Spare Parts: A Romentics Novel [Paperback]

Scott & Scott (Author), Scott Pomfret (Author), Scott Whittier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2004

Dan is a mechanic with a chain of successful garages and a lonely life. Trent is a recent grad, a struggling photographer with an empty wallet and bills to pay. But an old enemy is trying to ruin Dan's business. Trent is posing as a prostitute. And a secret from their past could destroy everything. Is it fate or bad luck that brings them together one dark night? And can they build a life out of all these spare parts?

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About the Author

Scott Pomfret and Scott Whittier met, fell in love and now live together in Boston, Massachusetts. We realized the story of our romance wasn't the only one out there. So we created Romentics, a line of romance novels for all gay men who believe in happily ever after. We know firsthand the excitement and challenges of falling in love in a modern gay world. And we know how to write steamy literature. We're both published writers, and both appear in Friction 7, Alyson Book's newest collection of the year's best erotic gay fiction. Fall in love with all the novels at www.Romentics.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (April 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159457376X
• ISBN-13: 978-1594573767
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book delivers what's promised, May 16, 2005

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M. H. SMITH "mykelsf" (SACRAMENTO, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Having bought all three [and pre-ordered the fourth] of these "Romentics" novels, I'm happy to say that they deliver exactly what they promise and much more. These are light, fun and very sexy romance novels for gay men. There's a plot, some conflict between the main characters, a few nice sidekick type characters and the inevitible resolution and happy ending. That's exactly what the "romance" genre promises. They're quick reads and more enjoyable than most others I've read. I'm eagerly looking forward to everything that Scott & Scott write.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars smart woman enjoyed this romance, March 13, 2006

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Suzako-Akemi "radarvictory" (WA, USA) - See all my reviews

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After reading Brokeback Mountain by Anne Proulx and I was blown away by the story; I decided to search Amazon.com for different stories of romance and love. I stumbled across Spare Parts by Scott and Scott of Romentics and once again was surprised and touched by the love of two people who were men. I am a straight female with a strong relationship that has grown through a great
deal of trial and effort. When two people fall in love, does it matter if they're of the same gender or opposite? Remember this, love is love regardless of the package it comes in. Dan and Trent are a great example of this idea and I was enchanted by their story. My favorite part of the book was the part where Trent and his mother are talking in the gallary about the two pictures he had taken of himself during the two weeks he was living with Dan and later after leaving. The ending was fantastic and the cover art was done by an excellant artist. If you want to learn more about Scott and Scott, check out their website at www.romentics.com.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong story and refreshing, realistic sex scenes, August 28, 2009

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Charly T. Anchor (Texas) - See all my reviews
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Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 8/10

PROS:
- The sex scenes are terrific. Graphic but not overly long or descriptive, realistic, wordless. I haven't read many erotic novels in which the characters don't speak during sex, but in my experience, that's just as common--if not more so--than sex that's littered with dialogue.
- I love that Trent takes so many pictures. He's a photographer, so obviously he WOULD do that, but he doesn't take only artsy, "good" photos. He also uses them as tangible reminders of specific moments, even painful ones.
- There are moments of really vivid imagery and introspection throughout the book: Trent watches the developing solution running off of a photo in the red darkroom light and compares it laughingly to "the open wounds of the tortured artist"; he thinks of a picture taken as a reminder rather than as a piece of art "the same way a poet would write his shopping list"; etc.
- Several of the supporting characters are sweet and endearing.
- The ending is predictable, but it's nice. Neither rushed nor overly saccharine.

CONS:
- Some of the writing, especially toward the beginning, is redundant and/or unnecessary. There's a section on page 4, for instance, that goes like this: "Both Rodney and Dan were still mechanics. They both still lived in Glen Mills. But they were not still friends." All of this information is revealed elsewhere (some of it before these sentences appear), and none of it is necessary here. I didn't notice this problem near as much further into the book, though.
- Glaring copy editing issues start to occur more and more frequently as the book progresses. The most distracting examples are the complete lack of large initial letters at the beginning of some of the chapters and some words that are just inexplicably incomplete. Here's an example: "I think the power should be back on at a e garage by now." I'm not sure how something like that might have happened, but a couple of times, the missing/partial word is difficult to figure out, even using context clues from the rest of the sentence.

Overall comments: I really enjoyed this book. I wouldn't call it a page-turner, necessarily, but I was curious as to how the authors would fit all the puzzle pieces together at the end. And I'm not at all criticizing the female authors who write m/m novels, but it's really refreshing to read one by men every now and then.