Fallon’s Jewel by Sedonia Guillone

Kenji is a young beautiful man without memory living in a post apocalypse out of Earth planet. He has no memory of his past but one thing he is sure of, he is waiting for Mr Right: world can crash down, millenniums can pass, but Mr Right is still the strongest force to motivate the people with a pure and innocent heart.

Even if Kenji is working as bartender in a lap dance bar and bordello, he seems detached from what happens around him; he is kind and gentle with everyone, but, even if he has desires, like any other young man, he can’t bring himself to satisfy them, at least not until Fallon enters the bar. Kenji is always dreaming of an handsome fellow who is saving him, and Fallon seems to perfectly play the role. An Intergalactic Space Patrol officer, Fallon has just arrived in Terran A during his usual lap; recent widower, his partner has died in an accident two years before, Fallon is not really searching for solace, but Kenji is sweet and tempting, like a forbidden fruit. After only one night together, Fallon knows he will do everything to protect his “jewel”, his beautiful and precious Kenji.

This is your classical adventurous romance, with the protective hero, Fallon, who has to play his role with the damsel in distress, Kenji. Fallon is not exactly an Alpha man, he is not so stubborn and callous, and actually sometime he is more Han Solo than Luke Skywalker, but in the end he is able to do the job. The story has also its funny moments, especially when we “meet” Fallon’s parents, a Manchester housewife with the body of a quarterback and her “couch potato” husband: Fallon has not exactly aristocratic origins, all the opposite of his refined and gentle lover, Kenji, that even when has no memory of who he is, is able to behave, and even dress, like royalty.

The author has for sure a fascination with everything from the East, culture, religion, fashion; it’s clear in her description of Kenji and Kenji’s people custom: she put it in contraposition with Fallon’s culture, highlighting how Kenji represents peace and balance, but Fallon is strength and passion. A mix of both of them, represented by their relationship, is the perfect solution. Fallon has to protect Kenji, and what Kenji represents, even at the expenses of his own happiness.

Even if this should be an adventurous romance, with the crash-bum-bang of intergalactic fights, sometime it seemed more a video game, with the easy safety exits if you play the bonus; I haven’t really had the feeling that Fallon and Kenji were really in danger, it always seemed like they were able to find a way to escape. And then, both of them seemed more interested in what they could share in bed, then what actually was happening outside. In any case, even if the sex was plenty and good, the romance was always more, and romance “kisses”, with the damsel running into his hero arms, were plenty available all along.

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Fallon’s Jewel by Sedonia Guillone

Kenji is a young beautiful man without memory living in a post apocalypse out of Earth planet. He has no memory of his past but one thing he is sure of, he is waiting for Mr Right: world can crash down, millenniums can pass, but Mr Right is still the strongest force to motivate the people with a pure and innocent heart.

Even if Kenji is working as bartender in a lap dance bar and bordello, he seems detached from what happens around him; he is kind and gentle with everyone, but, even if he has desires, like any other young man, he can’t bring himself to satisfy them, at least not until Fallon enters the bar. Kenji is always dreaming of an handsome fellow who is saving him, and Fallon seems to perfectly play the role. An Intergalactic Space Patrol officer, Fallon has just arrived in Terran A during his usual lap; recent widower, his partner has died in an accident two years before, Fallon is not really searching for solace, but Kenji is sweet and tempting, like a forbidden fruit. After only one night together, Fallon knows he will do everything to protect his “jewel”, his beautiful and precious Kenji.

This is your classical adventurous romance, with the protective hero, Fallon, who has to play his role with the damsel in distress, Kenji. Fallon is not exactly an Alpha man, he is not so stubborn and callous, and actually sometime he is more Han Solo than Luke Skywalker, but in the end he is able to do the job. The story has also its funny moments, especially when we “meet” Fallon’s parents, a Manchester housewife with the body of a quarterback and her “couch potato” husband: Fallon has not exactly aristocratic origins, all the opposite of his refined and gentle lover, Kenji, that even when has no memory of who he is, is able to behave, and even dress, like royalty.

The author has for sure a fascination with everything from the East, culture, religion, fashion; it’s clear in her description of Kenji and Kenji’s people custom: she put it in contraposition with Fallon’s culture, highlighting how Kenji represents peace and balance, but Fallon is strength and passion. A mix of both of them, represented by their relationship, is the perfect solution. Fallon has to protect Kenji, and what Kenji represents, even at the expenses of his own happiness.

Even if this should be an adventurous romance, with the crash-bum-bang of intergalactic fights, sometime it seemed more a video game, with the easy safety exits if you play the bonus; I haven’t really had the feeling that Fallon and Kenji were really in danger, it always seemed like they were able to find a way to escape. And then, both of them seemed more interested in what they could share in bed, then what actually was happening outside. In any case, even if the sex was plenty and good, the romance was always more, and romance “kisses”, with the damsel running into his hero arms, were plenty available all along.

