price：$5.76
P.D. Publishing, Inc.
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Geonn on Fire) 『I'm an avid fan and supporter of Geonn Cannon's work, and this latest book has lived up to its author's reputation. Riveting and exciting, romantic and tender, World on Fire leads you through the life of a female firefighter, trying to carve her niche into a man's world. I highly recommend this book, and that you first read the two books before it, On the Air and Gemini. You will not be disappointed.』
(I know I keep repeating myself but...) 『This is my favorite of Geonn Cannon's books to date. For the first time, Cannon departs from his lovely island town of Squire's Isle and brings us to Shepard, Washington and a story of love and courage.
Firefighter Alex Crawford is subtly flawed and beautifully real. Her coworkers all have distinct personalities and quirks. Rachel Tom is a deep character of vulnerability and strength. Cannon's first villain often makes disturbing sense in his thinking.
An aspect of World on Fire that I find praiseworthy is that the events of the story have lasting impressions on the characters, physically, emotionally, and mentally. No one gets away unscathed and Cannon does not allow his characters to be as if nothing ever happened. They change and grow along with their baggage. Also, unlike many books in the Lesbian Romance genre, World on Fire is not a porn in book form with its main plot barely keeping in the foreground of the reader's mind but rather more like a rated R movie with just enough sex in it to underscore the characters' humanity. The focus is on the characters' relationships and obstacles rather than on their libidos.
Not only is World on Fire my favorite Cannon book it is also one of my favorite LR novels period. I can hardly wait for whatever is next from Geonn Cannon.』
(Worth the read) 『This is a great story about a firefighter who has an arsonist trying to kill her and her mates (with a love story thrown in for good measure). The book is a well written and the female characters are well thought out. You can really relate to the women in this book. There is also the suspense, who is the fire bug and when or where will they strike next? I would recommend this book to anyone. 』 『Firefighter Alexandra Crawford's world is about to ignite in more ways than one. After a particularly bad fire leaves Alex and another member of her team in the hospital, she finds herself entranced by Dr. Rachel Tom. She doesn't plan to fall in love and doesn't need the hassles of a new relationship, but she's not the kind to let something so good slip through her fingers. But the relationship may be over before it begins. Alex soon realizes that the horrible blazes they've been fighting recently are too uniform to be anything but arson. And if she's right, someone is setting fires for the express purpose of killing firefighters.』
price：$4.20
mlr press
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Kindle Edition Replete With Typos!) 『A myriad of misspelled words and terrible spacing, on every page, make an otherwise fantastic novel a nightmare to read.』
(Bad reading...) 『It is bad, not because of the writing, but because it is full of typos and it is aggravating when one has to stop and reread a section to understand what the hell the author is talking about. Not the authors fault, I'm sure, but someone has to proof read these things. Wouldn't recommend buying this book until it is reissued.』
(Involving Murder Mystery concerned with Gay Marriage, Old Predjudices, Fantatics and Sexual Hijinks) 『Gay Marriage is legalized in Massachusetts and PI Don Strachey is called to the Berkshires to investigate the young man a friend of the client wants to marry. But Strachey ends up refusing the job when he discovers the client isn't a friend of the man at all. Then the client ends up murdered and the young man, mysteriously without a past, is implicated. Strachey feels his inquiries might have led to the young man being suspected of murder and accepts the young man's fiance as a client in order to see if he can clear him of the charge.
Hints of sexual extortion or perhaps just questionable lending practices surround the dead man and his partner. As does hints of the mob. Strachey is distracted by the hidden past of the young man, even though he believes in his innocence. Yet there doesn't seem to be any other clear suspects in the murder. The mystery is involved and twisting. The various elements are torn from recent headlines, making the mystery very timely. And there are strong elements of suspense and adventure. I thought it an intriguing, satisfying read. 』
(Good story - horrible proofing) 『The plot and storytelling are first rate as expected. The actual Kindle version is horrible - it's like the pages were scanned and not checked for mistakes. As people have pointed out: nonsense words, Bany for Barry, many for marry and it goes on and on. I'm reading it because I paid for it but am disappointed in the quality of the Kindle version. Spell checking on a computer would have caught a number of these problems - a decent proofreader would have caught many more. The author (along with Don&Timmy) deserve better.』
(Kindle Version Unreadable) 『I purchased the Kindle version of this book anticipating another good Donald Strachey book. However, the Kindle version of this book is virtually unreadable. One main character's name is Barry, however, more often than not, the name appears as "Bany". The word marry, appears as "many". I tried to read it, but could only get through less than 10% before I gave up.
Amazon informs me that this is the publisher's issue, but cannot provide any contact information for the publisher.
I hate to buy this book again in paperback, but that may be my only option. Since I bought the Kindle book more than 7 days ago, I can't even get a refund.』 『
Gay marriage in Massachusetts is a fine institution------except when it leads to murder, as it does in this taut, suspenseful Don Strachey private eye novel, the ninth in the classic series. Strachey and his loving foil, Timothy Callahan, are back in perfect form in this witty, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller.』
price：$26.99
Adamant Media Corporation
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Entertaining to the last page) 『Trollope is addictive, but some of his books offer more nonstop entertainment than others, and this is one of those.』
(The Start of a Beautiful Friendship) 『It's hard to adequately describe my affection for "The Eustace Diamonds." This was the first Trollope I read, and I did so more out of a sense of obligation than anything else. (I had heard of Trollope, and thought that I SHOULD read him, much in the way one thinks one SHOULD get a yearly prostate exam.) I expected a dense, difficult read on the lines of Henry James or Thomas Hardy, but was completely surprised -- blown away, frankly -- by how entertaining and funny a writer Trollope is. This is the book that started my love affair with his works, one that has only deepened with each new book.
