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,b>A Country Mouse Story
A magical weekend, a breathless declaration, a happy ever after . . . Right?
Wrong.
When Malcolm Kavanagh took his first step toward emotional maturity by declaring his love to Owen Watson, that was just the first chapter in their story. Anyone who’s ever been in love knows that happy endings take a lot more work than that.
One problem: Malcolm has never been in love. He doesn’t know the rules of a relationship and isn’t confident enough to trust that his is real. He learns the ropes by sharing his life and his flat with Owen, but relationship boot camp proves a challenge. Everything is a struggle, from accepting Owen’s low-status job to putting his boyfriend above his personal trainer.
Luckily, Owen knows a little more about relationships, and labors patiently to survive the first six weeks of their life together. From the art galleries of Cambridge to the tawdry majesty of the Dominion theatre, Owen adapts to England while Malcolm adapts to the whole human race. Maybe, if Owen is patient enough and Malcolm learns to give, the two of them can make it past Relationship Armageddon to a real happy ending.
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This story is a sequel to City Mouse. Both novellas are included the Country Mouse: The Complete Collection bundle.
Word count: 41,100; page count: 157
- Sales Rank: #429211 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-03-16
- Released on: 2013-03-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Fabulously sexy story
By The Romance Reviews
Amy Lane is one of my favorite writers by far, and her first partnership with Aleksandr Voinov resulted in one of my favorite books, Country Mouse. Now, this dynamic duo are back to bring us the continuing saga of their two unlikely lovers, and the results could not be better.
Uptight Brit Malcolm Kavanagh puts everything on the line to declare his feelings for his new American lover Owen Watson. While the scene was perfectly set for a happily-ever-after, real life isn't that simple. Now that Owen has decided to stay in London with Malcolm and start a life with him, the fairy tale has given way to the reality of low-paying, demanding jobs, navigating London's social scene, and reaping the rewards of sharing a life with another person.
But while Owen has managed relationships in the past and knows the kind of effort it will take to make it through his first six weeks, Malcolm has never allowed anyone as close as Owen. For him, learning the giving and taking, the opening and sharing involved in a real relationship is terrifying. But these two have what it takes to stay together in spite of it all...right?
Owen and Malcolm are both such brilliantly crafted characters that it's impossible not to fall for them and cheer as they find their way together. Owen is genuinely sweet and patient, but is also wonderfully self-reliant and resilient. There is a constant concern that he will be trampled underneath Malcolm's bluster, but he stays strong though it all, and his subtle manipulation of his surly Brit is sheer genius.
Despite all of his outward defenses and bravado, Malcolm is by far the more complex and fragile in this relationship, and watching him find his way into a relationship was heart-rending and beautifully rewarding. Both these authors have a wonderful talent for displaying their characters in all their flawed, loveable and sexy glory, and Malcolm is a perfect showcase for their talents.
Though this is a fabulously sexy story, at its heart, it is a true love story--the kind of love that endures in spite of fights and disillusionment and pettiness. There is no doubt whatsoever that both Owen and Malcolm are better people together than apart, and that they are genuinely happy and fulfilled by the other. But when the curtain closes on the final scene of most romance novels, this book picks up, showing how that love works on a day-to-day basis. The results are adorable, touching, funny, and heartbreaking, and addictively readable.
As before, London itself is also stunningly portrayed in all its tawdry glory here, making for a vibrant setting as real and familiar as the two characters who make their way around it. I can't recommend this book more highly, or thank these two authors enough for exploring this love story even more. The insight that Amy Lane & Aleksandr Voinov have into their characters at this point give them the chance to explore their relationship even more deeply, and while I would gladly follow Malcolm and Owen for years to come, I couldn't have been more pleased with this story and the chance to spend a little more time in their world.
Reviewed by Bridget
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
An Outstanding Sequel to Country Mouse
By Melanie Marshall
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Rating: 5 stars out of 5
When Malcolm Kavanagh chased down Owen Watson in the middle of a train station and told Owen he loved him just as Owen was about to leave London, well that is the HEA moment always envisioned at the end of a romance novel. But for Malcolm and Owen, life is what happens next. For Malcolm, he is on new territory as he has never been in love or even a relationship before Owen. Now Owen is living in his flat, and Malcolm doesn't really know how to handle things, even something as simple as eating breakfast together.
