The Real Baxter

Tagging this story as age-gap & fake bodyguard is really a disservice to a really lovely romance between two adults. Sebastian is 48 and Trent is 37. They're both modern Hollywood creatures, a producer and an actor respectively. To my mind ten years is all but irrelevant in these times and particularly in this milieu. It's also clear to me that the usual romance problems of modern day twenty somethings, or those that behave like them, bore me silly (when they don't outright annoy me) whereas I loved this. I liked that Sebastian is unapologetically who he is, a Hollywood producer with all that implies. Trent is an actor who hasn't ‘made it' in ten years living on the West Coast, but he's still adorably naive or rather his soul is still whole. These two come together at a propitious time in both of their lives.Sebastian's professional life is going swimmingly, but his personal life? Not so much. He hasn't had a meaningful relationship in years and now his beloved ex, Gray from [b:Starting from Zero 44179170 Starting from Zero (Starting From #1) Lane Hayes https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551710698l/44179170.SY75.jpg 68722278], is getting married. While Seb is happy for Gray it's undeniable that an era has ended, Gray has moved on but Seb is kind of stuck in stasis.Trent is dabbling in stunt work as acting roles have been more than elusive. To supplement his income he works as waiter, in other words the usual. They come together in an amusing but believable way and the rest of the relationship develops pretty organically. It's actually a stroke of genius that Trent is in the business and so doesn't throw tantrums when Sebastian has to make certain moves or arrangements. It's nice to see Trent integrate rather smoothly into Sebastian's family circle even when they're still deluding themselves that their relationship is of the short shelf-life variety. If you're here for the smexy times [a:Lane Hayes 7125719 Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1601401159p2/7125719.jpg] has got you covered with romance & tenderness to boot. Lovely ❤️❤️❤️The icing on this goodness cake is [a:Michael Ferraiuolo 13467952 Michael Ferraiuolo https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1498214961p2/13467952.jpg]'s wonderful narration.