Meanwhile, Dog gets profiled in a work newsletter. He's excited that he's out at work but doesn't immediately see that by fawning over Dog's masculine nature he was also putting down all femme guys. Lionel takes it personally which leads to a crisis in their relationship. Attempting to make it up to Lionel, Dog attempts to make a grand gesture which backfires spectacularly.
Will the two manage to put things right? And will a night in jail, a morning of drag bingo, an afternoon of day drinking, and a month of moping make things better or worse?
Lionel just doesn’t change (other than trying not swear in front of Dogs family, although this isn’t always that successful), I just love his character. He is secure on who he is, wears what he wants, and he is happy…. Well until he did the online quiz that decided that he and Dog had nothing in common, so that meant that their relationship was doomed.
Dog is happy with Lionel, and it seems like nothing can alter this. However, he is asked if he would take part in a work newsletter, who are profiling a different employee each edition, and it is here that he outs himself as being gay. He thinks all is ok with this profile being done, but he did talk about Lionel, and how femme he is, but he loves him.
By the time the article comes out, Dog and Lionel, together with Fetch and Tim are part of a gay bowling league, and this (as I said at the beginning) will have you howling with laughter, it is Dogs reaction to how Lionel is bowling, and the descriptive step by step of how Lionel bowls that completely got me. Dog thinks the article is fine, until Lionel sees a copy of the article, and then everything goes wrong, and it seems that Dog has inadvertently sabotaged his relationship.
Now Dog needs to do some pretty nifty footwork to get Lionel back, there are still some things that Dog doesn’t know about Lionel. Add into this, Dog then encounters problems within his workplace, and his grand gesture to Lionel fails miserably, and he actually manages to make things even worse. Is there any chance for the two of them, or have things finished before they have really had a chance to work?
As I read this book, I really did feel for the both of them. Both Dog and Lionel had things happening, that to me it seemed like they were ashamed to admit to the other, which they really needed to do for their relationship to succeed. Although this did have some serious issues within the story, I was in fits of laughter many times while reading this, especially when it was to do with Dogs dad.
I do hope that there is more to this series, as I can see Carlos being another character that will have you howling with laughter, especially with Freda the Fiesta!! I must also add that I can't wait for this to come out on Audio, and I do hope that again it is Joel Leslie that narrates it! :)
Author Bio
Marshall Thornton is known for the Lambda Award-winning Boystown Mysteries. His comedic novels include The Ghost Slept Over, My Favorite Uncle and the Lambda Finalist for Gay Romance, Femme. Marshall holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA and has had plays produced in both Chicago and Los Angeles and stories published in The James White Review and Frontier Magazine.
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