I liked and disliked Harry all at the same time to start with...then I began to want to hit him over his hard head with something equally as hard. He is a man that is so busy totaling up the things that he’s lost, or believes he's lost, that he can't see how good his life really is. I loved the character of Tony from the first time we met him, leaning on the fence waiting to whistle at Harry when he came by on his way to his office. Harry was confused, bewildered and dumbfounded by Tony's behavior. He wondered why would this gorgeous man, "God's Gift" to every gay man on Earth, would want to waste his time with him? Tony doesn't see the same things that Harry sees when he looks in the mirror. Harry sees a 35-year-old "bear" who could stand to lose a few pounds...a grown man who still lives in the house his mother left him, the very one he grew up in... a man that is pretty much a loner who has few friends because he doesn't encourage anyone to try to know him...all for the same reasons that he can't understand Tony's attention. Tony sees things so much differently when he looks at Harry. He sees only the best things and wants more than anything to help Harry accept and love the man he is today and perhaps let him love him in return. I thought "Good luck with that, Tony!" I could see right away that Harry actually didn't like himself...at all, so he thinks, why would anyone else? I loved the way Tony looked at the world…and at Harry. Tony is so secure in his heart, body and mind...no apologies here, nor are any needed. Harry was never a 'bad" man. He was always ready to help everyone and was very sweet about it. It was just himself that he had this dislike for. This story had me holding my breath to see what crazy thing Harry was going to do to next to "improve" himself. What he finally tried nearly killed him. Tony’s determination to be a gentleman as he courts Harry and seeing Harry learn to love himself as he falls in love with Tony made me smile.... A LOT! The story is beautiful and sweet as well as being relatively angst free, which I liked even more. I'll just say that Tony and Harry are a great deal happier at the end of the story than they were at the start. A brief word about this author. I first read K.C. Wells work in a series that she co-wrote with Parker Williams called "Collars and Cuffs". That series, to this day, remains my absolute favorite "read again anytime" series. I'm now busy collecting anything that has her name on it. I'm especially looking forward to her newest series, "Second Sight". I can't be the only person that reads M/M romances, although it feels like I might be:)...but if you are a reader of this genera, just give her books a try. I think you will come to love them as much as I do. ( )

3.5 stars ( )