Over a drink in the local pub, Oz’s best mate Shaun shows him an ad for a House and Collections Manager at the Earl of Ashworth’s property in Cornwall and encourages Oz to apply – he’s got degrees in Fine Art, History of Art and nothing to lose, after all. Oz Gallagher doesn’t exactly have a great track record – any track record, really – with relationships, but even so, finding his boyfriend balls-deep in another bloke in their bed is something he could have done without. The humour isn’t as funny, the wit isn’t as biting, the conflict is very slight and there’s ultimately not much of a story here. Morton’s books, and even though it’s got all the ingredients that made the Mixed Messages books real winners, something about it fell a bit flat. While I enjoyed Oz, it’s far from my favourite of Ms. If you’re familiar with the author’s work, you’ll find exactly the sort of thing you’ve come to expect characters who could snark for England, plenty of steam, a wonderful ‘family’ of secondary characters and a lovely HEA. Oz, the first book in Lily Morton’s Coming Home series, is loosely linked to her previous Mixed Messagestrilogy but works perfectly well as a standalone.
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