Moored Heart

3.5 stars. Cute, low-angst romance between an Jason, ex-cop who has retired to live on a boat (it's a yacht, but just barely) and the amiable Charlie, ten years his junior, who works in his mom's tourist shop, guides island bike tours and generally looks out for his many friends who live in the community. Jason was married for many years to a woman but seems to take his attraction to Charlie pretty much in stride. They meet cute, they flirt, they kiss, they go to bed, they call it casual but of course it is more than that...really only one obstacle to their HEA occurs when Jason does something really hurtful, and his realizes almost immediately that a big-time grovel is mandatory.

As in the previous books I've read by this author, the feelings of falling in love, complete with dopey grins and “how did I get so lucky?” asides, is nicely portrayed. I just wish Ms. Flippy (surely one of the worst pseudonyms I've ever encountered) would get some copy-editing help, as once again I found an example of her labeling one of the MC's with the wrong name.

Nothing earth-shattering, but a nice comfort read in a time that increasingly demands them.