
FICTION
The Pleasuring of Men

For anyone interested in the imagined gay underworld of late 1860s New York. Historical gay romance, but women too have read and reviewed it. (The cover illustration doesn’t hurt.)
Tom Vaughan, a respectably raised young man, chooses to become a male prostitute servicing the city’s affluent elite, then falls in love with his most difficult client. Their story unfolds in the clandestine and precarious gay underworld of the time, which is vividly created. Through a series of encounters — some exhilarating, some painful, some mysterious — Tom matures, until an unexpected act of violence provokes a final resolution. Gay romance, historical.
Published as a paperback and ebook by Gival Press, 2011