"The Eustace Diamonds," as you probably know, revolves around the vivacious Lizzie Greystock, who marries for money and goes to unimaginable lengths to hold on to it. She is a liar, a cheat, a wicked, wicked woman...and an utter delight. She ensnares every man she meets, and that seems to have included her creator, Trollope himself! I know that I find her irresistible, along with the novel in which she's the sun, moon and stars.
If you haven't yet read Trollope, I might work up to this book by reading its two predecessors in The Palliser Chronicles, but be forewarned that the first of them, "Can You Forgive Her?" is not Trollope at his best. Certainly read "Phineas Finn," though, as the characters introduced there will factor into "Phineas Redux," which, in part, continues Lizzie Greystock's dubious adventures. But regardless of the order in which you decide to proceed, don't miss out on "The Eustace Diamonds," one of the great, most pleasurable contributions to English literature.』
(The Eustace Diamonds is a glittering gem of a three decker Victorian classic by the pen of Anthony Trollope) 『Why are Victorian novels so long? Among other reasons one which stands out is that they were often serialized in popular magazines. This novel of 1873 was serialized in "The Fortnightly Review." It is one of the six novels comprising the Palliser Series which deals with the British upper crust and politcs as the fortunes of Prime Minister Platangenet Palisser and his feisty wife Glencora are examined. In this novel they play a minor role sharing gossip about Lizzie Eustace and nothing much else. Lizzie Eustace is the fetching and sexy young widow of Lord Eustace. She has given birth to a son. Lizzie is similar to the scheming Becky Sharp who proceeded her by fifty years and Scarlett O'Hara who came seventy years later and a continent away. Lizzie claims that a 10,000 necklace was given her by her late mate but the family wants it as an heirloom. That is the plot of this 800 page novel! Lizzie is courted by Lord George Carruthers; refuses marriage to the stupid and dull Lord Fawn and is infatuated with her cousin Frank Greystock. Frank has tied up with the good but colorless Lucy Morris who is a governess to the Fawn family featuring Lady Fawn and several of her daughters. The novel becomes a mystery story as the diamonds are stolen from Lizzie? Who took them and why? Check with Miss Crabstick her maid and rich but dishonest jewel dealers in London. Trollope goes to Scotland Yard to follow the case as Lizzie comes under a cloud. Lizzie is exonerated but she is a nefarious lady who cannot tell the truth always searching for a handsome Corsair to whisk her away on a stallion of her romantic imaginings. A good side tale is that of Mrs. Carbuncle and her ward Lucinda Roanoke who seek to wed a title and filthy lucre. Lucinda is to wed Sir Griffin but backs out as the man is an odious and offensive nonentity. Trollope includes a few chapters on fox hunting of which he was a clumsy but devoted adherent. The book is filled with humor, mystery, romance and closely observed English aristocratic life in the 1870s. Unlike other of his huge novels this one moves at a quicker pace though the reader is wearied with the umpteenth explanation of what happened to the jewels recounted by various characters. Anthony Trollope deserves high praise for his storytelling abilities which place him in the top rank of Victorian and British authors. This is one of the best of the Palliser novels. Enjoy the complex Lizzie Eustace as she will take you on a journey through many pages with her panache and deceitfully sly ways.』
(Too much fun for words!) 『Anthony Trollope was a writer well-known in Britain during the Victorian era, but until I was introduced to The Eustace Diamonds during a local book club, I had never heard of him. Trollope is famous for his lengthy "exposes" on middle class Victorian society, and this one is a real hoot! His prose is easy to read, and although the book is a bit lengthy, it is well worth the time. The Eustace Diamonds is essentially a Victorian "soap opera" but the characters and situations are so well-drawn that one can easily believe the same absurdities occurring in the modern world. What I like most about this novel is that the "heroine", if you can call her that, gets just what she deserves in a wonderfully ironic ending.』
(Hard to put down) 『I suspect that Anthony Trollope who knew the language so well and used it so nicely would have sneered at the adjective "exciting" to characterize this exquisite novel. So over-used, so vulgar, so trans-Atlantic an epithet! Well,maybe so. Nevertheless, that is the word that springs inevitably to my mind--vulgar though it may be!--when I think of Trollope's picaresque heroine in "The Eustace Diamonds." Trollope's plots are usually pretty formulaic; we read him for his wonderful characters. But, in this novel, the plot of more than usually intriguing and the anti-heroine is a triumph.』 『Revolves around the cunning but extremely beautiful Lizzie Greystock who, having entrapped Sir Florian Eustace in marriage, now finds herself widowed and uncommonly wealthy. Unperturbed by her loss she is determined to hold on to the Eustace family heirlooms, despite the legal opposition.』
price：$17.95
STARbooks Press
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Seriously?) 『This was unreadable, from front to back. Save your money. Simplistic writing across the board - really trite characters, just... junk. Save your money.』
(Treads the line between camp, sexy, and laugh out loud funny.) 『Maybe it's just me, but I've always found something inherently homoerotic about superheroes: the muscle worship, the spandex, the sidekicks! Unmasked looks at all of these in a creative, sexy, and often hilarious way.
