Posts labeled Contemporary
Review - Reclamation
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This continuation of the story of a developing love between teacher Michael Cassidy and his student Dominic Butler, started in Acclamation, picks up right where the first book left off, with Dominic and Michael in a London hotel room just moments after learning of the death of Dominic’s father. Needless to say, all thoughts the two had of consummating their love are quickly forgotten as Michael rushes Dominic back into the arms of his family.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Lorenzo il Magnifico
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Luke is a young Englishman with a boring life he hates working in a Leeds call center. At the start of “Lorenzo il Magnifico” he is escaping this life for a week in one of his favorite cities, Florence, where he plans to get it on with lots of hot Italian guys as well as make a start on his masters degree, which he hopes will help him to get a job in a gallery or museum.
Tags: Romance Contemporary
Review - It's a long story: A Novel About Beautiful Boys Doing Terrible Things to Each Other
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James is a stereotypical gay party boy. He dropped out of college and works as a waiter to earn just enough to pay his share of the rent, buy the right clothes, and pay for drinks on his weekly nights out. He appears to drink too much when he’s out, and his love life seems to consist mostly of guys he picks up at the club or hookups found on the web.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Acclamation
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Still stinging from the loss of his lover four years ago, Michael Cassidy takes a job as an English teacher at a Catholic school in a small English town. Although only 28 years old, he’s more or less given up on life and is hiding away from it, thinking that his one great love is already behind him. However, life isn’t quite through with Mr Cassidy. One day he discovers that he lives next door to one of his students, Dominic Butler.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - The Elegant Corpse
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Roger Corso is a detective with the LAPD, and a more tightly wound individual would be hard to imagine. He could make Joe Friday look like a loose cannon and Felix Unger look like a slob (★). Part of that is just who he is, but there’s also a defensive wall around the part of him that still grieves for his dead lover. He also has to be on guard about his private life.
Tags: Mystery Contemporary BDSM
Review - Afflicted
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Hunter is blind, but fiercely independent. The quickest and easiest way to piss him off is to treat him with any kind of pity. He has escaped the clutches of an over-protective mother, built a life and a business of his own, and he’s not going back. The only thing missing from his life is someone to share it with. In the gay world, which puts such a high emphasis on bodily perfection, Hunter’s disability is a major barrier.
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Review - Mastering the Ride
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Josh is a young man with a powerful submissive urge. He yearns to please a master and be loved and cherished in return, but so far he’s been unable to find a master that he clicks with. His latest master wanted a robot that would do only exactly what he was told and didn’t expect any praise. Josh was never good enough for him and the master has just terminated their trial contract.
Tags: Contemporary D/s BDSM
Review - The Fights Of Summer
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Note: I received an advanced copy for review. The released story may have had minor changes. James is a young man studying in university, and in an unusual relationship with two other men, Carl and Dane. The other two men are also students, as well as mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters. James himself is something of a pacifist. He dreads fight nights, when he has to watch one or both of his lovers get beaten in a cage.
Tags: Contemporary Menage
Review - The Keeper
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Hadi is a young man with a full life in the middle of Milan’s fashion world. He’s not one of the star designers, but he’s one of the people those stars trust to turn their concepts into fabulous reality. But then one day he receives an urgent call from his family back in France. Hadi must drop everything and take on the role of ‘keeper’. For generations, Hadi’s family has been the guardians of a secret.
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy
Review - How Are You Going To Get Out Of That One, Alan Ambrose?
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Alan Ambrose is a very lucky young man. The twenty year-old is enjoying a night out in London with his friend Tabitha when he is picked up by a handsome older man, Archie. Archie takes Alan home to his London townhouse, where it soon becomes clear that the man is very well off. In the morning, Archie invites Alan to stay and even buys him an expensive watch to entice the young man to stick around.
Tags: Contemporary
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