Sunday, June 7, 2009

Surf n Turf


Title: Surf n Turf
Author: Scott & Scott
Publisher: Loose Id
Publisher URL: http://www.loose-id.com/
ISBN: 978-1-59632-943-0
Genre: Gay M/M, Erotic
Rating: 4.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Critter Nymph

Robert knew things in his relationship with David hadn’t been going well lately, but he always figured they would work themselves out. When David decided to end the relationship after 10 years, Robert not only loses his lover but the bookstore they owned together. At loose ends, Robert decides to take his few belongings and the money from the store’s sale and heads for Seaside, a gay friendly resort town.

Blakely left the south to find himself. Knowing he would never be accepted after coming out, he headed north. Finding out his boyfriend was picking up boys and having sex in alleys causes Blakely to pack up once more. Getting a job in Seaside was just what he needed for the summer.

What neither man realizes is that what they hope will be a quiet summer to figure out their futures will be anything but, once the Meanies and Queenies get involved.

Surf n Turf, the newest book in the Romentics series (all books are stand-alones) is a great story that will have the readers thinking of Westside Story, The Outsiders, and even a little bit of Cinderella. The authors take two men, each looking for something more and fearing they will never find it and places them in a situation that, at times, will have the reader laughing out loud. Left on their own, Robert and Blakely would have had no problems getting together. However, once the authors threw in the Meanies, a group of leather daddies and the Queenies, highbrow society men, what would have been just a sweet read becomes a hilarious tale that readers will speed through.

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