Down Low Secrets: A Story About Black Men Who Have Sex with Other Men [Paperback]

Kevin Ames (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2004

Trent Matthews is attractive, educated and he is engaged to the beautiful, Lisa Cooper. To the world Trent is a heterosexual man. But in truth, Trent has secret sexual encounters with men.

Lisa Cooper is engaged to Trent Matthews. How will she react when she learns that he has sex with men?

Read their story and find out.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (June 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595323480
• ISBN-13: 978-0595323487
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Double Life, Double Trouble, April 9, 2005

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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down Low Secrets: A Story About Black Men Who Have Sex with Other Men (Paperback)

Kevin Ames has written a fictional account of the down low existence of a young, African-American man. DOWN LOW SECRETS delves into what has become a sensationalized topic: black men who claim to be heterosexual but engage in sexual activities with other men. If you want to know more about this taboo subject and you are not squeamish about explicit sex scenes, this story will give you some education in a very dramatic way.

Trent Matthews is a young, professional, African-American man who is engaged to Lisa Cooper, a young attorney. Trent feels that Lisa is a perfect complement to him and knows marriage and children will be a welcome change in his life. Yet, Trent lives a secret life Lisa knows nothing about. As much as he wants to marry Lisa, his desire for a hard body and quick, easy sex can't seem to be controlled. From one sexual escapade to another, Trent engages in risky and potentially life-destroying antics.

Lisa, on the other hand, has been in some devastating relationships that have left her untrusting. So when she becomes suspicious of Trent's behavior, she does a little sleuthing and will stop at nothing to find out the truth. When she discovers Trent's secret life, what lengths will she go through to avenge the wrongs done to her?

DOWN LOW SECRETS is an over-the-top and sensationalized version of "DL" behavior. Author Kevin Ames gives readers a first hand account of the thought processes of a man who is living a double life, as well as giving them a little lesson on the down low lingo. Readers will find this a quick read, but will be frustrated in the flatness of the characters, the stereotypical behaviors and predictable plot. I was hoping to read about a man's struggle with a behavior that is not accepted by society and who genuinely cared about his fiancée. However, what I read was a man who abhorred sex with women and had sex with men every chance he could get with blatant disregard for the consequences. I wanted a more human account peppered with emotion and truth. Unfortunately, this didn't happen and I am still left asking why because no real secrets were ever revealed.

Reviewed by Cashana Seals

of The RAWSISTAZ™ Reviewers

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can You Say Taboo??, September 1, 2004

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Dorrie Wheeler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down Low Secrets: A Story About Black Men Who Have Sex with Other Men (Paperback)

Talk about a hush hush topic. Black men having sex with other men on the DL. Now this is not the kind of book I go around reading, but after I was treated to an excerpt I was truly captivated by this forbidden subject matter. This author needs more exposure because this book is well written and is developed quite well. The story is about Trent Mathews. By all signs, he has got it going on completely. Nice career, decent looking woman by his side, church going, but he secretly lusts after men. He really loves men, the way they look and how they can please him. I am not exageratting, this book is so naughty you won't want people to see you reading it and the author hit a definite home run. This book reads so real and it doesn't seem like anything capitalizing off of the recent DL trend. Check out this naughty book and don't let anyone see you reading it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My first question is..., January 7, 2005

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S. Miley "Constructive Critic" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down Low Secrets: A Story About Black Men Who Have Sex with Other Men (Paperback)

This book is pretty much a dramatization based on the ideas discussed in the book "On The Down Low", by J. L. King. The subtitle is misleading as one may infer that it offers more information on the DL "phenomenon", but is really IS another urban fiction book. That said, it is expectedly sexually explicit and somewhat sensationalist. The characterization is somewhat flat at times, but it's entertaining if that is what you are looking for. The writer writes TS/TV fiction under a pseudonym, so one may be interested in looking them up.