To make ends meet, he takes a job as an automobile repossession agent, and discovers his very first assignment is a car owned by his drug dealer ex-boyfriend. Blurb: Alan Baxter barely scrapes by working as a deejay in suburban Detroit. Highly recommend this story, with a steaming cup of tea and a snuggly blanket. Repossession is 9/10ths of the Law is tagged as contemporary, humor, suspense, m-m, mystery. I won’t say much about it, because I liked learning about Jeremy’s past along the way with Will. Jeremy’s background, and the gutting emotional wound that brought him and his sexy Scottish accent to Vermont and into Will’s orbit, is original and adds to his emotional layers. Will is trying to move on from a devastating loss, so at first he is tentative, then eventually eager to enjoy another chance at love, all while second guessing himself and Jeremy as happens in a new relationship. Both are mature men, in their late thirties, which is a nice change for a gay romance. Will’s love interest is Jeremy, and their coming together and drifting apart and coming together again was depicted in a believable and understandable manner. Neil Plakcy expertly allows the reader to feel as if they are reading a modern day take on an Austen novel, and it was wonderfully soothing and engaging. Jane Austen’s books are prominently discussed and critiqued by the main character, Will (whose full name is Fitzwilliam and I immediately wanted to name someone that), who is an English professor teaching a sharp group of students during a J-term, or short winter term, class. This story has a lovely, gradually sweeping feel of romance to it. It features characters from Brigham Vaughn’s 'Snowstorms and Second Chances, along with 'Snowflakes and Song Lyrics' and The Cupid Crawl by Hank Edwards but can be read as a standalone story.
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