Behr Facts (Foothills Pride #3)

Title: Behr Facts (Foothills Pride #3)
Author: Pat Henshaw
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
Release Date: October 28th 2015
Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Romance
Page Count: 92 pages
Reviewed by: Belen
Heat Level: 1 flames out of 5
Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5

Blurb:
A Foothills Pride Story

Big, burly CEO Abe Behr is dismayed to discover someone—possibly a family member—is stealing from Behr Construction, which primarily employs Behr relatives. Abe takes the unprecedented step of hiring an outsider, likeable CPA Jeff Mason, to go over the books and help find the culprit. They are drawn to each other as they talk to workers, including Abe’s two younger brothers and their shifty cousin.

Since he has sacrificed romance all his life to build the business, Abe’s surprised by his feelings for the handsome Jeff. He’s even more shocked when they are confronted by bigotry in the Sierra Nevada foothills community, which is being inundated by gays moving from the San Francisco area. As he and Jeff get closer, Abe must come to grips with coming out to a family and community that aren’t very tolerant. Fortunately, being the head Behr helps him find his footing and grab onto love when it bites him.

Abraham Behr is six foot five inches tall, the oldest of four boys, and has a lot on his shoulders. The sole owner of his family’s construction business since he was sixteen, he’s been the one to carry on his father’s business and keep everyone else in line. Unfortunately, lately he’s noticed some discrepancies and is convinced someone in the company (i.e.: a relative) is stealing or cheating him. So he’s hires CPA Jeff Mason, who comes highly recommended, to look at the books and try to figure out what’s going on.

One of the many things happening in the story is that Abe has never been in a relationship before.

I’d never been attracted to anyone, male or female. Ever. Except for one time. Kind of thought of myself as asexual. None of the above. Too big to be felled by a four-letter word like love.

But the more time he spends with Jeff the more he begins to see there’s something about Jeff that calls to him on a deeply instinctual level. When he finally figures it out, he still doesn’t really do anything about it – it takes Jeff being proactive to get them together.

There are three storylines happening: Abe and Jeff, Abe trying to find out who’s stealing from the company, and the town suddenly becoming full of hate-mongers. For me, none of the three storylines were really satisfactorily handled. All three storylines happen largely off page (including the sex, boo hoo) and we’re told about it instead of shown.

Bottom Line: I really wanted to like the story, and I did like most of the characters, but I felt liked I missed most of it. I would have preferred it to have been fifty or a hundred pages longer and given me more meat.