TWO GREAT LGBT READS!

If you’ve been following my recent posts—and I sure hope you have—we’ve been talking about older gay characters in LGBT lit. Today I’d like to feature two books I love by two writers I very much admire.

First up is Henry and Jim, by J.M. Snyder, a lovely and loving reminiscence of a gay relationship. This beautifully written short story will grab you at the first sentence and keep you reading to the story’s poignant and magical end. Definitely not to be missed.

Short Synopsis:

Henry and Jim is a bittersweet short story about a lifetime love affair. Henry and Jim have spent a life in love, from the very first date arranged by Henry's sister, through the rocky times they worked to make ends meet, and into their twilight years. Old men now, Henry reminisces about the love they've shared as he learns to cope with Jim's fading memory and his own fear of being forgotten by the only man he's ever loved.”


When The Stars Come Out is Rob Byrnes at his very best. This intelligent, witty, and charming gay romance should be on everyone’s reading list—gay or straight.

Here’s what one reviewer had to say about this sophisticated, funny, and terrifically fast-paced read:

“Smart, wealthy, and good-looking, Noah Abraham should have no trouble meeting someone new. Still, there’s the ennui laced with desperation he feels when faced with the brick wall of his longtime project: interviewing closeted people in D.C. politics for a book he fears will never happen. In New York to see his post-heart-attack dad—famous attorney Max Abraham—he agrees to take dad’s trophy wife, Tricia, to a gay bar. There she establishes herself as Miss Popularity with the smokers outside, while Noah mopes inside until a handsome stranger makes contact while ordering a drink. Turns out Bart is the personal assistant to former star Quinn Scott, who needs a writer to help craft his tell-all memoirs. Ex-wife Kitty, now a Hollywood force, wants to sabotage this laundering of dirty linen, so the plot thickens delightfully. Byrnes turns out another deftly written and enticingly complex gay romance.” Whitney Scott, Booklist.


Bottom line: If you’re a reader, you can’t go wrong with either of these two skillful writers. If you’re a gay romance writer, like myself, these two writers have set the bar pretty high. ‘Nuff said.

If you’d like to recommend a favorite LGBT book(s) featuring long time relationships and mature main characters please let me know. Comments are always welcome.

On Saturday, August 23, I’ll be blogging over at Writers Online about more writerly things. I’ll keep ya posted.


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Thanks for dropping by and more later next week.

The best is yet to come.

Paul