by Kenn DahllPublish: Jul 10, 2019Historical RomanceErotic RomanceLGBT
Book Overview
German immigrant Gus is thrilled to become as an architect. Dedicated to his work, intelligent, handsome, and shy, the long-haired blue-eyed young man is conflicted about his attraction to other examples of handsome men. Unfortunately, Gus’s first experience with man on man sex is disastrous as a brutal stranger at the natator... ium−where Gus enjoys swimming and the opportunity to check out the other naked swimmers−attempts to force himself upon the naïve young architect.
Retreating into solitude, Gus befriends an Italian construction worker he encounters on his job, a youth seeking to seduce Gus for financial compensation. Sex with Luigi exacerbates Gus’s guilt over his sexual desires. He escapes the temptations of the big city, moving to Topeka, Kansas to accept a position with the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.
Gus doesn’t escape temptation completely, ultimately succumbing to the lure of Zeke, a coworker at the train company. Gus and Zeke embark on an unsatisfactory, non-reciprocal relationship which Gus terminates and vows to remain celibate. A vow he inevitably breaks upon meeting Silas, the manager of the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. With Gus’s frequent need to travel for work, can the budding relationship endure? read more
BIOGRAPHY Kenn moved from the gay ghetto called Wilton Manors, Florida to the much more dynamic, yet still extremely gay, District of Columbia area. More than thirty years ago he submitted a short story to a “one-hand magazine” contest and won a year's subscription. Since then he has written many stories, none of which he subm... itted for publication until August 2008 when one was included in Alyson Books’ Island Boys Anthology. Currently, he is thrilled to be published in eXcessica.com with over sixty titles. He is also published in two additional Alyson Books anthologies: Best Gay Love Stories 2009 and 2010. Generally, Kenn says he sees a hot male and constructs a fantasy story around him?how he’s dressed, what he might be thinking, what is his relationship with the other males around him be it in a bar, a bus, a restaurant, a bank, or even a church. Sometimes a situation encountered in Kenn’s daily routine, on vacation, or simply on a casual stroll around the neighborhood, inspires him and a story will take shape in his mind, which is then populated from his vivid imagination. Kenn claims to find few outlets outside of erotic fiction for his innate creativity and is pleased others are interested in reading what he writes.read more