New Tricks by Andrew Grey | Cat's Release day Review, Excerpt & #giveaway @Dreamspinners @andrewgreybooks @TTCBooksandmore ~ '

In matters of the heart, there’s no such thing as business as usual.

Thomas Stepford spent years building a very successful business and now at thirty-nine, he wants a quieter life. With his parents needing help, he decides to return home. He can’t get away from business completely and needs an assistant—but the man who is hired isn’t quite what he had in mind.

Brandon Wilson, the ink on his degree barely dry, needs a job, and his mother helps him get one as Mr. Stepford’s assistant. Thomas doesn’t seem to remember, but Brandon worked mowing the stunningly attractive older man’s lawn years ago. Thomas was Brandon’s teenage fantasy, and now he’s Brandon’s boss.

Thomas and Brandon are both determined to keep their relationship strictly business, but the old attraction is still there. They learn to work together even as the tension between them reaches the boiling point. But just as they start to surrender, Thomas’s old life in New York calls him. Even if he resists that pull, can their newfound relationship survive when Brandon receives the call of his dreams... from Hollywood?

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Cat gives this one 5 Meows with a 3 Purr heat index...

Thomas is a successful businessman. He and his best friend Blaze run his real estate development company in New York. Thomas is tired of the fast lane and wants to move back to Colorado Sorings near his mom and dad and slow his life down as he is approaching forty.

His mom tells him about her friend’s grandson that would make a good personal assistant. When he meets him he’s not sure if hiring him is a good idea since he pushes all his buttons.

Brandon has had a fantasy thing about Thomas since he was fifteen and mowed his yard. Now working for him he wonders how he will hide his attraction to him.

Oh man this book is so good. I love May/December with a large age gap and inter office is another favorite sub genre of mine. Add in Andrew Grey’s fabulous characters and way with a story and it’s just what I was looking for.

I can take or leave sex scenes especially explicit ones. Generally skimming them. I never skim Andrew Grey’s and in this book in chapter ten is where I was really hooked s I shivered and sighed then, I’ll be damn if I didn’t nearly cry it was so sweet. I nearly did a happy dance at the end of this book and I will add this to my favor list for the year.

So if you like May/ December, age gaps, boss/coworker, meddling parents-grandparents and secretaries and an all over romance that will make you happy, get this one!

Excerpt...

“YOU’RE REALLY leaving,” Blaze said as he sat down in front of Thomas’s desk with a sigh. “Why in the hell would you want to do that? This is the land of guys, fun, and a million things to do, all of which will either get you laid or are on the path to getting you laid, and you’re going to run back to… where is it exactly you’re going?” He leaned forward a little just so Thomas could get a good look at the disbelief in his eyes. “Butt-fuck Egypt?”
Thomas shook his head slowly. “Colorado Springs, and I’m going back home to spend some time with my parents.” He growled a little. “Don’t you work for me? And since I know you do, why doesn’t that insulate me from your whining and bitchiness?” Thomas groused, trying his best to seem upset. He knew it hadn’t worked when Blaze simply rolled his eyes.
“Because I’m your best friend, have been since we were in Alpha Chi together, and yeah, you own the company, but you know it wouldn’t be anywhere without my sparking personality to help smooth the way for all those deals you’ve made over the years.” Blaze smirked, and Thomas glared at him. “You remember in college we both vowed we were going to make a huge splash in the world, a shitpile of money, and then we were never going to go back to those awful towns where we grew up?” He gave an exaggerated shiver.
Thomas shook his head. “I’m getting tired, Blaze. I built this firm to the point where it has more employees than the high school I attended, and all of them are very smart and know their jobs. Otherwise you and I would never have hired them. I’m only moving back to Colorado Springs, not to the moon, and I’m still going to run the company. I’m just going to do it from a place that’s quieter and less… easy.”
“Easy! You think New York is easy?” Blaze’s eyes widened.
“Yeah, it is. Everything is here for the taking,” Thomas countered. “It’s too damned easy. There are guys—and girls, if that’s your thing—around every single corner. If one won’t suffice, just choose another one, or two, maybe three. If you have money, everything seems like it’s for sale. And I’m tired of it. Okay? I want something slower.” He swallowed and half closed his eyes. “I swear I haven’t slept more than a few hours a day in the last eighteen years.”
“So you’re giving it up,” Blaze pressed. “Just like that?”
“My parents are getting older. They haven’t said anything, but I know they’re going to need help soon. I want to spend some time with them and maybe build a life.”
Blaze nodded. “I know what this is. You’re still hurting from when Angus left, and you want to give yourself a change of pace. You know, the best way to get over a man is to find another one, and there are plenty of hot guys in New York who would fall all over themselves for the chance to try to win your heart.”
Thomas frowned. Blaze didn’t get it. “That’s the problem. They’re all interested, but I’m not. And for the record, I left Angus. There was nothing between us, and all he did was complain that I worked too much. Everyone I’ve ever dated has said the same thing: I spent too much time working and not enough time with them.”
The desk phone buzzed, and Blaze stood. “That would be Marjorie, and I’m out of here before she sees me sitting with you and decides it would be a good time to tell me all the things I’m doing wrong in my life. Why can’t that woman spend her time talking you out of this harebrained idea rather than torturing me?” Blaze tried to look innocent, but Thomas knew he and Marjorie got a perverse thrill out of annoying each other as much as possible.
Thomas waved Blaze off and answered the call.

Andrew Grey is the author of nearly 100 works of Contemporary Gay Romantic fiction. After twenty-seven years in corporate America, he has now settled down in Central Pennsylvania with his husband, Dominic, and his laptop. An interesting ménage. Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout the country and traveled throughout the world. He is a recipient of the RWA Centennial Award, has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and now writes full-time. Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing). He considers himself blessed with an accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania.