To the outside world, thirty-seven-year-old Scott Daven has the perfect life. He's handsome, rich, a successful businessman and politician with a wife and three sons who adore him. When his father hires a young architect to be his assistant, Scott fights his attraction to the young man. Losing this struggle would mean the destruction of his life and his political career. Neil Phalen's marriage crashed and burned when a hustler tried to blackmail him. After the divorce, he moved to a new town to start life over as a gay man. The next-to-last thing he expected was to fall in love with his married boss. The last thing was that his boss would fall in love with him. Determined to protect Scott and his family, Neil offers to remain in the background and in the closet, but that becomes impossible when Neil's ex-wife reveals his secret to Scott's wife and father. As the conflicts escalate around them, the men have to decide which price is too high - the cost of personal honesty or the cost of a destroyed life.
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H. Leigh Aubrey is the author of over forty mainstream romances under another name. When he submitted his first gay romance for publication, editors told him gay men didn't read romance, that they were buying only gay fiction. Believing that any man looking for love was inherently romantic, Leigh decided to publish the book on his own. He also started a website for romantic gay men at HleighAubrey.com.
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A Gay Romance Novel Like No Other,
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Well-known romance writer H. Leigh Aubrey has penned his first gay romance--and it's a real kicker. From almost the very first pages we get a sense of impending doom, or at least a strong feeling that Scott Daven's instant attraction to newly hired architect Neil Phelan isn't something that Scott readily welcomes. Scott is married with three growing boys and has what people think of as a storybook marriage. Scott is a successful architect working as his father's partner in the architectural firm of Daven & Son.Nor is Neil too pleased that Scott has had an equally powerful effect on him, and of course, the first part of the story is about how both men fight their attraction for each other, as they work closely in the firm. Like Aubrey's other works, family and its place in society plays an important role, and when Scott and Neil finally acknowledge to each other that they are attracted, the plot begins tightening around them to an intensity this reviewer has rarely seen in a gay romance. What role will Neil's ex-wife play, Scott's wife, Scott's father? What about the family business and the family reputation--if Scott and Neil cannot come to terms with their attraction for each other? When is love more important than family loyalty? All these questions only hint at the intensity of the plot as it develops to a climax. Aubrey masterfully weaves a story of love, family, betrayal, and explores the modern issues of homosexuality and homophobia. The ride is breathtaking, the resolution is handled well and, in the end, readers will say--"Yes!" Ronald L. Donaghe, [...]
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Touching love story,
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I love this book. The characters are very realistic and the story is touching. I have been reading a lot of homo-erotic stories and some are very sexually graphic and others fall to short for me. Keen Edge is perfect combination. So far I have read it twice. And it wouldn't surprise me if I read it again. I wish I could find another book by H. Leigh Aubrey.
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I enjoyed this book immensely!,
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I can tell you that I enjoyed this book immensely! This book was full of real emotions, thought and characters that you could relate to and become involved in. So much so, that I asked a friend - who recently went through the exact same scenario and storyline as the book - to read certain passages. He said that it exactly expressed what he felt at the time! He's now reading the book himself!Also, since I prefer books with "older" and "mature" characters, I especially appreciated that the main character was an "older" 37 years old who was mature and had life experience behind him. I identified with the main character quite a bit as I myself am in that age group. Thank you, Mr.Aubrey, for writing books with older characters. Whilst I can appreciate a teen or twenty something coming out story or first love story, I can more relate, more appreciate, more identify with characters in my own age range and stage of life. This book was enjoyable and definitely worth a second read
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