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Rainbow Reader #8
Rainbow Reader Gray: Surrender
Rainbow Reader Gray:
“Surrender”
Fiction is a lie, but there is truth behind every lie.
Georgie’s 30 year journey spans the entire Rainbow Reader series and can be read in any order. However, for readers interested in following the timeline in complete continuity, the proper reading order for the series begins with the unpublished, “Pink: The Secret Manuscript,” and continues directly into “Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.”
The timeline continues quite chronologically into the three “Moments in Time” novels.
Following the three “Moments in Time” novels, the story and timeline then continues to spin off different characters’ timelines in order to give the reader an all-encompassing, comprehensive and truly relative reading experience about the characters’ lives as they all develop individually.
The Rainbow Reader series begins again after the three novels with “White: Educating Hayden,” “Gray: Surrender,” and will continue into “Black: Secrets,” “Brown: Reconnect,” and the final Rainbow Reader of the year, “Silver & Gold: True Loves Kiss.”
“Gray: Surrender” Features Ian continuing his journey from his last adventures in the “Rainbow Reader White: Educating Hayden” and is sure to surprise some readers with the tragic fact of reality that results from bullying, teen homelessness and depression. Ian is so confidently trying to overcome his insecurities, which is handled by his excessive sexual encounters. It is an emotionally alluring tale of compromise and transition dealing with depression and control surrendering and submitting to your deepest darkest demon.
There is no better fiction, than the truth.
Enjoy the eighth in the Rainbow Reader Series, “Gray: Surrender.”
“Surrender”
Fiction is a lie, but there is truth behind every lie.
Georgie’s 30 year journey spans the entire Rainbow Reader series and can be read in any order. However, for readers interested in following the timeline in complete continuity, the proper reading order for the series begins with the unpublished, “Pink: The Secret Manuscript,” and continues directly into “Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.”
The timeline continues quite chronologically into the three “Moments in Time” novels.
Following the three “Moments in Time” novels, the story and timeline then continues to spin off different characters’ timelines in order to give the reader an all-encompassing, comprehensive and truly relative reading experience about the characters’ lives as they all develop individually.
The Rainbow Reader series begins again after the three novels with “White: Educating Hayden,” “Gray: Surrender,” and will continue into “Black: Secrets,” “Brown: Reconnect,” and the final Rainbow Reader of the year, “Silver & Gold: True Loves Kiss.”
“Gray: Surrender” Features Ian continuing his journey from his last adventures in the “Rainbow Reader White: Educating Hayden” and is sure to surprise some readers with the tragic fact of reality that results from bullying, teen homelessness and depression. Ian is so confidently trying to overcome his insecurities, which is handled by his excessive sexual encounters. It is an emotionally alluring tale of compromise and transition dealing with depression and control surrendering and submitting to your deepest darkest demon.
There is no better fiction, than the truth.
Enjoy the eighth in the Rainbow Reader Series, “Gray: Surrender.”
107 pages, ebook
First published September 10, 2015
5 people want to read
About the author
Adam Stevens
60 books36 followersWriting was Adam's hobby. The voices in his head are constantly battling to get out, often leaving him working on four or five different books at once. He can't help but write. When he discovered he was actually good at writing, it became a full time passion that often interrupts his full time gig Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Along with his writing addiction he has a serious caffeine addiction. Some nights, the only reason he stops writing and goes to sleep is for the fresh brewed coffee in the morning. Teaching English in China, there are serious challenges living in a rural seaside holiday resort to find good coffee.
As an Author, Adam Stevens skillfully writes with a relevant, compelling and believable ability to articulate the emotional context of each character. He will captivate and engage you, in an addictive manner that will make you yearn for the next paragraph, page, chapter, and book.
As a Gay Romance Novelist, he has a brilliant magic with words that will draw you into his works with an almost addictive seduction. Each characters personality jumps off the page and into your heart.
Rainbow Reader Series
Pink: The Secret Manuscript (unpublished, but give it away free to people who send me the purchase email when they buy the series bundle)
Red: Awakening
Orange: Flourish and Flings
Yellow: Army of Secrets
Green: Live, Love, Loss
Blue: Hey! I'm Gay
Purple: Destructive Love
Then continues chronologically into three novels:
Moments In Time: It is never too late to start over
Moments In Time Detours: Sometimes the wrong way can be the right way
Moments In Time: Innocence
And then the timeline spins off from other characters in the Moments In Time series:
Rainbow Reader Series
White: Educating Hayden
Gray: Surrender
Black: Secrets
Brown: Reconnect (Release date November 10)
Silver & Gold: True Love's Kiss (Release date December 10)
Next year, the plan is 3 novels:
Each of these three novels are set on the Homeless Youth Ranch founded in Brown: Reconnect.
Just In Time (Justin and Tim)
In the Nick of Time (Nick and Tim)
Just In the Nick of Time (Justin, Nick and Tim)
Join me on the Equal Hearts Publishing House page to chat about books! It is always a good day to make a new friend!
Along with his writing addiction he has a serious caffeine addiction. Some nights, the only reason he stops writing and goes to sleep is for the fresh brewed coffee in the morning. Teaching English in China, there are serious challenges living in a rural seaside holiday resort to find good coffee.
As an Author, Adam Stevens skillfully writes with a relevant, compelling and believable ability to articulate the emotional context of each character. He will captivate and engage you, in an addictive manner that will make you yearn for the next paragraph, page, chapter, and book.
As a Gay Romance Novelist, he has a brilliant magic with words that will draw you into his works with an almost addictive seduction. Each characters personality jumps off the page and into your heart.
