Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4.5 stars 
 I have loved every book in JL Merrow's Shamwell Tales but OUT! is my favorite to date. There were so many ups, downs, and sideways twists to this story, but most of all I enjoy watching characters grow and change not only because they discover something new about themselves, but also because they figure out life is what you make of it. 
 Mark Nugent newly divorced and a single father to a 14 year old daughter is new to town and moved to give his daughter a better life, better education and hopefully friends who won't get her expelled from school. Mark has spent most of his life firmly in the closet realizing he was gay after a vacation in which he fathered said daughter. While he felt he did the right thing by his ex-wife and daughter, he now knows it only brought them all misery. Quitting his job and moving out of London and into this small town he hopes he can give his daughter the time and life she needs. Joining a local men's club that raises much needed funds for various charities, Mark is drawn to a much younger man one that makes him want to leap through the closet door with a rainbow painted on his chest. 
 Patrick Owen loves his life and is proud of the work he does helping disabled adults get the help they need through the charitable foundation that employees him. He has been out and proud and while he's been with both men and women, men are more his taste. At a meeting of the Shamwell Spartans he is intrigued by the new member whom he knows is interested but also gives off a standoffish vibe. 
 Fourteen years separate Mark and Patrick yet the attraction between them is all too real. For his daughter's sake, Mark has never come out and has kept his sexuality secret from his daughter. I loved the differences between Mark and Patrick and while age really is a number, growing up in very different times, with very different attitudes about homosexuality make them both have to look hard and long at their life and even put themselves in the other's shoes. With a cast of very colorful characters including Mark's ex PA, David (who has harbored a crush on Mark for years), Patrick's Mum, Patrick's admin Lex the men who make up the Shamwell Spartans (including the characters from previous books) but most of all Mark's daughter Florence (Fen) who puts them all to shame with her open mind, open heart and very astute look at life the way it should be. 
 I appreciated that Mark and Patrick had to work to be together, that their differences made them stronger, but most of all that they both learned to give and take and listen not only to each other but to a wise beyond her years 14 year old girl. A story of life, acceptance, change and most of all love, OUT by JL Merrow is simply outstanding. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.