Posts labeled Contemporary
Review - He's The One by Barbara Elsborg
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Stonemason Col sees a block fall off the scaffolding and fall towards an unsuspecting employee of Asquith Hall. He dives for the young man and manages to get him out of the way. The guy isn’t Col’s type, but he still feels a spark of attraction to the man, Theo. What Col doesn’t know is that Theo is actually the heir to the estate. The two men are from vastly different worlds, and each has their own heavy baggage.
Tags: Contemporary UK Setting
Review - The Problem With Perfect by Philip William Stover
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Ethan is the producer of a very popular gay lifestyle show, Myles of Style, starring Chase Myles, a very attractive young man Ethan met in a small cafe. Unfortunately, Ethan has created a bit of a monster with Chase, who treats everyone with disdain and is known for his frequent tantrums on set. It’s only a few weeks until pride and the pressure is on to get all the content filmed for the big day.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - The Last Nights of the Frangipani Hotel by Bey Deckard
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Actor James Talbot is enjoying his vacation at a run-down hotel on a Caribbean island. The resort may have been grand at one time, but the years have taken their toll. Few people stay there these days, especially in the off-season, and that suits James just fine. His solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a guest who takes the cabin right next to James. The guest turns out to be another actor, Rudie, whom James has worked with in the past.
Tags: Novelette Contemporary
Review - Fated Love by Sean Michael
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Sunny has raised his daughter, Julie, on his own since her mother died in a car crash. Julie is everything to Sunny, so he doesn’t have much of a life outside of work and taking care of her. Now 15, Julie is old enough to want to earn some money of her own babysitting. She gets a referral from a friend for another single dad who needs someone to look after his young daughter a few days a week.
Tags: Novelette Contemporary
Review - Princely Submission by K.C. Wells
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Prince Jordan just turned 21, and he’s still a virgin. It’s not that he hasn’t tried, but anyone he gets close to in the palace seems to get replaced, and everyone in the small European kingdom knows who he is, so an anonymous hookup isn’t possible. The young man is now pinning his hopes on joining his parents for their trip to the United States, where nobody knows him. Sneaking away from the palace guards is something he’s become an expert at.
Tags: Contemporary Slightly Kinky
Review - The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore
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Teddy has hit rock bottom. He moved to New York to be with the man he loved and became the city’s “Plant Daddy.” His vindictive now-ex-husband has taken all that away, including the plant shop he opened, leaving Teddy poor and with no choice to move back to New Orleans to live with his mom. He’s drowning his sorrows at a dive bar with his best friend Kit when a very handsome, clearly well-to-do man enters the bar and shows an obvious interest in Teddy.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Into the Tempest by N.R. Walker
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Jeremiah has finished the move to Darwin, leaving his old life in Melbourne behind. He’s living with Tully and trying to work with the ancient equipment of the weather station he’s been saddled with. There’s not much time to settle in. A tropical cyclone is heading straight for Darwin, and it’s a big one. Jeremiah knows all about cyclones, in theory, but he’s never experienced one. Both men are in for a hair-raising experience as they ride out the storm and come to grips with their intense feelings for each other.
Tags: Contemporary Australia
Review - How Much For The Whole Night? by RJ Scott
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Josh is almost there. He’s been fighting with his ex-wife and her rich fiance for custody of his son, Ben. Tomorrow is the last day in court and Josh is confident the judge will find in his favor. He wants to celebrate, so Josh heads out to a gay bar hoping to find someone to scratch an itch he’s been ignoring for years. In the bar, Josh spots a man that’s everything he could want, physically.
Tags: Contemporary Thriller
Review - The Taste of Desert Green by Kim Fielding
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Zephyr has been on his own since he was a boy. He has learned to rely on himself and nobody else. Although comfortable with his body, he likes to express himself in very feminine ways. When he needs money for food or to pay for a cheap hotel, Zephyr offers his body to men willing to pay for it. That doesn’t always work out well. One day, a trucker, full of self-loathing over what he has done, beats Zephyr up and leaves him by a dumpster in a small desert town.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - French Twist by Shawn Bailey
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Chef Gage is under pressure. Both the baker and pastry chefs have quit, and Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Gage decides to take a risk on two recent culinary school graduates. The new pastry chef, Valentin, is not only very talented, he's very beautiful as well. Valentin isn't the kind of guy Gage is normally attracted to, but he can't seem to resist the young man. “French Twist” is a barely novella-length story about finding love where you least expect it.
Tags: Contemporary Novella