BOOK NEWS: GAY AND LESBIAN NOVELS

E LYNN HARRIS: JUST TO GOOD TO BE TRUE
With countless books he’s released (this is number of fityleven or umpteen – I loose track) E Lynn Harris has not disappointed me yet. Well, the only disappointment I’ve ever claimed was maybe a book was too short and I wanted more of it. Now Harris is back again with another complicated and sophisticated cast of characters. In Just To Good To Be True, we meet Brady Bledsoe who is tempted by both hot cheerleaders and shady NFL agents.

I must confess that I haven’t read it yet but it will be the very next novel on my reading list. If there is anybody within the sound of my voice that has not read anything by the greatest author ever E Lynn, please do yourself a favor and go out and pick any number of his books. Trust me, no matter which one you pick up, you will enjoy it. I encourage you to start with Invisible Life (his first book) and just go in order.

FIONNA ZEDDE: HUNGRY FOR IT
Zedde is a native to Jamaica but moved to the U.S. as a preteen. She spent several years in Tampa but now lives with her partner in Atlanta. Hungry For It is her fourth novel.

In Hungry For It we’re introduced to Remi Bouchard. Bouchard is the owner of the hottest jazz club in South Beach. She’s beautiful, successful and used to getting whatever (and whoever) she wants. As she tires of the frivolous one night stand scene, she spots someone she desires at her best friends wedding. This is sure to be a hot and heavy one.

LINDA VILLASORA: PASSING FOR BLACK
Though my love for E Lynn Harris forces me to read him first, the book I’m most looking forward to read this summer is this one. The story of the author should be a novel itself. Linda Villasora was the editor of Essence Magazine that shocked many readers when she wrote a story for the magazine called Coming Out about disclosing her sexuality to her mother.

She has authored several books thus far but this is her first work of fiction. Kensington Books supplies this synopsis of the book:

“Passing for Black” is set in the volatile minefield where race and sexual identity collide. It is a sexy, fast-paced urban novel about Angela Wright, a young black magazine writer who throws her orderly life into chaos when she begins a passionate affair with a woman.And not just any woman: Her undercover lover, Professor Caitlin Getty, is the provocative Humanities Department nemesis of Angela’s fiancé, Keith Redfield, a university professor of African-American studies.

I can’t wait. I’ll fill you in on how it was once I’ve completed it.