Posts Tagged ‘BookSurge Publishing’


Double Bound by Nick Nolan

August 31st, 2010 by Kassa / 1,065 views

Title: Double Bound
Author: Nick Nolan
Publisher: Amazon Encore
Length: Novel/340 pages
Buy the book: Amazon

Blurb:

An exclusive resort is rising on a pristine Brazilian island: lavish suites, world-class casinos, imaginative theme architecture. But most important is its elaborate security—it’s going to be the safest locale this side of the Pentagon. Because of Katharine Tyler’s investment there, her nephew Jeremy journeys with his lover Carlo Martinez and former US Marine Arthur Blauefee to assess the resort’s progress.

But for the young man and his companions, their visit proves to be anything but leisurely or safe—because when all seems well, the trio is swept into the clutches of a charming trickster, sensual temptation, kidnapping, murder, a mandate from the US State Department, and an unexpected double-cross, with Aunt Katharine playing puppet master before getting tangled in her own strings.

Although Double Bound features the central characters from the award winning novel Strings Attached, this is now Arthur’s story: his abuse-filled youth, his precarious years as a gay US Marine, then his treacherous journey to Brazil—where he is challenged to heroism, while agonizing between love and duty and his crippling personal demons.

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Strings Attached by Nick Nolan

April 29th, 2010 by Kassa / 1,208 views

Title: Strings Attached
Author: Nick Nolan
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Length: Novel/320 pages
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Blurb:

Closeted teenager Jeremy is sent to live with wealthy relatives after his mother enters rehab. Struggling to fit into the posh world of Ballena Beach, Jeremy joins the high school swim team, dates a popular girl, and begins to think he may have landed in paradise—until his great aunt Katharine starts to dictate his every move … and a late-night phone call insinuates that his father’s accidental death was not so accidental after all.

As Jeremy grows accustomed to the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his need for answers—as well as the danger of immeasurable harm. Weaving together a murder mystery, sexual ambiguity, and characters with hidden identities and agendas , Nick Nolan offers readers a deliciously witty page-turner about the “puppet” who wishes only to be a real boy. Strings Attached is also a surprisingly heartfelt story about coming-of-age and coming out—not necessarily in that order.

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