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Mysterious Mixology #2
My Royal Valentine
All August wants is a great last night.
Crown Prince of Greece, Augustine-Nikolaos, has avoided his duties for far too long. His return to his country is imminent when his friends surprise him with a Valentine's blind date.
Lucas has a miserable night of loneliness ahead of him. Or so he thought. When his father asks him to man the family taxi for the night, he jumps at the opportunity to give his parents an evening off.
When Lucas picks up a mysterious stranger on his way to a date, neither man could imagine what would happen next.
My Royal Valentine is a cozy gay romance with magical cocktails, mysterious bartenders and love at first sight and is approximately 15k words.
Crown Prince of Greece, Augustine-Nikolaos, has avoided his duties for far too long. His return to his country is imminent when his friends surprise him with a Valentine's blind date.
Lucas has a miserable night of loneliness ahead of him. Or so he thought. When his father asks him to man the family taxi for the night, he jumps at the opportunity to give his parents an evening off.
When Lucas picks up a mysterious stranger on his way to a date, neither man could imagine what would happen next.
My Royal Valentine is a cozy gay romance with magical cocktails, mysterious bartenders and love at first sight and is approximately 15k words.
80 pages, ebook
First published February 8, 2019
About the author
Chris Ethan
7 books37 followersChris Ethan is a book whore.
He enjoys selling his feelings for money and other pleasures and is blatantly unashamed to do so for as long as he breathes.
Chris writes stories of gay romance.
Before you delve into his books however, be warned: He likes putting his characters through shit-storms and hates anything conventional.
Except for that darned happy-ever-after. He loves happy-ever-afters.
Also, he likes swearing. Deal with it!
He enjoys selling his feelings for money and other pleasures and is blatantly unashamed to do so for as long as he breathes.
Chris writes stories of gay romance.
Before you delve into his books however, be warned: He likes putting his characters through shit-storms and hates anything conventional.
Except for that darned happy-ever-after. He loves happy-ever-afters.
Also, he likes swearing. Deal with it!
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
August 12, 2019
A Greek prince who has been attending university in England anonymously is having one last gay night out before he has to go home and marry some woman chosen by his family. He ends up at a mysterious bar (same as first book) and meets a guy and maybe, just maybe it's time to stand up for what he wants and not just go along with his family because he's a sheep. It was okay. The whole dilemma of following what your family wants vs what works for you is not a trope I enjoy because I get so damn frustrated with people who a) don't care if their kids are happy b) can't stand up for themselves. *shrug* That's just me.
February 10, 2019
It’s super fast, insta-love kinda deal. I honestly don’t see that mysterious mixology was a necessary element of the story... unless you wanna use it to explain the LIFEchanging instalove. But whatever. It was a cute fast read.
February 9, 2019
loved it!!!!
February 10, 2019
3.5 stars
February 13, 2019
3.5 ⭐️
Gives new meaning to waiting for Prince Charming.
Gives new meaning to waiting for Prince Charming.
February 13, 2019
It was cute and sweet but the end was kinda open ended with loose ends so I didn’t like the feeling of an unfinished book.
February 16, 2019
I liked it, I really did...
But PLEASE tell me there will be more. I need to know what will happen between August and Lucas!
But PLEASE tell me there will be more. I need to know what will happen between August and Lucas!
February 20, 2019
Super cute, I really enjoy the Mysterious Mixologist stories, dampened only by some editing misses.
May 4, 2021
2.5
It was okay but fade to black, a little too instalove and an ending that is left wide open.
The characters also read much younger than August's 28
It was okay but fade to black, a little too instalove and an ending that is left wide open.
The characters also read much younger than August's 28
July 14, 2023
2.5 stars
This could have been an awesome cute little novella read but too many simple edit errors kept pulling me out of the story.
And I didnt the whole magical mixology? Other than oh a hidden bar ??
This could have been an awesome cute little novella read but too many simple edit errors kept pulling me out of the story.
And I didnt the whole magical mixology? Other than oh a hidden bar ??
April 24, 2020
Basically a sweet story along the same lines as the other Mysterious Mixology story, The Christmas Hitch, which I think I enjoyed slightly better. The mysterious bartender Ezekiel has far less of a role in this one to the point of making him (and his concoctions) irrelevant. These stories are not insta-love because, while their attraction is strong and they want to see where things go, the characters never get to “I Love You” before the story ends.
I’m really at about 2.5 stars but rounded up. I struggled with the writing style, frequent word errors and particularly character development. I realize the author is Greek, but really, couldn’t he have picked a fictitious country or a real one that actually has a reigning monarchy (Greece abolished its monarchy in 1973). Yeah, I’m being nitpicky, but that one point removed any point of believability or even relatability for me.
And finally, I was extremely disappointed with the very fragile HFN ending. Perhaps if Greece was not used, there could have been an epilogue with August’s and Lucas’ HEA.
I’m really at about 2.5 stars but rounded up. I struggled with the writing style, frequent word errors and particularly character development. I realize the author is Greek, but really, couldn’t he have picked a fictitious country or a real one that actually has a reigning monarchy (Greece abolished its monarchy in 1973). Yeah, I’m being nitpicky, but that one point removed any point of believability or even relatability for me.
And finally, I was extremely disappointed with the very fragile HFN ending. Perhaps if Greece was not used, there could have been an epilogue with August’s and Lucas’ HEA.
July 25, 2019
Cab driver sub picks up a hiding Greek prince for a cab ride to his blind date. After the prince is stood up Lucas takes his cab out of service and the two have twenty four hours to fall in love. Sugar sweet Valentines's Day novella. the beginning theme of mysterious mixology was dropped quickly and the story ended too quickly as well. I wish we could have gotten a full novel out of this story.
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