A Private Gentleman
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 160928898X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Not only because, for once, the sex is for pleasure and not for profit. They are joined by tendrils of a shameful, unspoken history. The closer his shy, poppy-addicted lover lures him to the light of love, the harder his past works to drag him back into the dark.There’s only one way out of this tangle. Help Wes face the fears that cripple him—right after Michael finds the courage to reveal the devastating truth that binds them.Warning: Contains wounded heroes, bibliophilic tendencies, orchid obsessions, a right bastard of a marquis, and gay men who get happily-ever-afters.. When he hears rumors of an exotic new orchid sighted at a local hobbyist’s house, though, he girds himself with opiates and determination to attend a house party, hoping to sneak a peek.He finds the orchid, yes…but he finds something else even more rare and exquisite: Michael Vallant. He is master of his own world—until Wes. Professional sodomite.Michael climbed out of an adolescent hell as a courtesan’s bastard to become successful and independent-minded, seeing men on his own terms, protected by a powerful friend. To seal thei
Not without flaws, but brilliant…I fell in love with the sheer beauty of the writing”—Dear Author on Dance With Me (B+)“This is a fabulous little story. That is this book. And I adored it." -- Sarah Frantz at Dear Author“I don’t think anything can do justice to this book except reading it AGAIN. It’s just…brilliant. "Sometimes the love story should be about the victims, the non-Alphas, the ones who are left behind, the ones who aren't strong -- but of course, are the strongest of us all. At this level of craft, can the five stars be in question?when you hav
Dogs and Books said So sloppy. So disappointing. Just plain bad.. Terrific premise -- noble lord with devastating stammer, and rentboy who as a child was raped by said lord's father, meet and fall in love. So much potential for fabulous melodrama. If only, if only, the execution were half as good. A quarter as good. But no:1. To judge by how many PDAs and how much sex/near sex the leads have in public/near public, you'd think m/m sex had been legal, rather than, . "Great story" according to John A.. .with depth. Author knows 12 steps and how they work. A little flamboyant now and then, but the characters cared for each other. Better still, I cared, too.. Jenny Kay said Better content trigger warning needed. I have loved previous books by Heidi. I appreciate her including edgy material and taking her characters past stereotypical twinks and gym clones. But I couldn't complete this story because of the unpleasant backstory.SPOILER AND TRIGGER WARNING:I won't read about child rape and forced incest for entertainment. I have seen too much of the real life impacts of these crimes with friends and with clie