My Father's Lover
D. J. ManlyContemporary erotic romance
Available from Extasy Books
ISBN: 978-1-55487-192-2
September 2008
| When a female impersonator and club owner is brutally beaten to death at age thirty-nine, he leaves behind a grieving and distraught adopted son, Anthony, employees who loved and admired him, and a genetic son who cared for him not at all. Michael is not the first one of the club administration to die; the former manager, Daniel, Michael’s life partner had also been killed, in an auto accident. Anthony, whom Michael and Daniel had adopted from the streets, became the replacement manager. The blood-son, also named Michael, is gay as well, but rejected his father’s impersonation lifestyle because it disparaged the gay community, in his view.
Anthony and Michael Junior are both dismayed when the older Michael’s will demands his genetic son’s return in order to claim his inheritance. The situation dissolves into angry farce when Michael, who already harbors a mountain of resentment toward the father he believes disowned him at birth, mistakes Anthony for the life partner his dad began writing him about when Michael turned 14. Lusting for Anthony on first sight, he doesn’t know whether to be angrier that this man is connected to the father he hated, or that he claims to be the adopted son, when the biological son apparently wasn’t good enough. D. J. Manly mines the depths of familiar relations, both anger and devotion, in this fast-paced story. Although the premise and some scenes might be offensive to some readers, I recommend this book for its depth of character and character evolution. Delving behind the scenes of a very volatile series of events, My Father’s Lover takes a close look at the meaning of family and the power of love.
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Reviewer: Annie |
