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Stories for Older Men and Younger Lovers

Heights of Passion: stories for older men & younger lovers by Don Schecter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you equate "passion" with "sex" you will be disappointed when you realize the stories in "Heights of Passion" are about people, situations, relationships not what they get up to in the bedroom or other places where they conjugate, and I'm not talking verbs here.

The secondary title is "stories for older men & younger lovers". As I often do *winks*, I contacted Don Schecter and we had some interesting email chats about why he wrote and self-published these tales. He answered:

I wrote because I had things I wanted to say, and I was annoyed at the gay material out there, most of which I found boring, poorly written, or unintelligible. Sex is part of my story, not the reason for my stories. Stories need to make a point to be satisfying, imho. I was also driven by the fact that I had no one to ask when I was young, and I have found that even with the internet at their disposal, there are still young gays out there who haven't asked the right questions of someone with experience.

I won't give details of every story just a couple of glimpses to give an idea.

Told mainly from the viewpoint of Miles a long term friend, "The Queens Party" tells the tale of an annual party for close gay friends of the mature-aged Augustus, known to his friends as Augie:

Augie's fixed idea of sex was to masturbate himself in Miles's living room, fully dressed, with no one touching him. To top it off, Augie didn't kiss, either.

Augie had reluctantly extended an invitation to four young friends of a friend. I loved this description of their arrival:

The four youths insinuated themselves into different parts of the room and introduced themselves smoothly. Foreign accents and rhythms began to spark the conversations, and relaxed laughter, an unusual sound up to then, was heard. Augie sensed the change but was unable to pinpoint its cause. Miles noticed many calling cards emerge from pockets and exchange hands, many pens taking down numbers. The boys were a success, their full heads of hair riding high like colorful islands on a thinning gray sea.

It is obvious that Don is an observer of people, interested in what makes them tick. Each story is quite different in tone and content, ranging from the amusing to the tragic and at times there is a little of both.

The collection of stories is an interesting contrast to the other one I'm reading by Ken Shakin "Real Men Ride Horses". Both are obviously drawn on characters and experiences the men have experienced. They come at the subject from totally different directions which is to be expected from two men who come from totally different backgrounds.

How's this for another view of things:

"Heights of Passion" tells of a gay editor having to read a story about a heterosexual couple:

As an editor who was gay, he had no trouble with the hetero-sex that filled the pages he read; on the contrary he felt especially qualified for his job because he was gay. He possessed all the male capacities to rape, plunder, and pillage; while at the same time he knew what it was like to be taken by a man, and to succumb to one, as so many fictional heroines were fond of doing. But this story was beyond his ken because he was invited to feel the moisture Derek elicited from Barbara's sex, and to taste her secretions. When Seymour stopped being able to distance himself from the descriptive passages, nausea overtook him. Such was the power of Hardwick's skewed prose.

I'd always had my suspicions about "gritty" reality and they were answered in a couple of the stories - not m/m romance fodder *winks*, I fear.

The one that sold the book for me (and if I hadn't given it five stars already I would have bumped it up) was "You Got Male".

The story is a series of emails and MS - not every exchange between the two is included, in fact the ones that aren't spelled out and just referred back to are as intriguing as the ones that are.

It starts off with the interaction between "Youngstud" and "Olderone". This one had me really thinking, and it has the greatest twist. The whole set up is all so believable, and even may be rooted in fact, but even if it wasn't, you can just picture the whole scenario from words that do little to actually tell you what's going on, but give you enough clues to let your mind paint in the rest. Poignant and very well written.

But then comes the second part which tells of the interaction between a psychologist and the same olderman. After some hot graphic sexual postings there's this interesting insight into online sex banter:

As to your professional question about why men fall in love over the internet, I think that transference and counter-transference play a big part in online attraction. The feelings that arise are toward our imaginary visualization of whom the other person is and whom we'd like them to be. Sometimes these images are quite accurate and sometimes not. A lot depends on the ability of the "imaginer" to assess people quickly and accurately, and both must be as honest about themselves as possible.

Which turns out to be quite ironic but I won't spoil the three part story for you. Worth reading.

In fact as a female writing gay romances, I found the book a useful research tool into how real men think and act as opposed to the stereotypes which are creeping in to m/m romance.

