Assumption and prejudice – from beta readers

Reading (© Jenny Rollo)

Consider this.

My new book will be out in September and is anHEA M/M novelthat deals with a blind man and male prostitute who was thrown from the house as a young boybecause he was gay. When I passed it on to my beta readers they loved the story, its eroticism, and its passion, but some of the comments I got back dismayed me:

Gay kid thrown from the house and becomes a hustler is a bit passe.

500,000 gay kids on the streetright now,more than a few of them selling their...