Two In, Two Out (Heroes 2) by G.A. Hauser

After the story about the two lifeguards, G.A. Hauser continues in her dream men imaginary with two “hot” firemen, pun intended.

Blake and Hunter are fellow firemen and friends. It’s a joyous bartering between them, an innocent teasing. At least this is what both men believe: Blake and Hunter are so much in the closet that they don’t have the courage to come out neither to each other.

Hunter was burnt in the past, when he was with the San Diego FD he decided to be open with his sexuality and he was ostracized for that so much that, in the end, he decided to move out and be transferred in Los Angeles. He fantasized that Los Angeles was better, more gay friendly, but it’s not, and so Hunter is again in the closet. Worst, he has the hot for his fellow fireman Blake, that is also a very nice man, accepting Hunter’s teasing always with a smile but never letting go if he reciprocates.

Blake has long known that he is gay, but he fears the judgment of friends and family. From a very religious family, he has a bit the complex of “sin”: even if he is all right with his sexuality, I feel that he has some guilty feelings. Blake is basically a very nice man, good cook and family man, but due to his stubbornly intent on staying firmly in the closet, he is denying himself the joy of an open relationship.

It’s not helping them that around them seem to popping out gay men everywhere: Tanner and Josh, the two lifeguards who are protagonist of the previous book in the series, and Mickey and Jeff, who will be in the next one. Plus some other men that will be probably in other books in the series, if the author will continue it. G.A. Hauser is continuing with a spin off of her famous Los Angeles soap-opera whose main characters were Mark and Steve, also them, male model and former cop, two epitome of Gay Romance fantasies.

Blake and Hunter are a bit less faulty than her previous characters, they preserve the effrontery that is a trademark of G.A. Hauser, and like before, they are also high emotional and not scared to show their feelings, even with tears if necessary, but this time they are more aware that they are not living in a soap-opera, that it’s not easy to be an out man in a macho man field, that not only it’s not easy, but even dangerous. There is a bit a real life that intrudes in the romance, but after all, again, the romance is stronger.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Two+In+Two+Out/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Two In - Two Out

Series: Heroes
1) Man to Man: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/891687.html
2) Two In, Two Out

Reading List:

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Two In, Two Out (Heroes 2) by G.A. Hauser

After the story about the two lifeguards, G.A. Hauser continues in her dream men imaginary with two “hot” firemen, pun intended.

Blake and Hunter are fellow firemen and friends. It’s a joyous bartering between them, an innocent teasing. At least this is what both men believe: Blake and Hunter are so much in the closet that they don’t have the courage to come out neither to each other.

Hunter was burnt in the past, when he was with the San Diego FD he decided to be open with his sexuality and he was ostracized for that so much that, in the end, he decided to move out and be transferred in Los Angeles. He fantasized that Los Angeles was better, more gay friendly, but it’s not, and so Hunter is again in the closet. Worst, he has the hot for his fellow fireman Blake, that is also a very nice man, accepting Hunter’s teasing always with a smile but never letting go if he reciprocates.

Blake has long known that he is gay, but he fears the judgment of friends and family. From a very religious family, he has a bit the complex of “sin”: even if he is all right with his sexuality, I feel that he has some guilty feelings. Blake is basically a very nice man, good cook and family man, but due to his stubbornly intent on staying firmly in the closet, he is denying himself the joy of an open relationship.

It’s not helping them that around them seem to popping out gay men everywhere: Tanner and Josh, the two lifeguards who are protagonist of the previous book in the series, and Mickey and Jeff, who will be in the next one. Plus some other men that will be probably in other books in the series, if the author will continue it. G.A. Hauser is continuing with a spin off of her famous Los Angeles soap-opera whose main characters were Mark and Steve, also them, male model and former cop, two epitome of Gay Romance fantasies.

Blake and Hunter are a bit less faulty than her previous characters, they preserve the effrontery that is a trademark of G.A. Hauser, and like before, they are also high emotional and not scared to show their feelings, even with tears if necessary, but this time they are more aware that they are not living in a soap-opera, that it’s not easy to be an out man in a macho man field, that not only it’s not easy, but even dangerous. There is a bit a real life that intrudes in the romance, but after all, again, the romance is stronger.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Two+In+Two+Out/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: Two In - Two Out

Series: Heroes
1) Man to Man: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/891687.html
2) Two In, Two Out

Reading List:

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

The Next Competitor by K.P. Kincaid

This is the classical sport romance, made of sweat and love and a great goal ahead of you. It’s also a Young Adult novel, but being the youngster legal (even if barely) gave me a little less the feeling to be a pervert for enjoying the kiddies “play”. For sure, If I’m a 16 years old who looks up to 18 and 19 years old boys like they are the coolest big men in the world, well this is definitely the right novel. So the author managed to satisfy two targets, the “old” ladies like me, and the young guys who want a romance without the angst that usually accompany a Young Adult novel.

To a teenager eyes, Alex is really this cool guy: 18 years old and already American National Champion in figure skating he is training for the Olympic Games. Since his coach, a former Russian Olympic champion, moved to Toronto, Alex, soon after high school, left his family and moved to Toronto to live alone and train. Actually it’s not so strange, many guys his age leave for college at the same time, but College is still, in a way, “school”, instead Alex is pursuing a Gold Medal! Sound fantastic, isn’t it? And instead, basically, Alex is training and training, and he is alone, in a city he doesn’t know, in a place where he has not friends. And it doesn’t help that Alex, truth be told, is a bit of a “queen”, and not since he is gay, but since he is not exactly a nice boy: he is bitchy and with some behavioural issues. Basically Alex is not able to count to 10 before open his mouth, and more time than not, he wounds the feelings of the people around him. In all of this, Alex being gay is actually his last trouble, he comes from a very liberal family, who didn’t blink twice when he came out in high school, and now that he is living in Canada, it’s not either a problem for society. All right, to avoid losing sponsorship, Alex is still not coming out to all the world, but it’s not that he is in a serious relationship or similar, remember, we are talking of an 18 years old boy, his major worries is to find someone to snog, not to plan his future family.

