Lies & Kisses by Masara Minase

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Tatsuya is a 26 yd wealthy business man with a purpose: he wants to find his lost stepbrother, Haru. Haru is the son of the second wife of his father, but since he was born, Tatsuya took care for him more like a son than a brother. But one day Haru and his mother disappeared and Tatsuya has never known what happened.

Now Haru, 17 yd, lives alone, the mother remarried more time and finally left him alone. He dropped school and lives jumping from a part time job to another. When he sees Tatsuya in a night club where he works, he immediately recognizes his brother but Tatsuya doesn't recognize him, having lied on his age to have the work and using the surname of his last stepfather.

Tatsuya is immediately draws by Haru and not in a brotherly way. Tatsuya seduces Haru and when the morning after he discovers the truth about their blood relationship, at first tries to keep at distance the boy, but then, when he sees in what poor condition he lives, he resolves to take Haru in with him, like a "brother", even if both believe the other doesn't know the truth.

When all the secrets are unveal, Tatsuya and Haru are convinced that they don't share a blood relationship, since Haru probably is not the true son of Tatsuya's father. But Tatsuya knows better, he knows that Haru shares with him a blood bond, but he can't resolve himself to let the boy go.

The drawning is beatiful, almost ethereal. And the story is pretty angst, not so lighthearted like other yaoi manga, but still is not too dramatic, and even if maybe you cringe a bit to the final decision of Tatsuya, you can also comprehend his resolution.

http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Kisses-Masara-Minase/dp/1933809582/

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