For Owen, Malcolm is the man he has come to love and stayed in London for. Luckily for them both, Owen not only has experience with relationships, and a great Mom to ask advice from but Owen realizes that Malcolm has some growing to do and he is willing to help him through the precarious first steps of a serious relationship. His mom said the biggest obstacle to overcome will be Relationship Armageddon, when you've reached the sixth week, the honeymoon phase is over, and reality sets in. Owen has a new job, and patience, lots of patience. But when the stress of Mal's job combines with the strain of adjusting to a new relationship, will Owen's patience and love be enough to help the couple struggle through to a real HEA.
When I love a book the way I did Country Mouse, I always approach its sequel with a little trepidation, even with such wonderful writers as Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov at the helm. You always wonder if the continuing story will measure up to the joy and outright affection you have for the original. Well, I shouldn't have worried, because the fates of Malcolm and Owen are in wonderful, capable hands and I might even love Malcolm's story a tiny bit more.
Haven't you always wondered what happens after boy gets girl or in this case boy gets boy in the romcoms in the theatre or on TV? In City Mouse we get to see what happens after that wildly romantic gesture when Mal runs after Owen, catches up to him in the train station and declares his love for Owen. Usually its "cue the music, close the curtains, The End" time but now we pick up the story two days after Malcolm's declaration of love. The boys are living together in Malcolm's high end flat and Malcolm is getting ready to resume his routine, a routine that now must make room for Owen in it. And to say that Mal is extremely uneasy about the whole thing is putting it mildly. This is how City Mouse opens, with Malcolm already in high stress mode:
The bad thing about a fictional Chinese prawns food poisoning was that it couldn't possibly outlast a real one. Malcolm had done his research on the internet, and a real food poisoning would be over in a day or three. Another problem was that he felt guilty for having left the trading desk. He should be at work.
Oh, but Owen was so sweet in bed.
That's where they'd gone right after the train station, where Malcolm (Malcolm!) had poured his bloody heart out and begged Owen not to leave. Bed. There would be time to hammer out the details later. Time to figure out jobs and schedules and Owen's place in all of this? But Owen was here, in Malcolm's penthouse, and that's where they stayed for the next two days.
But today, he had to go to work.
Malcolm got out of the shower, shaved his maddening dark stubble carefully, and combed and gelled his hair until it would stay perfect for the rest of the day. He had one clean suit left, and the rest needed to be serviced. God . . . four days, five nights he'd spent playing. And now his life was falling apart.
Okay--that was a tad dramatic. But he did need to do some dry cleaning. And--
You can almost hear the hyperventilating begin....it's funny, it's realistic, and in its own way kind of heartbreaking. I love the character of Malcolm. He has so many mannerisms and attitudes built in to his personality that help to protect him from hurt and his past although he would be the last to admit it. As written by Land and Voinov, Malcolm is a complex, flawed and, for me, wonderfully appealing character. He so wants to be loved and for his relationship with Owen to work, if he could just figure out how to bring that about. The authors make sure the reader sees Malcolm's vulnerability even as he is spouting off nonsense about Owen's less than chic address at work or the clothes that Owen wears. Lane and Voinove make sure we see that there is a reason for Malcolm's shallowness even if we don't know just what propels it forward. And the authors make us laugh while they are making Mal stress over something else that Owen has done. Here is Malcolm meeting Owen at the coop he is working for. Malcolm has entered the Happy Endings Little People's Club adoption agency inhabiting the third level floor of the building:
Happy endings. Little people.
A world full of baby photos. Adorable infants. Blonde girls. Middle Eastern boys. Happy families. Kids cuddling teddy bears.
Would he make it to Owen before he developed diabetes?
"Hullo, luv," said the matronly woman at the desk. She smiled up at him sunnily, revealing large teeth, slightly protuberant eyes, and a suit that dated back to the seventies. "Can I help you?"
He felt the beginnings of sugar shock just looking at all of that maternal goodwill.
"Uhm, I was looking for--" "Owen!" she crowed. "And you must be Malcolm. We've heard so much about you!" She pitched her voice to one of the hidden back rooms. "Owen, your boyfriend's here. And you're right. He does look like a snake that swallowed a lemon!"
Malcolm was shocked out of his irritation. "I do not."
Owen's throaty laughter emanated from the room, followed by Owen himself. "You do too, Mal, and you know it. Come on back. Thanks, Emmaline. I didn't want to miss him.""
Oh, I don't think you could do that, dearie. He is very good looking, just like you said."
Owen winked, his sweet brown eyes wicked under the fall of hair. "You don't think I would have stayed here if he'd been homely, do you?"
