By Cameron Dane. Foster brother to Jonah for a short time as teens, Christian developed a massive crush on his tough, older roommate. That all ended when the cops came and arrested Jonah, stealing him from Christian’s uncertain world. Jonah knew the kid with the crush on him would be better off forgetting that he ever existed. Jonah stayed in contact with their foster mother Marisol, but refused to hear news about Christian, and made the woman promise never to tell Christian anything about him.
By Robin Reardon. 16-year-old Paul’s world collapses when his brother is killed in action in Vietnam. Chris had recently confessed to Paul that he was gay and begged him not to tell their parents. Paul sinks into delinquency as his parents mourn and praise their dead son and make Paul feel as though he does nothing right. Forced to spend the summer working in...
By Abdellah Taïa. The mid 1980s. A lower-class teenager is running until he’s out of breath. He’s running after his dream, his dream to become a movie director. He’s running from this neighbourhood – which is a place the teenager both loves and hates, the home at which he is not at home. Running is the only way he can stand up to the violence that is his Morocco. Irresistibly charming, angry, and wry, this autobiographical novel spans 20 years, and moves from Sale, to Paris, to Cairo, tracing the emergence of Abdellah Taia’s identity as an openly gay Arab man living between cultures.
By Terry Ronald. For David Starr, being cast as Nancy in the upcoming school production of Oliver! is quite a shock. But David is up to the challenge. Living in a semi in 1970s’ East Dulwich, surrounded by his somewhat colourful relatives, he is bright, smart-mouthed, fanatical about pop music and ready to shine. Rehearsals begin and he strikes up a friendship with the handsome yet enigmatic Maxie Boswell, captain of the school football team. As their alliance deepens it appears they might become more than just good friends, but that can’t be right, can it?
By Keith Hale. By turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. “A haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. Hale’s novel aches with adolescent first loves. It is tender, funny, and true.” - William S. Burroughs
By Ally Blue. Ben Carson sure as hell didn’t expect the love of his life to literally fall at his feet. But when a mysterious stranger passes out cold in front of him after a street fight, Ben knows right away that this could be something special, that this man isn’t like anyone else he’s ever known.
By David Leddick. A teenager goes to New York to live temporarily with his uncle and aunt, both high-powered advertising executives. He never imagines the major theatre career that will be his later in life. Nor do the people he meets – particularly the Army veteran who has just returned from military service. Surrounded by the rich and famous... pursued by an older man ...it all adds up to a world in which the boy never expected to live. As his career develops and goes from strength to strength, he never forgets the Army veteran he knew in the years past. And he finally decides he must find him.
By Hank Brooks. Jonathan Walters’ life was spent in a never ending nightmare. He had been a gay man all his life, but he fought his yearnings by attempting to live in the straight world as a straight man. He brought only grief to himself and his wife. But when he was mugged and robbed, he met the detective on the case, who changed his life forever. Detective Mac taught him that where there is love, nothing was impossible.
By G. A. Hauser. Bryan Tyler had lost so many close friends to Aids that he had backed away from relationships and had remained celibate since he was 16. But it had created a vacuum of loneliness in Bryan’s life. Until one afternoon while reading the Seattle Times weekend paper, Bryan noticed an ad for a youth in need of a foster home. Julian O’Connor had lived his entire life in an overcrowded state run facility. Nearly sixteen, Julian never imagined having a host family, let alone someone to love him.
By G. A Hauser. Brandon and Zachary were best friends. They grew up together, they were inseparable and thought nothing could tear them apart. They never imagined that that what began as youthful sexual experimentation one evening would lead them into an affair of the heart that would rock them to the core. Nor did they expect the danger of being discovered and separated by their families. A coming of age story about faith, about courage, and about trust.
By G. A Hauser.Connor knew from an early age he was ‘different’. But it wasn’t until he met Kyle at UCLA lacrosse practice that he knew he wasn’t alone. Playing the ‘straight’ act was taking its toll on Conner. Kyle had recently transferred from the University of Oregon. What Kyle never expected was to fall head over heels for an athlete. The two men instantly grew inseparable, on and off the field.
