GayRomLit Retreat: Dev Bentham

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Starting from March up until September I will feature authors attending the GayRomLit Retreat in Chicago (October 16-19, 2014: http://gayromlit.com/grl-authors).

Today author is Dev Bentham: Dev Bentham lives in Northern Wisconsin with her Boston terrier and Chicago sweetie. She has published short stories, poetry, newspaper articles and academic papers. She’s worked in nearly every profession from waitress to professor to open-water diver and now writes m/m romance out of an intense fascination with love, courage and gender. Her characters are flawed and damaged adult men who may not even know what they’re looking for, but when they meet their bershert, their true love, their lives are transformed. Her stories are set in the real world where gay men have gay friends, families who do or don’t accept them, personal histories they’re not necessarily proud of and a myriad of experiences that have made them who they are.
Website: http://www.devbentham.com

Dev Bentham is offering a copy of Learning from Isaac to one commenter on this blog. You can comment on LJ or DW if you have an account (I will send a PM to the winner), if you don't have an account, please leave a comment on DW with a contact email.

Learning from Isaac (Tarnished Souls) by Dev Bentham
Publisher: Love is a Light Press (April 13, 2014)
Amazon Kindle: Learning from Isaac (Tarnished Souls)

It’s hard to break out of a rut. For years, Nathan submerged himself into his job at St. Genevieve’s. He enjoys teaching, hates faculty meetings, loves his science and has committed himself to the cycle of college life. Along the way, he's become resigned to being a gay man in a straight culture, a Jew among Catholics, and single in a world of couples. Then the brilliant Isaac Wolf appears in his classroom. Isaac’s a few years older than his fellow students, gorgeous, self-composed and Jewish.

Isaac has his own secrets, which Nathan finds out at the racy new club downtown where the boys who dance out front can be bought in the back room. Nathan thinks he’s about to get a lap dance, but behind the beaded curtain the man on his knees turns out to be Isaac. Nathan's mind isn't the only thing Isaac blows. Afterward, Nathan can't stop thinking about that night. The question is whether Nathan can let himself fall in love with a student, much less someone with Isaac’s checkered past. Is it too late for a student to teach his professor the true nature of love and respect?

Comments

[pklo]

Dev sounds fantastic! Love to read it

New book - how'd I miss this one

[mtsnow13]

This looks like a great story Dev! Would love to win a copy *smiles*

Re: New book - how'd I miss this one

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't an entirely new book - it's a rewrite of the first Tarnished Souls story, a little updated and with a fabulous new cover by Jordan Castillo Price.

:) Dev

Dev Bentham

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Elisa, count me in the Dev Bentham draw please

Suze
Littlesuze at hotmail com

[ink_gypsy]

I want to thank you for introducing me to so many new authors. I'd love to win a copy of Dev's book.

[(Anonymous)]

As a former academic, I love stories about other professors! This sounds great, and I even know the general geographic area too.

Susan
skadlec1@yahoo.com

[(Anonymous)]

It sounds really intriguing!

vitajex(at)Aol(Dot)com

[(Anonymous)]

I'd like a chance to win this one too. Thanks. :-)
Barbra
aelnova@aol.com

[elena-62.livejournal.com]

Till now I've read one book by Dev and I liked it: ''Bread, Salt & Wine''. This is from the same series, and I'd like to take part to the draw.

Thank you!

Antonella

[bodleian.livejournal.com]

Please add me to the list.

[tizzzzez.livejournal.com]

Please include me in the draw as well. Thanks

[whitestar.livejournal.com]

Count me in please :)