FOOL'S GOLD is an opposites attract romance as part of the Mis-shapes series, but can easily be read as a standalone. Hated housemate to possible soulmate?
From the blurb:
From the 2025 winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Romance comes a tale of two housemates in love. If only they realised.
Alaric:Turning thirty doesn’t mean you have to grow up and be boring, right? Except if you ask all my friends, it does. They’re all busy coupling up and settling down, while I’m stuck cuddling up to strangers for a shot at a good night’s sleep. Only this state of utter desperation would lead me to move to middle-of-nowhere Sutton Common with the world’s most peculiar, boring man. He even walks an imaginary dog!
Gerald:I never thought I would want a housemate, and after meeting Alaric, I’m even more convinced. The man’s a walking disaster who sleeps on the floor and won’t stop making fun of my book club reads. I could never trust him with my secrets, like my dream to dance with my neighbour’s dog at the prestigious Crufts dog show. I should be glad when he decides to move back out as soon as possible, right?
Only it turns out Alaric might appreciate a firm hand… and I might like being the one holding the leash.
This is book 2 in the Mis-Shapes series but works perfectly as a standalone.
Molly Otto's review:
Fearne Hill once again brings their quirky humor into Fool's Gold. You have two uniquely different men with an undeniable chemistry learn in time to love and appreciate each other as they are, no pretense, no change, just acceptance. Sure it takes some work but that is what makes these two men so perfect for each other to have a lasting love. You feel the growth of their relationship throughout and when it all works out it works out as it was meant to. Alaric is one of those characters you can't help but want to snuggle and cherish for his quirks, than you have Gerald it may take a little more to open up to him but once you get him you love him for all that he is. Another great piece of writing from Fearne, they have a way of blending humor and heart with real men you can feel they put their heart and soul into bringing to you in their voice.
SNik's review:
Second in series (Mis-shapes), but can be read as a standalone. Housemates. Adversarial to lovers. Opposites attract. Slow burn. Dual POV.
Desperate for a new place to live, surgeon Alaric deigns to move to the outskirts of London and in with the boring guy that once dated his friend. Gerald is a book loving, dog dancing, optometrist, that likes things clean, healthy, and quiet - the total opposite of talkative and chaotic Alaric.
This book has a rough start as Alaric and Gerald do not get along and aren’t very kind to each other, but gosh it’s worth sticking it through as these two slowly begin to appreciate the other in profound ways. I enjoyed that this was not an immediate fall or even a lust driven one, as Alaric and Gerald learn about each other and begin to see all the ways their differences make their lives better. As opposites they balance each other, and their interactions from the banter to the spicy times were all entertaining. Both men are clueless that they have fallen into a relationship that neither wants to leave, and it was so funny and sweet.
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