As usual the guy you think to hate is the one that instead makes your heart flutter, and the name is Matt. Figure skater in couple with a nice and very young girl, Matt is all perfect and nice boy where Alex is trouble. Friendly and always with a smile, at first Alex thinks him being boring, but he is basically the only other guy he can talk to, and he is gay like him, and so from a chat to a kiss, the step is short. I’m not saying that Matt is convenient, what I’m saying is that their story is sweet and tender, like it should be a story between teenager: no major drama in the love department, the real problem at their age is to be able to manage the tension and the competition, the be able to understand that, after all, you are still really young and the world is not ending tomorrow, even if you are not the first in the podium.

So yes, there is a love story, and there are also some “mild” sex scenes, obviously without details, but really, from an adult perspective, you don’t miss them. As you don’t miss the angst: I want to highlight again, this is a sweet story, made of light feelings, a nice example for the young readers to follow, and a warm story for the older readers to enjoy.

http://www.prizmbooks.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=59

Amazon: The Next Competitor

Reading List:

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

The Next Competitor by K.P. Kincaid

This is the classical sport romance, made of sweat and love and a great goal ahead of you. It’s also a Young Adult novel, but being the youngster legal (even if barely) gave me a little less the feeling to be a pervert for enjoying the kiddies “play”. For sure, If I’m a 16 years old who looks up to 18 and 19 years old boys like they are the coolest big men in the world, well this is definitely the right novel. So the author managed to satisfy two targets, the “old” ladies like me, and the young guys who want a romance without the angst that usually accompany a Young Adult novel.

To a teenager eyes, Alex is really this cool guy: 18 years old and already American National Champion in figure skating he is training for the Olympic Games. Since his coach, a former Russian Olympic champion, moved to Toronto, Alex, soon after high school, left his family and moved to Toronto to live alone and train. Actually it’s not so strange, many guys his age leave for college at the same time, but College is still, in a way, “school”, instead Alex is pursuing a Gold Medal! Sound fantastic, isn’t it? And instead, basically, Alex is training and training, and he is alone, in a city he doesn’t know, in a place where he has not friends. And it doesn’t help that Alex, truth be told, is a bit of a “queen”, and not since he is gay, but since he is not exactly a nice boy: he is bitchy and with some behavioural issues. Basically Alex is not able to count to 10 before open his mouth, and more time than not, he wounds the feelings of the people around him. In all of this, Alex being gay is actually his last trouble, he comes from a very liberal family, who didn’t blink twice when he came out in high school, and now that he is living in Canada, it’s not either a problem for society. All right, to avoid losing sponsorship, Alex is still not coming out to all the world, but it’s not that he is in a serious relationship or similar, remember, we are talking of an 18 years old boy, his major worries is to find someone to snog, not to plan his future family.

As usual the guy you think to hate is the one that instead makes your heart flutter, and the name is Matt. Figure skater in couple with a nice and very young girl, Matt is all perfect and nice boy where Alex is trouble. Friendly and always with a smile, at first Alex thinks him being boring, but he is basically the only other guy he can talk to, and he is gay like him, and so from a chat to a kiss, the step is short. I’m not saying that Matt is convenient, what I’m saying is that their story is sweet and tender, like it should be a story between teenager: no major drama in the love department, the real problem at their age is to be able to manage the tension and the competition, the be able to understand that, after all, you are still really young and the world is not ending tomorrow, even if you are not the first in the podium.

So yes, there is a love story, and there are also some “mild” sex scenes, obviously without details, but really, from an adult perspective, you don’t miss them. As you don’t miss the angst: I want to highlight again, this is a sweet story, made of light feelings, a nice example for the young readers to follow, and a warm story for the older readers to enjoy.

http://www.prizmbooks.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=59

Amazon: The Next Competitor

Reading List:

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

Perfect Par-Condicio at Armani Exchange

Ok, since I think Marlon Teixeira is still jailbait (last time I checked he was 17 years old...), I really shouldn't enjoy this picture:



It's taken from the shoot for Armani Exchange Spring/Summer 2010 campaign by Matthew Scrivens (the other model is Clint Mauro), and I don't know if they will use it, but just to be sure, they did an het picture, always with Clint but with a girl instead of Marlon:

( het version )

Wanna bet what picture I prefer? And please don't call the police!

ETA: I forgot that Marlon is not new to that type of poses... In his loooooooooong career, when he was 16 years old

( Marlon Teixeira, Michele Graglia & Ginnifer Goodwin by Steven Klein )

Perfect Par-Condicio at Armani Exchange

Ok, since I think Marlon Teixeira is still jailbait (last time I checked he was 17 years old...), I really shouldn't enjoy this picture:



It's taken from the shoot for Armani Exchange Spring/Summer 2010 campaign by Matthew Scrivens (the other model is Clint Mauro), and I don't know if they will use it, but just to be sure, they did an het picture, always with Clint but with a girl instead of Marlon:

( het version )

Wanna bet what picture I prefer? And please don't call the police!

ETA: I forgot that Marlon is not new to that type of poses... In his loooooooooong career, when he was 16 years old

( Marlon Teixeira, Michele Graglia & Ginnifer Goodwin by Steven Klein )