Product Description

Small-town engineer Jackson Strange has been clumsy his whole life, so when an accident at work sends him to the local clinic, it's no big shock. The surprise is the magnetic, heated attraction to the enigmatic Julian Piet, a charming doctor with killer good looks that appears to treat him, sending Jack off his lonely course. Now that their paths have crossed, Jack and Julian head off in a new direction - but between Jack's reluctance to be open about his sexuality and Julian's shattered self-confidence, they can't seem to decide what direction that is. It takes a push from Julian's meddlesome sister to send them stumbling headfirst into romance. Happily wrapped up in their fledgling relationship, Jack and Julian think they may have found their way until unexpected roadblocks appear on their path to forever. Wrathful storms, dangerous illness, family connections, and broken hearts threaten their tenuous balance and will send them spinning apart - their love scattered to the four winds - if they cannot believe and trust that together, they can find true north.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34864 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

True North, True Love
There are several real strengths in this novel, centered around the characters in it, and the fact that they are well-depicted, three dimensional, human beings, with some flaws, some internal conflicts to overcome, some miscommunications, and some difficult situations to deal with. The two lovers, Julian and Jack, are both a bit "closeted," especially he-man alpha male Jack. Jack instinctively resists admitting his sexual orientation, but cannot deny from the "get-go" his deep attraction to Dr. Julian. Julian has his own ghosts, mostly centered around the two previous lovers who betrayed and hurt him so badly. Add some lovely supporting characters (as the other reviewers rightly pointed out, mostly women, all of them interesting and well-developed in their own rights), a deeply troubling situation that could not help but cause explosive tension between the two lovers, yet both acted understandably and, in Julian's case, ethically. Because this is "romantic fiction," the reader knew the conflicts would be happily resolved, but even the way it was resolved and the pain and difficulty in finding the resolution was realistic and moving. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

True North
How can you resist a man in scrubs? Years of watching ER, Chicago Hope and now Grey's obviously has me well conditioned. heh.

This book starts with promise, two guys meet and are attracted to each other, always a bonus in a romance novel. Bit of the whole caretaker hero doing his taking care thing, it was good. I liked Jackson, he was sweet and had me imagining warm plaid shirts. Not sure why, just did! Julian is a nice foil of slender goodness with much fiesty sexiness. There is a beautifully described small town in winter, interesting secondary characters and it was nice and long. (long is good!)

The only problems I had with the book were a few moments with awkward plot devices that had my suspension of disbelief working overtime. I also found some of the explanations about backgrounds and where the boys came from a little confusing, but the rest of the book read reasonably smoothly.

Despite these problematic moments I'll be interested in seeing what their next book is like. It is coming soon from Dreamspinner Press in March.

A sweet doctor patient romance with appealing characters and an enjoyable plot.
What I like about this one is that it takes the time to build the characters and the romance admidst an engaging and enjoyable plot, which is not consumed by erotism. The setting is a small town in Canada, which in itself provides a liberated environment for same sex love. So I am surprised that both Jack and Julian are reluctant to be opened about their sexuality, especially Jack, the older guy. Maybe this has to do with his macho personality and living in a small town where everyone knows everyone's business. Jack's reluctance is irritating in the beggining as I feel for the poor doctor who certainly deserves a better man. Each man has his own ghosts to overcome before he could commit. The writers have done a fine job giving us their story, which is certainly made more enjoyable by the addition of a few well developed female characters who help the guys in their romance, Julian's caring and strong willed sister, Jack's independent mother and one precocious little girl. These female characters do not intrude into the guys' love story (which I really appreciate) but actually spice up the plot as all their lives intertwined. I think this is the first effort from these 2 writers and I am certainly impressed.