Sometimes it’s not
the two people in a relationship who fight falling in love, sometimes
it’s those who love us that fight against it the most.
Finally together, forty-four year old Tom, and twenty-two year old Cooper, are ready to show the world they’re together. They’ve established their relationship is worth it, and want to share it with their families.
Both men thought accepting the age difference was their adversity to overcome, and theirs alone.
Their loved ones, however, will prove them wrong.
For their families, lines are drawn and start blur. Through a series of events, life shakes Tom’s foundations, the lines for him have never been clearer.
Finally together, forty-four year old Tom, and twenty-two year old Cooper, are ready to show the world they’re together. They’ve established their relationship is worth it, and want to share it with their families.
Both men thought accepting the age difference was their adversity to overcome, and theirs alone.
Their loved ones, however, will prove them wrong.
For their families, lines are drawn and start blur. Through a series of events, life shakes Tom’s foundations, the lines for him have never been clearer.
I suggest reading book one, Elements
of Retrofit first as it gives a better understanding as to why Thomas Elkin and
Copper Jones were meant to be together. It will also explain the complexities
and struggles that faced these amazing men.
The second book in the series starts off with 44 year old Thomas Elkin and 22 year old Cooper Jones finally together and showing off their beautiful relationship to the world. They want to share their love with their family and friends. Thomas and Cooper actually thought their age difference, which they got over, was just their cross to bear. They worked really hard to get past that and move to a loving relationship. Bringing their love out and open to their friends and family didn't actually go as they had thought it might as it has caused some troubling feelings for their families.
The main storyline is about the men coming out to more and more people including their families as a couple. When they introduce each other to their families, the problem seems to be more about their age difference than anything else. The issue now is how Thomas and Cooper deal with their families concerns. That is what I enjoyed the most as this was so realistically written.
The second book in the series starts off with 44 year old Thomas Elkin and 22 year old Cooper Jones finally together and showing off their beautiful relationship to the world. They want to share their love with their family and friends. Thomas and Cooper actually thought their age difference, which they got over, was just their cross to bear. They worked really hard to get past that and move to a loving relationship. Bringing their love out and open to their friends and family didn't actually go as they had thought it might as it has caused some troubling feelings for their families.
The main storyline is about the men coming out to more and more people including their families as a couple. When they introduce each other to their families, the problem seems to be more about their age difference than anything else. The issue now is how Thomas and Cooper deal with their families concerns. That is what I enjoyed the most as this was so realistically written.
What really impressed me was how
mature Cooper was in dealing with the burdens they faced. I loved how he took
charge and did what was needed to be done where you would think it would be
Thomas who took that role on. I enjoyed how Thomas handled young Cooper’s
parents and their concerns so well with his life experiences as this could have
been very explosive. I just love Thomas and after reading his story and how he
handles this new life as a gay man and how he approaches his relationship with
Cooper.
“You nervous?” I asked him.
He looked surprised by my question. “No.
Should I be?”
I smiled at his confidence. “I just don’t
think Sofia will be very understanding. No matter what she says, just remember,
I’m on your side.”
“Ryan’s mom always liked me,” he said.
“She likes you as Ryan’s friend, yes,” I
told him. “But as my boyfriend…”
He shrugged. “And all the guys who’ll be
here this weekend?” he asked. “All Ryan’s friends, some of my friends, they’ll
all be here too. We’re meeting them
as a couple too.”
Shit. I hadn’t given that a thought.
Then Cooper took his hand off my thigh and
looked out of the window as he spoke. “If you don’t want to…”
I pulled the car off to the side of the
road, right near the driveway to the Casa. I think I startled him. He looked at
me, wide-eyed. “Cooper, listen to me,” I said seriously. “I don’t care what
anyone else thinks. I know some people will have a hard time with us being
together, because we’re gay men, and because of the age difference. But I don’t
care. I’m proud to call you my boyfriend. For the life of me I can’t figure out
why you’d want to be with me, but you do, and I’m more than happy to walk in
there, holding your hand. But I don’t want you to feel pressured.”
“I don’t feel pressured,” he said. “And I
can’t figure out why you’d want to be with me either, but you do.”
I nodded. “Yes, I do.”
He smiled, and leaned over the console and
kissed me. “Thank you.”
I sighed and looked out of the windshield.
“Well, this is it.”
Cooper followed my gaze, to the stone gate
posts, to the chiselled sandstone sign on the post that read Casa de Elkin.
“It’s named after you?”
I nodded. “I designed this house,” I told
him. “We named it Casa de Elkin, but have called it the Casa for years.”
Cooper gave me a weak smile. “Well then,”
he said, trying to sound upbeat. “Let’s do this.”
I slipped the car into first gear and
pulled into the drive. I parked the car near the closed garage doors and by the
time I’d popped the trunk, Ryan was walking out to meet us. He gave me a bit of
a hug, then bumped fists with Cooper. “Hey,” he said. “Most of the guys will
get here in the morning. Mom said it might be better if they all crash in the
pool room, or wherever they pass out,” he said with a knowing smile. “But you
guys have a guest room in the house.”
