REIVEW: Textual Connections by Becca Jackson (Love in No Man's Land #1)

- January 29, 2023

TEXTUAL CONNECTIONS

Love In No Man’s Land - Book One

by Becca Jackson

Release Date: January 16, 2023

Review

I love debut novels. I love being there at the beginning of an author's journey. And Becca Jackson’s Textual Connections is a sweet and flirty one. It’s two men in their 40s that find their home and their dreams together.

What happens when two men meet online and in the real world and find themselves falling for both? And when you discover they might be the same man?!

I love the parallel connection trope, it’s fun and modern, and cute, and I really liked both of these guys. They were likeable and kind. I also enjoy the kind of second-act theme. Life sometimes brings you to a place where you need to figure out what comes next and pivot some. And both Mal and Bear have found themselves in that place. But they discover it’s even better with someone else.

I look forward to see who’s next in this Love In No Man’s Land Series.

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Synopsis

Mal

I thought I was good with my life in No Man’s Land. Truth be told, I was, until I messaged Bear.

What started as an online debate about coffee vs wine, has become something so much more, it doesn’t even matter that I don’t know his real name and have never seen his face. My daughter doesn’t agree.

She wants me to find someone “real” before she leaves for college, so when the neighbors hot brother rolls into town, she’s less than subtle about my single status.

Bobby is a free spirit, man in every town, according to his sister, but that’s not really him. He’s fun, adventurous, kind, and he’s a fantastic flirt, so when the similarities between Bear and Bobby start to align I can hardly believe my luck.

Can my online crush really be the guy next door?

Bear

I never wanted to come back to Nomanland, traveling the world is everything to me, but the money has almost run out and I’m in desperate need of a sponsor that doesn’t make me cringe.

My sister thinks I’m crazy for not wanting to settle down, and when I told her about chatting online with Mal she basically gave me the whole catfish creeper tv-special warning and begged me not to try to meet him for real.

Not that Mal would want to come to Nomanland. I can’t see what this small town has to offer anyone, that is until Michael takes it upon himself to show me the beauty of this town I’d chosen to forget.

Michael owns the local café, he’s a fan of puns, is an amazing dad and loves travel, though he’s never actually been anywhere… just like Mal.

I tell myself I must be crazy, because if Michael really is Mal, how long has he known? Was Meg right? Did I come back to Normanland just to get my heart broken, or could Mal really be the happy beginning I never knew I needed?