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Love in Mission City: The Shorts

By: Gabbi Grey
Narrated by: Michael Dean
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Love in Mission City: The Shorts Box Set

Mission City is tucked in the charming Cedar Valley in southwestern British Columbia. If you love heartwarming, contemporary small-town gay romances, then come home to Mission City and fall in love with the men who live there. Romance blossoms in the unlikeliest places. And trouble has a way of finding them...

Page Against the Machine

Dickens has run his family bookstore for years in the quiet ambiance suitable for literary endeavors. When Spike opens a motorcycle repair shop next door, tempers flare and sparks fly. Will they be able to resolve their differences or are they just too stubborn for compromise?

The Lightkeeper’s Love Affair

Ben’s graduation celebration is disrupted by a winter storm. He and his beagle, Buddy, have the only room left in the hotel. When lightkeeper Isaac needs a bed, though, Ben’s happy to share. Platonically, of course. Except something about Isaac makes Ben want more. Not in it for the Money

August’s beloved sister has passed suddenly and the man finds himself in need of comfort. Turning to his employee feels all kinds of wrong, but Julian's arms feel too damned right to resist. Come morning, though, they have to look reality in the face. Is there a chance they find a forever love out of the tragedy?

Marcus’s Cadence

Cadence is trying to sell the home that had been his refuge during his tumultuous teen years. When his teenage crush, Marcus, shows up as a potential buyer, sparks fly. Is there just a real estate deal to be done or could his feelings be requited? (You don't want to imply sex/love is part of a deal)

Ace’s Place

After a fall from grace, Derek has moved to a small town for a fresh start. Harold, the local golden boy made good, catches Derek’s attention. But secrets and omissions cloud what could be the beginning of something special. Can they take a chance on being vulnerable enough to fall in love?

Please note—all five stories have been previously published

©2021, 2022, 2023 Gabbi Grey (P)2025 Gabbi Grey Multicultural Romance Romantic Suspense Heartfelt Suspense Feel-Good Small Town

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Gabbi Grey has written a series of short stories set in a charming village with interesting protagonists. The stories are fast-paced, entertaining, mostly with insta-love, a dose of romance and sometimes some drama.
Dickens and Spike are neighbors who clash before they get closer. I thought they had great chemistry and it was nice to see them getting closer. In the next story there is insta-love, but despite the brevity, the chemistry was believable, the romance was sweet and I liked the characters.
The other stories are also short with interesting protagonists, second chance love, a cute dog and an incredible amount of romance.
The author manages to create enough chemistry in her stories to be believable despite the brevity and the backstories are interesting too.
An entertaining audiobook for in between.

Michael Dean did a brilliant job as always and it was a pleasure to listen to him bring the stories to life.

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I really liked listening to these short stories in the Mission City world, all short but sweet and heartwarming.
In these stories you can find the tropes insta-love, enemies to lovers, opposites attract, forced proximity, boss-employee romance, and second chance. The stories are well written and there's a plot in some of them. Since we are dealing with very short stories, there's no build-up to the HEA.

Michael Dean did a great job!

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I enjoyed this set of (mostly) instalove stories, though with the exception of the longest selection, Page Against the Machine, many of the stories felt like they started in the middle, without much background. While this worked ok for most of them, Not in it for the Money was just too short, and I didn't feel like I really got to know (or care about) either of the MCs. My favorite stories in the set were Page Against the Machine, Ace's Place, and The Lightkeeper’s Love Affair. I don't think it's a coincidence that the degree of my enjoyment correlates to the length of the stories. Some of them just needed more background. Still, I enjoy Gabbi's stories, and I will continue to look for her next literary endeavor.

The narration by Michael Dean was fantastic. He always bring the characters to life for me.

I received a free review copy and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

Some stories needed more background

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A collection of short stories connected to the author's small town romance series and set in Mission City. The stories seem to fall into two categories:
Old friends who have been mutually pining for each other for years, and an event is the catalyst to them getting together.
Or strangers falling hard and fast into instalove.
All the stories, no matter how short, have at least one intimate scene. My personal preference would be for that time to be spent on relationship development and leave the physical stuff out.
If you like high heat, small town romance and are a fan of instalove or mutual pining then you might enjoy this collection.

A collection of short stories

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Ace's Place was the first book I read by Gabbi Grey, so it was nice to be able to listen to this story and the others in this collection. Whilst they were instalove there are other tropes that will grab you.
Page Against the Machine is an enemies to lovers when Spike a motorbike mechanic opens up his business, next door to The Dicken's bookshop.
The Lightkeeper’s Love Affair is a force proximity when Ben and Isaac have to share a hotel room, thanks to a storm.
Not in it for the Money is an employer/employee when August seeks comfort with Julian.
Marcus’s Cadence is a best friend's brother. Cadence had always fancied Marcus, but thinking he was straight, never acted it on. Now Marcus is buying the house that Cadence is selling
Ace’s Place, Derek walks into Ace's and there is an instant attraction with the "bartender".
I liked all this shorts, although I did wish some were longer as I would have liked to know what happened next. They are a good addition to the main series and if you need your fix of Mission city the stories are short enough for you to fit them in when you have a short amount of time

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