If you're tiring of the same old, same old, read "Heights of Passion"; its glimpses of reality are touching.

The book is only available as paperback and Kindle from Amazon but Acrobat reader copies can be obtained direct from the author at http://www.donschecter.com.

To quote the author's site: Each story is designed to intrigue. Enjoy...

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Drag Queen by Robert Rodi

Drag Queen by Robert Rodi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There's an old writing rule attributed to Chekhov: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise, don't put it there."

This concept deals with foreshadowing, and the fact that all details, however small, are significant and should be integral parts of the story. Well in Robert Rodi's "Drag Queen", the gun (in this case Blossom Dearie) isn't fired until twenty pages before the end. (If you don't know who Blossom is, honey, google it.)

As I read, I envisaged a few ways 'the gun" might be fired, but didn't predict the way it was in the end. That unpredictability, for me, is always a plus.

Written in 1995, "Drag Queen" explores the world of chicks with dicks, in the purest sense of the phrase.

Underneath the humor, the book explores a few serious themes, and has some classic quotes:

"Elizabeth the First, She's been my real obsession. Probably the first great drag-queen role model in history."

This dialogue came after a long section where the concept that while, ever since the time of Homer, men have had heroes to model themselves on, it was different for women:

"I was determined to find a forgotten iconic tradition for women, and hon, it was just not there....The few women who did achieve any real influence or power over the years had to invent themselves from scratch."

The words were spoken by Kitten Kaboodle who just happens to be the long lost identical twin brother of Mitchell Sayer an uptight, anal retentive lawyer who specialises in real estate cases.

As you can imagine, the sparks fly. From the time poor Mitchell tracks down Donald and discovers to his horror he is a drag queen, he ends up in all sorts of dire predicaments, including sucking a few cocks in a leathermen orgy, something he'd never have dreamed of doing beforehand, and tries desperately to forget afterwards.* Not that that was Kitten's fault, more Simon an ex-boyfriend who is heavily into the scene. No Kitten was too busy chasing after one of Mitchell's college pals or trying to avoid being upstaged by another drag queen who, God forbid, mimed her songs.

I really enjoyed the story. Campy, irreverent, sarcastic and over the top, just like the people it's talking about. Underneath there is a worthwhile message. Mitchell's adoptive mother sums it up best:

"Maybe he's someone desperately trying to find a corner of the world where he can fit...Someone who shows more courage every time he walks down a street than you or I have ever had to show in our lives.

Especially as Donald says about himself:

"I'm just this ordinary nothing of a man. Someone you'd never look at twice if you saw him on the street. A big gray absence of a person."

*And Kate, I read this after I sent you my synopsis of "Joe Blow"!!!

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Interview on Nightlight

Darla Sands who I met through the Noble Romance newsletter interviewed me on "Nightlight" so if you're interested on reading what I had to say, follow the link. Here's an excerpt:

My Virtual Sit-Down with A. B. Gayle, an Author Who Lives and Writes Larger Than Life DMS:
A. B. Gayle has written two m/m titles that I positively devoured: "Mardi Gras" and "Caught".
I definitely intend to read more, and am vastly honored and pleased to interview her in the meantime.

ABG: Honor? Squeak. The honor is all mine. Lucky you can't see me blushing. Thank you so much for inviting me, Darla. Given the quality of your last two interviewees,
I'm flattered to be asked.

DMS: It's great that this humble writer could make your day! Ms. Gayle, I really adore your characters. How much of them comes from people you've met?

ABG: I love my characters too. It's funny, when they start off they're usually straight from my imagination. I think of a scenario, like with Mardi Gras, I knew the hero was a middle aged Californian blogger come journalist. His occupation and his attitudes started me thinking who would have these sorts of ideas. What would be their background? Similarly, the young Australian he meets, his attitudes, thoughts came before his physical appearance.

I'm still not sure what he looks like. Finding relevant photos for the sequel's cover will be interesting.

check out the rest of the inteview here: Nightlight

DUCK! by Kim Dare

Duck! by Kim Dare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I'm not into stories about shifters, shedders and suckers.

Too often writers just use the alternate form to allow the character to do things they can't in real life. Be more powerful, more dominant, more macho.

I'm a big fan of Kim Dare's writing. I love her GAY stories. Yes they're short, but each one shows her understanding of her characters and how their very nature affects their coming together and their relationship.

