Title: Private Property
Author: Audra Beagle and Chloe West
Publisher: Torquere Press
Publisher URL: www.torquerepress.com
Author: Audra Beagle and Chloe West
Publisher: Torquere Press
Publisher URL: www.torquerepress.com
ISBN: 978-1-60370-786-2
Genre: [M/M] Contemporary
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Sam Kostas has had writer’s block for nearly a year. He just can’t get anything on the page that makes any sense. Deciding a change of scenery might help, he buys a large Victorian home in a small coastal town in Rhode Island. Unfortunately, moving doesn’t help; he still can’t write and he has a deadline looming. Then one day everything changes when a small but determined man, Will Adler, shows up on his porch claiming the house belongs to him. The strange and unexplainable thing that makes Sam crazy is that as soon as Will comes into his life, he can write again. A scream fest, mud bath and sprained ankle later and Sam can’t stop thinking about the annoyingly crazy bakery owner. Does he like Will? No. Can he stop thinking about Will? No. Does he love Will? Maybe. The question is whether the house will draw them together or drive them apart.
Private Property is another fun and fast-paced story by talented writing duo Beagle and West. I love Will. He’s quirky, sweet, determined to get what he wants, a little annoying and a great baker with a big heart. Sam’s closed off, reclusive, a little mean-spirited and so sarcastic, his words could flay the flesh from Will’s bones. These two guys come from vastly different places in life that on the surface it’s difficult to believe the authors can ever get together. Yet, they do and realistically. Both men deny through most of the book that they’re gay; yet long before Will and Sam acknowledge their feelings, it’s obvious to Sam’s friend, Grant, who tries to push them together.
There are a few inconsistencies in the story that I had problems with. The first being that both men were inexperienced with gay sex, yet when they finally got around to physical intimacy, it went off with a bang (no pun intended), and without a hint of apprehension. The other thing that bothered me was Sam’s attitude. He was young, yet he often acted far older than his age, even elderly in his aversion to anything technology-related. For a writer who needed to get his words down on the page…and do research, this portion of his personality didn’t make sense.
Even so, the story is a quick and enjoyable read.
Genre: [M/M] Contemporary
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Sam Kostas has had writer’s block for nearly a year. He just can’t get anything on the page that makes any sense. Deciding a change of scenery might help, he buys a large Victorian home in a small coastal town in Rhode Island. Unfortunately, moving doesn’t help; he still can’t write and he has a deadline looming. Then one day everything changes when a small but determined man, Will Adler, shows up on his porch claiming the house belongs to him. The strange and unexplainable thing that makes Sam crazy is that as soon as Will comes into his life, he can write again. A scream fest, mud bath and sprained ankle later and Sam can’t stop thinking about the annoyingly crazy bakery owner. Does he like Will? No. Can he stop thinking about Will? No. Does he love Will? Maybe. The question is whether the house will draw them together or drive them apart.
Private Property is another fun and fast-paced story by talented writing duo Beagle and West. I love Will. He’s quirky, sweet, determined to get what he wants, a little annoying and a great baker with a big heart. Sam’s closed off, reclusive, a little mean-spirited and so sarcastic, his words could flay the flesh from Will’s bones. These two guys come from vastly different places in life that on the surface it’s difficult to believe the authors can ever get together. Yet, they do and realistically. Both men deny through most of the book that they’re gay; yet long before Will and Sam acknowledge their feelings, it’s obvious to Sam’s friend, Grant, who tries to push them together.
There are a few inconsistencies in the story that I had problems with. The first being that both men were inexperienced with gay sex, yet when they finally got around to physical intimacy, it went off with a bang (no pun intended), and without a hint of apprehension. The other thing that bothered me was Sam’s attitude. He was young, yet he often acted far older than his age, even elderly in his aversion to anything technology-related. For a writer who needed to get his words down on the page…and do research, this portion of his personality didn’t make sense.
Even so, the story is a quick and enjoyable read.
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