The Sweetest Goodbye

Written by Christina Lee

Narrated by Iggy Toma and Tristan James

Billie Montgomery was always known as the sick kid with the therapy dog. Dylan Bowden never had two nickels to rub together, let alone a true home to call his own. The two have been best friends since high school. They're always there for each other, so when Billie opens his own bakery called Montgomery's Sweets no one supports him better than Dylan.



The business is a success, and Billie figures he's got everything he needs. Everything except the guy he's been saving himself for, no matter how often Dylan tells him it's time to move on. After a night out turns into a sexy exchange between the best friends, they pretend like nothing happened. Besides, Billie's still holding a torch for somebody else, and Dylan has always been a considerable flirt.



When Billie's first love unexpectedly breezes through town and life throws him a pretty rough curve ball, will Billie seek solace in the one man he's pining for, or the only guy who's ever protected his heart?



Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Sep 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705223727

Reviews for The Sweetest Goodbye

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Billie Montgomery, called Will through most of the book, operates the family bakery...the Montgomery Sweets Bakery and has always been called, and made to feel that he was "special". He had had seizures from early childhood, until just recently, but still has his faithful service dog, Bull's-Eye, a Labrador who is getting up in dog years and now has hip dysplasia. Then there is Dylan...Dylan with the wavy hair and deep amber eyes, who works at the bakery during the week, and dances on the weekends. Billie's family took Dylan in when he lost his "God Given Right"...according to his father...to live with this "righteous" family, for the age-old, but unfortunately all too often used reason that is in almost every gay story..."How dare you dare to be different, and your gayness is going to rub off on the rest of us and after the family orgy we will no longer be so righteous". I could write an encyclopedia sized book on this subject...but I won't. Dylan would really like to be Will's boyfriend, but Will still misses and carries a burning torch for his first-time love, Leo, who had left to go to college. As the title suggests there is a lot of "sweetness" in the novella...almost too much at times. The way I viewed the situation was...Will is alone, Daylan is there, Leo is away at college and seems to have taken "away" to a whole new level...and the dog is sleeping and not at all interested, unless Will suddenly takes on rabbit characteristics...so I thought Dylan had nothing to lose and everything to gain...so just go for the "boyfriends" thing! "The book isn't that long, so just get to it." Happily, surprise, surprise... they found that what they both wanted and needed was right there, staring them in the face, the entire time. Overall, it's a sweet story with two good and likeable characters, well, three counting the dog...even though they were a bit dense sometimes...but not the dog.