In Tights, the oft-pondered but unasked question of how Superheroes manage to chew the scenery without tearing their skintight costumes gets resolved. While Heroes in Waiting explores the life of second string superheroes turned sexual role-models.
Jackel vs. Thresher shows the dynamic between a superhero and his foe, while Captain Chicken Hawk, The Bat and The Raven, and Hummingbird all highlight the lowly sidekick and his admiration for his partner.
There's more super-sex than you can probably handle in one sitting, full of lengthy descriptions of musculature and oversized members, but there's an overall tone of self-mockery in the stories. They retain the casually ridiculous and tongue-in-cheek amusement of an actual comic book. Kosher Man and the Shegatz, for example, is the story of a Jewish he-man, whose only weakness is that no food that is not Kosher can pass through his lips. Or A Dirty Job, which follows formerly popular heroes and their plot to put the new star on the scene out of business so they can return to their former glory.
As with most anthologies, not all of the stories stand out, but the winners definitely outnumber the ho-hum tales, so I can't recommend this highly enough.』
(The Way Sex Should Be) 『I had such a fun time reading these stories. I think there is great talent in those who can combine erotica and humor: most of these authors succeed with style. C'mon, you never had fantasies about men in spandex? Or wondered if the stories of Robin needing to wear two jocks were true? Give in to the fantasy - and you will be swooping over a much friendlier Metropolis!』
(Fun and sexy!) 『I really enjoyed this collection! There are so many talented writers of gay erotica and many of them have stories in this book. Of course, the erotic depictions are sexy and well, erotic. But what I wasn't expecting were all the incredibly creative and funny visions of superheroes that make up the stories in here. Two stories that jump immediately to mind are "Tights" by DesertMac and "Kosher Man and the Shegatz" by Milton Stern. They had me laughing out loud! A fun bedtime read that doesn't take sex too seriously, but seriously enough to be really good!』
(Who Knew Superheroes Could Be So Much Fun) 『I thoroughly enjoyed Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes, another anthology from Eric Summers. Not only is this book hot and sexy, but also filled with humor. The fact that the various contributors used humor and funny situations made this book all the more titilating, tantalizing and erotic. Great job, Mr. Summers. Eric Summers seems to be able to corral the best erotic authors in the business for his anthologies.』 『Next time you are rescued from a burning building by a tall, hung, muscle-bound man in tights, will you offer your services in appreciation? Why not? Superheroes have needs just like everyone else. All you have to do is promise to protect his secret identity and try not to damage the spandex! Some things just won't wash out. With any luck, you might become a sidekick. Every superhero has a super ability, and this latest Eric Summers collection of erotic short stories highlights those incredible talents that seem to come out when the sun goes down and the bedroom door closes. But, every superhero also has a weakness. Be careful because one such superhero in Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes loses his powers if he has an orgasm. What is a boy to do? Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes tells the stories of those hot men who are powerful in a dangerous situation and equally powerful under the covers. Try not to fall in love because the life of a superhero can be a lonely one, and the life of a heart-sick admirer can be even lonelier. Just lie back and enjoy the moment as a man with a cape and a mask takes you to new levels of ecstasy.
Featured authors: DesertMac, Jay Starre, Troy Storm, Christopher Pierce, Stephen Osborne, Kiernan Kelly, Mark Wildyr, Ryan Field, Armand, Sedonia Guillone, and Jeremiah Bodkin. Plus a special bonus: Unmasked includes a comic strip by erotic artist Henry Kujawa.
price：$4.80
Baker Books
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Guilt! Guilt! Guilt! And More Guilt!) 『This is one of the most poorly written books I have read in recent times. From its tortured grammer to its flawed psychology, all it peddles is guilt and self loathing despite anything the author may say to the contrary. Sexual drive, fantasies and masterbation (yes, Mrs Payne, even after puberty!) are normal biological responses. Many people have fantasies about homosexual sex, but never act them out, and have no real desire to act them out. This is not something to thrash oneself over, even as a Christian. The two main case studies in this book involve people who are suffering, not because of homosexuality but because of parental neglect and abuse. Mrs Payne and her ilk need to realise the two are, more often than not, unrelated. She constantly confuses sexuality with degrees of masculinity and femininity. Homosexuals are no more likely to be sterotypically feminine or masculine than heterosexual men and women. I'm sure some people can change their sexual orientation for whatever reason but just as some people are 'hard wired' as exclusively heterosexual, some people are also wired to be excluively homosexual and no amount of prayer, guilt or 'tough love' will change that. It will just result in one very angry, damaged and often suicidal person, not to mention broken marriages, confused and hurt spouses and distressed children. Hardly the desired outcome. All I learned from this book is that Christian guilt and the shame associated with not living up to the standards of one's peers are far more destrutive to the human psyche and spirit than the so called 'condition' of homosexuality.』
(PRACTICAL Help on how to invite the POWER of God to HEAL) 『Book about inviting Jesus to do it and to show you what your real need is (i.e. comfort, love, security, a hug, to be held, to be affirmed, etc.) and learning how to "hear" what He is saying and see what He is doing. A little heady reading, but well worth the seeing what its about.
