I really enjoyed this short story although I was prepared not to. In previous posts, I've mentioned several times my aversion to gay romance stories but Rebecca James surprised me. "Love Lost, Love Found" moved at a good pace and the romance blossoms without getting bogged down in sentimentality or saccharine sweetness.
There is a touching moment but it is vital to the story and helps the reader empathize with Dane.
Dane is a fire fighter, spending the holidays alone, since his wife passed away two years before on Christmas of a brain tumor. On his way home from work, he picks up a homeless man seeking shelter from the weather under an overpass and takes him to his remote cabin.
Interestingly, the romance doesn't start right away. James takes her time, letting the readers get to know the main characters and Dane and Sayer get to know each other first.
She alludes to an HEA ending but not enough that the reader feels everything may go smoothly in the future, but she leaves the reader hoping it does. There is more than a little bit of fantasy here, i.e. how many of us would get this kind of lucky picking up the random homeless man, right?
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