He's also a hulluva nice guy.Īs the evening at the pub ends, Jamie and Nick go for a walk, which ends up with the two spending the night together and tentatively agreeing to date.īut asshole ex's are called assholes for a reason and with one short call to Jamie, as he's stuck in traffic driving to pick up his Auntie and grandmother at the airport, major seeds of doubt about Nick are firmly planted, so Jamie calls things off, hoping to avoid the heartache. Nick is a strawberry blond rugby player, with no family to speak of, who's been missing the recently-departed grandmother who raised him. Then his roommate sets him up on a blind date, pronounced 'ambush', without telling Jamie what he's done. Jamie is a UK-born half-Chinese man, who's been burned by a controlling cheater and has been reluctant to date since his last relationship ended, nearly a year ago. Grab this story up and join in the romance and wonder as well.I found this short 39-page Christmas tale utterly charming. I wanted a place at the table and to be a part of their holiday celebration. And I wanted more at the end of the story.

Its realistic, beautifully described and full of heart. Yip gives you Jamie’s marvelous Goh family, a takeout Chinese food business and combines it with two men trying for common ground and perhaps a future together. You get the feeling of place, Brighton in winter, grey seas, empty beaches, punishing winds and yet, Jamie loves it.

Somewhere to Be by Amy Yip is one of those stories that is bigger than its pages. It flows so beautifully as we grasp the depth of Jamie’s broken heart, his fear of moving forward and the joy that meeting Nick brings him. Following a Christmas disaster that proves the UK really can’t handle snow, Jamie discovers not everyone is out to hurt him-and loyalty means something to some people-when a sweet guy goes above and beyond for him.Ī story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Advent Calendar package “Sleigh Ride”.Īmy Yip uses every bit of her 37 pages to layer in Jamie’s multi racial family, his wonderful mixture of cultures, Dad from Chinese Malay, Mum from Devon and his speech a natural polyglot of both. But his friends and family want to see him happy, even if he’s turned off by the idea of dating. Jamie Goh’s life took a downturn when he lost his job, and a bad relationship left him disillusioned and afraid to trust again.

Somewhere To Be by Amy Yip