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Flashbulb Kindle Edition

by Clare London (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 34 ratings

Book 3 of 5: Flight HA1710

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Can a brief encounter in the skies survive the aftermath back on home ground?
(A standalone romance) Blythe Harris was taking his first flight to the USA and hopefully a whole new client base for his bespoke upholstery business. An adventure for him, he was both nervous and excited to attract the attention of a handsome steward. Things might have gone further – if Flight HA1710 hadn’t failed. Marc Stafford is a self-confessed player, and he used his charm to seduce his cute passenger. But in the aftermath of the crash, he’s struggling to recover his confidence. The TV declares him a hero for saving passengers, but at night his nightmares trigger painful flashbulb memories of the crash. In an Irish hospital, Bly realises that although his broken leg will recover, his career may not. And in Chicago, Marc can’t face returning to work. Neither of them can shake off the memory of their brief, sexy encounter. Both of them need to be with someone who understands exactly what they’ve been through. And on a middle ground they can make all their own.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZRT93E8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jocular Press (June 26, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 334 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages

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Clare took the pen name London from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with the weekly wash, waiting for the far distant day when she can afford to give up her day job as an accountant. She's written in many genres and across many settings, with novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she's just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she's happy. Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic and sexy characters.

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Clare also writes as Stella Shaw, and launched a new series of rent boy romances in 2021.

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Publishers: Jocular Press, JMS Books, Lethe Press, Cleiss Books.

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KC

Mile high on the tarmac

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2021

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A cute and humorous tale, set mostly in Ireland, with MCs Blythe, an Englishman furniture and home fixtures sole prop, and Marc, the American flight attendant. Hanky lanky in the plane loo during a delayed departure, the craft ditches in Ireland. Rehab, and rendezvous build the story in a quaint village into a relationship. A practical break proves a disaster and the HEA closes the story. London allows us into the minds of the twenty somethings, revealing the fears and foibles each faces as PTSD rears. Brilliant setting descriptions and crucial supporting cast make this a good read.

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M Marshall

An Emotional Ride, full if Endearing Characters I Wanted More Of

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2015

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Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

Blythe Harris was taking his first flight to the USA and hopefully a whole new client base for his bespoke upholstery business. An adventure for him, he was both nervous and excited to attract the attention of a handsome steward. Things might have gone further – if Flight HA1710 hadn’t failed.

Marc Stafford is a self-confessed player, and he used his charm to seduce his cute passenger. But in the aftermath of the crash, he’s struggling to recover his confidence. The TV declares him a hero for saving passengers, but at night his nightmares trigger painful flashbulb memories of the crash.

In an Irish hospital, Bly realises that although his broken leg will recover, his career may not. And in Chicago, Marc can’t face returning to work. Neither of them can shake off the memory of their brief, sexy encounter. Both of them need to be with someone who understands exactly what they’ve been through. And on a middle ground they can make all their own.

Flashbulb is the third story in the series Flight HA 1710, a collection that revolves around an airline disaster. Each story reflects the aftermath of the airline crash through the survivors and the way in which this horrific event changed them forever. Flashbulb is a wonderful story (outside of that awkward title). Clare London’s characters are vastly different in life experience and outlook when we first encounter them on the plane. Marc Stafford, a flight attendant, is about to get in trouble yet again with his flight supervisor. An unrepentant flirt, he is a party boy who finds his temporary companions on the flights he works. That and his attitude have made him a target for the strict supervisor on board. At the beginning, Marc comes across as superficial, slutty, but good at his job.

His target on this flight? Blythe Harris off on his first journey to the US for an opportunity to expand his upholstery business. Its Blythe’s first everything. First flight, first time to the US, and first time getting hit on by the very sexy Marc. There’s a spark that flies between them during the early moments of the flight and then the airplane crashes. In the aftermath, Marc and Blythe finds themselves very different men from the ones that boarded that aircraft. Marc, named a hero for his actions in saving those that he could, is haunted by the victims he lost and the fear of getting on another plane. Blythe? He awakes to find himself broken. A broken leg, and injured hands that may just cost him his business, flooded with uncertainty and fear. Its in the aftermath that both characters come fully to life in their vulnerability and pain.

