Posts labeled Contemporary
Review - Pay It Forward by Nic Starr
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Bailey works part time in a call center. He hates it, but it pays the bills, barely, and since he was forced to leave home after finishing high school, he’s hard-pressed to find anything better. In his spare time, Bailey also collects donated books for distribution to kids on the street. Tom is the owner and chief barista of Take Two, a coffee shop that’s his own second chance after a disastrous career in finance.
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Review - My Ex-Life: A Novel by Stephen McCauley
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David is having something of a mid-life crisis. Still smarting from the recent end of a relationship with his boyfriend, he then finds out that he’s about to lose the sweet rental deal in San Francisco that he’s enjoyed for many years. When the daughter of his ex-wife asks for David’s help getting into college, which is how he makes his living, it seems a trip to New England, and down memory lane, is just the thing to give him perspective.
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Review - Dom by Jason Collins
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Dominick is an account executive at a major New York marketing agency. He’s very good at his job and expects to be made a partner in the firm soon. His drive to succeed in his career hasn’t left him any time for personal relationships. When Dominick spots Sean celebrating his college graduation in a hotel bar while visiting a small town, he sees it as just an opportunity to scratch an itch.
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Review - Pressure Head by J.L. Merrow
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Tom’s life took a sharp turn at the age of 17 when he was hit by a car while running away from bullies. Rather than pursue a high flying career in law or medicine like his siblings, Tom settles for a quiet life as a plumber in the town of St Albans, where he occasionally puts his ability to “find things” to use helping the local police. He thinks he has made peace with what happened to him, until, that is, he meets up with one of the bullies who chased him, who also happened to be Tom’s first crush.
Tags: Mystery Contemporary
Review - Unraveled by K.M. Neuhold
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Auto mechanic Max has his hands full taking care of his daughter, who he shares custody of with her mother. He is definitely thinking about finding the “right girl” and settling down, but nobody he meets seems to spark any deep feelings. Max’s roommate and best friend Clay’s situation isn’t much different. He’s busy running his business and helping Max take care of his daughter. Only, in Clay’s case, he just hasn’t found the right guy, which is doubly hard for him given his need to be tied up to really enjoy sex.
Tags: Contemporary D/s BDSM
Review - Strait Laced by Kate Aaron
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It’s the ultimate opposites-attract romance: Shy corporate climber Paul, who isn’t in the closet but isn’t quite comfortable being too far out of it, is hit on by go-go boy Ben, a tattooed young man from a working class family who is definitely out and proud. Is there any chance of a relationship between two so very different men, or is the more or less homeless Ben just looking for a place to bed down?
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Review - Sin Against the Race by Gar McVey-Russell
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Kindly note: The author generously provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Alfonso starts a new year a college in a deep funk. Carleton, his cousin, best friend and mentor, died of complications from AIDS over the summer, Carleton’s close friend Eddie is gay-bashed in the local park, and the clinic Carleton helped found is destroyed by fire just before classes start. On top of all that, Alfonso is struggling to reconcile his own identity as a gay man of color with his father’s expectations of him.
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Review - The Layover by Roe Horvat
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Slovakian Ondro is on his way back to the home he left several years ago to escape bad memories and homophobia. There’s just one hitch in his plan: a delayed flight means he missed his connection in Basel, and has to stay the night. It may not be a total loss, though, since another passenger in the same predicament, Jamie, catches Ondro’s eye. “The Layover” puts a refreshing spin on what could be a rather clich&eqcute; story of two ships that pass in the night.
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Review - Permanent Ink by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn
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Twenty-something Poe is a young man without any direction. He’s not a bad person, but since about the only thing he has any passion for is graffiti, Poe is headed for trouble sooner or later. He still lives in his father Landon’s basement, and the man is near the end of his rope about what to do about his son. Hearing about Poe’s problems, Landon’s friend Jericho offers to take Poe on as his apprentice.
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Review - Exposed by Bey Deckard
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Greg is talented amateur photographer with a dominant streak, although he keeps it carefully under wraps after a rather painful experience in his past. Quite by accident on a trip to London from his home in Canada, he meets Emyr, an up and coming Welsh singer about half Greg’s age. He is inexplicably drawn to the young man, yet the age difference and his own demons keep him from letting things go anywhere.
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