In Duck!, Kim has done three things and done them very well.

First, she's taken the standard 15,000 word relationship story she excels at and expanded it by creating a new world around the characters.

Then she's done the next step. The step her stories have been lacking, by finding the one thing that could threaten their relationship, and exploring what happens when this conflict eventuates.

Finally, she's used the shifting, not so much to explore the form of the different being but to explore what that form means. This shifting could even be seen as allegorical and relate to real life. What happens to a relationship when one of the duo inherits something or changes.

K.A.Mitchell did it really well in A Regularly Scheduled Life when one of the couple becomes famous. In this case, there's a change of role when one is reluctantly forced to accept his birthright.

Being about dominance and submission, as all Kim's stories are, this shift in hierarchy places stress on the relationship and needs to be dealt with.

This isn't so much an ugly duckling story as a story about understanding the difference between submission and subservience. It also exlores the difference between domination and superiority. I have trouble stomaching this relationship sometimes, but when you read something like this:

I thought about what my submissive would want. I thought about what he'd need in order to be happy under my protection.

You start to see how dominance in a way can be a form of serving.

The saying that every great leader sees himself as the servant of his subjects isn't that far away from the truth. It would be nice to think that every leader who filled that role had someone behind them who knew what they needed and made sure they got it.

I can just imagine how Ori's relationship with the world would and should change over time as he settled more into his birthright.

Oh, and on a more important front. I love the way the curve of the "U" on the cover so lovingly curls around the guy's arse....


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Whipped Cream Interview and Chat

This Tuesday 26th October my interview with Whipped Cream is going live.

They asked me questions like:
How do I distinguish between erotica, erotic romance, and pornography?
That set off a long ramble I'm afraid... I hope they edit it...
They also wanted to know things like who is my favourite erotic author? My favorite erotic book?
Serious questions like advice to newcomers and fun ones like whose tummy would you eat your favorite food off. That was easy, Hugh Jackman of course....
You'll have to come over and see what I said.

Click on the logo to read the interview

Following that I'll be hosting their chat group on Yahoo for the day on Wednesday US time. I'd love people to drop by. There will be the usual excerpts and prizes for give away.

Here's the link for the Yahoo chat: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whippedcream2/

I'm going to repeat some of the topics I covered in my Dreamspinner chat and also talk about sequels and book length. You have to join the group to participate.

A Bit of Mel Keegan and Josh Lanyon courtesy of Darla M. Sands

Author interviews on blogs are tricky things. After a while with famous people you feel like you know everything about them. Sometimes the questions are fun but pointless. Sometimes they don't push the author enough to find out what makes them tick.

Hence it was great to read two interviews which I feel are worth sharing. They are by Darla Sands who posts a monthly blog on "Nightlight – Browsing the Bookshelf". She was happy for me to mention these in my blog.

Her first interview was with Mel Keegan. I'd come across his name a few times as one of the pioneers of m/m fiction, but I hadn't realized he's behind the GLBT bookshelf.

Browsing The Bookshelf ~ My Virtual Sit-Down with a Free Speech Champion, the Talented Mel Keegan
If you're not familiar with Mel Keegan, you're missing out on some great gay reads in genres ranging from science fiction, fantasy, historicals, and even comedy! His characters will stay with you, I guarantee, as evidenced by the pop status of his heroes in the ongoing NARC series.

Darla first asks: How did you come up with the concept for such a welcoming, not-for-profit wiki site?

Mel K: Remember the AmazonFail debacle? It hit me like a load of bricks, early in 2009 … if the big engines (Amazon and Google specifically) wanted to, they could filter the GLBT literature community out of existence. It could become virtually impossible for a new reader (or writer, come to that), to find anything or anyone online. Every new reader would have to be referred by word of mouth. And this could happen so easily, if or when the "moral minority" gets hold of the puppet masters who control the massive engines.

There's actually a good deal of evidence to suggest that Amazon, Google and the like are extremely sensitive to the same part of the electorate which drove the Prop 8 shambles. Now, I'm not saying that we need to be paranoid about a "1984" style future … but one would need to be remarkably stupid not to allow for the possibility of a kind of persecution by filtering, or discrimination by censorship, if you prefer the term. And once you've lifted an eyelid and acknowledged what's possibly looming out there, just over this hypothetical horizon, how dim would one need to be to sit back and do nothing about it?

