All Alone in a Sea of Romance

I'm going to start off by complimenting the author on Jude's fabulous first person storytelling and his hilarious inner monologues. The fact that he rambles and goes off subject a lot made me feel like I was actually sitting there having a conversation with him and it made the reading fun. 'All Alone in a Sea of Romance' by B.G. Thomas turned out to be a very sweet and poignant love story with a lot of laughter mixed in. Exactly what I needed when I read it.
Jude is a forty-one year old gay man, \"I was a Kinsey six after all. Or a sixteen.\", who has dated every conceivable type of man without finding Mr. Right. So he figures he might as well settle for Mr. Right Now, and I don't blame him after hearing about some of his loser boyfriends. Ten years ago he discovered fanfic and became a bit of a celebrity at those conventions (being a gay man, and all) where he made a great clique of female friends. It's how he ended up with Jeannie as his best friend, and how they both fell into writing gay male on male romances, and starting their own publishing company. Now Jude and Jeannie are in Kansas City for the huge Romantic Voyages romance convention, and considering what I'd already learned about Jude, it stood to reason that everything that could go wrong, would.
As shocking as it seems to Jude, a gorgeous cover model picks him up their first night there. Jude has out of control, crazy sex, I mean a mind-boggling one-night stand. Only to discover the following morning that sometime after Jude left the room, the model was stabbed and is in critical condition. OMG. Of course the police come looking for Jude, but luckily he has Jeannie beside him and Tommy, the adorable little bear/drag queen he met the day before. Jude is terrified when they take him downtown, and it's insane because he can't even kill a spider for crying out loud. Although his interview at the station is pretty funny since when he's scared or nervous he tends to just spew information and ramble. HA! Jude's day doesn't get any better when he is returned to the convention only to discover their books are selling out because \"Jude Parks is a stone cold killer\". Jude was surprised by the fans' reactions but I sure wasn't. *grins*
The weekend continues in a disturbing manner with another person getting stabbed and the two gay artists booths are vandalized and original paintings destroyed. Jude comes to the rescue however, when the killer tries to go after him and Jude incapacitates her using glittered flippers. If you want to know about those, then you really need to read the book. The finale of Jude's romance convention weekend is to be an incredible night of bliss with Tommy whom he's beginning to have real feelings for. But, even that goes somewhat off plan, and Jude heads for home with a lot to think about.
This is a delightful, sexy, and funny story that I enjoyed immensely. It is an easy read that I can most definitely recommend, with a sweet love story and a happy ever after. Thank you, BG, for a super fun read.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.