GayRomLit Retreat: Rick R. Reed

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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 Rick R. Reed: Rick R. Reed is all about exploring the romantic entanglements of gay men in contemporary, realistic settings. While his stories often contain elements of suspense, mystery and the paranormal, his focus ultimately returns to the power of love. He is the author of dozens of published novels, novellas, and short stories. He is a three-time EPIC eBook Award winner (for Orientation, The Blue Moon Cafe, and Caregiver). His novel, Raining Men, also won the Rainbow Award for Best Contemporary General Fiction. Lambda Literary Review has called him, "a writer that doesn't disappoint." Rick lives in Seattle with his husband and a very spoiled Boston terrier. He is forever "at work on another novel."
Website: http://www.rickrreed.com

Rick R. Reed is offering a copy of Legally Wed 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.

Legally Wed by Rick R. Reed
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 3, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1627982043
ISBN-13: 978-1627982047
Amazon: Legally Wed
Amazon Kindle: Legally Wed

Love comes along when you least expect it. That’s what Duncan Taylor’s sister, Scout, tells him. Scout has everything Duncan wants—a happy life with a wonderful husband. Now that Seattle has made gay marriage legal, Duncan knows he can have the same thing. But when he proposes to his boyfriend Tucker, he doesn’t get the answer he hoped for. Tucker’s refusal is another misstep in a long line of failed romances. Despairing, Duncan thinks of all the loving unions in his life—and how every one of them is straight. Maybe he could be happy, if not sexually compatible, with a woman. When zany, gay-man-loving Marilyn Samples waltzes into his life, he thinks he may have found his answer.

Determined to settle, Duncan forgets his sister’s wisdom about love and begins planning a wedding with Marilyn. But life throws Duncan a curveball. When he meets wedding planner Peter Dalrymple, unexpected sparks ignite. Neither man knows how long he can resist his powerful attraction to the other. For sure, there’s a wedding in the future. But whose?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I love the premise of this book!

Susan
skadlec1@yahoo.com

[(Anonymous)]

Please count me in!

Trix, vitajex(At)Aol(Dot)com

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds great. I've had this one on my list for a while.

Barbra
aelnova@aol.com

[lisa-thecat.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that not all gay people are pro gay marriage. Even more don't believe in marriage at all. Personally I support it as a basic human right, but, yeah, it's not for everybody - gay or straight. I am curious how this books deals with it. It sounds like a good story. Also... wow, hot cover! Please consider me for this one!

[whitestar.livejournal.com]

How did Rick Reed come up with a name like 'Dalrymple'? That's not exactly common.

Count me in please :)

[gaily2.livejournal.com]

I have enjoyed previous books by this author, please count me in.

Legally Wed by Rick R. Reed

[sula_pb]

What an interesting story, a wonder how many hearts are going to be broken or if this will be a HEA as the characters end up marrying the right people, please count me in I would love to find out.