The Househusband's Guide to Domestic Bliss
(2024)(The first book in the Bountiful Beaus series)
A novel by Lance Lansdale
At Ms. Broussard's Home for Bountiful Beaus, even the unlovable can find a love story for the ages. She offers custom-made automatons, fully trained in the art of keeping a home.
Arthur Price is not looking for love. The lonely librarian clings to his work and routine to keep himself functioning. When his brother, Jared, arrives in the middle of the night with an i-Series automaton meant to lift his spirits, he realizes his routine life is about to be upended. Cheerful to a fault, Periwinkle is not someone Arthur would normally choose to befriend, much less enter into a romantic entanglement with, but he somehow programs himself perfectly into his life.
Miraculously, Arthur finds himself growing almost fond of the robot. Periwinkle may not possess much experience outside cleaning, but he can’t help noticing the loneliness in his librarian’s eyes. If it means giving Arthur Price a fresh start, Periwinkle is more than happy to stitch together all of Arthur’s broken pieces. Whether Arthur likes it or not, Periwinkle's mechanical heart beats only for Arthur.
The Househusband's Guide to Domestic Bliss is a dual POV, slow-burn romance about a lonely librarian and his made-to-order boyfriend. There are themes of abuse in one of the side character arcs, but there is no abuse between the MCs. Heavy hurt/comfort, heavy warm and fuzzies. A side character is left in a vulnerable state with an abuser, but his HEA will come in book two, The Lonely Heart's Guide.
Genre: Gay Romance
Arthur Price is not looking for love. The lonely librarian clings to his work and routine to keep himself functioning. When his brother, Jared, arrives in the middle of the night with an i-Series automaton meant to lift his spirits, he realizes his routine life is about to be upended. Cheerful to a fault, Periwinkle is not someone Arthur would normally choose to befriend, much less enter into a romantic entanglement with, but he somehow programs himself perfectly into his life.
Miraculously, Arthur finds himself growing almost fond of the robot. Periwinkle may not possess much experience outside cleaning, but he can’t help noticing the loneliness in his librarian’s eyes. If it means giving Arthur Price a fresh start, Periwinkle is more than happy to stitch together all of Arthur’s broken pieces. Whether Arthur likes it or not, Periwinkle's mechanical heart beats only for Arthur.
The Househusband's Guide to Domestic Bliss is a dual POV, slow-burn romance about a lonely librarian and his made-to-order boyfriend. There are themes of abuse in one of the side character arcs, but there is no abuse between the MCs. Heavy hurt/comfort, heavy warm and fuzzies. A side character is left in a vulnerable state with an abuser, but his HEA will come in book two, The Lonely Heart's Guide.
Genre: Gay Romance
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