Seasons of Love Book 1 edition by BG Thomas Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Spring Affair by B.G. Thomas is full of beautifully developed characters who will invite you into their story. Alongside of them, you will feel their angst, their anger, their betrayal, their love. You will feel the confusion of having feelings you weren't expecting and joy that young men can feel first love in it's purest. You'll wonder what took so long, why the wait? And realize that all things have their time, their own season. The layers of relationships, of love and loss and confusion and angst are so well meshed that you may not even realize how many lives are really entwined in one lovely story.
One of the things that keeps me coming back to B.G. Thomas is that he writes truly romantic tales. There is lust, and some sex, but it's the garnish, not the main course. Instead, the talent of this writer is to make us truly feel what his characters are experiencing. We are angry and betrayed and longing for the one we can't have. And through it all, we see the relationships develop organically, not without difficulty or anxiety. I love that these characters are so very real they are flawed, with insecurities and worries, and that is part of what makes the stories so authentic.
Very often, I avoid series because I don't want to commit to several books, just in case I'm not that thrilled with the first one. With this series, I was hitting 'buy' on the second book before I'd finished the first. I've finished Summer and am anxiously awaiting for enough free time to indulge in Autumn Changes.
If you are looking for a well-written, enjoyable romance, you can't go wrong with Spring Affair by B.G. Thomas.
I’ve come at B.G. Thomas backwards, and have grown to truly appreciate his realistic, personal style. Other comments on other books led me to his earlier “seasons” series, and to this volume in particular.
“Spring Affair” follows the lives of four friends Wyatt, Sloan, Scott, Asher. Each, in his own way, is an archetype of a young-ish (ie. 30 something), Midwestern gay man. Calling themselves the “Fabulous Four,” they become a sort of backup group to the lead singer of this story Sloan McKenna. Sloan is still mooning over Asher, with whom he had a one-night-stand years earlier. Sloan is a romantic, Asher is a love-em-and-leave-em kind of guy. Scott is a cynical frustrated romantic, disliking his own body and endlessly searching for love online. Wyatt is in an open relationship, but one that seems (to Sloan at least) meager in its rewards.
But this substantial novel is Sloan’s story. He is grieving doubly. On top of his unresolved love for Asher, Sloan’s much loved mother has recently died, and he is back in the house where he grew up, having cared for her du ring her final illness. His circle of friends offer comfort, but not always the kind he wants. Working in a call center owned by the mythical Peter Wagner (who appears, benevolently Zeus-like, in many of Thomas’s novels), Sloan is thirty and still somewhat adrift.
The monkey wrench that upsets the marginal functionality of Sloan’s life is Max Turner, his mother’s longtime neighbor to whom Sloan has never paid much attention. Living in his mother’s house again, Sloan suddenly becomes aware of the man who spent years helping his mother with her garden – the small but opulent garden that serves as a charming metaphor for life’s potential. Max is tall, muscular, bearded – and also married to Lauren, a gorgeous blond, with whom he has a teenaged son named Logan.
The kicker is that this book is also Max’s story. Content to be teaching at the small local college, comfortable in his stylish bungalow, Max is living out his father’s wishes - having married his high school sweetheart and having provided him with a grandson. His wife, on the other hand, is ambitious and completely enamored with everything French. She heads off for a two-month business trip to Paris, leaving her husband and son alone in Missouri. Max becomes increasingly conscious of the slender, pale redhead (lord, what is it with redheads – a particular thing of mine?) next door, and of his own repressed feelings. When Max discovered that his fourteen-year-old son might be gay, the carefully constructed all around his world begins to fall apart.
What is nominally a novel that explores the unhappiness of two young men facing up to lives that are not fully satisfying becomes a microcosmic overview of the lives of gay men of a particular generation. I was particularly moved (and surprised) by the resonance that these characters had for me, even though all of them could be my sons. For all the huge changes of the past 40 years (since I came out), gay men (even privileged, white gay men) still struggle to find happiness in a world where other people tell them what they’re supposed to want and feel.
Two moments in this book that I particularly loved were Max’s son Logan, and his coming out story; and Max’s wife, Lauren and her back story. Logan’s interaction with his father brought tears to my eyes. I was prepared to dislike Lauren for all sorts of reasons, as she is inevitably cast as the villainess in the piece. But her story, which only comes to the fore at the end of the book, becomes a catalyst and a revelation that made me rethink my own attitudes. Life is messy, and love just makes it messier.
B.G. Thomas has outdone himself this time. I've been a fan of Thomas ever since I read his first book. I've read every book he's written so far, and each one is better than the last. Thomas never fails to make me laugh, cry, and fall in love in every book he writes. And Spring Affair was no exception! If you're looking for erotica or wild, raw sex scenes, then don't buy this book. But if you want a romantic love story with a whole cast of characters that you can fall in love with, and a plot that pulls you in and makes you care, then go out and buy Spring Affair immediately. I won't describe the plot. already posts a synopsis of the plot for you to see. But I will say that the plot is detailed and complete and totally believable. Thomas definitely does his research. He brings in vegan restaurants and you can tell he has taken the time to learn all there is to know about vegan diets. He brings in meditation and the philosophies of the Dalai Lama, and you can tell he has studied and learned all about it. He even brings in different languages as some of his characters speak French and Samoan, and he took the time to use both languages correctly. ( I should know.......I speak French)
And best of all-- he brings in BELIEVABLE characters. These characters are real, Not the tall, buff, muscular, too-perfect men that appear in so many of the other gay romance novels out here. No, Thomas' characters are much more believable. Some are short, Some are skinny, Some are a bit over-weight. Some are hairy (and don't do that man-scaping thing). But ALL OF THEM are totally human and totally lovable. Thomas fleshes out every character in his book. We know exactly what each one looks like, and we know what each of them feels inside. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the fantastic job Thomas does with the female character in the story. She's not just the foil that we want to hate because she's the necessary block in the love affair. Instead she is a fully human character (with a happy ending of her own). And let's not forget young Logan in this story. He's wise beyond his years and a son that any parent would love and be so proud of.
As a side note to the author-- may I say I was pleased to see a character named Lee? My name is Lee and it was fun to imagine (if only for a little while) that I was that character! And Mr. Thomas, even though you want us all to fall in love with Sloan and Max, I want to tell you that it was Wyatt that I found myself falling for. He is just my type! Maybe he can get a story all his own some time (hint, hint).
And to all the people reading this review-- Go out now and read this book and see which character YOU fall in love with. Will it be Max and Sloan, or will it be Scott, or will it be Asher? Stay away from Wyatt. He's all mine (LOL).
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