What Hides Inside [Paperback]

Ally Blue (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2007

Sam Raintree's life changed forever when he started his dream job with Bay City Paranormal Investigations. In one fateful week, he learned he was psychic, discovered he possessed the power to open interdimensional portals, and accidentally let loose a horror like he'd never imagined. He also began a relationship with his boss, Dr. Bo Broussard, a man who'd been in the closet all his life. Now, three months later, the burden of secrets has become too heavy for a fragile relationship to bear. Bo isn't ready to come out, and Sam is tired of hiding. When Bo hires a new investigator, Dean Delapore, Sam is intrigued in spite of himself. Dean is bisexual, attractive, and very interested in Sam. During the intense investigation of South Bay High School, from which three students have mysteriously disappeared, Sam and Dean draw closer together, while Bo pushes Sam away despite their feelings for one another. When the investigation erupts and Sam comes face-to-face with his worst nightmare, he has to decide whether to fight for Bo's love, or let him go. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit male/male sex, graphic language, intense violence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599984172
• ISBN-13: 978-1599984179
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,059,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ally Blue is acknowledged by the world at large (or at least by her heroes, who tend to suffer a lot) as the Popess of Gay Angst. She has a great big suggestively-shaped hat and rides in a bullet-proof Plexiglas bubble in Christmas parades. Her harem of manwhores does double duty as bodyguards and inspirational entertainment. Her favorite band is Radiohead, her favorite color is lime green and her favorite way to waste a perfectly good Saturday is to watch all three extended-version LOTR movies in a row. Her ultimate dream is to one day ditch the evil day job and support the family on manlove alone. She is not a hippie or a brain surgeon, no matter what her kids' friends say.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PSYCHIC HEAT, December 2, 2007

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Venus Junkie (Kansas City, Mo) - See all my reviews

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What Hides Inside Bk 2 BCPI series WOW, Ally Blue pulls out all the emotional stops in this story. Bo is afraid to leave the closet, Sam is a little heartbroken, and Dean Delapore enters the picture. I wanted to slap Bo, hug Sam and kiss Dean. All the while, the plot thickens with paranormal activities that will put you off dark tunnels for life. The investigation is the main theme, which is a very creative story, but the romance is so Hot!!! Whew, I needed a cool down period with large amounts of iced tea. This is a fantastic book. I also read Bk 3 Twilight which is in e-book, and it is just as hot, just as heartwarming. I'm really enjoying this series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Relationship more fun to read about in this than in the first book, July 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: 7/10

PROS:

- The relationship picks up in intensity from the first volume to this second one. Not only are the characters more attracted to each other physically, but they're also more passionately (or passive-aggressively, anyway) at each other's throats when they disagree.

- There is sex in this volume (as opposed to the first volume, which doesn't go beyond kissing), and as I hoped it would be, it's incredibly sweet and passionate because the buildup to the relationship's physical aspect is so slow and gradual. (It won't seem as slow if you read this volume without reading Oleander House first.)

- The secondary characters are more fleshed out in this volume than the first, and I like especially the newest member of the investigative team. I wanted to smack him at the beginning of the book, but he endears himself throughout the rest of the story so that toward the end, I found myself wishing that Blue would write in a romance for him in one of the later volumes.

CONS:

- Not as eerie as the first book. Admittedly, I don't go for thrillers and/or horrors all that often, but the first volume seemed to set a precedent of creepiness that this book doesn't live up to. Put it this way: I got a little wigged out at one point reading Oleander House and had to stop reading it when it got too shadowy in my house, but I didn't encounter that problem with this volume.

- The big, climactic, facing-the-evil-interdimensional-creatures scene ends a bit quickly (it lasts for about 2 pages, at the end of which I sort of stared at the page with a puzzled expression and thought, "That's it?"), but to be fair, there is some dramatic fallout from that scene that takes up a good chunk of the story's conclusion, so overall I didn't feel all that cheated by the ending.

Overall comments: This book is quite enjoyable, as was the first volume, and this second one has a little bit of everything: an intriguing plot, likeable characters, sex, romance, and some good old-fashioned angst.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Uninspired Story and Characters, June 12, 2008

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Jane (Canada) - See all my reviews

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The synopsis is better reading than the story. I found the characters dull and the daily dialogue boring. Sam is out and Bo is in the closet but there was no heat or sexual tension created because of it. I got really tired of reading about their eye contact on page after page...Bo looked at him with hurt and lust.. Bo looked angry..Bo looked away...Sam....well, you get the picture. Enough already!

I got tired of David and Cynthia always hugging and kissing and sitting on each other's laps in the office. Dean was way over the top flirtatious for being a brand new guy in an interview!

The big lead up to finding the evil entity was very anti-climactic. Could Sam open a portal,could Sam close the portal, Sam should stay away from the portal...then poof it's over in half a page.

This novel was neither interesting, horrific, tense, sensual,sexual,erotic and the same goes for the characters. And just barely paranormal.

I felt like the author really had no idea of what to do in this story except promote Oleander House.