Lovers, Dreamers, and Me

by Willa Okati

Tolliver's buried his own life in taking care of his sister and the independent bookstore his grandmother left him. The minute Noble steps into his life, that changes. He wants him, but he doesn't... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596328827
• ISBN13: 9781596328822
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Loose Id, LLC
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting characters make for a solid read

Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 7/10 PROS: - Lovely depiction of the gentle, patient seduction of a skittish guy who doesn't WANT to connect with anyone else. - All of the sex is graphic and hot. The first encounter is slow and nervous and timid and delicious. And each sex scene is a little more involved or goes a little further than the one before. - Noble is a unique character. He does and says that are very much off the beaten path. When he first appears, he's a little on the creepy stalker side, to tell the truth, but he's refreshingly different from most characters I read about. CONS: - Repetitive phrases that after a while start to get a little annoying. Tolliver's "knees turn to water," for instance, pretty often. And the words used to describe Noble are strange: he's depicted throughout the book as being "catlike"--he "purrs," his hair is a "mane," his eyes are "leonine" (that one's used numerous times, and because it's an unusual word, it stands out), etc. - Some disjointed moments in conversation that are a little disorienting. There aren't ENTIRE conversations like this, but occasionally a character will say something like, "Promise you won't--" and then another character breaks in with, "I won't." And in a few cases, the book never explains exactly what they're talking about. - Secondary character who has the hots for one of the main guys and is thus kind of sad to read about. Overall comments: This is a pretty good book; it's got some interesting characters and an unusual element to the storyline. The sex is quite good, so if you're into that, you'll probably like this book--and anything else written by Okati, really, because I've found her to be fairly consistent in writing hot sex scenes.

Lovers, Dreamers and Me-A Joyfully Recommended Title!!

Tolliver is a man that lives a life ruled by routine and little outside of it catches his attention or pierces his narrow focus of taking care of his sister Sarah and the family store - Old Curiosity. However, somehow upon meeting Noble, his life seems to spin out of his tight control - suddenly he is discovering that men, especially Noble, are incredibly arousing; his sister is playing matchmaker and then resenting the results and his reliable storefront neighbor is suddenly acting strange around Tolliver. What in the world is his life coming to and how can Tolliver jam it all back into its proper place? Noble is a wandering man and he can see into people and what he sees in Tolliver is a universe unexplored that not even Tolliver knows is there. Now, the challenge is to convince Tolliver that what Noble sees is real and that the attraction Tolliver feels for him is not only returned but acceptable. However, Tolliver proves to be more stubborn that anyone ever counted on and it just might break Noble's heart in the process... Will Tolliver ever see beyond his responsibility to Sarah to ever carve a life for himself? And will Noble be a part of it at the end of it all? Lovers, Dreamers, and Me is a true Willa Okati romance - it's full of erotic encounters, angst, emotion and romance. Tolliver is as endearing as he is maddening with his narrow focus, refusal to meet life head on and deal with the changing reality of his life. Noble is mysterious, and rather irritating, with his constant assurances of seeing the desired outcome, however, when his secrets are revealed and Noble turns out to be as vulnerable as the next man - it really brings him to life in a spectacular way. I was swept away with the emotional wallop that Willa Okati packed into this story and by the men whom are lovable in their vulnerability and, in Tolliver's case, his reluctant willingness to explore the mysteries of sex and love! It was heart wrenching to watch as Tolliver struggles to come to terms with how his new feelings for Noble fit into his life and his painful acceptance of the changes that will bring into his life. Noble is not so clear in his struggle, but in the end his heartbreak is just as painful as he deals with Tolliver and his uncertainties. Get yourself Lovers, Dreamers, and Me the next time you are in the mood for an emotional romance that will grab your heart and not let it go! Sabella Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Lovers, Dreamers, and Me by Willa Okati

In a small town USA Tolliver is the manager of an antique curiosity and bookshop. The real owner is his ward, his little sister Sarah, the one he became responsible for when he was only 18 years old; six years later, Sarah is a troubled teenager who had to give in adoption her daughter. Tolliver tried to do his best, but still he was only a teenager himself, and he was not ready to be a parent. He is now scared to let Sarah go, he is like a mother hen and when he is not worried for his sister, he has only in mind the shop he needs to maintain for her. Then in their life enters Noble, tall and mysterious. He is searching for some old tarot cards, but what he finds is Tolliver, a man who has never lived, where instead Noble has lived, and seen, too much. Tolliver is a surly type and blind to the world outside, but he is not a bad guy: he faces the world in the only way he knows. But when he sees Noble, for the first time in his life something stirs inside him, a desire he never knew: at 24 years old, Tolliver is a virgin, not only to sex but also to life. It was Sarah who set his brother up with Noble, but now she is jealous, for the first time she fears to have to share the unconditionally love of Tolliver for her with someone else. I like that Tolliver doesn't react to her fears in the usual way, letting Noble go to satisfy the selfish behavior of his sister (don't get me wrong, Sarah is not a bad girl, she is only very young and scared). It's not Sarah's fears that come between Tolliver and Noble, but Noble's past. Noble is a strange character; he is a seer, he sees things, but this is not at all a paranormal romance. What Noble sees are like flash of possible future, something he can change if he wants. So when he sees Tolliver, he knows that they can have something good together, and he is willing and ready to catch it. As another character in the story said, Noble didn't ask to Tolliver, he forced him to accept him in his life: if he had to wait for Tolliver to realize that he was there, he would wait forever. Tolliver has around him a thick shell, a protective shield from the world that too many time wounded him, and now to reach him, a man has to break through that shell, since from inside Tolliver is no more able to see outside. I think this is one of the best book I read by Willa Okati, since it maintains the fairy atmosphere that I always like in her books, but it's also enough long to make me feel for the characters, and enough real to let the reader identifies with them. It's also a good mix between story and sex, and when it arrives to sex, it's good and tender and naughty, all at the same time; I noticed that, in the main sex scenes, Tolliver always ends on his back on the bed, waiting for Noble to come to him... it's very right for the story, since, as I said, Noble takes what he wants from Tolliver, almost forcing Tolliver to admit that he wants that and he wants Noble.