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The Lincoln County Wars
Nothing was the same when Tommy came home from Iraq. But Tommy Lathrop is the Sheriff of Lincoln County. When vandalism targeting gays turns ugly, he steps in to protect Graham and the life they both love.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
83 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2007
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April 29, 2013
This is the story of Graham and Tommy, lifelong best friends and in love since they first touched each other.
But this is also something much bigger than a romance - it is, like Lauraadriana said, a snapshot of a town, and this is why it feels so real. It's a story about more than two people, about change and communication, and about the way lack of understanding and prejudice can ruin lives, but also be overcome and change a whole town.
I love the way Sarah Black can explore these issues with seriousness, but not without a touch of humour.
Also, I got the idea that Sarah Black thinks Josh Lanyon's mysteries in public libraries would help promote acceptance and tolerance of homosexuality. I heartily approve.
The romance is a masterpiece all on its own: two men of the strong-and-silent type, a touch of jealousy, more than a dash of angst and, despite that, the certainty that they will end up together and blissfully happy. It's a romantic story, but it is told in a matter of fact way that makes it feel even more realistic.
As if all this weren't enough, there's a bonus short story! "Tres Hombres of the High Lonesome". In and of itself, this story would be worth buying the whole book. It's so short, I don't want to spoil the surprise by saying anything about it. I will just tell you this: if you like Sarah Black, you will love this story.
But this is also something much bigger than a romance - it is, like Lauraadriana said, a snapshot of a town, and this is why it feels so real. It's a story about more than two people, about change and communication, and about the way lack of understanding and prejudice can ruin lives, but also be overcome and change a whole town.
I love the way Sarah Black can explore these issues with seriousness, but not without a touch of humour.
When the wrestling coach said, loudly, in the cafeteria at lunchtime, that they already had a French Club where those boys could hang out, the French teacher threw a carton of chocolate milk at his head, and the French Club and the wrestling team mixed it up on the linoleum floor. Privately everyone was astounded that those boys in the French Club knew how to fight.
Also, I got the idea that Sarah Black thinks Josh Lanyon's mysteries in public libraries would help promote acceptance and tolerance of homosexuality. I heartily approve.
The romance is a masterpiece all on its own: two men of the strong-and-silent type, a touch of jealousy, more than a dash of angst and, despite that, the certainty that they will end up together and blissfully happy. It's a romantic story, but it is told in a matter of fact way that makes it feel even more realistic.
As if all this weren't enough, there's a bonus short story! "Tres Hombres of the High Lonesome". In and of itself, this story would be worth buying the whole book. It's so short, I don't want to spoil the surprise by saying anything about it. I will just tell you this: if you like Sarah Black, you will love this story.
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March 30, 2009Graham and Tommy are grown together. They lived in an old small town together, went school together, played football together and made their first sex experience together. Maybe they aren't gay, they only can't live apart. And so for years Tommy went to Graham by night, made love and the morning after he left and during the day they were only good friends. But then Tommy went in Iraq and now he is back home, but he no more goes to Graham. And Graham keeps his rage for him, and doesn't go to Tommy.
Tommy is now the sheriff of Lincoln County and Graham thinks he has to keep an unattachable behaviour. And maybe also Graham doesn't want to be the target of the nasty comments of the people who don't like to have gays among their straight cowboys. But the things go bad and Tommy will do anything to protect his lover and to not lose him to another man.
At first you can think that Graham is the positive charcater and Tommy the coward man who doesn't have the courage to claim his love for years. But Tommy is a wonderful character, who loves his man and knows better than him to wait to have finally him all for himself. And also I love the way Sarah Black describes this love, born among teenager and grown while they grew. A love that doesn't need words and doesn't need excuse. All around them can crash, but they always have blue flannel sheet to protect them from the world.
It's a rather short story and Sarah Black has a writing style made of short flash of image and very few dialogue: exactly like the old ways of cowboys, more action, less words.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/99...
Tommy is now the sheriff of Lincoln County and Graham thinks he has to keep an unattachable behaviour. And maybe also Graham doesn't want to be the target of the nasty comments of the people who don't like to have gays among their straight cowboys. But the things go bad and Tommy will do anything to protect his lover and to not lose him to another man.
At first you can think that Graham is the positive charcater and Tommy the coward man who doesn't have the courage to claim his love for years. But Tommy is a wonderful character, who loves his man and knows better than him to wait to have finally him all for himself. And also I love the way Sarah Black describes this love, born among teenager and grown while they grew. A love that doesn't need words and doesn't need excuse. All around them can crash, but they always have blue flannel sheet to protect them from the world.
It's a rather short story and Sarah Black has a writing style made of short flash of image and very few dialogue: exactly like the old ways of cowboys, more action, less words.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/99...
January 29, 2015
Three Stars. A bit choppy and needing plot development. However, I loved the setting and the dialogue wasn't too bad.
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February 14, 2008interesting to see how this pans out!
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