I loved that interchange, it tells us so much about Malcolm and Owen. Despite being out of his comfort zone, Malcolm has travelled into the *shudders* lower income region of the city just because he wants to see his lover. And Owen has already been filling in his new coworkers (and friends) on Malcolm, enough so that they recognize him before he introduces himself. Lovely dialog, lovely and funny setting, and memorable characters all in one great scene.
Everything about City Mouse rings true, from the slow fumbling towards a real relationship that speaks of permanency to the authenticity of a tour through the many sections of London. Owen and Malcolm do not have an easy time making their adjustments to their new status although Owen has more experience than Malcolm. But Owen too has his own insecurities about his new situation. A phone call or two to his Mom helps but only so much. I do love his mother, she is such a great character of her own, she almost needs her own story. But Owen never comes across as "too good to be true" to me. He knows his limitations and Owen also realizes how much personal "loosening up" Mal needs to do before their relationship can grow. Realistically, Owen hopes that it will happen but he is never quite sure that it will. Again, a lovely testament to the writing skills of Lane and Voinov. We believe in this relationship and the men involved because they are so real. That "realness" makes it easy to engage the readers affections and keeps them connected throughout the story to the end.
City Mouse clocks in at 160 pages, almost twice the length of Country Mouse, and the longer story length was necessary to more accurately portray the relationship dynamics in play after the grand romantic gesture is done. I don't think a shorter version would have let us see into all of the problems and issues that had to be resolved before the boys could settle down realistically and happily in London together. But time and type (and two wonderful authors) gave us exactly what Owen and Malcolm needed. We get the joy and fun of watching two great endearing characters fight, cook and love their way to a more authentic relationship. One that has a far better chance at succeeding than the point that we first left them at. And that makes this book a real winner for me, and hopefully for you as well.
There are some scenes with a mild bdsm content. Those readers uncomfortable with bdsm sex scenes should not have a problem with the content here. It is mild and does contribute to some very hot love making between Owen and Malcolm. Grab the fans, you will need them.
Pick up Country Mouse and City Mouse and have yourself a wonderful time. Here are the books in the order they were written and should be read:
Country Mouse
City Mouse
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Opposites do attract
By lovestodive
Authors Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov team up bringing us the sequel to Country Mouse - City Mouse. Fans of both authors will enjoy this sometimes lighthearted, sometimes serious look into the beginnings of a relationship between a successful British banker and a somewhat wide eyed American IT specialist.
Once Malcolm Kavanagh got over his stiff upper lip British reserve and let American free spirit Owen Watson into his life, heart and flat things were supposed to get easier for both of them. But as everyone knows "the best laid plans of Mice and Men" rarely go as they should and once over the honeymoon period, relationships aren't always as easy as planned. Malcolm has everything he thinks he wants, a well-paying job, a penthouse flat, a trainer with an attitude and a young lover to welcome him home at nights. Unfortunately, Malcolm has control issues, he always has to be the one in control and if he isn't he doesn't know what to do. When Owen moves into his flat and into his life, his world is turned upside down.
Owen doesn't care about money; he wants to use his IT expertise to work somewhere that he will be needed and that he can enjoy the people. He just wants to go to his job, come home to his lover and enjoy life in a new country and he will if he can just get Malcolm to understand there is more to life than money and what it can buy.
Both men will struggle to come to terms with the other's way of thinking and both will do their best to make it through the dreaded six week relationship test.
You can never go wrong reading anything written by either one of these authors; both are masters of their crafts and know their way around the written word. Amy Lane is capable of taking one's heart, ripping it out of your chest, squeezing as hard as she can then gently repairing the damage and placing it back where it belongs. Aleksandr Voinov can write just about anything he wants, he gives the reader dark and ugly as well as beautiful and haunting, he knows no boundaries and keeps readers on their toes at every turn. Combine the two and normally you might need a therapist and stock in a tissue company. Thankfully, they took mercy on the reader and gave us an almost light hearted romp through the romantic minefield of relationship 101.
It was just fun watching Owen get under Malcolm's skin and watching poor Malcolm trying to figure out what he was supposed to do. I have the first book in the series but didn't read it on purpose in order to see if this novella could stand on its own. It does, I had no problems figuring out who these men were and understanding what they were about.
This is a quick, easy read with just enough of Ms. Lane's signature angst and Mr. Voinov's darkness. Readers of M/M erotica will enjoy this story. As with most of the books penned by these authors, there are some explicit M/M sex scenes, which are well written and not offensive, but almost beautiful in the their execution. Pour a glass of wine, settle in front of the fireplace and enjoy watching these two men figure it out.
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team
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