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The Inside Reader: J.L. Langley

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends - Silas Weir Mitchell

I didn't need to read J.L. Langley's inside reader list to know that I love it. J.L.'s books, aside being among the first Gay Romances I read, are also the lighter, funnier and most romantic. Same as I remember some of my favorite "old fashioned" romances, that I'm not surprised to find in this list. Julie Garwood (poor Alec will have his job in "taking care" of Jamie), Jude Deveraux (want to know why you don't have so many paper documents from the Elizabethian period? read this book), and other ladies of the romance, are able to bring a smile on your face while allowing your to fly with your mind. Same as J.L. Langley, that not for the first time, I associate with the best type of romance.

J.L. Langley's Inside Reader List

Oddly enough, I didn’t start out as a veracious reader. My love of books came late in life. As such, I haven’t read a lot of the classics. I’m pretty much a romance novel kind of gal so my top ten expresses that. I tried to pick books that reflect important things that have influenced my own writing.

1) The North and South trilogy (North and South, Love and War, Heaven and Hell) by John Jakes. I can only imagine how much research and time John Jakes’ puts into his novels. I have always loved the American Civil War Era. I’ve got several history books on the period, but these fiction books remain some of my favorite. I love the big plantations and the romanticism around them nearly as much as I hate the slavery aspect.

Mass Market Paperback: 812 pages
Publisher: Signet (June 1, 2000)
Publisher Link: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780451200815,00.html?strSrchSql=0451200810/North_and_South_John_Jakes
ISBN-10: 0451200810
ISBN-13: 978-0451200815
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The bestselling saga that has sold more than 5 million copies. The books that inspired the smash-hit television miniseries. Beautifully repackaged for the Dutton hardcover release of On Secret Service--John Jakes's long-awaited return to the Civil War years...

2) Lincoln And The First Shot by Richard N. Current. Not only do I love the romanticism of the big plantation but the politics of the Civil War fascinates me. I read this book in college and couldn’t put it down. I started reading it in my Civil War and Reconstruction history class and eventually ended up in the Art building lobby on a couch with book in hand instead of going to my next art class. It is a great look at President Lincoln and the event leading up to Ft. Sumter.

Paperback: 230 pages
Publisher: Waveland Press (February 1990)
ISBN-10: 0881334987
ISBN-13: 978-0881334982
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Encapsulating the important political and military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and nonprovocative measures. However, he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for having started it. As events turned out, he was no more the aggressor than was Jefferson Davis. In these pages, Current retraces step by step the influences and events that shaped Lincoln's controversial April policy, beginning with the new president's rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the mobilization for war. The Sumter question, as the author points out, "reflects and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the 'first shot.' It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War, the greatest of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of ordinary puzzles."

( books from 3 to 10 )

About J.L. Langley: JL has been talking since she was about seven months old. To those who know her it comes as no surprise, in fact, most will tell you she hasn’t shut up since. At eighteen months, she was speaking in full sentences. Imagine if you will the surprise of her admirers when they complimented her mother on “what a cute little boy” she had and received a fierce glare from said little boy and a very loud correction of “I’m a girl!” Oddly enough, JL still finds herself saying that exact phrase thirty-some-odd years later.

Along with the motormouth, JL also displayed a very vivid imagination and artistic ability. The artist first surfaced in way of drawing and painting, then became more apparent with dance. JL was a member of the National Art Honor Society in high school and has won several regional and national titles in dance, specifically tap and jazz. In college she majored in Graphic Art, but chose to make dance her profession. She taught tap, jazz and ballet for fifteen years before settling into her career as a writer.

Today JL is a full-time writer, with over ten novels to her credit. Among her hobbies she includes reading, practicing her marksmanship (she happens to be a great shot), gardening, working out (although she despises cardio), searching for the perfect chocolate dessert (so far as she can tell ALL chocolate is perfect, but it requires more research) and arguing with her husband over who the air compressor and nail gun really belongs to (they belong to JL, although she might be willing to trade him for his new chainsaw).

The Englor Affair (Sci-Regency) by J.L. Langley
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing (September 1, 2009)
Publisher Link: http://samhainpublishing.com/print/the-englor-affair-print
ISBN-10: 1605044075
ISBN-13: 978-1605044071
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In hiding who he was, Payton found himself…and the man he would grow to love. After his brother is kidnapped, Prince Payton Townsend masquerades as an Admiral’s assistant in order to track the culprits through the tangled mysteries of the planet Englor. He finds way more than he bargained for in the form of Marine Colonel Simon Hollister. Simon is no ordinary soldier. He’s heir to Englor and his life is mapped out for him: throne, bride, and eventually an heir. He never expected a dalliance with Payton to blossom into love, or that the organization that taught him to lead would threaten that love—and their lives. Danger and intrigue abound as they learn more about their shared enemy, and about each other. What they learn could help them rise above to an enduring love—or pull them apart.