Rainbow Reader Series
Pink: The Secret Manuscript (unpublished, but give it away free to people who send me the purchase email when they buy the series bundle)
Red: Awakening
Orange: Flourish and Flings
Yellow: Army of Secrets
Green: Live, Love, Loss
Blue: Hey! I'm Gay
Purple: Destructive Love
Then continues chronologically into three novels:
Moments In Time: It is never too late to start over
Moments In Time Detours: Sometimes the wrong way can be the right way
Moments In Time: Innocence
And then the timeline spins off from other characters in the Moments In Time series:
Rainbow Reader Series
White: Educating Hayden
Gray: Surrender
Black: Secrets
Brown: Reconnect (Release date November 10)
Silver & Gold: True Love's Kiss (Release date December 10)
Next year, the plan is 3 novels:
Each of these three novels are set on the Homeless Youth Ranch founded in Brown: Reconnect.
Just In Time (Justin and Tim)
In the Nick of Time (Nick and Tim)
Just In the Nick of Time (Justin, Nick and Tim)
Join me on the Equal Hearts Publishing House page to chat about books! It is always a good day to make a new friend!
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February 28, 2016
As I prepared to start reading this Rainbow Reader – Gray: Surrender, I had absolutely no idea of how ‘real’ my continuing education into what it is like to group up gay in this world was about to become.
Whilst I do not consider myself to be either naïve or unaware of events happening in the world, I now admit that I had not fully connected with those events and as a result was blindsided by the emotional avalanche which swamped me in the opening chapter of this book.
Without giving away any details, the devastation which assaulted Ian, and the way he dealt with his crippling depression and survivor’s guilt, hit me hard but made his story all the more real. While he can’t go back to how is life was before, he is forced to move… initially that move is into the mindless and isolating world of academia and nameless, faceless, and meaningless sexual encounters. But that all changes with the introduction of a new and special addition to the Rainbow Reader family who helps to bring Ian back into the world of a loving connection, and renew his passion for his true, higher calling within the community.
Adam Stevens’ treatment of these sensitive and confronting issues continues to garner my respect for his honesty and admiration for his talent as a writer.
Whilst I do not consider myself to be either naïve or unaware of events happening in the world, I now admit that I had not fully connected with those events and as a result was blindsided by the emotional avalanche which swamped me in the opening chapter of this book.
Without giving away any details, the devastation which assaulted Ian, and the way he dealt with his crippling depression and survivor’s guilt, hit me hard but made his story all the more real. While he can’t go back to how is life was before, he is forced to move… initially that move is into the mindless and isolating world of academia and nameless, faceless, and meaningless sexual encounters. But that all changes with the introduction of a new and special addition to the Rainbow Reader family who helps to bring Ian back into the world of a loving connection, and renew his passion for his true, higher calling within the community.
Adam Stevens’ treatment of these sensitive and confronting issues continues to garner my respect for his honesty and admiration for his talent as a writer.
August 29, 2015
Although it is best to read the Rainbow Reader Series before this book, it can be read as a "stand alone" story.
I loved the Rainbow reader Series and this book did not disappoint at all!! I loved the character of Ian that I was 1st introduced to in "White:Educating Hayden"
Ian sadly gets 1st hand looks at hatred, bigotry, death and his own anger in this wonderful story. It is in fact things that most of us have had to deal with.
This story, as well as the entire rainbow reader Series allows us to experience life from teenage years all the way into adulthood. And just as in real life, those teenage happenings follow us into our adulthood at times.
This book as well as the entire series are beautifully written with very vivid characters and events that shape them.
You will not be disappointed in reading them.
I loved the Rainbow reader Series and this book did not disappoint at all!! I loved the character of Ian that I was 1st introduced to in "White:Educating Hayden"
Ian sadly gets 1st hand looks at hatred, bigotry, death and his own anger in this wonderful story. It is in fact things that most of us have had to deal with.
This story, as well as the entire rainbow reader Series allows us to experience life from teenage years all the way into adulthood. And just as in real life, those teenage happenings follow us into our adulthood at times.
This book as well as the entire series are beautifully written with very vivid characters and events that shape them.
You will not be disappointed in reading them.
March 19, 2019
Captivating
This book is a continuation of Ian’s story. He is blindsided by a horrific tragedy that is all consuming. Every emotion Ian goes through is written flawlessly by this author. I felt like I was experiencing everything I was reading. Ian goes through various stages of grief, including survivors guilt, but after a period of mourning he slowly begins to live again. He has a fantastic support system of family and extended family. They are simply amazing. While they can’t take away his loss, just their presence and words of comfort and understanding are prime examples of what to do and follow.
As Ian begins new life as a college student he meets someone who also has issues. The focus of his grief is now redirected. How it plays out is captivating and by the end of this book I’m left with a hope that this author always seems to provide which is why this series is 5 stars.
This book is a continuation of Ian’s story. He is blindsided by a horrific tragedy that is all consuming. Every emotion Ian goes through is written flawlessly by this author. I felt like I was experiencing everything I was reading. Ian goes through various stages of grief, including survivors guilt, but after a period of mourning he slowly begins to live again. He has a fantastic support system of family and extended family. They are simply amazing. While they can’t take away his loss, just their presence and words of comfort and understanding are prime examples of what to do and follow.
As Ian begins new life as a college student he meets someone who also has issues. The focus of his grief is now redirected. How it plays out is captivating and by the end of this book I’m left with a hope that this author always seems to provide which is why this series is 5 stars.
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