Precious Ache by Amanda Young

I have a kink (only one?!?): I like stories where the two partners have different height... is there a name for this type of kink? Anyway, when I read the blurb of this story I knew that I would like it: one of the main character is 7 feet and 6 inches tall!

Dave is a shy geek young guy. 24 years old, he grew faster than the other guys, and I don't mean in physical way. He lost his parents when still a child and was raised in various foster homes; he couldn't wait the day when he turned 18 years old and went to College, since in that way he would be independent. The loneliness he brought from the foster house, follows him in his adult life, and now Dave is an independent professional web designer, with no one to refer to. But this also means that he seldom has the chance to meet someone, and his social life is a mess. Hating to draw attention everytime he steps out of home, he prefers to stay hidden; if he wants sex, he has no problem, he can simple enter a club and cruise a man to take to a backroom... when speaking of sex, no one complains about his measures. But now Dave wants something more, he wants a relationship. And this is when he meets again Micah, one of the guys who shared with him a foster home for some months, and the protagonist of a lot of his juvenile wet dreams.

Micah was and still is a good guy, the boy next door type, the bachelor whose house is always open to friends. But he is also a divorced man with still a ring on his hand, maybe memento of a lost love? Dave can't avoid to frequent the man, and he wants to frequent him, even if is a sweet ache having him around, but in no way he can let slip what he really feels for his friend.

Dave is a blind man, he can't see in him all the good quality he has, and so, in a way, he presents himself badly to the other people. But he is really young, only 24 years old, and so it's not too late to find someone who helps him to come out from his lair. And Micah, with his generosity and positive attitude is the right man.

A medium long story, less than 80 pages, without much twist and turn; it's really only a story of guy meets guy, guy falls in love for guy, guy "marries" guy (in the figurative meaning, not literally). They even have a dog per one, and when there is a dog around, especially a puppy, the story is for sure a sweet romance.

Amazon Kindle: Precious Ache
Publisher: ALY Books (March 12, 2011)

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Kate Ross (June 21, 1956 - March 12, 1998)

Kate Ross (June 21, 1956 - March 12, 1998), born Katherine Jean Ross, was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about dandy Julian Kestrel.

The novels in the series are Cut to the Quick (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for Best Historical Mystery, A Broken Vessel (1995), Whom the Gods Love (1996), and The Devil in Music (1997), which won the 1997 Agatha Award for Best Novel. The Lullaby Thief (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology Crime Through Time, edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman.

Ross was also a trial lawyer for the Boston law firm of Sullivan & Worcester and a graduate of Wellesley College and the Yale Law School. She died of cancer in 1998.

First Book - Cut to the Quick (1994)

Last Book - The Devil in Music (1997)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Ross

Precious Ache by Amanda Young

I have a kink (only one?!?): I like stories where the two partners have different height... is there a name for this type of kink? Anyway, when I read the blurb of this story I knew that I would like it: one of the main character is 7 feet and 6 inches tall!

Dave is a shy geek young guy. 24 years old, he grew faster than the other guys, and I don't mean in physical way. He lost his parents when still a child and was raised in various foster homes; he couldn't wait the day when he turned 18 years old and went to College, since in that way he would be independent. The loneliness he brought from the foster house, follows him in his adult life, and now Dave is an independent professional web designer, with no one to refer to. But this also means that he seldom has the chance to meet someone, and his social life is a mess. Hating to draw attention everytime he steps out of home, he prefers to stay hidden; if he wants sex, he has no problem, he can simple enter a club and cruise a man to take to a backroom... when speaking of sex, no one complains about his measures. But now Dave wants something more, he wants a relationship. And this is when he meets again Micah, one of the guys who shared with him a foster home for some months, and the protagonist of a lot of his juvenile wet dreams.

Micah was and still is a good guy, the boy next door type, the bachelor whose house is always open to friends. But he is also a divorced man with still a ring on his hand, maybe memento of a lost love? Dave can't avoid to frequent the man, and he wants to frequent him, even if is a sweet ache having him around, but in no way he can let slip what he really feels for his friend.

Dave is a blind man, he can't see in him all the good quality he has, and so, in a way, he presents himself badly to the other people. But he is really young, only 24 years old, and so it's not too late to find someone who helps him to come out from his lair. And Micah, with his generosity and positive attitude is the right man.

