The List was a bit of an opposites attract story with one man always looking for love and never finding it and one man who had love, lost it, and felt he didn’t want it again; a optimist and a pessimist, sunshine and darkness that kept me captivated from beginning to end. ~ Slick – Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
Synopsis:
Oops. He did it again.
Elliot Hansen has a terrible habit of falling in love with every man he dates.
His friends have had enough and make a list of Elliot’s perfect man.
That V…
Those abs….
Shouldn’t a boyfriend be more than the sum of his parts?
But when sexy detective Winston Rogers bursts into his bedroom to arrest a burglar, Elliot knows he wouldn’t mind checking one or two things off that list with him.
What if you had it all?
Five years after the death of his husband, Winston Rogers is single and determined to stay that way.
He throws himself into his job—the more dangerous the assignment, the better.
He can’t face another risk to his heart.
But then a routine arrest in his neighbor’s bedroom leaves Win searching for more than evidence as the man’s sweet smile and vulnerable eyes strike a chord inside him Win had thought gone forever.
Why not enjoy each other with no strings attached? Win and Elliot decide to make their own list.
Rule #1: Strictly friends with benefits.
Rule #2: No doing anything stupid like falling in love.
Rule #3….
See Elliot and Win ignore Rules #1 and #2.
Review copy provided by Kindle Unlimited
This book starts off the Second Chances series by Felice Stevens and it was a good book; being the first in the series we meet a lot of characters but the main characters were front and center the whole time which I appreciated greatly. The List was a bit of an opposites attract story with one man always looking for love and never finding it and one man who had love, lost it, and felt he didn’t want it again; a optimist and a pessimist, sunshine and darkness that kept me captivated from beginning to end.
All Elliot Hansen has ever wanted was to love someone fully and have that love returned. He didn’t have it in his childhood and while he loves his core group of friends that’s just not the same of what he craves. After another disappointing break up, Elliot feels dejected and his friends convince him that maybe he needs to just date and enjoy the dating life. What he doesn’t expect is to meet a man in a very unconventional way who proposes a friends with benefits relationship.
Winston (Win) Rogers had the perfect husband until he was taken away from him and while he has tried dating over the last 6 months, nothing has come of it. Meeting and helping his next door neighbor Win begins to feel things he didn’t think were possible again. While Elliot told him he’s a relationship guy, Win knows that’s not possible for him but having a bit of fun may be just what he needs.
Both these men had a lot of baggage and because of the nature of their relationship it wasn’t share early on in this story, thankfully they were pretty good at talking things through and working through any misunderstandings, however getting over their pasts was a much bigger issue for both of them.
I enjoyed this story and genuinely liked both men but felt they both needed some therapy. There was a bit more angst than I like, but it didn’t keep me from continuing to read. Elliot’s friend group was entertaining and interesting and I look forward to seeing their stories come to fruition.
Enjoyable and entertaining, The List was a good start to a new series.
4 stars
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