GLBT Bookshelf was born out of this speculation. I wanted to set up a community that was so large, so sprawling, so far-reaching, that – if you're interested in gay or m/m fiction (be it as a writer, reader, artist, publisher, critic, anything), the chances of you *not* knowing someone who is already plugged into The Bookshelf are close to nil.

Here's the reasoning: even if the master puppeteers behind the search engines did filter us right out, we have a safety net to fall back on. Right now, I should think there's upwards of 10,000 people around the world know about the wiki. Over 1000 have registered in some capacity. Around 500 are active contributors. If we were able to triple these numbers, I'd be happy to rest on those laurels I was talking about a moment ago, because I believe our reach would then be so far, and spread so wide, everyone even marginally associated with this literary community would know someone already on the wiki.

As an example of do-it-yourself networking, where *nothing,* absolutely *nada* is controlled by any major engine, the Bookshelf is absolutely at the apex. The whole thing is member driven, right down to the dollars and cents needed to run it. Amazon and Google could pull the rug out from under the gay and m/m literature community tomorrow, and we're already there as the safety net. We just need to expand further – and even though the rate of our expansion has slowed down since the initial rush, it's steady. We're sixteen months old; in another couple of years we'll have arrived.

For the rest of the interview click on the title above.

The previous month she'd also posted a very interesting interview she did with Josh Lanyon who starts off responding to her question about how he sets his goals.

The full text can be read here: Josh Lanyon's Interview

Jawing with Jay Lygon

 In my last blog post, I reviewed Jay Lygon's excellent book "Chaos Magic". I enjoyed it so much I sent Jay a message and a request to be "Friends" on Facebook (as you do). Once I was "accepted", I read some of the back posts and discovered I'd just missed out on participating in a "Meet the Author" day that Jay was involved with at Torquere Press's Yahoo group.

I would have liked to ask Jay some questions and take part in the discussions. I mentioned this to Jay who said "Fire Away", so I did in a typically long waffling email. The answers and comments on some of my statements were so thoughtful and articulate,  I wanted to share it with other fans.

I got the green light to re-post it in my blog, including the answer to the question I posed in my original review about whether Jay is male and female. Enjoy.
 
AB: I have this inner urge to deal with "difficult" subjects. I'm at the stage in my life when I'm not in this for fame or fortune. I want to add something to the genre, not just dish up more of the same old same old. However, I've been advised by my publisher and beta readers to concentrate on the humor.  That's why I found your book so inspiring. To show it is possible to stick with difficult subjects as long as I inject enough humor.

Jay Lygon: I used to tell people that I aspired to be the Dominic Dunne of gay erotica, but people just looked at me as if I were speaking in tongues. I think there's room in this genre to tackle serious subjects. Many writers will produce the m/m equivalent of a Mills and Boon or Harlequin romance, and many readers will want that level of escapism, and that's perfect for them. But then there are those other readers who want a deeper experience. There are fewer of them, but they're under-served. If you can't write breezy stories (I try, but always end up complicating things) then write what you're good at.

Chaos Magic has been out for almost three years now, and it just now seems to be finding critical mass in readers. Thank goodness for the long tails of e-publishing, because a print publisher would never give it that much time to find its way into the hands of readers.

So first question: Do you find adding humor difficult?

I'm a natural smartass, so no.

AB: Is it something you set out to do from the start?

JL:In Thomas Hardy novels, the unrelenting march into the dreary abyss always had me ready to slit my wrists. That taught me that after an emotionally heavy scene, the reader needs a break. The writer needs a break too. That sounds as if I think a great deal about pacing from the beginning when I don't. I just write the first draft and then worry about such things in the revision, but I've found that rhythm naturally occurs before I focus on it.

AB: I'm a plotser by nature and knew where I wanted to go (with "Caught") but wasn't sure how to get there.

JL: That sounds familiar. I know my starting point and end point, but between home and the store, so to speak, there are many streets to take.

AB: Are there any other authors out there you can recommend that you find inspiring because of their ability to get the humorous tone right? (serious subjects or not serious)

Christopher Moore and Janet Evonovich come to mind as writers with a deft hand at comedy, but their subjects aren't serious. If there are writers out there who mix humor with heavier material, I haven't seen their work. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

AB: I'm still a pretty newbie writer so I do study and analyse reviews. (Both of my own books and other authors's stories).

