Welcome to the bathhouse, a place where your wildest fantasies can come true. Leave your hang-ups and inhibitions at the door because this is a place where anything goes.This sizzling boxed set includes three delicious tales set in California during the summer of 1955:“Fog City Temptation” (San Francisco)A mysterious soldier explores his forbidden passions with an adventurous young man.“Hollywood … explores his forbidden passions with an adventurous young man.
“Hollywood Heartthrob” (Los Angeles)
A mild-mannered fella gets swept up in a whirlwind secret love affair with the hottest hunk in Tinseltown.
“Deep Release” (Sacramento)
A bearish British doctor with magic fingers unlocks the desires of an insatiable high school graduate.
Each pulse-pounding tale of gay romance is just the right length for an exciting bedtime story. Grab a towel and join us in the steam room…
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There are three stories and each one is set in a different city in California. In “Fog City Temptation” the descriptions are so vivid it made me wish I was there, just not in 1955. It made me so sad and angry how people of color and/or gay men were treated back then. It just made me ache for Ricky and Charles. But the ending did make me smile. In “Hollywood Heartthrob” I bet you can guess who that heartthrob is… I wanted Rex & his secretive man to be together so bad, but I will let you find out how that story ends. And the last story is “Deep Release” and all I’m going to say about that one is that Catholics can be so messed up in their beliefs, and the guilt is horrible!! It can really mess with a gay man’s mind! In conclusion these stories will tug on your heartstrings, make you laugh out loud and get so angry you wish you could do something to change history!!! And the sex, oh man, the scorching hot sex will make you squirm in your seat and want to take frequent breaks, but you won’t want to put the book down long enough to scratch that itch. I definitely recommend this book and urge you to one-click as soon as possible. You’ll want to dive in right away!! Enjoy!!
This is three different stories and each completely held my attention. They are three totally different situations and each brought out a complete different emotion in me. The downside of this is when I finished I wanted more. Since I’m a person with little patience waiting for the next book seems torture since I’m in the mindset of the bathhouse stories now.
All the stories have explicit sex and are very sexy. All play on making me want more. All the characters are very realistic.
Fog City Temptation:
This story brings together two totally different guys. Charles is a fisherman. Ricky is a soldier. After their initial get together Charles hopes for more but Ricky explains that it just won’t work. They are two men in 1955. They are different colors. They also come from different worlds. Then Ricky leaves. But the reason they get back in touch is sad. The resolution to their differences is heartwarming even though they face noting but obstacles. The secondary character Lenny adds so much to the story. He is totally a stand out personality. He actually begs for his own story.
Hollywood Heartthrob:
This story broke my heart. It reminds me of so many people from 1955 that lived a life that was anything but honest. The actor explains he never has sex with another more than once. He feels strongly for Rex because he says he likes the way Rex is open and free. He just can’t give up everything to have it. The last time they are together the actor finds out Rex’s favorite flower. This stands out because even though they never meet up again the actor sends flowers to Rex every year for over thirty years. The actor gets married to a woman but it doesn’t work out. Rex seems to have found someone but it is never explained. Yet Rex thinks now and again about getting in touch with the actor but he doesn’t. When he finally decides the time has come he finds the actor has died. There is no hea or hfn but this story is great. It is thought provoking and even though I don’t know how things were really in 1955 I think the author did a great job of giving me an idea of the lack of freedom people had. There is so much to this story and it will remain with me for quite awhile. I think this is the story I liked the best.
Deep Release:
This story really took me by surprise. The idea of a guy so inexperienced surprised me. The way he resolves his lack of knowledge is sexy enough to make anyone squirmy. To go from innocence to experienced is quite a trip for Thomas to take. The author did a great job of explaining Thomas’s background. Lack of a father, how he grew up Catholic, the way people around him identified sex or the lack of all lead to him searching out Dr Doyle and learning. The only thing I had a problem is I can’t let go of a story when I don’t get to me what is a ending. I feel there is so much more to be told about Thomas and Bobby but the author did a great job of this story for the multi story book it is.