2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: All I'll Ever Need by J.P. Bowie

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All I'll Ever Need by J.P. Bowie
Gay Erotic Romance
Paperback: 206 pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing (March 13, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1784304794
ISBN-13: 978-1784304799
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All Edward Conway needs is someone to love, and in sexy Puerto Rican Alex Martinez, he may have found that someone—until a wild party threatens to take everything from him. When Edward Conway came out to his family he never imagined their reaction would be to shut him out of their lives. Searching for acceptance he leaves his hometown hoping to find a new life in Los Angeles. Finally daring to enter a gay bar by himself, he meets Alex Martinez, a celebrities publicity agent, and the two men connect on all kinds of levels. Despite the pressure of Alex’s job, which takes him out of town soon after he and Edward connect, Edward feels he may just have met the man who can give him something to live for. Things look good until Edward’s wild roommate Troy, needs a lift to a party where ‘sex, drugs and rock’n’roll’ are the order of the day. Reluctantly Edward agrees to drive Troy to the party, but before he can leave he becomes the victim of a vicious incident that could shatter the hopes he had for the future. Alex is there to lend support but he is haunted by a tragic past, and in the present is torn between an old loyalty and the wish to make Edward a lasting part of his life.


The story was well written with great characters to follow.  One thing with these types of stories that I keep seeing is that in all the gay relationships, both guys are versatile, meaning no one is just top or bottom.  That is not so common in the circles that I grew up socializing in. I mentioned this specific question to one of my M4M author friends and was told that is how the majority of M4M readers like the stories to play out. Just saying.