Book Name: One Thing Leads
Author Name: Jude Dunn
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Book Name: One Thing Leads
Author Name: Jude Dunn
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Blurb
Dion Bellamy
is twenty-seven and studying social work at the University of Chicago. He has
lived with Kenji Okamura, a construction worker, for a year and a half. Dion
loves Kenji and passionately hopes Kenji feels the same, but he has never said
the three big words. Then Grayson Sinclair, Dion’s schoolmate and a vivacious,
oversexed playboy, comes between them.
One step at
a time, barely aware where his steps are leading, Dion descends the slippery
slope into a life of depravity. First, Grayson ensures Kenji is out of the way.
Then he entices Dion to go clubbing with him, gets Dion drunk and high, and
then takes him to a sex club, where he films Dion giving blow jobs to multiple
men. He threatens to put the video online unless Dion signs a contract to work
as a prostitute. Though he hardly understands how he reached this point, Dion
must now figure out how to escape his fate and save himself.
Excerpt
“God,”
Dion screamed, throwing his hands in the air in disgust. He and Kenji glared
like dogs circling each other before attacking. Finally Dion broke the tension.
“I need some air,” he said, then spun on a heel and strode to the bedroom.
Kenji sat still as stone, listening to Dion slamming drawers as he found
clothes suitable for going out.
How
did this happen? I wanted to come clean. I thought if we talked about it—
After
quickly dressing, Dion stormed to the front door.
“Where
are you going?”
“Out,”
Dion said without looking at Kenji. “Does that meet with your approval?”
“Dion,
don’t be—”
The sound of the door slamming rang in Kenji’s ears.
Footsteps fell hard and fast down the stairs. When they stopped, he looked away
from the door. He closed his eyes at the muffled sound of another door slamming
hard two floors below. When he opened his eyes a few minutes later, he looked
down, surprised to see dots of blood on the seat of the recliner. He opened his
hands and saw that his fingernails had broken the skin of his palms.
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Author Bio
I’m a southern boy. Well, “boy” may be a stretch. I'm sixty-one this year, but I still feel like I’m twenty-two and act like I’m nine-and-a-half. Grew up in north Alabama, smack-dab in the middle of the Bible belt.
I discovered I was attracted to boys at age fourteen. Twenty minutes after that, I found out that being gay was the unforgivable sin, not blaspheming the Holy Spirit, as my little Baptist church had taught me. So, as so many like me have always done, I hid from everyone, including and especially myself.
At age forty-nine I came out to myself, my wife, and my three wonderful children. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done and the best thing that ever happened to me.
I started writing shortly after discovering anime. There’s this thing called “fandoms,” you see—well, I know you probably know about that. I grew my skills slowly, feeding on the dribbles of praise and criticism my mailing lists provided. In 2011 I decided to try my hand at original fiction and found I have a talent for telling stories that touch people’s hearts and make them laugh. For me there’s no greater high in all the world. The next year I somehow screwed up the courage to submit to a publisher and was given a thumbs up. Now I’m happily sharing my tales with those who care to read them.
My day job is editing and engraving sacred music for a mainline publisher in Chicago, where I live with an antisocial cat who refuses to be named. I enjoy fine wines, jazz, and the darkest chocolate I can get my hands on.
I write in a variety of genres, from gay romance and erotica to science fiction and mainstream thrillers, each category under a different pseudonym. Jude Dunn is the one I use for gay romance. My work is sometimes subtle, sometimes fiery, but always brimming with characters who tackle their challenges with an unwavering love of life.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your time here.
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REVIEW
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the story of Dion and Kenji. I would say they are the average couple, letting so much fall unsaid between them. They both truly love each other but are so caught up by habit and the day-to-day to take the time to tell the other how they really feel.
Dion curled his knees to his chest, sweaty, sticky, knowing what was happening, not caring in the least. He loves loves me. I know it.And he really does love me, doesn't he? He knelt and began cleaning Dion with tender, loving strokes.
They are plodding along, making it but not appreciating how special their relationship really is until someone is thrown in the mix to create drama for them.
"That thing we do," Kenji said, "where we look at each other."Dion looked away, "Uh-huh.""Well, we didn't do it then."
After an argument and some crazy circumstances, they find their world forever changed. They can either let what they had before slip away or choose to change what led up to their heartaches. I would have preferred that some of the effects have a more realistic feel, but I did like this story. Some of it was very touching to me.
3.5 stars
3.5 stars
***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***
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