A medium long story, less than 80 pages, without much twist and turn; it's really only a story of guy meets guy, guy falls in love for guy, guy "marries" guy (in the figurative meaning, not literally). They even have a dog per one, and when there is a dog around, especially a puppy, the story is for sure a sweet romance.

Amazon Kindle: Precious Ache
Publisher: ALY Books (March 12, 2011)

Reading List:

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

Behind the Cover: Ann Cantor

This is probably a nice mystery to uncover: Ann Cantor was an illustrator for Avon Books when Avon Books was not yet the synomimous for romance. What probably attracted me to this cover artist was the romantic and classy women in an era when big boobs and naked flesh was a must. And that she was a woman (Ann), probably the only one I found in that time. But unfortunately I haven't found any other info, if someone can redirect me to a source, please do.



 

 

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Behind the Cover: Ann Cantor

This is probably a nice mystery to uncover: Ann Cantor was an illustrator for Avon Books when Avon Books was not yet the synomimous for romance. What probably attracted me to this cover artist was the romantic and classy women in an era when big boobs and naked flesh was a must. And that she was a woman (Ann), probably the only one I found in that time. But unfortunately I haven't found any other info, if someone can redirect me to a source, please do.



 

 

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Not My Wolf by Eden Cole

This is only a novella but I think the author is planning a whole series based on this shapeshifters pack living in Colorado. This is not a big world setting, but more a small town type of feeling; even the pack itself is small, and more like a enlarged family than a big community. Corey, the Alpha, is more like a father or the boss of a small firm; not all the people he manages are happy with this choice, Corey is not exactly a domineering man; he is good and balanced, but I didn’t feel in him the core of a leader; his best characteristic is probably exactly this one, that he is able to take the right decision for the good of his pack, since he is not an hot blooded man.

Devin is more or less at the opposite; he has the body and the strength of a leader, of an Alpha, but he is not enough balanced. When he meets Corey, he recognizes in him his soul mate, and as such he never once questions the right of Corey to be a leader, but I think deep inside he doesn’t agree with that role casting. And in their private intercourse, far from outside eyes, Devin behaves like the top he wants to be.

This attitude of Devin is in everything he does, even in their sexual encounters: Corey is unsure of his own feelings, he has never been attracted before by men, but he knows deep inside that Devin is his mate; only that he would like to arrive to that conclusion alone, without being forced or pushed, and Devin has not enough patience to give him that time. Again in this relationship between them Corey proves that being a leader, the Alpha of a pack, is not only a question of strength: Devin is probably the stronger between them, but he would not be the right men to lead other people.

As I said this is a short novella, so you can consider it like an appetizer and the basis to be a nice M/M paranormal series are there.

http://www.amirapress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=321&zenid=40tboj6ceivb6ac54c7vlsq817

Amazon Kindle: Not My Wolf
Publisher: Amira Press (February 17, 2011)

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Not My Wolf by Eden Cole

This is only a novella but I think the author is planning a whole series based on this shapeshifters pack living in Colorado. This is not a big world setting, but more a small town type of feeling; even the pack itself is small, and more like a enlarged family than a big community. Corey, the Alpha, is more like a father or the boss of a small firm; not all the people he manages are happy with this choice, Corey is not exactly a domineering man; he is good and balanced, but I didn’t feel in him the core of a leader; his best characteristic is probably exactly this one, that he is able to take the right decision for the good of his pack, since he is not an hot blooded man.

Devin is more or less at the opposite; he has the body and the strength of a leader, of an Alpha, but he is not enough balanced. When he meets Corey, he recognizes in him his soul mate, and as such he never once questions the right of Corey to be a leader, but I think deep inside he doesn’t agree with that role casting. And in their private intercourse, far from outside eyes, Devin behaves like the top he wants to be.

This attitude of Devin is in everything he does, even in their sexual encounters: Corey is unsure of his own feelings, he has never been attracted before by men, but he knows deep inside that Devin is his mate; only that he would like to arrive to that conclusion alone, without being forced or pushed, and Devin has not enough patience to give him that time. Again in this relationship between them Corey proves that being a leader, the Alpha of a pack, is not only a question of strength: Devin is probably the stronger between them, but he would not be the right men to lead other people.

As I said this is a short novella, so you can consider it like an appetizer and the basis to be a nice M/M paranormal series are there.

http://www.amirapress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=321&zenid=40tboj6ceivb6ac54c7vlsq817

Amazon Kindle: Not My Wolf
Publisher: Amira Press (February 17, 2011)

Reading List:



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