Off World [Paperback]

Stephanie Vaughan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 2008

Sarhaan and his band of elite soldiers don't know what to make of Caleb when his little spaceship turns up on their viewscreen. Believing that he might be a Republican spy, they bring the junior diplomat onto their stolen spaceship and question him. Sarhaan is immediately attracted to the young aristocrat, despite his doubts about Caleb's motives, and his feeling that giving into his feelings would be a very bad idea. Caleb is no spy. He's come looking for Sarhaan's soldiers to help them clear their names of a crime they didn't commit. Or at least he thinks they didn't. He's looking for a murderer and figures he'd better stay clear of any kind of entanglement with the smoking hot Sarhaan until he can find out who's at fault. What he doesn't count on is falling for the genetically enhanced Sarhaan, who seems to think Caleb is just a good time. Can Caleb convince Sarhaan that he's more than just a soldier's diversion? And can Sarhaan accept that the young elite might be just what he needs? Set against the backdrop of space and Doradus Station, a place where anything goes, Off-World is part mystery, part romance, and all heat!

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Torquere Press (August 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603700277
• ISBN-13: 978-1603700276
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,568,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dream Come True, June 23, 2007

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James Hogue (McKinney, Tx.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Off World (Paperback)

Off World was the book I dreamed of as gay teenager in the 1980's. I was, and still am, a voracious reader. I discovered straight romance novels and used to dream that one day there would be romance novels where the protagonists were two men. Stephanie Vaughn fulfilled that dream for me. When I first discovered gay romances I was severely disappointed. While they were full of hot sex, they were lacking in the emotional part of the equation. It seemed that those authors bought into the stereotype that the only thing gay men wanted was sex. From the minute I first read one of Stephanie Vaughn's books, I discovered an author who understood that gay men are complex human beings who not only want hot sex, but love and romance as well.



In Off World, the romance between Sarhaan and Caleb reminded me of the great swashbuckling romantic movies of the 1940's, like the ones starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara. Only in this book, the main characters are more like Errol Flynn and Tyrone Powers. Hooray!!!



Stephanie Vaughn's masterful writing sweeps the reader into a romantic drama with true to life characters who live in an imaginative and well constructed science fiction universe. She not only provides her readers with plenty of hot sex, but tugs at their heartstrings as well. I can't wait to read more from this author.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One smokin' hot read!, June 22, 2007

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CG (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Off World (Paperback)

One of the strengths of Stephanie Vaughan's writing that brings me back again and again is the solidly crafted characterizations. I know these won't be cookie cutter heroes with paper-thin motivations. Complex and character-driven, I love the real world feel of Vaughan's characters and I always come away with the feeling that I would recognize her characters if I met them on the street.

"Off World" is no exception. What starts out feeling like a traditional male-female romance between the burly ex-soldier and the computer-geek turned diplomat, quickly takes a turn. Vaughan stands the genre on its head, obviously having fun playing with Sarhaan's expectations as well as the reader's. Both heroes are more than the stereotypes they initially mistake each other for and half the fun is watching these two spar.

And then there's the sex. Smokin' hot and frequent, this book didn't lack for heat! From start to finish it was spicy and complicated and I can't wait for more. Well done, Stephanie Vaughan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very, very disappointing, September 9, 2010

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D. D. Colwell "gay book lover 9" (Keystone Heights, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Off World (Paperback)

I feel the other reviewers misled me on this book. Actually, if I want to read pornography, I would not go to Amazon to get it. To be generous I will call it an erotic fiction story and not porn, but it is not a very good one. You'll find better on a porno site. I did like the 'physical' description of the main characters, but that was about all. There is so much sex in the book that it is difficult to find the story. Where the characters came from, what type of ships there were in and what they were doing there is not explained. Evidently because that might get in the way of more sex. I worked my way through over half of the book and then gave up.