473A. Pleasuring of Men

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Forgive this impromptu post, prompted by my inept attempts at BookBub ads (more about them in the next post).

Attention, all those interested in gay novels:

The e-book of my gay novel The Pleasuring of Men, the first title in my Metropolis series of historical fiction set in nineteenth-century New York, is available from Amazon Kindle for $4.99, marked down from $9.99.  Tom Vaughan, the protagonist, is a high-priced male prostitute, and you'll never get him cheaper.  BUT:  This offer expires soon; if you want the e-book, get it here and now.  

The Pleasuring of Men has been read and reviewed by as many women as men, and post cards with the front cover, when offered free at book fairs, fly off the counter.  It's that sexy cover, of course.  But Tom Vaughan makes the worst mistake a professional male prostitute can make: he falls in love a client.  Worse still, with Walter Whiting, his most difficult client.  Whiting is brilliant, knowledgeable, and sophisticated, which appeals mightily to Tom, but he is also moody and difficult.  But once Tom knows what he wants, he goes after it, armed with wit, cunning, and persistence, and also with what. may be his greatest gift: his ability to listen.  Tom's clients have included his mother's Episcopal minister, a rowdy young lawyer, a guilt-stricken Irish-American alderman, countless married men, and a European count who has him burst out of a cake naked at a party.  But the one that counts is Whiting, elusive, troubled, and difficult.

I had hoped to exhibit The Pleasuring of Men and some other books at the Rainbow Book Fair, the annual gay book event at the Gay Center on West 13th Street, just a short walk from my apartment.  Silas and I exhibited there last year and had some weird experiences, as reported in my post #432.  But the Rainbow, in view of the pandemic, has been officially postponed until 2021.  

I've also done a fictional interview with Tom; see post #320.  A fun post; I should do more with other fictional characters from my books.

So much for Pleasuring, the Rainbow, and related matters.  My next post, on how New Yorkers are coping with the virus, will be published next Sunday.  Meanwhile stay safe, stay wise, stay healthy.