Living in Fast Forward [Paperback]

BA Tortuga (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 2008

Hollis Lee is an aging rock star with a country edge who needs a little TLC. Or a lot, according to his manager Charlie. He's been drinking and partying, and he's not getting any younger, so Charlie hires a personal trainer to get Hollis back in line. Before he ruins his career. Jeremy is just the trainer for the job. Even-tempered and able to put up with anything Hollis throws his way, Jeremy is determined to do his job and get that fine rock star back into fighting trim. And ignore the attraction to Hollis that plagues him on a daily basis. Fighting Jeremy takes more effort than Hollis can summon, and soon he's getting back in shape, despite the occasional foray into sausage biscuits and hamburgers. Things are going well for Hollis and Jeremy both, in their jobs and their blossoming personal life. They're playing with fire, though. Hollis is trying to keep his sex life a secret, and Jeremy's livelihood depends on his discretion. As long as Hollis is on tour, Jeremy has the perfect excuse to hang around. But when a terrible accident separates them, Hollis and Jeremy have to start sneaking around to see each other. Can their newfound love survive the web of deception and pain they've created?

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Torquere Press (August 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603700285
• ISBN-13: 978-1603700283
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,030,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I enjoy indulging in the shallow side of life, with hobbies that include collecting margarita recipes, hot tub dips, and ogling hot guys at the beach. A connoisseur of the perverse and esoteric, my days are spent among dusty tomes of ancient knowledge, or, conversely, surfing porn sites in the name of research. Mixing the natural born southern propensity for sarcasm and the environmental western straight-shooting sensibility, I do my damnedest to produce mainstream fiction, literary erotica, and fine works of pure, unadulterated smut.

With characters ranging from supernatural demons to modern-day cowboys, alternative illustrated men to Victorian dandies, the addiction to history and atmosphere is everpresent, and laced through with sensual pleasure. my latest projects include werewolves, rodeo cowboys, and fistfighting rednecks.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in Fast Forward by B.A. Tortuga, August 6, 2007

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Elisa (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in Fast Forward (Paperback)

Hollis is a country rock star with an image to preserve. He is thirty something and handsome, and maybe fans, especially women one, like him both for his music than for his look. But years of living on the road, and alone, are leaving him on the brink of alcoholism and poor state of health. So his manager hires for him a personal trainer, Jeremy, who will live with him in the bus during the tour.

Jeremy is young and spirit free. He is openly gay and while days pass on tour, he begins to resent the lack of a sexual life. And maybe Hollis can help him with that problem: cause Hollis ia a gay in the closet, his career will be destroy if someone will unveal his secret. But on the bus, Jeremy and Hollis can have all the privacy they need. But the outside world is awaiting them...

Jeremy is a reckless character, easy and happy. He loves sex and after a time, he begin to love also Hollis. But he is not a selfish person, and doesn't want to ruin Hollis' career. He will content himself being the backdoor lover.

Hollis instead is used to be careful all his life. But he really loves Jeremy, and only Jeremy, and he is not willin to give up Jeremy, neither for his career. He is honest and strong. A very positive character.

The story is build like a collection of single short episodes (I think this is one of the Turn of the Screw by Torquere Press, and you can understand that) and it has a lot of sex, enjoyable and easy. A right dose of drama and some conflicts to give some challenge to the couple. In the end a lightheart reading.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot loving sex and charming characters!, June 18, 2007

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R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in Fast Forward (Paperback)

This M/M erotica from Tortuga is one enjoyable read. The sex is sizzling hot yet delightfully loving. The dialogue may has quite a few "f..." but it is engaging, at times humorous but certainly works in this steamy romantic plot between a rock star addicted on junk food and his "health freak" personal trainer. Hollis and Jeremy are such endearing characters, their love credible and is most heartwarming following the accident. If you are looking for a hot steamy romance, this latest from Tortuga is for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in Fast Forward, January 6, 2008

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living in Fast Forward (Paperback)

Thirty-something rock/country star Hollis, is in bad shape. After a long time of partying and no sleep, his manager thinks it's time to whip him back into shape again. Enter Jeremy, the personal trainer Hollis's manager hires to help him. At first Hollis complains constantly and fights Jeremy on every little thing, but soon Hollis is looking and feeling better. Constantly working together in the close quarters of a tour bus brings out their mutual attraction, leading to an affair. Then a terrible accident separates them. Will their separation be permanent, or can these two find a way to stay together?

Living in Fast Forward did a good job of portraying the tedium, frustration, and loneliness of being on the road constantly and living a lie because of fame. The storyline was interesting, and I enjoyed Hollis and Jeremy's sparring in the beginning, as well as their role reversal after the accident. Their relationship seemed to progress naturally from pure sex to love. With all the good things this book had going for it, I should have loved it. In the end, though, Living in Fast Forward was enjoyable but the story never truly wowed me. The characters didn't have the depth I was hoping for, and the dialogue got a bit repetitive. I also had an issue with the occasional drug use, which is so not hot in my mind. Even so, Living in Fast Forward is an entertaining tale to spend a few hours with.


Cassie
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