Power Play

by G.A. Hauser

David Asher is next in line for a wonderful job. The President of the United States. David hoped with the new America- the open-minded accepting American public, that he had a chance at being the first out gay male president and David seemed to be the front runner in the polls. He had nothing to hide, a history of service in the military, a degree in law from Harvard and had served in nearly every branch of the government. At a fundraiser he meets a man. A model. A French model. Deon Gael, is not just a pretty face. He is brilliant and charismatic and the two men arrange for a simple dinner after the fundraiser. Nothing to worry about- both men are out, have wonderful backgrounds and there is nothing haunting the idea of a companionship blooming… Until… Someone is out to get David Asher. And David is confounded as to who it could be. All his life he has been accepted, honored and not felt the sting of homophobia. On the contrary, he championed the Supreme Court to finally make same sex rights equal in all fifty states. Soon malicious tweets which his staff is trying to downplay, become viral. David tries not to be concerned until a man suddenly begins to stalk Deon. Deon is no wilting flower and can take care of himself, but his first loyalty is to David; to not risk anything that will jeopardize David’s chance at becoming the most powerful man on earth. Though everyone on David’s campaign staff is telling David to stay away from Deon, to not become the fallout of some sleazy affair with a fashion model, David is compelled towards Deon, knowing Deon is not what he appears. Deon is a powerful man of intellect and style. A man whom David cannot seem to resist. But in Washington, power means everything. And the identity of the stalker, the man out to ruin David’s life and career, shocks him to the core. Power at play. It’s what separates the men from the boys.

218 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2014

About the author

About the Author Award-winning author G.A. Hauser was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA and attended university in New York City. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked as a patrol officer with the Seattle Police Department. In early 2000 G.A. moved to Hertfordshire, England where she began her writing in earnest and published her first book, In the Shadow of Alexander. Now a full-time writer, G.A. has written over eighty novels, including several best-sellers of gay fiction. GA is also the Executive Producer for her first feature film, CAPITAL GAMES. For more information on other books by G.A., visit the author at her official website. www.authorgahauser.com G.A. has won awards from All Romance eBooks for Best Author 2010, 2009, Best Novel 2008, Mile High, and Best Author 2008, Best Novel 2007, Secrets and Misdemeanors, Best Author 2007.

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Reviews

[AussieMum]

Edit-Oct 2017
13 people have rated this 5stars but NOT ONE has left an actual review. My review still stands and seeing as no one is saying why they liked this it's going on my "nope" shelf.

Original review
I only read the sample but a few pages in, Deon, the sexy French model, and David, the US Senator, make a date with each other for later that night. Then there's a POV switch to an unnamed character pretending to be from hotel room service who delivers Deon champagne. He tells Deon he's actually a fan who's snuck in to meet him and Deon feels 'guilty' because the champagne was expensive so he lets the guy give him a pretty uninspiring bj in the bedroom - which the guy films and takes photos of without Deon knowing.

Then a few hours later they have their date.

Obviously it's a setup (we're told someone's hacked into the senators email) but it was a little ridiculous to me. I'm not worried so much about the bj being considered cheating (the MC aren't yet in a relationship) as I am about Deon being such an idiot to not notice the guy was filming and taking photos and the fact that he let someone he'd only known 60 seconds and who had snuck past hotel security blow him.

There's only ratings so far but I'd need to read some actual written reviews before I actually consider buying this.