Top 100 Gay Novel: Caught Running by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Brandon and Jake went highschool together but never have been friend. Brandon was a nerd, homeschooling till his sophomore years and more interested in biology than baseball and Jake was a total jock, whose only interested was sport and the chance to have a scholarship on baseball.

But fifteen years later they are both again in the same highschool, Brandon struggling to have his second doctorate and Jake recovering from a bad injury which has stopped his professional carrer even before it started. And now they have to team up while Brandon cover up his teaching hour coaching with Jake.

Jake and Brandon are both gay, but seems that their gayradars need a check, cause even if both lust on each other, neither of them seem able to do the first move. Brandon is still mulling over the jock vs nerd matter of his highschool years, and Jake fears too much to be seen as the classical dull coach. Even if they are grown men, they act like two teenager with their first crush.

The story is pretty long but even if it is fairly smooth, without any significatn twist, it manages to be compelling till the end. First you want to see how they got together and who will do the first move, and then you want to see if they will be able to stay together (do not forget that they live in Georgia, and I don't think it's simple for a gay couple to live openly together there).

At the end of the book there are some open point (take in mind this word, California, and reading the book you will know what I mean) that I'd like to better understand, but overall I'm really satisfy with my reading: the story is classic and a bit romantic, the sex is well written and arousing, and the two characters are both cute and tender (I don't feel a real alpha male in the couple, they are almost on the same level)

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/caughtrunning/caughtrunningbuynow.htm

Amazon: Caught Running
Amazon Kindle: Caught Running
Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0980101883
ISBN-13: 978-0980101881

Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban's In the Spotlight post: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1350682.html

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Comments

[maxfromathens.livejournal.com]

I haven't read this story, but I can understand them from both side(maybe a bit different way).
So-called jock type doesn't read books nor knows how to wear clothes(there are few exception though). While nerd type is usually poor dresser and weak...
So I prefer jock and that's why I'm clinging to blog to have someone who can talk about books!(second sigh of the day...)

I think baseball is a bit clunky sport.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Jake, the jock, hides books under the sport news to avoid to be joking by his colleagues. And Brandon, the nerd, is really a good looking man who is uncomfortable around people cause he has had a lonely childhood. It's a good story, well plotted.

Elisa

[maxfromathens.livejournal.com]

>hides books under the sport news to avoid to be joking by his colleagues

Why? Oh, poor man, he is surrounded by genuine jocks.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Preconcepts I think. Like me. I work in IT industry so people think I'm very square and aloof, and instead...

[maxfromathens.livejournal.com]

>Preconcepts I think.

Yes, people is always clinging to it.

[snowmore.livejournal.com]

Elisa,
I came to see if you have read stories by Ms. Roux and Ms. Urban. I recently read "Caught Running" and enjoyed it immensely. I am now reading "Cut & Run" and am enjoying it a lot as well. To take you to this story quickly, click here (https://dreamspinnerpress.com/currenttitles/cutandrun/cutandrunbuynow.htm)

I can't wait to get in bed at night to read this story. I'm very sure you will enjoy it, too. Perhaps you have already read it.

Have a lovely Christmas, Elisa.

Robin

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Ciao Robin. Yes I read other Roux and Urban works and I like how they write. I also have Cut & Run but still need to read it. Buon Natale also to you!

Elisa