I now have HOPE too because Jesus helped me with my battles with lesbianism and continues to help me- now He's helping me with my anger and frustration that I sometimes display with my children. But you know what?- Jesus is there to help me, to help you through anything whether it's homosexuality or whether its through anger or whether it's through problems with... well, you fill in the blank. He just promises to be there to help because the Bible says that Jesus "came to seek and save what was lost." (Luke 19:10). You ever feel lost? I know I have and I have been so amazed at this Jesus who never gave up and never gives up on me even when I have and think He should. There really is HOPE, my friend. The sadness and always pursuing in other women what I wanted from my mom is and what I wanted to see in me is just engulfing and never satiated or satisfied when I go at it with this route. I just felt like I only hungered for more and more versus ever feeling truly met. Well, now Jesus is teaching me a peace about myself (get that!- too cool as at one point I would never have imagined it) and more and more about sweet friendships and loving women in a deeper way than I ever could before. He's also letting me be loved in a deeper way than I've known before too- Jesus just blows me away. Take care, my precious fellow traveler. I hope you find rest along the way too.』
(Good Integration of Theology and Theory) 『Leanne Payne's book brings together the classical views of both orthodox theology believed through the centuries about sexuality and the Healing Power of Christ (see writings of Patristic Fathers such as Irenaeus, St. Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory Nazianzus) as well as psychoanalytic theory predominantly accepted before the removal of Homosexuality from the DSM III (and still developed by practioners today such as Nicolosi and Socarides, among others). Those who are of the more recent Gay Affirmative persuasion (i.e. the last 20 years or so) and who espouse the complete impossibility of change or reorientation for those whose values are in conflict with their sexual attractions will disagree with this and may have many vitriolic epithets and accusations for theologians and theorists of the same persuasion as this book. But the theoretical and theological basis of Payne's writings resonate with a broad spectrum of theologians such as Joseph Pieper, Thomas Aquinas, and Donald Bloesch, and with psychological theories drawn from both psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives such as Object Relations and Logos Therapy. As she is coming from a purely Christian worldview, she promotes the transforming and healing power of God through the redemptive work of Jesus in his incarnation, life, death and resurrection. For those who are not espousing this worldview, they may find those aspects of her work objectionable. And for those who espouse some sort of christian worldview that embraces homosexuality as normal and part of God's design, objections may also be strong and passionate. But in a truly tolerant and multi-cultural society, there must be room to agree to disagree, and within that mileu, Payne's work deserves as good a hearing as any soundly researched and founded work would, however particularly founded and researched it is on certain pervasive worldviews and perspectives within the multitude of alternate ones existing in our culture today.』
(Great for Homosexual who tries so hard to follow JesusChrist) 『I was a lesbian (homosexual) but got saved through the salvations of Jesus Christ. This book will teach you how to (lead people or yourself) pray and bring the great inner-soul healing and peace for any hardship and hurt that once were hidden so deep in the soul in the past and no one can retrieve it, not even psychologists. Great book, touches my heart and my soul, and help me to get out the homosexuality with a full peaceful heart and totally renewal life.』
(Religious Right Flim-Flam) 『As a licensed psychotherapist it is disturbing to see that "christian" writers must attempt to vilify homosexuality in the name of "love." Bigotry and lack of scientific evidence wrapped in the Bible is still bigotry. What all believers in "reparative therapy" (disavowed by the APA and the overwhelming majority of mental health professionals) cannot grasp is that behavior does not equal identity. Certainly heterosexuality is not defined only by it's erotic states. This "old shoe" theory of a maladaptive relationship with the father simply doesn't hold water in scientific studies. Also of note, is the "relapse" of the notable names in reparative therapy, (John Paulk among others.) Mainstream mental health professionals (heathens to the likes of Ms. Payne) believe that anyone can temporarily change sexual behavior, bisexuals for example. But behavior change does not equal identity change. Promoting that it does, is the big lie of christian counseling. (...)Payne and her ilk, (dispite growing evidence to the contrary) refuse to even consider the possibility that God created homosexuals. This does not fit into the evangelical rigid black and white thinking. Sadly, the clients I see have been tortured by this "Christian love", and are seeking a real path to heightened self-esteem through acceptance of themselves exactly as they are.』 『What a relief to find a writer who brings psychological needs under the power of the cross of Christ. This is a book full of hope for the homosexual, but with far wider implications for all of us. A book about redemption.--Elisabeth Elliot.』
price：$6.06
Jossey-Bass
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (The best book out there... of the one book that's out there.) 『The primacy of True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism is an unfortunate artifact of there existing no other good resource books for the non-trans person to understand the trans experience. It was written in the mid-1990s with an understanding of trans people and trans experiences that is strongly based in the clinical data of that time... clinical data which was, unfortunately, corrupted by the fact that transgendered people at that time had to lie extensively to transition, reading from a "script" of a generic, transgendered past that seldom was truthful about their real selves, and lie pervasively after transition, creating a "gender consistent" (read: cissexual female) history. Particularly, transsexual women who were gay had to lie about feeling like heterosexual girls their entire lives, opening us up to accusations of "autogynephilia" - the ridiculous claim that trans women who are attracted to other women were "really" attracted to images of ourselves as women.
It is not for nothing that one transsexual woman who transitioned in the early 1980s described the process as "lying to tyrannical fools to save [her] life."
It is my hope that sometime soon, there will be published a modern book that talks openly and honestly about the transition and transgender experience, that is written with both clinical and real-world experience taken into account, that can finally put this tome on a dusty shelf where it belongs.
