User

Bruce Benderson

Beschreibung

A New York City hustler with a special gift for reeling in customers, Apollo, 'a pale skinned mulatto with a mournful mouth' strips at a gay sex theatre in Times Square. He is one of the most seductive and disturbing creations in recent American fiction. Unflinchingly describing the lives of hustlers, pimps, drug-addicts and transsexuals in 1990s Times Square, User speaks with the authentic voice of characters from the edge. This is a world filled with stark, hypnotic eroticism and mined with terrors peculiar to the subterranean city in the hours after midnight.  A Queer Classic published in the UK and Australia for the first time. By the bestselling author of The Romanian, winner of the Prix de France.  User is unmistakably brilliant' Los Angeles Times. 'Impressive, startling and eerie...hypnotically descriptive and powerfully rhythmic' Kirkus. 'User is a stunning novel. I both love and respect it even though parts of it challenge and disturb me' Matt Bates.

Verfügbar seit: 05.06.2023.

Drucklänge: 228 Seiten.

Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

The Orc and Her Bride

Lila Gwynn

Sapphic fantasy romance with a monstrous twist . . . 
 
 
 
RUGA KARRSDAUGHTER, dutiful orc princess with a heart of gold, has spent the years since her sister was elected queen serving the orc country of Torden. Her duties now include marrying an elf princess for a much-needed alliance against an outside threat. 
 
 
 
ELKETH CERIDWEN, rakish elf princess with a penchant for chaos, has never lifted a finger in her life. Now that an engagement is sprung upon her by the stern elvish king, she has to fulfill a fifty-day betrothal period in Torden surrounded by strangers . . . unless she can wreak enough havoc to get sent back home. 
 
 
 
These poor orcs don't know what they're in for.

Zum Buch

Walking on Broken Paths

Amy Aislin

Desperate to escape the pain of his brother’s death, Jesse Melnik ran—but he couldn’t outrun the grief, no matter how much distance he put between himself and his past. Now, after fifteen years of trying, he’s finally ready to face his hometown of Charlottetown again. 
He expects the memories of his brother to hover in every corner of his family’s sailboat and whisper in every sea-tinged breeze. 
What he doesn’t expect is Parker Willis, the best friend he left behind without a word the day he fled. 
And he certainly doesn’t expect old feelings to resurface. 
Parker’s been stuck in a rut since his father died three months ago. Every day is the same: try to keep his father’s dinner cruise business afloat so he can chip away at Dad’s debts, one bill at a time, all while working a job that leaves him more frustrated than satisfied. 
Then Parker’s routine shatters in the best way possible: Jesse Melnik arrives on Prince Edward Island for the summer, all six feet three inches of gorgeous hockey player. 
Now, that’s different. 
Jesse kickstarts Parker’s heart. 
Parker makes Jesse feel again 
And although both men are a little bit damaged from struggling down the broken path of loss, maybe—just maybe—if they can lean on each other, they’ll learn to move forward at last. 
Content warnings: themes of grief, discussions of a parent’s death from cancer, descriptions/discussions of a sibling’s death by suicide.

Zum Buch

On a Wing and a Chair

Louise McBain

Katie Simmons swore she'd never move back to Georgia. But two years after finishing her degree in museum studies, Katie is still out of work. When she receives an offer to curate the founder's museum for her college sorority, Katie embarks on a wild scavenger hunt for antique chairs that throws her into the path of rockstar Syd Collins. 
 
 
 
When Syd discovers two of the priceless chairs among her grandmother's estate, she offers to help Katie track down the rest of the collection and the two women explore the landscape of their home state, and each other. 
 
 
 
While their attraction grows, an unexpected discovery forces a choice between Syd's feelings and the exhibit that could launch Katie's career. Soon Katie is forced to decide—is her relationship with Syd worth the treasure of a lifetime?

Zum Buch

The Bodyguard's Familiar

TJ Nichols

The son of an assassin is in need of protection... 
Moon Jae-young can read minds, and most of the time, it’s a very useful skill. But when he’s assigned to protect the son of an assassin, it becomes something short of torture because Caleb’s thoughts run hot and dangerous. 
When his assassin family is attacked, razorback shifter and bar owner Caleb Brammer narrowly escapes. His mother calls in a favor to ensure that he is protected. Now he’s stuck with a bodyguard who is all sharp words and cold glares. 
The only thing they can agree on is finding the killer before they strike again. 
Unable to resist, Jae-young gives in to Caleb’s flirting and the heat between them. The need to find the killer becomes more pressing because Caleb is his fated mate.

Zum Buch

Our Secret Summer

Harper Bliss

They promised themselves it was only for the summer…Raffo retreats to a lake house in Big Bear, desperate to heal her broken heart. But peace and quiet prove impossible when she discovers Dylan—her best friend’s mother—already staying at the house, hiding from her own mistakes.Dylan is everything Raffo doesn’t need: older, off-limits, and utterly captivating.What starts as a shared summer sanctuary quickly turns into something far more dangerous when their undeniable chemistry ignites. As their bond deepens, passion blossoms into a love neither woman saw coming.But summer can't last forever. With Dylan's son waiting in Los Angeles, their growing love risks destroying the very relationships they cherish most.Our Secret Summer is a steamy sapphic age-gap romance about forbidden desire, irresistible connections, and the risk of following your heart when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Zum Buch

Captive in the Underworld - A...

Lianyu Tan

A dark lesbian romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone abduction story, set in mythological ancient Greece.
In the land of the dead, Queen Hades’ word is law. Hades gets what she wants—always—and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime.
Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother’s hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter’s suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone’s spirit.
Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother’s thumb.
With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences.
And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more.
No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her.
Forever.
* * *
Captive in the Underworld is a standalone dark lesbian romance audiobook set in mythological ancient Greece. It is rooted in the misogyny and cruelties of the Hades/Persephone myth and contains sensitive material. Due to mature content and dark themes, this audiobook is intended for adult readers only. It contains scenes depicting non-consensual sex, death, abuse, kidnapping, assault, and other intimate partner violence. It is not recommended for readers sensitive to such content. Further content warnings are available from the author’s website, lianyutan.com.

Zum Buch