Author: Roe Horvat
Language: English
Published: 1st September, 2017
Length: 47,990 words (164 pages) approx.
ISBN: Paperback: 978-1-78645-163-7
eBook: 978-1-78645-164-4
ASIN: B074YMPTZB
Category: Fiction
Genre: LGBT, Romance and Relationships, Adult, Pure Romance - M/M, Pure Romance - Contemporary
URL: http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/dirtymind
Available on Kindle Unlimited
Blurb:
Alexander Popescu is a university lecturer in a quiet German town. He's a respectable man in his thirties who stays fit, has a decent career and travels alone - his only vice is an occasional greasy meal. And beer. And violent computer games. Nobody has to know about the other Alex - the acclaimed porn writer. His ingenious erotic fantasies earn him good money and keep his capricious mind harmlessly entertained.
When his young friend and protégé Christian transfers to Freiburg for medical school, Alex is overjoyed...and terrified that Christian will find out about Alex's indecent alter ego. The time they spend together, as lovely as it is, could overturn Alex's carefully balanced life. Suddenly, the writing is not good enough, his hair seems to be thinning, his careful hookups leave him unfulfilled, and his dreams are haunted by the innocent young man he's vowed to protect.
However, Christian is not a boy any more. He's a grown man of twenty-one, clever and deadly attractive. And he's hiding some secrets of his own.
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Editor's Review:
This review is going to be more of the 'I have the best job in the world' because the thing about being an editor/publisher is that I get to read so many stories that are utterly brilliant in their own unique way.
Dirty Mind is M/M Romance - great M/M romance, with age-gap, friends to lovers, some angst, some sexy time and a happy ending. It's got all the stuff that M/M romance readers appreciate (think 'pink bubble gum for the eyes').
But!
Dirty Mind also has so many layers - themes that are almost literary, grim humour, existentialism, and a critique of the very thing it is.
I feel how Alex feels. Often - not just about writing erotic scenes. About all of my writing. About growing older, the powerlessness of trying to help friends deal with complex health challenges. Alex is real, and complicated, and he struggles with anxiety. This can be frustrating to read and easy to dismiss as 'oh god, more melodrama' but in everyday life, this is how anxiety operates. If you don't know that, you should count yourself very lucky indeed.
Christian is...well, the grown-up. Too grown up for his own good, really. Thank all that is Dieter for being the not-so-straightman heterosexual friend to our Christian. The pair of them are like some kind of just-post-pubescent student bots who eventually break their programming and develop sentience. I love that Roe Horvat showed us this - they weren't fully fledged adults when they arrived at university, because students aren't, and we see them mature, learn to fit into their skin. It's a great contrast to Alex and his somewhat fuddy-duddy set ways.
I absolutely love Dieter. So much.
And the worms! OMG, I cried with laughter whilst trying to deal with the excess saliva, because...been there, done that.
So, this is a scrappy review, isn't it? As I said at the start, I have the best job in the world, and my editing awaits! But I had to pop over and tell you all about Dirty Mind by Roe Horvat, which you can still buy for 99c today (release day - September 1st), $4.99 thereafter.
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About the Author: Queer fiction author Roe Horvat was born in the post-communist wasteland of former Czechoslovakia. Equipped with a dark sense of sarcasm, Roe traveled Europe and finally settled in Sweden. They love Jane Austen, Douglas Adams, and daiquiri, with equal passion. When not hiding in the studio doing graphics, Roe can be found trolling cafés in Gothenburg, writing, and people-watching.
Website: http://roehorvat.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roe.horvat.98
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16958818.Roe_Horvat
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