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He's The One
by Timothy James Beck
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Publisher: Kensington
From Timothy James Beck, the acclaimed author of It Had To Be You, comes his second delightfully witty, thoroughly heartfelt novel as he introduces a Midwestern jock-slash-computer geek who comes to the big city in search of love, career, friendship, and a chance to find out if… He’s The One Something’s gotta give for Adam Wilson. The hunky, sweet Midwestern entrepreneur might have a dream job, but his love life is anything but picture-perfect. The guys he dates usually turn out to have criminal records, bankruptcy histories, personality disorders, or wives. And for the first time in his life, Adam is ready to look for Mr. Right instead of Mr. Right-Out-the-Door. But where to look is more the question. It’s not like bucolic, sleepy Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is exactly crawling with adorable, uncloseted gay men. Taking a job in New York City is awfully tempting, and when a computer company makes Adam an offer he can’t refuse, he packs his flannel shirts and heads east in a hurry. Like lots of driven, career-focused people before him (Think Marlo; think Mary Richards; rethink the flannel shirts…) Adam tackles the big city with farm-fresh enthusiasm, but the most breathtaking attraction of all is Jeremy, the blond, brown-eyed beauty Adam catches sight of in a Chelsea coffee shop. In addition to a buff bod and a to-die-for face, Jeremy’s got a few other attributes like a heart, a soul, and a conscience. Trouble is, he may also have an annoying boyfriend bent on turning the sexy TV actor into the yoga-practicing equivalent of Mother Teresa with better shoes. Now that Adam’s sure he’s met the love of his life, how can he get Jeremy to fall in love with him? Catching Jeremy is going to take more than Adam’s sweet-natured country enthusiasm.
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| More than you can Imagine! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This book gives you more than you can ever imagine.
Adam F. Wilson is a jock computer geek that has his on business in the same small town he grew up in. His PFLAG active mother helps him to make the decision to take on a client in New York and to move there for a while to help with the networking of that business. She explains that he needs a family circle of friends. He moves to New York and begins making friends. First with a young female artist that is reading his labtop over his shoulder in a cafe. Then he makes friends with the sister to one of his friends from home. Then a child he hurt back in school by torturing him in school and he realizes he may not have been the best person in school. These person lead to more and more friends and adventures with them. Along this journey he realizes he has been missing love of that one special person in his life. He then goes after the one he wants as his "ONE".
While Adam made his family circle of friends so did I. These characters were real to me each step. The writting is OUTSTANDING and I can not wait to read more. I did not want the book to end after several hundred pages I was begging for it to continue forever. I even was sad when it ended because I keep wanting to pick up and see what my friends are doing. This book had me laughing out loud. I laughed so hard I had tears running down my cheeks. Then by the end I was swept up in the romance of it all and teared up then as well.
If you can only buy one book and you have not read this book then make sure you choose this one. Join this characters on a wonderful journey, you will not regret it.
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| Great Romance!! Funny and Smart |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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People who don't have it, read about it. People who DO have it, read about it!
Adam only JUST figured but that he's missing it and being a real 'go-getter' he goes to NY city and sets his mind to 'get.'
This was a really fun story! VERY well written, interesting and engaging characters, only a few morally questionable decisions as we chase the targeted boyfriend material through an interconnected group of friends and aquaintances involving artists, two rival gay clubs, spirtual retreats, building websites and dragqueens.
Adam's a hunky, succesful, well adjusted guy with tons of family support and old school friends... but he feels he's missing out on close gay friends- a Family of Friends. Plus it's about time to get into a serious relationship. An invite to a WebTech convention in NY comes at just the right time. And an overheard conversation in an NY coffee shop gives him his first glimpse of Mr Right. He knows his name is Jeremy, he knows he's gorgerous, but also charming and sweet and just from a few overheard words our go-getter Adam will make contacts, dates and friends all in the pursuit of the elusive Jeremy!
I loved all the characters in this one. From independant, punk artist Blythe- who may have had the FUNNIEST line in the book (though there were many!) during a group trip to kareoke^ ^ To the sweet Daniel and his Blaine... I would read a story JUST about those two!! And even though we never 'met' him, Ken sounded wonderful.
Fully recommened!
I plan to check out the authors other books!
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| Total Fluff, But Lots of Fun |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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If you believe you can spot a man in a NYC coffee shop, fall instantly in love, and, without having even spoken to him, find an incredible series of coincidences that bring you together, then this is the book for you. Enjoy every word.
And then remember that the author is actually FOUR different authors, and be in awe of how it flows. Truly amazing!
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| I bought this book for all of my friends! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Loved the first one and love this one even more!
I have purchased over 10 copies of this book so far. I always give it as a birthday present. All of my friends really love it too. We even went to NYC recently just to find the famous Bethesda Fountain that is in the book.
I loved Adam and the way he looked at life. I feel that as a gay man sometimes we throw ourselved into our work when we don't have a relationship. I have never crashed a party to meet a guy, however if I were meeting Jeremy I might have. I also love the way that all of these friends gay, lesbian and straight interact and truely are friends.
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| Overstuffed and flawed, but addictively readable |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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This volume is by far the best of the trilogy, with It Had to Be You being first and I'm Your Man the final installment. Not realizing that this book was the second in the trilogy, I read it first and now having read them all three volumes, I can say that there was no disadvantage in having done so. If I'd read the first book first, I doubt I would have continued on to He's the One, and that would have been my loss.
He's the One follows the story of jock boy-computer whiz Adam as he temporarily moves to Manhattan to take advantage of both a professional opportunity and the much higher population of gay men than can be found in his hometown of Eau Claire, WI. This story is primarily about Adam and his adventures at home and in NYC, which include a New Age retreat, the gay coffeehouse and bar scene as well as a female impersonator show. It is much much less about the romance between Adam and Jeremy -- necessarily so, since we never really get to know Jeremy. We know much more about Adam's best friend in NYC -- Blythe (the Grace to his Will) than about Jeremy, for example.
Two flaws in the book: (1) The superfluous and lengthy 'suspense' of a missing zip disk and Blythe's father, apparently contrived to find a way to bring Adam and Jeremy together. This should have been heavily edited or replaced with another, more natural contrivance. (2) The Jeremy character needed to be fleshed out. As in the case of the first book in the trilogy, it's never clear beyond a positive physical first impression what drives the pursuing male to expend such energy to engage even the very first romantic attentions of the object of their lust/love. Why is Adam so convinced that Jeremy is the one, rather than just a potential one night stand? I still have no idea.
The book works and is worth rereading because the writing style is fast-paced and engaging and most importantly, the characters of Adam and Blythe, as well as Daniel (originally introduced in the first book, but much better drawn here) do come alive on the page. Adam's entire life -- from family to high school to his first gay experience -- is carefully constructed. In another book, this backstory would be the frame to the painting of the romance ostensibly at the book's center. In He's the One, however, that backstory is the painting and the romance merely provides the frame, or excuse for the explication of Adam's story. Luckily for the reader, that backstory and the main characters are fascinating and well-written and tertiary characters, such as the female impersonator Martin are lively and interesting.
Please note: The gay sexual scenes are very lightly drawn and should offend no one who has already picked up this book.
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