Until then... it is what we have.』
(Valuable "coming out" tool) 『As a Transwoman I found this book as a great aid in coming out to my wife and management at my job. Even though the book is not current and sorely lacks information for spouses, it was a great help having the experiences of other transgender women and men as a validation of how I felt all my life. I highly recommend "True Selves" and I hope a new edition is in the works.』
(Emphasis on MTFs, not very knowledgable about FTMs) 『I appreciate that this book was written; I bought it for my parents since I'm FTM. Given that though, and having read several other books like 'Becoming a Visible Man' etc, I feel like this book is heavy on the experience of transwomen (MTFs)and includes transmen thoughtfully but not thoroughly. There is a brief definition of drag queens, for example, without mention of drag kings! The definitions and discussion explain heterosexual trans people to be the norm, with queer trans people as the exception, which is not so much the case in reality.
The author also is inconsistent with her use of names and pronouns throughout. For trans children and teens, she decides that a young MTF should have male names and pronouns, and vice versa for FTMs. This is not consistent with how the trans community generally chooses to present itself. Eventually, as the discussion moves onto adults, she concedes to call adult trans therapy patients by their preferred names and pronouns. By now, the reader is thoroughly confused.
So, if your trans and coming out, don't think that just this book will explain everything...it's kind of a good start I guess.』
(Understanding the unknown side of people) 『I have recently come to terms with my own identity of being a transgender. So,many years I though I was gay. It really helped me remember certain things that have happened to me that the story sounded like I have written it myself. I would encourage everyone to read this both family members and friends.』
(To be a gurl or not to be a gurl) 『Over all a good book on the subject. I would think in some ways it might be a bit too much of a read for some who just want a basic understanding of transgender phenomenon&transsexualism. I felt it very detailed and focused on a narrow portion of the continuum, specifically the male to female who is attracted to men. With that said, over all I think it's well written and an informative book.』 『Combines authoritative information and humanitarian insight into the transsexual experience
Filled with wisdom and understanding, this groundbreaking book paints a vivid portrait of conflicts transsexuals face on a daily basis--and the courage they must summon as they struggle to reveal their true being to themselves and others.True Selvesoffers valuable guidance for those who are struggling to understand these people and their situations.
Using real life stories, actual letters, and other compelling examples, the authors give a clear understanding of what it means to be transsexual. They also give other useful advice, including how to deal compassionately with these commonly misunderstood individuals--by keeping an open heart, communicating fears, pain and support, respecting choices.』
price：$14.95
JCP Books
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Hard to leave! Excellent contintuation of the series) 『This is the most fully realized PsyCop novel to date. The mystery was more interesting than before and the characters are now familiar and yet still compelling. I am really enjoying this series, and find Vic and his quirks fascinating. Vic is still the spun out medium who sees ghosts everywhere, though he is spinning less, as he eases off the medications and starts facing his past. Jacob is still a bit of a cipher because Vic is so down on himself, and all the books are told in the first person, from Vic's point of view, you can wonder what Jacob sees in him, but their passion is hot, and their relationship gets a firmer foundation by the end of the book. I sincerely hope this isn't the last we see of them because I could definitely spend more time in their world...』
(Worst of the Series) 『Victor is a sniveling drug addict who cannot - and will NOT - stop complaining. He has a good job, a hot boyfriend and a supernatural talent that could make him rich beyond his dreams, so of course he's paranoid, neurotic and miserable. This guy is pushing 40, he really needs to grow up. Or maybe Ms. Price needs to re-think what makes a good protagonist.』
(Highly recommended!) 『I love this series and this author. After reading a few of her works, she is now an auto-buy for me and I have never been disappointed. I have to admit that when I read the blurb I didn't think this storyline would work; I was never so thrilled to be so wrong. This is not only a romance, m/m, or erotica. Told from Victor's point of view, these stories are rich and vivid, immersing you into an engrossing world of the paranormal and murder. The plotline and amazing world building vividly intertwine with the growing relationship between Victor and Jacob. In a world where the paranormal has now become accepted as fact, riveting mysteries take center stage. As in real life, the characters and their relationships unfold and grow as an integral part of the storyline. The eroticism of this book is beautifully balanced with the paranormal and mystery; none of the elements overwhelm the others. When Victor and Jacob are intimate, the first person perspective makes it feel immediate and very, very hot.
Victor is broken. He's a detective and a medium overwhelmed by the burden of his psychic powers; he has difficulties living with the constant bombardment of harassing ghosts and repeated visions of their deaths. He is an oddity who makes almost everyone around him uncomfortable. He's a scruffy and rumpled train wreck of a man, a drug addict with poor self esteem, a former mental patient misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. He is inundated with paranormal activity and struggles to conceal his homosexuality from his fellow police officers. He lives in a perpetual drug-induced fog in an attempt to reduce his psychic powers, living in a world where it is dangerous to be too strong of a psychic.
Jacob is almost Victor's opposite. He is physically and mentally strong, well dressed, handsome, successful and intelligent. He is a widely celebrated detective in another precinct, and is the "normal" in the psychic/normal partnerships required by the police force. He is powerfully attracted to and protective of Victor, who is a bit confused by Jacob's attention.
