Title: The Fall Guy
Author: Chris Quinton
Genre: M/M Romance, Historical
Release Date: January 22, 2019
In 1920s New York, Pinkerton Agent John Brady is assigned to a brutal robbery/kidnapping, an open and shut case with an obvious culprit - but nothing and no one are what they seem.
Small-time crook Cesare Donati has the perfect getaway: a transatlantic cruise ship. When Brady turns up at his cabin door, Cesare knows he is out of options until they reach England.
Will London be a safe haven or a place of reckoning?
What's not to love with this short novella? The Fall Guy has romance, heat, humor, mystery, attraction, and plenty of heart. With the exception of the Old West and WW1 stories, the 1920s is my favorite era when it comes to reading and Chris Quinton explores the time incredibly well with respect and loads of entertaining fun. Considering this is a novella/short story, there is quite a lot packed into so few pages and nothing is lacking or rushed. The connection between John Brady and Cesare Donati is fascinating to watch, a lovely blend of flirty attraction and growing heart.
Chris Quinton is another new author for me, there a couple of her books on my kindle but they have yet to be read and after reading The Fall Guy they will certainly move up several notches on my TBR list. The Fall Guy is a fun read with just the right amount of conflict and tension to keep you on your toes. Despite its shortness, you will definitely lose yourself in the story while riding along with John and Cesare as they try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys all while getting to know each other.
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Chris Quinton started creating stories not long after she mastered joined-up writing, somewhat to the bemusement of her parents and her English teachers. But she received plenty of encouragement. Her dad gave her an already old Everest typewriter when she was ten, and it was probably the best gift she'd ever received – until the inventions of the home-computer and the worldwide web.
Chris's reading and writing interests range from historical, mystery, and paranormal, to science-fiction and fantasy, writing mostly in the male/male genre. She refuses to be pigeon-holed and intends to uphold the long and honourable tradition of the Eccentric Brit to the best of her ability. In her spare time [hah!] she reads, embroiders, quilts and knits. Over the years she has been a stable lad [briefly] in a local racing stable and stud, a part-time and unpaid amateur archaeologist, a civilian clerk at her local police station and a 15th century re-enactor.
She lives in a small and ancient city in the south-west of the United Kingdom, sharing her usually chaotic home with an extended family, three dogs, a frilled dragon [lizard] and sundry goldfish and tropicals.
EMAIL: chris.quintonwriter@ymail.com
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