Title: Playing Dirty
Author: G.A. Hauser
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
Publisher URL: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60202-166-2
Genre: Gay Contemporary
Nymph Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Keith O’Leary and Carl Bronson are living their dream as the male leads in cable’s hottest rated television drama. Their show, Forever Young, is racy, cutting edge and always pushing the envelope of what is allowed to be telecast across the airwaves. While both men might have started off straight, their attraction has drawn them ever closer, and they are now living together. Personally, their lives are going well. It’s professionally they were having problems; the constant push and pull to deny or confirm their homosexual relationship is making both Keith and Carl a little crazy. If they confess, their careers could be over after Forever Young is cancelled. If they deny, they will likely alienate their gay viewers and cause the show to be cancelled sooner.
Their problems only get worse when someone, likely from their show, feeds details and pictures of their private life to the tabloids. They don’t know who to trust. Do they listen to the producers and directors of their show and confirm their relationship or to their agents, who insist they deny at all costs? The ultimate question is whether they can chose between their budding careers and their love.
Playing Dirty is the second release in G.A. Hauser’s new and ongoing Action! series and this one takes up shortly after the previous book left off. Carl and Keith are just as fun, sexy and in love as ever. That doesn’t stop them from being bombarded from all sides to either confirm or deny their personal, intimate relationship. It doesn’t matter that their involvement is consensual and private. It’s the perception and fear that their relationship invokes in the wealthy business powerhouses of the film industry that is causing the threat to their careers and stress to their lives. The sad fact is that many couples, in the real world, struggle with similar difficulties, which makes this a tale individuals from all walks of life can relate to and commiserate with.
The secondary characters from Acting Naughty and other books by Ms. Hauser are nicely placed within the plot, giving the story a sense of continuity and familiarity. The character that really shines in this story is Charlotte, with her pushy, ‘I’m always right’ attitude. Even though she was more than a little annoying at times, I still couldn’t help but like her, as did Carl and Keith. What I would have liked was some kind of resolution of the homophobic hostilities between Keith and his family. I loved the ending of this tale and have great hopes of seeing more of Carl and Keith in upcoming releases.
Author: G.A. Hauser
Publisher: Linden Bay Romance
Publisher URL: http://www.lindenbayromance.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60202-166-2
Genre: Gay Contemporary
Nymph Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Keith O’Leary and Carl Bronson are living their dream as the male leads in cable’s hottest rated television drama. Their show, Forever Young, is racy, cutting edge and always pushing the envelope of what is allowed to be telecast across the airwaves. While both men might have started off straight, their attraction has drawn them ever closer, and they are now living together. Personally, their lives are going well. It’s professionally they were having problems; the constant push and pull to deny or confirm their homosexual relationship is making both Keith and Carl a little crazy. If they confess, their careers could be over after Forever Young is cancelled. If they deny, they will likely alienate their gay viewers and cause the show to be cancelled sooner.
Their problems only get worse when someone, likely from their show, feeds details and pictures of their private life to the tabloids. They don’t know who to trust. Do they listen to the producers and directors of their show and confirm their relationship or to their agents, who insist they deny at all costs? The ultimate question is whether they can chose between their budding careers and their love.
Playing Dirty is the second release in G.A. Hauser’s new and ongoing Action! series and this one takes up shortly after the previous book left off. Carl and Keith are just as fun, sexy and in love as ever. That doesn’t stop them from being bombarded from all sides to either confirm or deny their personal, intimate relationship. It doesn’t matter that their involvement is consensual and private. It’s the perception and fear that their relationship invokes in the wealthy business powerhouses of the film industry that is causing the threat to their careers and stress to their lives. The sad fact is that many couples, in the real world, struggle with similar difficulties, which makes this a tale individuals from all walks of life can relate to and commiserate with.
The secondary characters from Acting Naughty and other books by Ms. Hauser are nicely placed within the plot, giving the story a sense of continuity and familiarity. The character that really shines in this story is Charlotte, with her pushy, ‘I’m always right’ attitude. Even though she was more than a little annoying at times, I still couldn’t help but like her, as did Carl and Keith. What I would have liked was some kind of resolution of the homophobic hostilities between Keith and his family. I loved the ending of this tale and have great hopes of seeing more of Carl and Keith in upcoming releases.
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