The Bookkeeper

Blurb: When Rowan Lee arrived in the small, liberal Provincetown, he heard tales of the eccentric, brilliant, possibly insane Finnegan Clark. A world-famous mystery writer, Finnegan’s been to the top of the bestseller list more times than anyone can count. It’s about the only place he goes, sequestered away in his mansion by the sea. [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay

Blurb: Adam can’t wait to get back to civilian life after months of military life in a war zone. Things don’t go as he plans, though, when his Army buddy and lover dumps him without so much as goodbye, and his family starts pressuring him to make decisions he’s not ready to deal with. When [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge, Torquere

You would think that this story has a lot of potential for conflict. A middle-aged, blind businessman and a young rent-boy hired as a reader. There is an age gap, difference in backgrounds, outside pressure. All those could make both their lives miserable, but there are almost no problems whatsoever. A slight disturbance with the [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, gay, Sean Michael, Torquere

Blurb: Heading to his country home after a long week of work, Matthew Janssen meets a young man on the train – a startlingly handsome young man named Albin, who claims he can read Matthew’s mind and show him his most hidden desires.  But when he wakes at his stop, he’s alone.  Leaving the terminal, [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge, paranormal

Cody was a great character with all his conspiratory planning to get Seth to meet him. Seth’s qualms to get together with Cody were understandable, so the story made perfect sense. I think Ariel can write whatever she wants and I’ll like it. Available at Dreamspinner Press

Tags: 2009, A. Tachna, age-gap, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay

Blurb: Love is the journey of a lifetime. Chris Tucker is a cultured and sophisticated gentleman. Matt Gallagher is a pierced and tattooed wild child. Not exactly the pair you’d expect to become a couple. But the sparks fly between them from the moment they meet, and the fire never goes out. Through the first [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, Ally Blue, contemporary, favourites, gay, m-m romance challenge, Samhain

Blurb: Three years ago Vince lost his partner and has been alone since. One day he meets Rob, a student who lives next door. Rob and Vince, who is 24 years his senior, start a relationship eventually, but Vince still is not 100% certain this will work out. Review: Vince is 45 and finds himself [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, C. Gold, contemporary, favourites, gay, m-m romance challenge, red rose

Blurb: Roland Marcus, still not over the fact that his twenty year relationship has ended, accidentally bumps into a hot young guy in a used book store…a strapping male hustler whom he decides to hire for one week to accompany him to charity events while he’s in New York. He offers him five thousand dollars, [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge

Blurb: Two cowboys fall in love. It’s as simple and as complicated as that. Tyler Newsome is heading home to the Lazy N, tired of the rodeo and tired of always being his charismatic twin’s shadow. It’s time he gets a life of his own—and maybe the man he’s always dreamed of, too. Ren Alston’s [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, BDSM, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge, Samhain, western