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Moored Heart: A First Time Gay Romance (Catalina Dreams Book 1) Kindle Edition

by I.M. Flippy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When retired homicide detective Jason Winters moves to Catalina Island fresh off a divorce, he’s ready to start a new life.
Jason’s plan is simple: hang out on his small yacht, work on his book, and get his dick wet once in a while. There are plenty of hot women on the beach to choose from.

There are also a lot of men throwing him winks and calling him “daddy.”

Jason can’t deny he’s thought about men, but that attraction is something he’s never had to confront before... until he meets Charlie.

Charlie is gorgeous and more than that, he makes Jason laugh. He’s also smart and genuinely kind.

Jason feels a zing around him he hasn’t felt in years.

Zing…

Charlie Benton likes his life. Sure, he works in a tourist trap shop, lives with his mom, and rarely bothers to leave tiny Catalina Island. But he’s got friends, he loves his town, and hot guys come in on boats all the time. Tourists always want to bang a cute townie.

But Charlie wants more.

Charlie wants the great gay romance.

Charlie did not expect true love to come in the form of Jason Winters.

Jason’s an injured, divorced cop from L.A. He’s got history and baggage. Even worse, he’s probably straight.

So much for the great gay romance.


The last thing Charlie needs in his life is to get his heart broken by a straight guy.

Too bad love never listens to reason... especially on Catalina Island.

Moored Heart is a first time gay romance with a happy ending that can be read as a stand alone.

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"I.M. Flippy, a new-to-me author, won me over with Moored Heart. I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet book with its appealing array of characters and the lovely blossoming relationship between Jason and Charlie. This book feels fresh and lively and stands out among many other recent books. Set on California's Catalina Island, it's the perfect summer beach read." -Love Bytes LGBTQ Book Reviews

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08CLQC2ST
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 17, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 17, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1414 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 116 ratings

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4.1 out of 5 stars
4.1 out of 5
116 global ratings
A sweet tale of new and unexpected love.
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A sweet tale of new and unexpected love.
This was such a lovely read! Jason and Charlie are so cute and sexy together. Charlie knows who he is and what he wants from the world, while Jason is afloat searching for an anchor. Their relationship moves quickly from casual attraction to deep love while feeling incredibly earnest. Jason’s new life recovering from a traumatic event and amicable divorce while grappling with unexpected emotions is compelling to experience. At the same time seeing Charlie finding the missing piece to his life is lovely. I really enjoyed this book! I’m on my second read-through now that I have my physical copy. I adore I.M. Flippy’s work and highly recommend this heartwarming book.I received this book as a free preview, but when I learned that proceeds were going to help the Black Lives Matter organization, I bought a physical copy anyway (plus it’s GOOD). I love that this author is sticking to their political views, and while the one character is an ex-police officer he is introspective of his previous profession (to a point. This is of course a romance novel, so they don’t delve too deeply into that. There’s sexy times to be had.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A really sweet read...
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020
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This story was a really dessert read with interesting characters and a good plot line. My only complaint, is that I felt it ended a little too abruptly. I would have liked to know if where the characters were headed, and what they did along that journey.
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4.0 out of 5 stars OMG That Cover! And Lovely Story
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
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You cannot imagine how hesitant I was to get this one because I was afraid the story would not reach the excitement level of that man on the cover. That would be Jason Winters, a retired 42-year-old detective who takes his pension and an advance to write a book to Catalina Island after he and his wife get an amicable divorce.

I needn't have worried. Even though Jason is somewhat confused and taken aback when early in the book one of the town's bike taxi guys Andy refers to him as "Daddy," it becomes clear that even though the next gay man he meets in town turns out to be so young looking that when they eventually become a couple, people apply that daddy-boy sobriquet. That isn't really accurate since that "boy" is 33-year-old Charlie Benton, a native of the island an a fixture among the whacky crowd that inhabits his world.

Plain and simple: This is a gay4you love story of s straight man who discovers his hidden bisexuality and an openly gay man who is tired of being hurt in romance. It seems that I have had a run on gay4you characters on my Kindle lately (I should read the blurbs more closely) and I rarely find them totally satisfying. This one, however, worked:

First because of that cover, OMG!

Second because of the plot line--you could see something will come to botch up this romance but where it comes from and when it happens is a surprise.

Third both characters are seriously well developed by author I.M. Flippy (seriously? that's her name?) who has a way with words and winks.

