Semper Civilian

A Gay Marine's Story, Book 2

De: Brett Stout

Narrado por: Jeff Brackett

A gay bachelor auction sweeps young ex-Marine Brad into Hawaii’s glittering world of money, privilege, and access. After a chaotic week in San Francisco (Stout’s first novel, “Sugar Baby Bridge”), Brad returns to familiar ground in Hawaii, and falls in with Danny, a gossip columnist hardwired to the local arts scene with its billionaires, benefactors, dancers, directors, and princesses.

Their friendship is forged against the breathtaking beauty of the island with its dazzling architecture, picturesque beaches, and celebrity-fueled parties. The power dynamics of sex, friendship, and access begin to create a rift between them. Brad’s romantic pursuits cause tension with his new friend who has invited him into a posh world, an invitation that can just as easily be withdrawn. Cracks in the surface of this glittering world begin to reveal a dirty reality beneath.

©2022 BRETT EDWARD STOUT (P)2023 BRETT EDWARD STOUT

He’s a Marine!

I’m on chapter 11 and so far no romance.
I’ve been listening to fantasy/romantic books about hockey, football, baseball players and marines because of the gay macho characters. Always very sexy and interesting.
This “marine” doesn’t have a car, is almost homeless, vegetarian and picky about his food, orders and drinks milk at bars, and the character voice is a little feminine.
At one point the actor was doing an Australian accent and it sounded like Christopher Guest in Waiting for Guffman doing a bad British accent.
I kept waiting for something to happen and I finally gave up.