His Dirty Little Secret by Stormy Glenn

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In the recent polemic of who is writing for whom, most of Stormy Glenn’s books are probably aimed more to a female target (and I think that you all know that for me this is not a negative point).

The distinction between strong Alpha male and cute and pretty omega man is quite clear, but in any case she is able to always give a particular shade to this classical pair. In this case the Alpha male is a half black, half white mama’s boy; I think to remember that indeed, like in Italy where the matriarchal concept is pretty strong, also in the African-American culture is the same. Graham, the mama’s boy, is a perfect example: only since his mother told him that, if he wanted to be gay (sigh!) he had to find a black man as a partner, to fulfil at least one of her dreams, now Graham is losing the only man he has ever loved.

He started a friends with benefits relationship with Darren, one of his buddy friends, the one he shoots pool with. At the beginning it was pretty intense, but then Graham tried to break things; the reason? Darren is whiter than white can not be, or Irish origin, with red hair and green eyes… quite difficult to make him pass for a black man with his own mother.

Aside from this, Darren would be perfect, and right for this reason I find that Graham should grow a backbone. The lame excuse that he would make mama suffers is not enough good to justify what he did to Darren; let aside this, what he again does to the man when he wants to “protect” him is even worst. From this story Graham doesn’t come out like a very nice man let alone a good cop.

And Darren? Aside for the fact that I would have kicked Graham out of my home probably way before Darren did, he is not a bad man. He is unfortunately deeply in love and so he is willing to accept almost everything Graham dishes him out. Graham strikes and Darren turns the other cheek.

The subplot with the fake marriage is maybe a little too much “romance”, and I have to laugh to my same words, since I really like romances, but indeed this one is a bit too much even for me. Not that I didn’t like it, only that, in this case, the author privileged the romance to the “law” of nature and men: if only everything was so simple, the world would be probably a better place.

In conclusion, His Dirty Little Secret is a romance to the nth power, and you have to leave at home pragmatism and let it go with the flow, or otherwise you can’t enjoy the experience.

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Series:
1) Picture Me Perfect: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1058170.html
2) Sammy Dane: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/910453.html
3) His Dirty Little Secret

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