Two chapters of the sequel followed the end and I will possess it as soon as it comes out. Nice, and really 4 1/2 stars.
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Rachel Mandel
5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet tale of new and unexpected love.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
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This was such a lovely read! Jason and Charlie are so cute and sexy together. Charlie knows who he is and what he wants from the world, while Jason is afloat searching for an anchor. Their relationship moves quickly from casual attraction to deep love while feeling incredibly earnest. Jason’s new life recovering from a traumatic event and amicable divorce while grappling with unexpected emotions is compelling to experience. At the same time seeing Charlie finding the missing piece to his life is lovely. I really enjoyed this book! I’m on my second read-through now that I have my physical copy. I adore I.M. Flippy’s work and highly recommend this heartwarming book.

I received this book as a free preview, but when I learned that proceeds were going to help the Black Lives Matter organization, I bought a physical copy anyway (plus it’s GOOD). I love that this author is sticking to their political views, and while the one character is an ex-police officer he is introspective of his previous profession (to a point. This is of course a romance novel, so they don’t delve too deeply into that. There’s sexy times to be had.)
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Rachel Mandel
5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet tale of new and unexpected love.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
This was such a lovely read! Jason and Charlie are so cute and sexy together. Charlie knows who he is and what he wants from the world, while Jason is afloat searching for an anchor. Their relationship moves quickly from casual attraction to deep love while feeling incredibly earnest. Jason’s new life recovering from a traumatic event and amicable divorce while grappling with unexpected emotions is compelling to experience. At the same time seeing Charlie finding the missing piece to his life is lovely. I really enjoyed this book! I’m on my second read-through now that I have my physical copy. I adore I.M. Flippy’s work and highly recommend this heartwarming book.

I received this book as a free preview, but when I learned that proceeds were going to help the Black Lives Matter organization, I bought a physical copy anyway (plus it’s GOOD). I love that this author is sticking to their political views, and while the one character is an ex-police officer he is introspective of his previous profession (to a point. This is of course a romance novel, so they don’t delve too deeply into that. There’s sexy times to be had.)
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Amanda D.
3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, heartfelt romance
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2020
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From their first meeting Charlie and Jason are magnetic. There is just something about the way they interact that just fits. So even though Jason protests he is straight, it isn’t hard to see them falling in love and enjoying all the things new lovers get to experience. This book is a very light read with just a little angst and drama added at the end to spice it up. All in all it was enjoyable to read.
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JamG
4.0 out of 5 stars Really sweet
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2021
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I really liked this book. Charlie and Jason were both endearing, and I definitely felt drawn into the island lifestyle. This book was very low angst. I actually liked that one of the MCs was a cop, because it both framed his context and allowed him to significantly grow. The author’s note at the beginning that she’ll never again write a book with a cop as a MC due to her support of BLM was off-putting to me. I’m Black and support BLM, and I don’t understand how the choice to avoid writing a story that includes an MC cop does anything effective for me as a Black person or for our society, if that was the goal of the author’s declaration. Writing a story like this, where a cop breaks through his own homophobia and embraces his LGBTQ+ identity, seems far more effective in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion than simply avoiding writing stories involving cops at all. I’m pushing for more complexity in stories, not less. Even in romance. ESPECIALLY in romance!!
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RSM
5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy, Heartfelt and Sweet
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2020
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Living off the coast of Catalina sounds like a dream, but Jason is still grappling with things, an old injury to his leg, writer’s block and loneliness. His confidence ebbs when he can’t meet a woman for a hook up, and his security in his sexuality is shaken when he finds himself having fantasies about Charlie, a humours and handsome local man he’s just met.

While Jason is a brooding softly muscular forty something he’s not the kind of romantic lead I’d ever imagine being invested in, UNTIL he’s around sweet quirky flirty Charlie! These two are a sexy odd couple! Their differences which seem vast grow to compliment one another when you realize they’re both in love and both have great big hearts.

I loved the bi representation, the loving relationship Charlie has with his very groovy mom and best of all, the kind of quick-quick-slow dance of Jason and Charlie’s courtship.

I could go on, but will spare potential readers of spoilers!
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Auburngeo
4.0 out of 5 stars Moored.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021
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This is a great love story. It is kind of predictable but it is still good. Jason is a retired and recently divorced police officer. He moves to Catalina island to enjoy his retirement and write a book. He was also injured in the line of duty which led to his retirement. Charlie has lives on the island and runs a store with his mother. Jason and Charlie meet at a coffee shop and things go from there. But Jason has reservations about being bisexual. The trials of the first M/M love.
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Shayhaude
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this sweet couple
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
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I’m a huge IM Flippy fan and this did not disappoint. Jason is such a sweet and lonely clueless character and Charlie is that guy you want great things to happen for. Their story is sweet with low angst but hot times on a boat off a beautiful island. Lovable sweet characters make this a happy story to enjoy.
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