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Can't Buy Me Love
by Chris Kenry
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Publisher: Kensington
Thanks to his wealthy, doting lover, Jack Erikson's biggest daily challenges are working out and deciding which magazine to read. But when his benefactor suddenly dies, Jack is tossed out on the street, with no way of supporting the lifestyle he has become accustomed to. Jack's half-hearted stints at minimum wage jobs barely cover the minimum payments on his credit cards, let alone his Sunday brunches with the boys. Slipping into what he does best, Jack stumbles his way into a career running Harden Up, a male escort service, along with Ray, a professional hustler and aspiring artist. With business booming, Jack is back on top again, not to mention falling hard for his new business partner. But with everything going his way at last, Jack can't help wondering...Can a pair of entrepreneurial escorts really live happily ever after?
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| Wonderful Gay Fiction |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This delightful read brings a whole new meaning to gay business acumen. The lawyer in me was delighted at the steps taken by the "businessmen" to avoid more serious entanglements with the criminal justice system - and those which did result were handled with humor and by "taking it like a man" facing expected consequences. The setting in Denver was refreshing as well.
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| Bawdy, Uproarious & Raucous |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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"In his bawdy and uproarious first novel, Kenry takes readers on a raucous ride with an irreverent, resilient jack of all trades--and master of the naughtiest one. When his wealthy, doting lover dies, Jack Erikson stumbles into a newfound career running Harden Up, a male escort service.--Ingram"--© zebraz
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| Typical gay fare - not worth the time |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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Many people have mentioned the embarassing cover art to this book. I agree and it is also very misleading. The characters in the book do not even resemble those guys - the main character's love interest is an artist who looks nothing like the clean cut characters on the book jacket.
Things we can do without in gay fiction from now on:
1. A spoiled egotistical self indulgent main character. Yes this may apply to some gay guys but its just BORING now in the books.
2. A distant disapproving father and eccentric mother. YAWN
3. The flamboyant gay friend (usually black)
First this book starts as a character study - will this selfish debt ridden loser get his act together? - then it morphs into some sort of romance (never worth your time) - then has a whole chapters about the running of an escort service (fairly interesting) and ends with a kind or frenetic black humor. It never gels.
I kept waiting for the big romance and it was incredibly lame. Was my heart supposed to be warmed about him doing threesomes with his new boyfriend and a client????
If you want a real book about running and escort agency read the MAYFLOWER MADAM's book. At least it's interesting.
If you HAVE to read a book about a selfish gay man - I recommend "California Screaming" and forget this trash.
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| Good story, terrible dustcover |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Forget the TERRIBLE picture on the cover (can somebody please shoot that artist please?), this is just a wonderful story about life, love and all you need to know when you want to start an escort agency of your own ;-)))
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| Delightful, Delovely, Delicious |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Ah, what a great business prostitution is! You've got it. You sell it. You've still got it. Chris Kenry has it, too. What an incredible first novel. The clever plot, the memorable characters, and the witty tone would seem to be the work of an established professional writer. Poor Jack, our narrator who has always depended on others take care of him, suddenly finds himself with no visable means of support and an enormous credit card debt. Not only does he find the solution to his financial problems in the world's oldest profession, but he finds love along the way. More importantly, Jack grows into an admirable character. This is a book that will have you laughing one minute and worrying about characters that you have come to love the next. When one hates to have a book end and wonders about the future of the characters, one has found a really good book. Chris Kearny has vaulted onto my list of favorite living writers.
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