This series has fully fleshed main and secondary characters, fantastic mysteries, an engrossing plot and striking world building. I highly recommend the entire series; they are as enjoyable on the second or third read as the first. Make sure to give yourself plenty of time to read these. Once you pick them up you won't be able to put them down again.』
(Fifth (third book) in the PsyCop Series) 『I purchased Camp Hell first, thinking it was the first part of the series. After I realized my mistake, I purchased the first two books containing the four stories the preceeded Camp Hell. I really liked them and had a hard time putting them down. The characters are well defined, the stories are well thought out and, for those of us who enjoy scifi/fantasy, believable. I have too many friends that can't read stories that create situations that are, to them, beyond the realm of believability...these are fun. The sex is not to overpowering, but enough to know these are men who enjoy one another's bodies and company. I can accept that they do, indeed, love each other. The very few glitches are so minor that, at this time, I can't even recall what they were. I recommend the series and hope there will be more to come.』
(Camp Hell, a PsyCop Novel) 『Camp Hell is the third in the PsyCop trilogy, following PsyCop:Partners and PsyCop:Property. All three of them were such a delightful read that I grieve that there is not a fourth. Camp Hell is the name given Heliotrope Station(one of the first Psych training facilities), by the psychics who were "guests" behind it's razorwire fence. Victor Bayne was one of those guests and has the emotional scars to prove it. I adore Victor Bayne, the frail, flaky, totally disorganized,(often panic-stricken) psychic gay cop whose ability to see and communicate with ghosts is so completely off the charts that he has to fake a certain amount of "inability" so no one will know how talented he is. There are few people he trusts because he is aware that his talent puts him in danger of being exploited by unscrupulous people. He has to stay doped up most of the time to keep the ghosts at bay, and of course one of his problems is that he likes his drugs a little too much. He is shy, unsure of himself, doesn't have much to say, and is completely unaware that his slender, somewhat androgynous looks are extremely "hot." His big gorgeous hunk of a PsyCop boyfriend Jacob Marks is totally turned on by him (as reflected in their passionate and frequent lovemaking)and devoted to him, as well as infinitely patient with Vic's peculiarities. The plots in these stories are action packed, and exciting, the stories very erotic. These books are undoubtedly the best gay erotica I have read. Please, Jordan Castillo Price, give us another one!』 『Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence. Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, nor is there any mention of Heliotrope Station itself. Someone's gone through a lot of trouble to bury the past. But who?』
price：$5.42
Bold Strokes Books
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Really good storytelling) 『Gill McKnight is an author who knows the value of telling just a plain good story. Goldenseal is her latest proof of that.
Amy Fortune returns to Little Dip Valley reluctantly. She has spent years establishing herself as an internationally famous illustrator and never planned to return to the place where she was hurt so badly. Little Dip is the home of the Garoul clan and that means facing her former lover Leone Garoul who broke Amy's heart when they were teenagers. Amy's Aunt Connie, also a famous illustrator, is ill and cannot finish the annual almanac published by the Garoul family, so Amy has promised to complete the work for her, but she's a different person than the girl who left and she has no intention of letting Leone be anything more than her publisher. Leone sees the situation differently. She has been waiting years for Amy to return and finally has her wish, but evil is prowling the valley and she needs to protect Amy from it. Amy finds Leone's attention annoying and refuses to cooperate, so the women find themselves locked in a battle of wills until Amy realizes that something is very wrong in Little Dip and somehow it involves her aunt and Leone's family. As her fear increases she is drawn to Leone even as she's not sure she can trust her. Leone's family harbors a secret and discovering it may drive Amy away forever. Not understanding it could cost her life.
Goldenseal makes no pretense of being a convoluted story of mystery or romance. It's a well told story with supernatural aspects that holds the reader's interest as the suspense builds gradually and draws the reader into what is happening. The characters, while not overly developed, are appealing and wanting to find out what is going to happen to them will keep the reader coming back to the pages. This is one of those books that you don't want to put down until you've finished it. Gill McKnight is building a library of books that represent the story teller at her best. No probing issues have to be resolved or weighty lessons pondered. Her stories simply entertain, which is exactly what they should do.
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(Enjoyable paranormal romance fiction) 『Amy Fortune returns home to help her aunt Connie illustrate the Garoul family's annual almanac. All is not as it seems in Little Dip, the Garoul family's valley. Something lurks in the woods and mysteries abound. Where is Aunt Connie? What happened to her? What is her mysterious illness? Why is Leone, Amy's former lover, so intent on hovering over Amy? Will Amy and Leone find love again? And most of all, what is the Garoul family secret, the secret that separated Amy and Leone more than six years ago? Questions will be answered and raised in Gill McKnight's latest novel, "Goldenseal."
A pretty good book from McKnight. Paranormal romances seem to be all the rage now, and this one fits right in. A nice balance of mystery, love, adventure, sex and paranormal elements makes for a fast, enjoyable read. I sense a sequel in the works with "Ambereye," McKnight's book due out in January, 2010. It should be a solid follow-up to this book.
Worth your time.』
(Couldn't put this one down...) 『Picked this one up over the weekend (gotta love ebooks!) and read it all in one sitting. I found this novel to be a very entertaining read. What I loved best was the mystery surrounding the Garould family and Amy's role in their lives (Leone's in particular, of course). It also had all the essentials: Interesting and well-developed characters, a good plot, and a smooth writing style. It seems like too many books in this genre are missing at least one of those. I'm glad to have found a new author whose work has been consistently good.』
price：$17.99
Adamant Media Corporation
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review ("Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.") 『While Henry James' favorite of his own novels, The Ambassadors (1903), in my opinion as well as E.M. Forster's, doesn't quiet live up to the genius of The Wings of the Dove (1902) or even the earlier The Portrait of a Lady (1881). The familiar James themes are all there--the American abroad, American reactions to European culture, exploration of the terrain of the life unlived--but missing is the truly ecstatic prose and characters with remarkable psychological depth that distinguish the finest of James' works.