JL: Mike Kimera, who writes straight erotica, has a sig line that says: "What you read is not what I wrote." So every reader brings something to the story that the writer never envisioned. That's cool and a bit scary at the same time. Sometimes, it means reading a review and wondering if that person read the same book that you did.

AB: Is it that they don't understand the Dom/sub dynamic?

JL: Not every book is for every reader. Many readers want a fantasy Dom figure. Hector is deeply flawed. I didn't deliver the reader's expectation. That doesn't mean that they're wrong. It just means that Chaos Magic isn't for them.

AB: Or is it that some readers take their character's worth at the face value of how the POV character sees them?

JL: Or maybe they're completely overlooking Sam's idealized view of Hector and thinking that something doesn't seem right about him. And they'd be right. Hector should be sending up red warning flags from time to time. Sam has pretty much proven that he's the worst judge of people, ever. From Marcus to Brett, he makes a lot of excuses for inexcusable behavior.

(Part of the discussion on the Yahoo group had been about writing stories in limited third or first person POV compared to multi character POV. "Chaos Magic" is told only from one viewpoint, but some of Jay's other books are multi-third. I related my experiences then posed this..)

AB: I'm finding all sorts of reasons why people don't like first person. The latest one being that women (who make up the bulk of m/m romances) find it a bit squiky during the sex scenes, especially writing it)?

JL: To answer the question posed in your review, I'm female. I don't have any problem writing sex from a male POV. What other POV are you going to get in m/m?

AB: Are you going to deliberately go down one path or the other or will it depend on the story?

I come from an erotica background. Erotica tends to be written first person because it's part of the literary genre. Romance tends to be written in third person. If the audience I intend to write for are romance readers, I try to write in third because that's what they expect. That's what feels "right" to them. I can't think of any other genre where the readers dictate the content and style of books to the writers the way that they do in Romance. Science fiction writers would go into vaporlock if a reader said, "I started to read your book, but it was written in first person, so I chucked it across the room." Romance readers say stuff like that all the time. On the other hand, when you're 50% of the book market, I guess you can say things like that.

AB: Next question: (You're being very patient with me if you've got this far! LOL.
I see you write either paranormal or scifi. Not that I define "Chaos Magic" as paranormal. When I read it, I saw the Gods as either persona Sam overlays on real neighbours or products of his imagination designed to give him an "out". However, maybe I'll go with the paranormal definition. Is there a reason you've done this?

JL: I call it magical realism, but it gets lumped in with paranormal because what that's the big marketing umbrella that fits over it.

How you feel about the reality of the Gods is up to your interpretation, although the phasing is hard to explain away as Sam's imagination, as is the ability to make things appear at hand. In my interpretation, they are real gods in the Hindu view where godhood is simply a state of being like being a hungry ghost or a human, or any of the other possible states of being. It's not eternal.

AB: I noted at one point in "Chaos Magic" that Brett says: "By the way, I sent in our registration for the spring rugby league." In LA is that another way of saying rugby competition?

JL: Brett and Sam play basketball in what we'd call pick-up games - meaning that they show up at the courts and they just start playing a game with any other guys there. There's no schedule and no set teams. Leagues are defined teams with scheduled games. They can be very competitive with uniforms and semi-pro coaches. On the other end of the scale, my sister plays softball in a mixed-gender league, and they keep a cooler of beer out by second base so you can have a drink during an inning. So some leagues are more about the social aspect, and the game is the excuse to get out of the house.

Why did I include it? When I wanted to show the guys playing sports together without having to write a game scene, I picked rugby because I have friends in New York who play on a gay rugby team (Gotham Knights) and that fit what I envisioned.

AB: Lastly, but by no means least. I vaguely recall reading somewhere that you write under different names. Are any of these in the m/m field?

JL: I have several other pen names. The only one that will matter to you is Kathleen Bradean. Kathleen is my girl smut pen name. Jay is for boy smut. I don't write m/m under any other name.

AB: Thanks for your patience. So much for my couple of limited questions, huh? I do this sometimes with authors I like. But relax, they'll tell you that after a couple of emails where I picked their brain for info, I cease and desist. LOL.

