Dreams Come True by Lisa Marie Davis

It's not the first time that I noticed, reading a novella by Lisa Marie Davis, that she has a very sweet romance perspective on the world... it's nice, it's innocent, it's fresh... probably it's not true, or it's too sugary, but it's made of the same material that dreams are. Cinderfellas, love at first sight, first love never forgotten... they are all elements of that type of romance that sometime is called in a derogatory way, Harlequin, the line that more represents them, but there are million of women all over the world who read that books bagful at once, so there must be something in them.

The novella is told from two point of view, James and Payton, the change in perspective starts at the beginning of every chapter. James was a fragile child, the classical library mouse, and he has always felt as if he was a disappointment for his father; James was not strong and agile enough to be up to his father expectation to have a jock son, and James learned soon enough that there was no way to change his mind. To add pain to shame, his sister Ava brought home the perfect boyfriend, Payton, handsome, clever and excellent in every sports; for all his youth James witnessed to his father's betrayal. It was not either that James was compared to Payton, there was no game, Payton was simple ignored. And James couldn't even fully hate Payton, since soon enough he discovered that he had a crush on his sister's boyfriend. After a youth of loneliness and the last refusal by his father when he came out to his family, James left for College and tried to forget his love for Payton, without a lot of success.

Meanwhile Payton had a fight for his own. Also him was gay, but he had not the courage to "officially" come out; when he did with his family he was refused like James, and so he depended to James' family to have a fake appearance of stability. He realized that he was hurting James, stealing the boy's father, but he was not strong enough to renounce to it. And slowly he fell in love for James, who silently suffered it all. Now both adult, Payton wants to conquer James' heart, and finally realize their dreams.

As I said there is quite a pink glasses perspective during all the romance; true, both James than Payton had very bad experiences of non acceptance, but all in all, they managed to overcome them and build a good life for them. It has to be said that they both came from a middle class environment, they suffered for the refusal of their relatives, but they have never had financial trouble, their parents never cut them off, and they had the chance to go away and build a life for their own. The sweet romance perspective is also clear in the sex, that is almost chaste, sometime even naive... the heroes are middle twenty men, but they behave like teenager.

Sincerely maybe someone could question on the truth of this story, but I have to say that it left me with a warm feeling. Is it true? for me it doesn't matter.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/novellas.htm#Dreams_Come_True

Amazon Kindle: Dreams Come True

Reading List:

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Brent Corrigan's Love Game

All right, this post is totally unnecessary, but I know that someone in my flist will like it... lisa_thecat for example? ;-)

Brent Corrigan (www.brentcorriganinc.com) shakes his money maker at Hydrate in Chicago. For more info on video maker Craig Seymour (www.craigseymour.com). Enjoy!

BTW the short white socks? Mmm not sure they were sexy ;-)

Brent Corrigan's Love Game

All right, this post is totally unnecessary, but I know that someone in my flist will like it... lisa_thecat for example? ;-)

Brent Corrigan (www.brentcorriganinc.com) shakes his money maker at Hydrate in Chicago. For more info on video maker Craig Seymour (www.craigseymour.com). Enjoy!

BTW the short white socks? Mmm not sure they were sexy ;-)

Str8te Boys by Evangeline Anderson

The lasting impression I have, after reading this book, is of young and sexy, of men that could be on a glossy magazine. It's an erotic dream and the author well know this, since she herself wrote that her characters can be an erotic imagery of both gay guys or straight girls. For gay since it shows two "apparently" straight boys that are hot for each other... it gives hope, isn't it? If the object of your desire is a straight man, reading about two straight men who realize that they can be attracted by another man let the gay guy believe that it can happen also to him, to find a straight man that can be "turned". And instead if you are a girl, it's sexier to read about two real "men" getting busy together; as the author wrote, the male fantasy about two women in bed is never played by lesbian, but always by the male idea of a beautiful woman.

Evangeline Anderson also plays along the "gay for you" theme that already explored in "The Assignment": Maverick and Duke are two college students and jocks. They met as freshmen in the same soccer team and they went to live together as roommate. They are real buddy friends, and Mav learned from Duke to be more open and friendly: the son of divorced parents, Duke replaced his lost family with a lot of friends, of every shades, straights, gays and in between. Mav, coming from a conservative family, has never thought to be possible to be like that and he is fascinated by his roommate; from looking to him in a perplexed way, after four years Mav actually respects his friend, and maybe he also envies him.

Duke is also a very touchy feeling guy, one who seems unable to don't couple his words with a hug, a massage or some other touch. Being him like that with everyone, Mav got used to it, and he has no trouble at all if not that lately he is starting to respond. He is starting to wonder how it would be to do something more, to go a step further. They start to play gay chicken, getting always more intimate and daring to other to give on first. At first I had the idea that the "gay for you" character was Duke, it seemed to me that it was Mav that started to question their friendship and to wonder. But then I realized that there was something strange, Duke was always to eager to start the dare. I realized that he had planned a slow seduction of his best friend, and Mav was trapped, and he didn't understand when it happened.

It would have been a perfect plan if Duke wasn't so eager and he didn't rush exactly when he was near the goal... not a right move for a skilled sportsman. Luckily for Duke, this is the romance, and the author doesn't ruin the mood; usually the "gay for you" themed novels have a heavy mood, but not this one, it always remains light and sexy.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/str8te-boys

Amazon Kindle: Str8te Boys

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Str8te Boys by Evangeline Anderson

The lasting impression I have, after reading this book, is of young and sexy, of men that could be on a glossy magazine. It's an erotic dream and the author well know this, since she herself wrote that her characters can be an erotic imagery of both gay guys or straight girls. For gay since it shows two "apparently" straight boys that are hot for each other... it gives hope, isn't it? If the object of your desire is a straight man, reading about two straight men who realize that they can be attracted by another man let the gay guy believe that it can happen also to him, to find a straight man that can be "turned". And instead if you are a girl, it's sexier to read about two real "men" getting busy together; as the author wrote, the male fantasy about two women in bed is never played by lesbian, but always by the male idea of a beautiful woman.

Evangeline Anderson also plays along the "gay for you" theme that already explored in "The Assignment": Maverick and Duke are two college students and jocks. They met as freshmen in the same soccer team and they went to live together as roommate. They are real buddy friends, and Mav learned from Duke to be more open and friendly: the son of divorced parents, Duke replaced his lost family with a lot of friends, of every shades, straights, gays and in between. Mav, coming from a conservative family, has never thought to be possible to be like that and he is fascinated by his roommate; from looking to him in a perplexed way, after four years Mav actually respects his friend, and maybe he also envies him.

Duke is also a very touchy feeling guy, one who seems unable to don't couple his words with a hug, a massage or some other touch. Being him like that with everyone, Mav got used to it, and he has no trouble at all if not that lately he is starting to respond. He is starting to wonder how it would be to do something more, to go a step further. They start to play gay chicken, getting always more intimate and daring to other to give on first. At first I had the idea that the "gay for you" character was Duke, it seemed to me that it was Mav that started to question their friendship and to wonder. But then I realized that there was something strange, Duke was always to eager to start the dare. I realized that he had planned a slow seduction of his best friend, and Mav was trapped, and he didn't understand when it happened.

It would have been a perfect plan if Duke wasn't so eager and he didn't rush exactly when he was near the goal... not a right move for a skilled sportsman. Luckily for Duke, this is the romance, and the author doesn't ruin the mood; usually the "gay for you" themed novels have a heavy mood, but not this one, it always remains light and sexy.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/str8te-boys

Amazon Kindle: Str8te Boys

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle