Wealthy winery owner Jason is happy to claim that he’s too busy to have a love life or a romance. He has all he needs with his personal secretary taking care of his business life and an old friend looking after the yacht where they live.
When he’s invited to a Valentine’s masked ball, Jason asks his assistant Kris to find him a date for the evening. To Jason’s shock, instead of someone Jason knows and is comfortable with, Kris sets him up with a blind date—one he claims will be a perfect match. Trusting him, Jason agrees.
His date appears dressed as Princess Buttercup, and Jason is surprised at just how comfortable he is with the unknown person.
But when Buttercup is abused by another party attendee, Jason follows his distraught guest and his eyes are fully opened.
When ‘the moment’ comes, will Jason grab it with both hands?
Reader advisory: This book contains cross-dressing and references to stalking and unwanted groping.
This was a fun fantasy-level Valentine story. I don’t mean fantasy in that there were fae, dragons and trolls. No, this was a fantasy because Jason is a ridiculously rich winery owner who lives on a yacht and is one of the most personable and generous person you will ever meet, so basically, a myth. I jest. Kind of.
Forget your 9-5 nonsense and frolic with the rich and beautiful in The Moment. The fact that the characters are likable and accessible keeps this story relatable even though I couldn’t really relate to any of it. I did kind of feel like I was on this fantasy vacation while reading it though and that alone is worth the time it takes to read this short story and meet these beautiful people.
Jason is invited to a masked ball at Valentine’s and tasks his amazing assistant Kris with finding him the perfect costume and a date. Well, it’s obvious the two are attracted to one another, but even Jason knows it’s not wise to fish off the company pier. Kris finds Jason the perfect costume and the perfect blind date. Now the perfect date is dressed as a woman, I mean, there’s no question that this is a man, but Jason is intrigued with his lovely and mysterious masked blind date.
It’s obvious to everyone on the planet except for Jason who his mystery date is, but it’s way more fun to play along and read along as the two flirt and mingle their way through the masked ball. There were some unnecessary (in my opinion) abusive shenanigans directed at Jason’s date and while I didn’t like it, it was a vehicle for Jason to be a hero and he came through big time.
After the big reveal and Jason and Kris were able to get real, they got really real in the privacy of Jason’s yacht. It was really very sweet and it was obvious these two were very much in love. They’d worked together for years, knew each other well and Jason was friends with all of his employees, Kris especially.
This story may have been too much if the author hadn’t made the characters so likable. It made it easy to believe that there was an HEA down the road for Kris and Jason. Normally that wouldn’t be realistic with the boss/employee dynamic, but these are perfectly perfect people, so it will work, of that I have no doubt.
Now, I don’t normally dig on perfectly perfect people, but the author made me care about and like these guys quite a bit and this was a great Valentine dream to read.
**a copy of this story was provided for an honest review**
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