A.B. - I'm flattered. I'm also glad to share any info I can, so don't be afraid to ask.

What a honey. I'm really looking forward to reading the sequels.

"Chaos Magic" by Jay Lygon

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Chaos Magic by Jay Lygon


To prepare myself for writing a character who is into BDSM, I asked my Goodreads buddy, Kate, what were the best BDSM books she'd read. She named a few, half of which I already had, but one I hadn't was "Chaos Magic" by Jay Lygon.
Crappy cover, no headless torso or hunky guys to perv over, just lots of purple and yellow and what looked like a shrine.
I started reading.
By page 3, I had emailed Kate to say that the book rocked. Well, actually the comment was "…love it already. That's what subs are like, horny as fuck. Hope the standard stays that high."
By page 24, I was searching the web to find out who Jay Lygon was.
By page 65, I was searching for my credit card and hoping Torquere Press's 15% off offer was still valid so I could buy everything else he/she had written. You can never be sure nowadays. Doesn't matter. At least there was no giggling gerties, chicks with dicks or any of the other things that put me off when I'm reading m/m.
By page 150, things started to turn sour. From now on I'd be judging all my attempts at humor against this and mine would come up wanting.
By the end, I was ready to hand in my Writer's Union Card. Sometimes for an author there is nothing more depressing than coming across one who does all the things you're trying to do, but, oh, so much better.
You're laughing but you're crying.
According to its hero, Sam, mirth pours from the outside corners of people's eyes, sorrow from the inside.
Mine were watering from both ends.
Why? Because this book does another thing I've been trying to do and does it brilliantly, ie deal with difficult subjects in a way that ensures the reader appreciates the message while still being entertained.
At first glance, the book might be about BDSM, at second glance it might be about a weird sort of real world 'magic', but underlying all this is an incredibly powerful story about fear, depression, loss of control, lack of self worth and most of all domestic violence.
I'd read advertisements and articles in gay newspapers about support groups for victims, quoting stats that say the incidence is much higher in the LGBT community but often because of various factors is never reported. It's a subject that's rarely if ever included in m/m romances which is understandable in a way. Yet this difficult but real problem is at the heart of "Chaos Magic" just as it is at the heart of its hero, Sammy.
Jay Lygon uses humor, like the white ropes that Sammy loves so much to wrap that subject up. Winding it around and around with cunning knots, exposing just the vulnerable parts. Making the process bearable and at the same time increasing the intensity when the harsh reality is inflicted.
The main ropes are the Gods that Sammy sees. Like Angelena the God of traffic:

"From Simi Valley to south of Tijuana is a solid band of humanity, probably 20 million people, and every single soul, no matter what religion they think they follow, prays to the Goddess every time they hit the road. That's an impressive power base. I mean, think about it."

This Ducati restoring God is aided by Deal, the God of Negotiation, and the Thai born Crash, the God of computers. These beings take on a life of their own as they look after Sam and try to steer him on the right course. Mind you even they argue amongst themselves much as the Gods on Olympus used to:

"You pray to the Goddess of Traffic every day," the Lotto God complained. "No one thinks of me until the pot reaches thirty million."

But at the heart of the story are Sam and his new Master. The question is, will the past continue to haunt Sam or will he be able to overcome his fear and find out who he truly is.
Okay, maybe it's a case of 'What rock have you been hiding under, AB?' because everyone else has heard of "Chaos Magic" and read it. But if you haven't and you love reading a story where the sex scenes are an integral part, and if you want an emotionally satisfying read that packs a punch, get on the back of Jay Lygon's bike, hang on for grim death and let him take you on the ride of your life.
I'd give it six stars if I could, failing that I'm happy to take one off every review I've ever had for one of my stories, just to put this one up that little bit higher. Jay Lygon is the God of writing.


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My Goodreads review of "Trey #3" by Bryl Tyne

Trey #3 by Bryl R. Tyne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another great book from Bryl Tyne. This is my version of how it came about....

"Thwack."
I opened my eyes, or tried to at least. What, in God's name had I drunk last night? A large shape loomed before me, tapping what looked like a large stick against one hand. He didn't look happy.
"Who.. who… are you?" I swallowed. If he was who I thought he was. I was in deep shit.
"I believe you refer to me as Big Daddy, Bryl." He glared at me. "I've...

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