A Little Bit of Magic Playful Fantasies Book #2
Gay Romance, Fantasy Romance, LGBTQ Fantasy
Drew Publications
Dec !9, 2022
Kindle
336
Amazon
Efe quits his job and sells his estate after finding his partner in bed with his best friend, starting a new life in a small town called Elmhurst. Then after a while, he begins to enjoy living in his large log cabin among the woods. The only thing he desired was a housekeeper.
Things get complicated when Efe hires Samh, a mysterious arrival in town, as his housekeeper. The vows Efe made about single living, and Samh’s hopes for a new future come to a grinding halt when the two men are drawn to each other.
Sometimes, a sprinkle of magic, patience, and a few toys can turn all hurt and angst into a serious dose of happiness.
‘An exciting story that helps you escape the drudgery of real life and explore a new world.’
Warning: Adult fantasy gay romance with explicit scenes.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Efe is a lawyer and is on his way home to surprise his boyfriend, Eric. Even though Efe is older than Eric he has come to be comfortable in their relationship until his surprise turned into a nightmare. Efe was the surprised one when he walked into his bedroom to find his friend and Eric naked in bed together. Eric’s betrayal has left Efe ready to change his life. He sells the family home, resigns from his job and moves to a cabin in the woods in Elmhurst. It took him awhile to get used to the quiet after living in the city but in time he found the peace he had been seeking.
Efe has more than enough money to live a wonderful full life, but he has one problem, he hates to clean. He has had no luck finding someone to accept the position of housekeeper, so he places an ad hoping to get lucky while the dust and dirt in the house gets worse.
Samh is a brownie who can’t keep a job and is a laughing stock, he is the brownie that prefers playing with toys to doing his job of cleaning. Samh never knew affection and was hugged once by Faine, the Guardian of the woods who looks after everyone in need. Samh only ate once a day and it was leftovers, he slept in a cupboard but now he had no cupboard and no leftovers. Tired of the ridicule and with nothing keeping him on the fae side, he left for the human side only Faine had to remove his magic.
Things did not look good for Samh in a strange place with a very bleak outlook he sees smoke and finds a cabin. Cold and hungry he sits on the porch until he is discovered by Efe. Efe’s first thought was that this strange little man was answering his ad for a housekeeper. Unaccustomed to human ways, Samh asks strange questions such as where the creek in the bathroom is, which is the way it was back home. When Efe agrees to give him a month trial as a housekeeper Samh is thrilled to work for Master Effie. As many times as Efe tells him not to call him Master and not to call him Effie his request falls on death ears.
As things between Efe and Samh begin to fall into a routine Efe recognizes that Samh is a “little” and he begins to work at making him comfortable and happy. Their relationship grows but Efe once again faces the fear of falling for someone much younger than him, been there done that and came out with a broken heart. Efe is convinced that Samh ran away from a cult, he can’t read or write, has disfigured fingers and is constantly afraid and the little explanations that Samh offers just sound like something from a fairytale.
Samh is allowed to let his love of toys and his desire to be a “little” be free while Efe encourages him to be himself.My enjoyment of this story stemmed from Samh’s purity, goodness and innocence and Efe’s determination to help a lost young man find happiness and love. Of course, there is a lot of sex and I have a new understanding of what being a “little” is all about and although considered by many as strange and wrong it isn’t, we are all entitled to be who we want to be, but it would be nice if everyone believed that.