The narrative follows "ambassador" Lambert Strether to Paris in pursuit of his widowed fiancée, Mrs. Newsome's, son Chad--whom she believes to be romantically involved with an undesirable woman. Strether's mission is to extricate the wayward youth and return with him to Massachusetts directly. Once in Paris, however, Strether falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined ratherthan corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, Madame de Vionnet. The summer wears on with little correspondence between Strether and the Newsomes waiting at home. Impatient to see her son returned and suitably married, Mrs. Newsome sends yet another envoy, Chad's cynical sister Sarah Pocock, to confront the errant Chad and a Strether whose view of the world has changed profoundly. In the end, it is Strether who prevents Chad from returning to America.
The highlight of the text is certainly Strether's speech to Chad's friend Little Bilham in Book Fifth, in which he gives voice to his new sense of things: "Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? Do what you like so long as you don't make my mistake. For it was a mistake. Live!" It is an expanded vision of life, an affirmation that seems an appealing climax to Strether's confrontation with the realities of his circumstance. The sentiments of Strether's speech, however, are tested in the remaining two-thirds of the narrative.』
(An unconvincing conversion of an American mind) 『The Ambassadors, by Henry James is a book that straddles the styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It concerns the plight of the ridiculously-named Lambert Strether, sent from America to Paris to recover the wayward son of a wealthy family. Strether, who, by his own admission, is a failure, looks forward to his marriage (which I found unbelievable) with his boss, the matriarch of the family, if he is successful in bringing Chadwick home. However, while abroad he succumbs to the unemployed, carefree lifestyles of the Americans in Paris of which number Chad is included. Although a third person narrative, all events are filtered through the somewhat dim-witted Strether. Despite very difficult passages with almost endless parenthetical clauses, and such sentences as "...the greatest divergence from which would be precisely the element of any lubrication of their intercourse by levity," the interested reader will become aware of the reality of situations well before Strether. Strether's conversion from American idiot to bohemian is unconvincing. He finds Chadwick "improved" without being able to explain why (Strether is impressed that Chadwick knows how to enter a box seat at a theater - that about sums up the best Strether can say about the young man), he quickly befriends Miss Gostrey without reason (H. James admit that Gostrey is mostly a device to allow for explanation where Strether fails), and is charmed by Madame de Vionnet despite an obviously illicit affair. It takes Mr. Strether endless amounts of thought to figure out the simplest things. This novel has little reward for the persistent.
The introduction by Kyle Patrick Smith in this Barnes&Noble version is nevertheless insightful.』
(The Audiobook is Easier) 『The audiobook version of The Ambassadors makes the famously dense prose of Henry James easier (but not easy)to wade through. Most of the book consists of scenes in which two of the several principals meet to discuss the basic situation: whether or not a young New England manufacturing heir, Chad Newsome, can be persuaded to leave Paris--and his paramour, Madame de Vionnet--and return to his Mom in America.
Everyone else is some kind of ambassador. Most prominently, Lambert Strether is Mom's fiancee and first ambassador. When he succumbs to the charms of Europe and Madame de Vionnet, more insulated ambassadors race over from America--Mom's daughter, Sarah, and son-in-law Jim--to try their luck, ineffectively, as it turns out, with the wayward Chad.
The role of ambassador becomes more nuanced as various characters from Europe and America assume the role with each other in subtle ways. Strether, the most deeply explored and self-aware character, demonstrates an inner-ambassadorian way of managing his own conflicts and divided loyalties.
All this takes place in slow motion over the course of three downloads. James structures each scene, or dialogue between two principals, by leap-frogging from the beginning of the scene to it's end, then back-tracking to reveal the middle. This seems to be consistent with his means-justifying-the end theme, in which the interesting thing is not how things wind up (which is unresolved in The Ambassadors), but how they get there.』
(The failure to enjoy) 『A wealthy US family sends its `ambassadors' to Paris in order to convince an heir to abandon the `life of a pagan' and return home to run the family business. The theme of Henry James's impeccably written and extremely polished prose is what Nietzsche called the `right or the wrong conjugation': to live or to be lived. `One lives in fine as one can. Still, one has the illusion of freedom; therefore don't be like me, without the memory of that illusion. Don't at any rate miss things out of stupidity. Live!'
For Henry James, people lived in `the corruption of Europe' with its `femmes du monde'; people were lived in the US. It is the Catholic (live like God in France) against the Protestant ethic (`I seem to have a life only for other people'). We are far away here from the Calvinist lesson of `Daisy Miller' who died because she didn't respect the supreme respectability of her class.
The novel advances extremely slowly, is full of suggestions, hints, (mis)understandings and fluctuating feelings. Direct confrontations are subdued to the extreme, and end with a laugh. The novel has another typical characteristic of James's stories: it's all about `thoroughbred' people, sublime members of the high society. They are presented in a superlative style: prodigious, exquisite, graceful, supreme, transcendent, precious, admirable, beautiful, bright, lovely, magnificent, splendid, brilliant, wonderful ...
