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Blue Skies: A low angst, age gap, hurt-comfort M/M romance Kindle Edition

by Marie Sinclair (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
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Blue Skies is a low angst, age gap, one bed, hurt/comfort novel featuring an HIV-positive, asexual flight attendant with trust issues and a closeted flight instructor.

As a sex-positive asexual man with HIV, Greg's been told it's just too complicated to be in a relationship with him. His latest boyfriend turns out to yet another in a long line of guys who say they understand asexuality only to put pressure on him to perform. Six months later, still despondent over this latest betrayal, Greg doesn't have any expectations when he joins his friends at their favorite West Hollywood club. Meeting a sexy silver fox was definitely not on the agenda, nor was wanting to get to know the man better, but unfortunately, Holden's leaving the next morning for the East Coast. As a flight attendant, Greg's schedule has him out of town the following week. Regretfully, they trade phone numbers and part ways.

Holden has been in the closet his entire life. First with his conservative parents, then in the Navy, and now as an employee of a military contractor. It's safer pretending to be straight. The only time Holden steps out of the closet is when he's on a business trip. Quickies and hook-ups have been the name of the game for him for nearly thirty years. Now nearly fifty, Holden's getting tired of it, but only has a few more years before he can live his life on his own terms. Then he goes to Neon and meets Greg. Even after Greg refuses to go back to Holden's hotel room and they part ways, he can't stop thinking about Greg and wishing he'd been able to say yes to dinner the following night. But then Greg doesn't call or text him, so Holden figures the invite was just a way to let the old guy down easy.

A week later, Holden's got a meeting in Denver, and who shows up as part of the flight crew? It's Greg, who takes one look at Holden and...if looks could kill, Holden would be a smoldering pile of ash. Undaunted, Holden tries to talk to Greg during the flight only to be shut down and told to return to his seat. But fate has a different idea.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CH1T3HT4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 11, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 11, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2625 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 91 ratings

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Marie Sinclair

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Marie Sinclair is a queer (agender/pan) writer living in San Francisco, and prefers she/they pronouns. Her focus is on contemporary romance, usually on the steamy side. While HEAs are guaranteed, it will always take some work for the couples to get there, and it might not look the way they expected at the beginning. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Marie believes in rooting her stories in the real world of queer culture and showing how love can survive even in challenging times. Her first book, A Kind of Forever, was nominated for two Goodreads Readers’ Choice awards, and her third, Forever After, is a 2023 Lambda Literary Award finalist in Gay Romance.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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CynJB
5.0 out of 5 stars Love is love
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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A wonderful, warm story highlighting how love is supposed to be - accepting, caring, and thoughtful - despite the differences between the characters. Absolutely lovely read. Highly recommend!
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Left Coast Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful romance with ACE representation
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023
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I’m a voracious reader, and I currently average about 6-8 MM romances a week. I rarely come across a romance involving asexual MCs; and it is so refreshing to read a romance involving a nuanced asexual MC after so many blah insta-lust, inst-hookup novels this week. I discovered this novel and this author via a recent asexual romance promo via a couple of MM authors’ newsletters. I’m generally not a fan of age gap romances, but this one—a 48 year old and a mature guy in his 30s didn’t seem like an imbalance. The romance was lovely; and the sexy times felt genuine. An earlier misunderstanding scene was not one of those stupid misunderstandings; and the MCs make an effort to communicate with each other, even when the topics were difficult to raise. Two main negatives for me. First, the many references to other characters’ relationships or lack thereof, not just once in passing (to give some info about an MC’s friends) but a clear attempt to direct the reader to read the other characters’ novels—I dislike that plot devise by authors as it gets annoying. Second, the speed by which the MCs declared I love you’s with each other was surprising and a bit jarring, seemingly out of character in the context of this relationship.
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Tammy R. Holman
5.0 out of 5 stars a lovely love story
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
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This is a story about Greg, a flight attendant in his thirties with a history of bad relationships who also happens to be ace and HIV positive. He's been burnt so often, trust comes hard for him. And Holden, a closeted gay man in his fifties whose never been in a relationship.

It's the story of how they meet, how they learn to trust, how they allow each other to be everything they are.

As someone who is ace, I appreciated the depictions of Greg’s sexuality which rang so true for me.

It's a well-told, gentle, touching love story which I highly recommend.
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Mary D
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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Blue Skies was a sweet story about Greg, an asexual man and Holden, a gay man. It was a story about the real struggles gay men still have to deal with and what it’s like for an asexual man. I knew what asexual meant but I learned much more about it from this book. I loved the book and would highly recommend it.
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Claire Louisa
4.0 out of 5 stars I loved this
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2023
4.5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨

I really enjoyed this emotionally charged read, this is only my second novel by Marie Sinclair and it definitely won't be my last.

I really connected with Greg and Holden and I loved the way their relationship built, quickly but deeply.

