A Helping of Love

Helping of Love: Taste of Love Bk 3
By Andrew Grey
We are back in Carlisle, PN with the characters Mr. Grey brought us in A Taste of Love, at Café Belgie. This time we go through the opening of a new restaurant with our characters. Darryl and Billy took a trip to Chicago, while they were there Billy fell in love with authentic Greek cooking and they decided that Carlisle needed one too.
Russell Baker is a chef fresh out of school that specialized in Greek cuisine. Darryl hires him and starts training him for the new restaurant, to be the head chef in charge. Russell is very excited about this, he is young but has a lot of ideas that he feels might go very well in this setting. Darryl tries his normal supplier for a quote on setting up the new place – Acropolis – and it was way too high. So, he decided to give Gold Restaurant Supply a try, they had been after his business for over a year.
Peter Chistopoulos got the call from Annette while he was eating his breakfast that morning. She hinted that she might even be able to squeeze a bonus out of their boss, Jerry, if he could land this account. So, Peter got his schedule rearranged and went to Carlisle to see what he could for this new hit restaurant.
Russell looked at him, not the chair he was in, not the useless legs, but him, from the very beginning. Too bad he had a boyfriend, but from the first time he saw Barry Peter decided he didn’t like him and that he wasn’t good enough for Russell. They became good friends as Peter helped Russell set up the restaurant.
As we go through this story we get so caught up in these people’s lives, the abuse Russell gets out from under, Peter learning that he is not a burden to someone else and that it is okay to let a lover into his life. I loved this book. These men pull you in so fast and keep you glued to the pages. I have a hard time putting any Mr. Grey’s books down when I am reading them, that they always rate outstanding 5 stars from me. Please, pick this one if you like hot men because his books are always full of them.
I am not sure if they will ever meet, but now that we have a fire fighter series set in Carlisle also, maybe they will start coming to one of the restaurants? We can hope. Thank you again, Mr. Grey for sharing your world with us.

This book was just simply beautifully written. It was such an emotional book on so many levels. First there was Peter, who is in a wheelchair after an accident that happened three years ago. The feelings he has of feeling invisible or of people thinking of him as unsuitable because of the chair were spot on. As a wheelchair user myself I felt some of my own insecurities in how other people saw him. That Mr. Grey wrote a character that doesn't start miraculously walking as soon as someone noticed him was such an added bonus and a little ray of hope that maybe there are people that don't care about such things as a wheelchair.
Russ was such a strong character to be able to walk away from such an abusive relationship and still be able to see love when it was offered by Peter. You could actually see him becoming stronger as the story progressed. That he had such a supportive group of friends was also nice to see.
Then there was Peter dealing with his feeling for his sister that was such a tear-jerker in a good way. Be sure to have a couple hankies handy while reading this story cause you'll really need them. I encourage everyone to read this book and the two proceeding it, you won't be disappointed. And hopefully come away with a new respect for this wonderful author.

Once again, Andrew Grey has brought us a story of love, compassion, and triumph. For any that know me, you all know that I just adore Andrew’s books (Range, Bottled Up, Of Love especially), so it shouldn’t surprise you that I have been eagerly awaiting the release of A Helping of Love.
A Helping of Love is the third book in the Of Love series by Andrew Grey. I was immediately drawn into the lives of Peter and Russ. As always, Andrew’s writing held my attention (considering I finished it in one evening, just don’t ask how late I stayed up) living up to both the passion and conflict I expect from his works.
Continuing to centre around the lives and loves of Cafe Belgie, we find that plans for a new restaurant are underway. Russ will be head chef and manager for Acropolis, a Greek restaurant. Peter is the supplier that comes it to help set everything up and sparks fly. Unfortunately, Russ is in an abusive relationship and Peter, having been hit by a drunk driver three years ago, is wheelchair bound and assumes Russ only sees the chair, not him. Don’t be to down on Peter though, he’s, mostly, gotten used to not being seen so it’s no surprising that he assumes it this time.
Thankfully, Russ, with the help of his friends at the restaurant, gets wise and breaks free of the ‘ex’. That’s really the main focus of A Helping of Love . . . Each man has to learn to see himself as worthy of love and be strong enough to reach for what he wants.
The passion and sex are HOT and the sensuality and love are something to aspire to. As always, if you love a great M/M read, A Helping of Love is a MUST read! No one bring romance, triumph, and sensuality together quite like Mr. Grey.