With its essential message, this novel is a classic masterpiece. Not to be missed. 』
(The Ambassadors) 『This is surely one of the great works of literature. The style may seem at times slow going, but it rewards the patient reader with its rich, sensitive portrayal of characters and the varied effects of the old world charm of Paris on New England visitors. It is suspenseful thoughtful and brilliant in its depiction of social interactions.』 『Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, the comtesse de Vionnet. As the summer wears on, Mrs. Newsome comes to the conclusion that she must send another envoy to Paris to confront the errant Chad, and a Strether whose view of the world has changed profoundly. James' favourite novel and one of the greatest of his late works, "The Ambassadors" is a subtle and often witty exploration of different American responses to a European environment.』 『The Ambassadors, which Henry James considered his best work, is the most exquisite refinement of his favorite theme: the collision of American innocence with European experience. This time, James recounts the continental journey of Louis Lambert Strether--a fiftysomething man of the world who has been dispatched abroad by a rich widow, Mrs. Newsome. His mission: to save her son Chadwick from the clutches of a wicked (i.e., European) woman, and to convince the prodigal to return to Woollett, Massachusetts. Instead, this all-American envoy finds Europe growing on him. Strether also becomes involved in a very Jamesian "relation" with the fascinating Miss Maria Gostrey, a fellow American and informal Sacajawea to her compatriots. Clearly Paris has "improved" Chad beyond recognition, and convincing him to return to the U.S. is going to be a very, very hard sell. Suspense, of course, is hardly James's stock-in-trade. But there is no more meticulous mapper of tone and atmosphere, nuance and implication. His hyper-refined characters are at their best in dialogue, particularly when they're exchanging morsels of gossip. Astute, funny, and relentlessly intelligent, James amply fulfills his own description of the novelist as a person upon whom nothing is lost.--Rhian Ellis』
price：$7.66
New Press, The
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (A masterful and moving book-length essay) 『To me, Sarah Schulman is up there with James Baldwin and Gore Vidal as a practitioner of the essay form, and Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences is a tight and focused master work. Her approach to talking about the painful family dynamics in her own life is unlike anyone else's, so unlike the calculated confessional approach of memoir and transgressive fiction that I hardly know how to describe it. It's cool, intellectual, self-controlled -- but perhaps like Perseus looking at the Gorgon only as a reflection in his shield. She looks at the worst emotions most gay and lesbian people have ever felt and never equivocates in naming them and calling them out. It's a brave and intense book, and I'm already thinking of the young gay people I know who ought to read this as soon as they can.』
(Long Overdue Analysis) 『"You've got to be taught to hate and fear..." As the opening line of a song from the Broadway musical South Pacific clearly states, people do not automatically hate the "Other," but learn to hate from people around them. Within societies that promote homophobia, the initial and primary site of homophobic socialization is the family. In Ties That Bind, Sarah Schulman shines a focused and penetrating beam of light upon this most venerated yet under scrutinized social institution.
Schulman forthrightly and accurately argues that homophobia is pathological, a virus insinuating itself onto the body of the family and the body politic. With stunning clarity and insight, she exposes the ways in which systems of familial homophobia operate, and the consequences this has on all family members and on the larger society. She envisions a new world, a transformed society where homophobia is rejected and shunned, where third parties intervene to eradicate this virus of familial homophobia, and where gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are cherished and nurtured. This book is a must read for anyone desiring to unearth the very roots of a perennial and persistent, yet often invisible pathology.
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(Powerful and uncompromising) 『Sarah Schulman's new book is a powerful indictment of homophobia's deep reach into US culture. Schulman calls upon all of us, straight and gay, to call out marginalization and victimization and to confront homophobes rather than acceding to their demands for silence.』
(A Game Changer) 『Schulman's provocative reconceptualization of the way that society as a whole deals with cultural and familial homophobia has the power to change the way homophobia in our culture is perceived, and as a result, to change the whole tenor and strategy for achieving justice and equality for GLBTQ Americans. Schulman's vision is both unfrettingly, fearlessly optimistic, and practicle, rational, and achievable.』 『
Although acceptance of difference is on the rise in America, it’s the rare gay or lesbian person who has not been demeaned because of his or her sexual orientation, and this experience usually starts at home, among family members.
Whether they are excluded from family love and approval, expected to accept second-class status for life, ignored by mainstream arts and entertainment, or abandoned when intervention would make all the difference, gay people are routinely subjected to forms of psychological and physical abuse unknown to many straight Americans.
“Familial homophobia,” as prizewinning writer and professor Sarah Schulman calls it, is a phenomenon that until now has not had a name but that is very much a part of life for the LGBT community. In the same way that Susan Brownmiller’sAgainst Our Willtransformed our understanding of rape by moving the stigma from the victim to the perpetrator, Schulman’sTies That Bindcalls on us to recognize familial homophobia. She invites us to understand it not as a personal problem but a widespread cultural crisis. She challenges us to take up our responsibilities to intervene without violating families, community, and the state. With devastating examples, Schulman clarifies how abusive treatment of homosexuals at home enables abusive treatment of homosexuals in other relationships as well as in society at large.
Ambitious, original, and deeply important, Schulman’s book draws on her own experiences, her research, and her activism to probe this complex issue—still very much with us at the start of the twenty-first century—and to articulate a vision for a more accepting world.
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