Summer Sweat [Paperback]

William Maltese (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

This latest collection, 12 ultra-explicit and raunchy short stories, by William Maltese, portrays sweaty Californian summer days and nights filled to the brim with the non-stop adventures of youthful porno stars, aroused young cops, blue-eyed, blond-haired surfer boys, male prostitutes and lots more fresh-faced, cute, hung studs who all feel the heat as only hot guys can.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Maltese scores high on the legal-teen raunch-o-meter..." -- A Different Light Bookstore, New Books Weekly, October 26, 1999

"If this group of short stories doesn't prove anything else, it proves to all doubters that William Maltese does know his way around the gay life-style. Surprising how so many of these come across wondrously I-would-love-to-meet-the-author roman a clef." -- Alex Von Mann, author of Slaves

"What more can I say but that William Maltese has followed up his thoroughly erotic and enjoyable California Creamin' with a dozen more hot and heavy short stories that kept me glued to my bed, in more ways than one." -- Cort Forbes, author of Young Cruisers

"When I started reading this book, on a Saturday night, I figured all I need give it was a spare moment before I headed out for a night on the town. As it turned out, I stayed home for an evening of more fun with this book, and its stimulating contents, than I would likely have had as a result of a whole weekend of successful cruising." -- Christopher Dane, author of Riders of the Dragon

From the Author

For those who have never been, there's no place quite like California ... in the heat of summer ... with sweat-glossed, tanned, sexy, half-naked bodies of beautiful people dotting its landscape as thoroughly as sand grains dot its surf-caressed shore. In Summer Sweat, I've tried to coalesce the very essence of this sexy and sensual California summer experience, by conjuring for my readers just a few of the myriad inhabitants, permanent and transient, whose life-styles make this Pacific-coast state the super-heated heaven and/or hell it so often seems ... and so often is.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Millivres Prowler Group; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1902644107
• ISBN-13: 978-1902644103
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,013,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been in the business of writing books for a very long time, and I derive particular enjoyment from visiting different places and then trying to relay the "essence" of those places to my readers. Likewise, I'm very adventuresome as regards trying new things, whether it be exotic and strange foods and/or other more personal "things".

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC SHORT STORIES ALMOST EVERY TIME!, July 31, 2000

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Galenn Frazier - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Sweat (Paperback)

No one -- I repeat, no one -- can beat William Maltese when it comes to providing great and sensuous reads in the erotic gay short-story genre. This, his latest offering, is no exception to the "really great" rule. If this anthology doesn't have the advantage (a la his CALIFORNIA CREAMIN') of an update lead short-story detailing the location and general well-being of our-favorite-young-hustler Joey (DIARY OF A HUSTLER by Joey -- rumor having it that Joey is presently at work on his own update), it does have enough to keep any afficionado of the gay short-story genre glued (literally and figuratively) to the spot. If all of the stories keep to the fun-in-the-hot-hot-sun motif, my particular favorites are : "The Music, Man" about a screwed-up thinks-he's-straight Latino "into" the hot and heavy dance scene, "Guess Who?" which immediately brings to mind a popular young cinema star, and "One . . . To . . . Three . . . Out" tale of coming-out that's one of the best I've ever come across. So, if you're in the mood for some shorts to keep you occupied, some lonely night, when you're not up to "wading" through a long novel to get what you want, be sure to have either this anthology or Maltese's CALIFORNIA CREAMIN' handy. Speaking of novels (although not a long one): Don't miss reading Maltese's crossover-to-mainstream detective novel, A SLIP TO DIE FOR: A STUD DRAQUAL mystery, that, while not being promoted as a "gay" book (don't ask me why), has more than enough "gay" going for it to make you a fan of its can't-fool-me-he's-gay hero.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you interested, August 8, 1999

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[e-mail] (Federal Way, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Sweat (Paperback)

Okay, I spend far more time watching TV, going to movies, and surfing the internet than I ever do, these days, reading books. Book-reading justseems to take up too much of my time. And what do I read, when I read it, never seemsto be all that interesting or worth my effort. At least all of the above was the case until I discovered this book of short stories by William Malese. Each of his short stories is, well, conveniently and blessedly short, with satisfactory beginning, middle, and end. Finally, each short story is as hot as any summer-sizzle the auther writes about. No nodding off, I guarantee, while reading any of these hot and steamy tales!