• Author: Patrick Doyle
• Publisher: Self published
• Publishing year: 2024
• Pages: 233 (Kobo E-reader)
• ISBN: ?

Where you can buy it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pierre-Bill-Now-Patrick-Doyle-ebook/dp/B0CLJ799SW?dplnkId=5d7398fb-4dbc-40bd-9543-c1144d9839f2&nodl=1

Review:

Years after the events of the first book, ‘Pierre and Bill: a Love Story’, a lot has happened to the loveable Bill and his ward and Bill’s father’s lover, Pierre.

Liam, Bill’s love who he met in the first novel, has passed away. His daughter Ruthie stayed with Bill and Pierre but has now left home to live with her boyfriend and is pregnant. Danny and Pierre split up years ago and lost contact. All this leaves both men together alone again. But Pierre is in his eighties, suffering from an untreatable cancer and in need of support and assistance so Bill decided to take a year off from his teaching job so he could care for him, together with the caregivers that come by.

During this leap year he gets a visit by some of his art students who claim his replacement is trying to impose his religion on his students, very gradually though. While he tries to investigate, on the lowdown, he is being taken in by the police who (falsly) accuse him of assaulting one of the students who came by to ask for help. With the help of Danny, who is back in Pierre’s life and who’s a lawyer now, and a colleague of him, they will fight these claims. It’s as if the events of fifteen years prior are coming to bite his own ass!

At the same time, a woman claiming to be Pierre’s sister says Pierre stole from his family and she wants part of her inheritance if he should die. Another case that Danny has to tackle! Because Pierre is very silent about it all.

While they have to battle Pierre’s cancer, the school and the sister life goes on. Slowly Pierre is getting sicker and closer to his imminent death. Ruthie hopes she gives birth to their baby in time so Pierre can see it before he dies.

One of Pierre’s caretakers, Anton, has taken a fancy on Bill. But Bill has given up on love and the hope for love after Liam’s death. And with all that’s going on, he’s not sure he is even ready to commit to someone new. But Anton has a great believe they were meant to be together, that an angel has putten them both in the same room and situation.

This book is more emotionally charged than the previous book. Bill is trapped in a house with Pierre, grieving before death has entered their lives, while having to battle serious life’s struggles outside. People rely on him and try to connect with him on a deeper level but while he has enough life’s experience now, as he is in his forties now, you would think he would be able to let go more, but as long as Pierre is in his life and he has a chance of taking care of the man that took care of him all these years, he is not ready for a new life. Will that ever change?

By now, Patrick Doyle has written a third novel that serves as a prequel to these two books, called Pierre before Bill! It should be one of my next reads (I will try to read it before the end of the year!)

If you love a book about love, a bit of smut and a few spicy man on man scenes but most of all a story about friendship and the loss of loved ones, a heartbreaking novel… this is the perfect book for you.

Patrick himself claims. not to be the best in promoting his work, (he is not on any social media), but you can find him on Goodreads. I was lucky to be able to receive and read his novels and promote them for him. His novels are available in ebook and are for sale on Amazon.

In my opinion, Faber Books, Picador or Cypher Press should be made aware of these novels. One of these publishers would be perfect to publish these novels anew, in physical format. (Should I tag them on my review on instagram?)

Oh and if you want to read my review for the first novel, Pierre & Bill: a Love Story, here it is:

https://looneybooks79.blog/2024/04/14/pierre-bill-a-love-story/