A guest room.
Ryan looked at me a little apologetically.
“Sorry.”
“Don’t you apologise,” I told him. “It’s
not my house anymore.”
We grabbed our bags and the gift box from
the trunk and walked towards the front door. Cooper asked me quietly, “Have you
been back here in the last five years?”
“I spent two weeks here right after we
separated,” I told him. “But not since then.”
“Come on,” Ryan said, opening the door. He
turned to us and whispered, “Mom’s in the kitchen.”
I took a deep breath and followed Ryan
through the front living room and into the large open kitchen, where Sofia was
dicing fruit.
She looked well. She was wearing a white
dress and her trademark gold jewellery and her brown hair was pulled back in a
ponytail. She looked at me, then at Ryan and finally at Cooper. She recognised
him immediately. “Oh my, Cooper? Is that you?”
“Mrs Elkin,” he said politely.
She gave me a tight smile, but then
leaned in and kissed Cooper’s cheek. “It’s so good to see you. Ryan never
mentioned you were coming.” Then she looked at me. “Did you bring Cooper with
you? I thought you were bringing your friend.”
There was a beat of absolute silence then I
said, “I did.” Sofia looked at me then at Ryan and Cooper, then back to me. “I
brought Cooper…my boyfriend.”
Sofia laughed, but when I took Cooper’s
hand, her smile died a
slow, painful death. She looked kind of horrified. “Is
this some kind of joke?”
I am many things; a
mother, a wife, a sister, a writer.
I have pretty, pretty
boys who live in my head, who don’t let me sleep at night unless I give them
life with words.
I like it when they do
dirty, dirty things…but I like it even more when they fall in love.
I used to think having
people in my head talking to me was weird, until one day I happened across
other writers who told me it was normal.
I’ve been writing ever
since…
Where can you find me?
Even the strongest
of buildings start out as plans on paper, and every architect knows that
sometimes plans need to change. Sometimes, these lessons are learned on
the job.
A successful New York architect, Thomas Elkin almost has it all. Coming out as gay and ending his marriage before his fortieth birthday, he needed to start living his life. Now, four years later, with his relationship with his son back on track, and after a few short-lived romances, this esteemed traditional draftsman thought he knew everything about architecture, about life.
Cooper Jones, twenty-two years old, is about to take the architect world by storm. Talented, professional, driven, and completely infuriating, Cooper is the definition of Generation Y.
Starting an internship working with Thomas, Cooper is about to knock Tom’s world off its axis. Tom can teach Cooper about the industry, but Cooper is about to teach Tom a few things about life.
A successful New York architect, Thomas Elkin almost has it all. Coming out as gay and ending his marriage before his fortieth birthday, he needed to start living his life. Now, four years later, with his relationship with his son back on track, and after a few short-lived romances, this esteemed traditional draftsman thought he knew everything about architecture, about life.
Cooper Jones, twenty-two years old, is about to take the architect world by storm. Talented, professional, driven, and completely infuriating, Cooper is the definition of Generation Y.
Starting an internship working with Thomas, Cooper is about to knock Tom’s world off its axis. Tom can teach Cooper about the industry, but Cooper is about to teach Tom a few things about life.
Successful and very hot New York
architect Thomas Elkin has almost everything in life he desires. He just came
out of the closet after ending his marriage before his 40th birthday. This book
takes place 4 years later and he and his son are back on track with their
relationship after Thomas came out. Thomas thought he knew everything he needed
to know about his career and life in general, that's what he thought anyways.
Cooper Jones is a hot 22 year old architect who is already a pretty big deal in his field. With his amazing talents that he possess and the career driven ego he is about to explode on the architect world. He is now starting an internship with Thomas’ company. Thomas believes he can teach Cooper about the industry but it's Cooper who actually teaches Thomas about life and sex. Thomas does hold back and keeps Cooper at a distance due to their 22 year age difference.
Cooper Jones is a hot 22 year old architect who is already a pretty big deal in his field. With his amazing talents that he possess and the career driven ego he is about to explode on the architect world. He is now starting an internship with Thomas’ company. Thomas believes he can teach Cooper about the industry but it's Cooper who actually teaches Thomas about life and sex. Thomas does hold back and keeps Cooper at a distance due to their 22 year age difference.
I knew by the first few lines that I would love this hot and romantic read. The way the author describes those hot and steamy kisses between Thomas and Cooper, I had to put my reader down as it was over heating or maybe I was ;). It was fun to see how their characters moved from professional to more romantic and how smooth the author was in her writing of these characters. She developed Thomas and Cooper so well that I wanted to actually know them and wanted the story to go and never stop.
Not everything is as smooth sailing
as we would like and both men have come to realize that in some road blocks
that they faced. One of my favorite parts of the story is how they got to know
each other slowly from professional relationship to one of a more romantic in
nature. I was rooting for them from the very start.
Will they be able to find true love
with each other or will outside obstacles threaten their happiness? I’m so happy that the author will continue in
Clarity of Lines in book 2 of the Thomas Elkin Series. I highly recommend this
highly sexual and professional tense May/December story.
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