My heart hurt at times for what Greg had been through and the way previous men had treated him and to get HIV the way he did, that made me so angry that someone could do that to another person and then behave the way they did. Greg's asexuality was interesting to explore, I find it interesting how different individual experiences are and I really like being able to see different aspects of sexuality portrayed.

I loved Holden and felt for him that he had spent 30 years hiding who he was. I loved his connection with Greg, Greg really couldn't have found himself a more perfect guy and the way he checked in with Greg making sure what they were doing was okay, the way he was able to read Greg even when he was trying hard to hide what he was thinking or feeling, I loved how willing he was to learn what Greg's sexuality meant for him and how genuine they both were when they were together and willing to open up and be vulnerable.

I have worked with people like Holden's colleague and it makes for an uncomfortable working environment, people who are bigoted seem to get even greater satisfaction if they know they are affecting you in some way.

I really didn't want to put this book down and read way past my bedtime to find out how Greg and Holden were able to make their situation work and see them get their HEA.
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J. L. Gribble
5.0 out of 5 stars characters who don’t often get their stories told
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023
On the surface, the two heroes of this book have little in common. Though neither of them has ever had a true long-term relationship, that is more a result of facets of their characterization: Greg’s asexuality and Holden hiding his sexual orientation for so much of his life. The theme that ties them together is their entirely different but equally painful backgrounds of not being accepted for who they are. Finding that acceptance in each other made for a sweet and compelling story.

Greg and Holden’s first meeting is entirely realistic. The second-chance encounter that follows is simultaneously romance-novel ridiculous while also remaining entirely plausible, a delicate balance that Sinclair hits nicely. Every character (and person) is different, but I thoroughly enjoyed the lovely, individualized portrayal of what being asexual but sex-positive means for Greg. Sinclair creates his perfect match in Holden by also portraying excellent characterization to develop the context for Holden’s acceptance of Greg. No moment in this book lacks emotion, but following them as they grow closer is delightfully low angst, and sometimes it’s nice to enjoy the slow burn for the sake of the slow burn. I appreciated that Sinclair maintains the low-angst tone by staying away from the obvious dark moment this story could have featured and instead allowing Holden to evolve and reprioritize elements of his life on his own terms.

I applaud Sinclair’s depiction of Greg’s HIV status as a detail of his life, not an element of his character other than how it affects how he navigates potential relationships. As a reader well-versed in HIV transmission, treatment, and prevention, I can also note that Sinclair does excellent research in each of these elements to portray a realistic view of Greg’s health needs. That being said, Sinclair doesn’t leave Holden out in how much she obviously prepared for this book—I also loved the nods to the obvious research into the history of being gay in the American military and how this has influenced Holden’s character.

I highly recommend this book for readers interested in an excellent age-gap romance featuring characters who don’t often get their stories told. Since Sinclair also includes some fun secondary characters in this book, I hope I get a glimpse of more of this world soon.

Disclaimer: I received a digital review copy of this book from the author.
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Lindsey Middlemiss
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a warm hug on a cold day!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2023
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I absolutely adored this book! So good. I completely fell for Greg & Holden. Their story was like a warm hug on a cold day!

The main characters were lovable and deep, the side characters were great, the issues were dealt with sensitively and the story flowed brilliantly. It's labelled as low angst but that didn't feel quite right as their histories provided plenty of angst, even if their relationship came together easily at second meeting.

In this you'll find:
✨MM romance with spice
✨Asexual Gay HIV positive flight attendant MC
✨Closeted Gay Veteran engineer MC
✨Age gap
✨Hurt-comfort
✨Forced proximity
✨Fast falling
✨Supportive family
✨Bigoted co-worker
✨LA & Colorado setting
✨A HEA
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Freckles
4.0 out of 5 stars slow but good. age gap/comfort.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2023
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This was a nice slow burn with an age gap, with a man who is a closeted ex military and another who is asexual and HIV positive. Holden had a hard life as a closeted gay man with DADT and had settled on a life where he continues to hide as his post military job as an aviation consultant doesn’t seem to give him the freedom to be who is is either. He allows himself a ‘break’ every so often. Greg is an air steward and has had bad luck meeting the right person as being asexual means it takes him longer to feel attraction and not many are willing to wait him out.

They meet at a club one night and both feel something more but a series of events happen and they lose contact. One day Holden is on a flight that Greg is working on and they both get stranded/ snowed in, in the same hotel. Greg invites Holden to his parent’s resort in Aspen for a few days and this down time away from everyone else, gives them a chance to get to know each other on a different level and they start to grow closer. Holden is very understanding of Greg’s asexuality and does his best to do what he can to show Greg he’s in for the long haul. Greg has his insecurities and they both travel a lot so they know that it will take work if they want to succeed at being a couple in the long run.

I enjoyed how the feelings were managed, Greg’s anxiety about being HIV positive and Holdens willingness to do what he can to keep them both safe but enjoy being together also.

Greg’s family and roommates/ best friends were amazing and really added to the story.
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