Clare London does a superb job in making these men believable and courageous. First the flight brings them together, then it flings them apart to recover in distant locations but they discover that only together may they fully heal and find a future. These are believable characters dealing in realistic ways with one of the most horrific things that can happen to a person. London brings us into their lives, makes us feel their anger, pain, and uncertainty every step of their path towards healing and a deep relationship. By the end, I was cheering them on as they struggled with miscommunication and self sacrifice that almost costs them each other and a future. And all the way through it, London delivers the drama, the developing relationship and its hurdles with a deft touch and moving narrative.

I love this series and Flashbulb by Clare London is one of my favorites. Its one emotional ride, an endearing romance that any reader and lover of M/M contemporary romance stories is sure to enjoy. Pick it up and settle in for Marc and Blythe’s journey towards healing and love.

Cover art by Meredith Russell. Great cover. It works perfectly for the character and the series.

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padme35

Flashbulb is a brilliant story of a midair fling

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2015

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Flashbulb is a brilliant story of a midair fling, a tragedy, connections, love, and a person's reactions to all of it. Incredibly well written with likable characters that you just know will only help each heal, even if they don't know it at the time.

Overall series review and rating: 5 Stars
Each story is technically a standalone although everything is tied together around Flight HA1710 and I think it flows better if you read the series in order. I have heard of all the authors in this series but had only previously read RJ Scott and Serena Yates so this was a great way to become familiar with the others. I have definitely added Sara York, Meredith Russell, Clare London, and Amber Kell to my authors-to-read list.

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015

3.5
While Blythe Harris is nervously awaiting the departure of his first flight to the US, he gets up to get a drink of water from Marc, the cabin steward with whom he had chatted and flirted earlier. The flight has been delayed even though all the passengers have already boarded, so when Marc meets him in the galley at the back of the plane, he gets more than the water he came for.

The two head to the lavatory for a brief, hot handjob, and what they hope will be the start of something more when they land. But the flight never does land— at least not conventionally— it crashes in Ireland.

Bly was unconscious from a hit on the head, and he had a badly broken leg, so he spends quite a bit of time in the hospital. In fact, by the time he becomes more aware of everything around him, he learns that Marc survived and was a hero in the way he helped get everyone off the plane. But Marc is back in the US now, and Bly has to recuperate, and it’s not just his leg that needs to heal. His hands don’t seem to be cooperating with him, causing him pain and being uncoordinated each time he tries to do something that requires dexterity. And that’s sad because he’s self-employed as an upholsterer, and he must have manual dexterity to work.

He decides to continue to recuperate in Ireland for a while and rents a home recommended by one of the nurses who has befriended him. There he stays, trying to come to terms with his inability to work, when he’s suddenly confronted with a visitor from the US. Marc has come back to see him.

Marc isn’t very forthcoming about his reasons for returning until he’s there for a while and finally relaxes in Bly’s presence. Marc is suffering from PTSD and nightmares of the crash in which his guilt over surviving is making it difficult for him to come to terms with his own existence. He hasn’t returned to work yet, and really doesn’t want to. What he does want is to continue to get to know Bly better. Bly feels safe to him and together they face the challenges of surviving that horrific event.

Marc helps Bly recover his dexterity by giving him hand massages until Bly slowly works his way on to doing repair work. Bly helps Marc slowly begin to come to terms with his “flashbulb” memories of the crash. A flashbulb memory is one in which you remember something that happened to you more vividly because of your strong emotional reactions at the time. While with Bly, Marc’s nightmares recede and become almost non-existent. However, reality has to intercede in their relationship and Bly has to return to England while Marc has to return to the US.

It seems hardly possible that the two will ever be able to find a way to be together since neither man is the type to fight for what he wants— until they realize that’s the only thing they can do if they want the happiness they deserve.

I enjoyed this story of two men who appear to be polar opposites, yet have one strong common bond— one thread that links them together enough to forge ahead and build a long-lasting relationship. This book is perfect for a beach read or for spending the afternoon curled up before the fireplace on a cold winter day. A sweet M/M romance, I recommend this to all who enjoy hurt/comfort, opposites attract, or just a light romance complete with HEA.

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Josie

Another great addition to the series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2015

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Book 3 of the Flight HA1710 series brings us the story of Blythe, a nervous first time flyer and handsome steward Marc. A quick hook up in the plane toilet is forgotten in an instant when the plane crashes shortly after take off. Both men survive the crash but the PTSD they suffer brings them together when Marc unexpectedly turns up on Blythe's doorstep. Can a friendship forged in fire lead to something more?

I loved this, darker than the first two but with a depth than adds to the series and shows what a good author Clare London is.

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