“Was it possible? Could I really do this? Trust someone again? I could.”
In a word: Read the thing. So this is just basically pure fluff and cheese. Bit of a high-stakes premise, but very low-stakes delivery. The author’s note at the beginning of the book says that this was done on purpose. This was written purely to be a no-angst, no-drama fluff read. Maybe it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I liked it well enough. Bradley is a widower with a five-year-old daughter; Shane is Bradley’s late wife’s ex-boyfriend and also Bradley’s daughter’s biological father. It’s a bit of a convoluted situation that people generally wouldn’t peg as a romantic meet-cute, but here we are. This book really works best if you turn your brain off to read it. Don’t think too much about what’s happening, or what could go wrong; just enjoy the ride and the fluff for what it is. Bradley is a bit of a loner, and with his family and wife gone he doesn’t have anyone else for he or his daughter to turn to in times of hardship. So he’s delighted (for several reasons) when he finds out suddenly that his daughter is not biologically his. His search for the bio-father leads him to Shane, who is more than happy to accept Bradley’s offer to be in his life and home for the foreseeable future. This really is just fluff. This whole situation should be rife with angst and potential pitfalls and issues, but there are none. Bradley and Shane have no problems merging their lives together and taking care of Bradley’s daughter. They have no problems building a close friendship and eventually moving it into something more. None at all. Which is by design. This is just meant to be a light fluff read and it does that very well. Maybe not for everyone, but a good option for those looking for just that.
The Summary: (from Goodreads) I love my daughter, but finding out she wasn’t biologically mine is the best news ever.
I’m a widower who is too scared to have the stupid test that would tell me whether or not I even have the gene that would mean dealing with a horrible illness and certain death. A gene that could’ve also been passed to my child, had she been mine.
She’ll need her father, if something ever does happen to me…That’s why I search for Maddie’s biological father, and when I find him, ask him to become part of her life.
What I didn’t expect is for him to become my best friend. Shane is fun and easygoing, the exact opposite of me. He makes me laugh. He’s the perfect antidote for my neurotic existence. And he’s bi, like me.
But am I courageous enough to take the leap into falling in love with him?
Dancing with Daddy is a super sweet, full-length, standalone, feel good mm romance. There’s no angst, just two very opposite men who befriend each other super fast then slowly find their way to love…all while parenting the precocious five-year-old who belongs to both of them.
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