Author: Eli
Easton
Release Date: November
23
Length: 50,000
words
Blurb
Toby Kincaid
loves being the junior librarian in his hometown of Sandy Lake, Ohio. He spends
his days surrounded by books and chatting with the library patrons. He
especially adores the head librarian, Mr. Miggles, who is kind, witty,
knowledgeable about everything, and hopelessly addicted to Christmas. Sean
Miggles is also pretty cute—especially for an older guy who wears ties and suit
pants every day.
But Sean keeps himself at a distance, and there’s a sadness about him that Toby can’t figure out. When Sean is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he gives up without a fight. Toby realizes that he alone can save the library—and their head librarian.
Toby will need to uncover the darkness in Sean’s past and prove to him that he deserves a second chance at life and at love too. And while Christmas miracles are being handed out, maybe Toby will get his own dearest wish—to love and be loved by Mr. Miggles.
But Sean keeps himself at a distance, and there’s a sadness about him that Toby can’t figure out. When Sean is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he gives up without a fight. Toby realizes that he alone can save the library—and their head librarian.
Toby will need to uncover the darkness in Sean’s past and prove to him that he deserves a second chance at life and at love too. And while Christmas miracles are being handed out, maybe Toby will get his own dearest wish—to love and be loved by Mr. Miggles.
Review
“I sucked on
his tongue like it was made of cocaine, chocolate, and orgasms.”
Full disclosure
first: I am a librarian in my day job so I may have been a wee bit prejudiced
when it came to this story, its setting, and the characters involved. J
And this story
is all about a library and its more than dedicated head librarian, Mr. Miggles.
Having said that, the story is told from Toby Kincaid’s perspective. He’s the
twenty-four year old assistant librarian who has looked up to his boss ever
since he started his job, just as he’s intrigued by the sad aura surrounding
him. While it doesn’t occur to Toby that
he might do more than ‘just’ admire Sean Miggles, those of us who read between
the lines soon pick up on that fact.
When, as it
says in the blurb, Sean Miggles is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Toby
decides to step up to the plate and not only save his boss but also the library
they are both devoted to.
I loved how the
library was described in this book. Libraries are so much more than ‘just’ a
collection of books; they are vital to local communities in numerous ways and
this story shows that in vivid detail. And, just as the library in Toby and
Sean’s hometown is under threat, so are libraries almost everywhere, which made
me extra invested in this story. When Toby rallies the troops (also known as
borrowers/library visitors) to state both Mr. Miggles’ and the library’s case
to the local council, the book got an almost magical quality, very fitting for
a seasonal story.
Mr. Miggles
fascinated me from the moment the book started and the better I got to know him
and the more I learned about his past, the more I grew to adore him.
Unfortunately Toby didn’t work quite as well for me. For about the first half
of the book he rubbed me up the wrong way, which had probably a lot to do with
the Justin situation. Once he got his shit together and decided to step up to
the plate, he more than redeemed himself though. By the time this story reached
its happily ever after I was fully invested in both Toby and Sean Miggles, as
well as their future together.
This was an
easy, mostly angst free, but captivating story. Mr. Miggles past and his
present predicament give the story drama while Toby mostly made me smile or
grimace. The story takes its time before getting steamy but when it does….
Overall I can
only say that I thoroughly enjoyed this story and was delighted to have four
hours without interruptions to read it from start to finish in one sitting –
Reader’s (and librarian's) delight.
Author Bio
As an avid reader of such, she is tinkled pink when an author manages to combine literary merit, vast stores of humor, melting hotness and eye-dabbing sweetness into one story. She promises to strive to achieve most of that most of the time. She currently lives on a farm in rural Pennsylvania with her husband, three bulldogs, two cows, pot belly pig, and cat.
You can email her at eli@elieaston.com
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