Behaving Badly- Action! series Book 4

Action! #4

by G.A. Hauser

Mark Antonious Richfield thought everything was going well in his life. When a young eighteen year old man appeared at their door, their whole world was turned on its head. Can the young sexy ‘Mark junior’ manage to control his voracious appetite for older men? Or will Mark and Steve’s relationship collapse with the struggle for power between sons and lovers?

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, Erotica, Contemporary, Gay, Amazon

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First published June 1, 2009

About the author

About the Author Award-winning author G.A. Hauser was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA and attended university in New York City. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked as a patrol officer with the Seattle Police Department. In early 2000 G.A. moved to Hertfordshire, England where she began her writing in earnest and published her first book, In the Shadow of Alexander. Now a full-time writer, G.A. has written over eighty novels, including several best-sellers of gay fiction. GA is also the Executive Producer for her first feature film, CAPITAL GAMES. For more information on other books by G.A., visit the author at her official website. www.authorgahauser.com G.A. has won awards from All Romance eBooks for Best Author 2010, 2009, Best Novel 2008, Mile High, and Best Author 2008, Best Novel 2007, Secrets and Misdemeanors, Best Author 2007.

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Reviews

[Elisa Rolle]

With this last book, G.A. Hauser pushed a bit the boundaries between romance and erotica, and also between reality and fantasy. Her characters are actually behaving badly, walking even more on the border, edging on the verge of a nervous breakdown; if before her characters were "bad" and too emotional, in this last book they reach the final step, they go all crazy, but it's a craziness for love, and so, again, I can forgive them. I actually don't read a G.A. Hauser to have a true and accurate book on gay life, I read one of her books for the glitter of the show business, for the hotness of cops in uniform, for reading of a man that is unsteady and emotional like and more than a woman, who makes mistake, and cries, and in all his craziness, can admit that he is a wrench, but his man loves him all the same, or maybe right for that reason.

Mark has made a descending parabola from the first books in which he appeared. He is still handsome and loved, but he starts to feel the weight of his age. First he had to prove himself having first a threesome and than a foursome with his partner and two very young actor (Acting 2). The he had to be sure of Jack's undying love for him, and to do so, he involved Jack and his partner Adam in another foursome with Steve (Action 3). Actually, this last experiment, other than confirming him that he has a lot of men loving him, served to Mark to convince him that he is still desirable, same reason why he started to modelling at the age of 38. After a youth and young age spent trying to force himself to love women, Mark now seems to not have boundaries, he is becoming all gay, and a bottom, arriving to refuse to top in bed. He has still big issue of self-esteem, and sex is the only way for him to bond people to him. It's not a chance that everytime he fights with Steve, he then enticed him to bed parading himself all naked in front of his lover.

Mark has barely started to regain a bit of self-esteem and stability with his partner Steve, than another brick falls on his head: a 18 years old boy knocks at his door claiming to be his son. And since Alexander is the spitting image of his father, there is no doubt of it. For Mark is both a dream and a nightmare: he is fiercely protective of his new found son, he wants to give him everything he lacked, above all the love of a father, even more when he discovers that also his son is gay, but at the same time he is scared; Alex represents everything he is losing, youth and beauty, and having him in the same house with Steve is a torture. On the contrary of Mark, Alex retorts to his stepfather's refusal of his sexuality flaunting it, emphasizing all his twinky trait... in a word, Alex is a born teaser and a sex fiend.

If at first Alex comes out like an unpleasant boy, with all his teasing toward Steve and Jack, little by little the reader understands that he is really very young and in deep need of love. And that probably he has not the right perspective on sex; in the past he used sex to "buy" love, now that he doesn't need it to gain the affection from the people around him, Alex is lost. But he will find a young boy, a virgin, that will teach him that sex without real love means nothing. After all, this is a romance ;-)

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[Sandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good beach read

I don't love this story nor do I hate it. Alex was disrespectful to his dad's relationship to a point I going to put the book down. Mark and Steven were so patient, moving Alex in and treating him like a 19 year old baby. This is the 2 nd Action series book I've read. I will try the next and see if I like it.

[Beacullen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that this book was mostly about Steve and Mark. It starts out with Mark finding out that he has an 18yo son he knew nothing about. Alex shows up at their door looking exactly like his dad, and with a huge attitude. Those guys are saints, Alex pushes their buttons at every chance. He tries to seduce Steve, and when that doesn't work he tries for Jack and Adam. Didn't love that part. He soon falls for Angel Lovejoy's boy, Oscar, and is in love. Steve wants to marry Mark, and when Mark continually says no, his feelings are deeply hurt. Realizing what hes done, Mark tries to hurt himself. That took me by surprise, I know it was mentioned briefly in a past book, it sort of seemed out of character to me. Finally things work out ok for them all and they plan to be married at Marks' moms house. She has also met someone and is planning to marry. When Jack and Adam realize what's going on with Mark and Steve, they decide to get married too. I loved the idea of all three couples getting married ttogether, I think it would have been really sweet. BUT suddenly 5 minutes before the ceremony all 4 men decide to say vows to each other, and in their minds they're all 4 married. This just didn't work for me, it seemed like it was thrown in at the last second to spice up a wedding, that really didn't need any help. Anyway, glad they're married now, and they have a son.

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the whole book yesterday flying from New Orleans o LAX. Loved it. The arrival of Alex adds stress and temptations in Mark & Stephen's and Jack & Adams's relationships. Loved the turmoil and resolution. First G.A. Hauser book I've read, I'll be reading more. :)

[Katherine · Rating 1 out of 5]

I reviewed this for my scavenger hunt, but I won't here because of spoilers. But I haven't read a book where I hated all of the characters before. So that was new.

[Katherine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gah! I hated this. I had a spoilery rant on my scavenger hunt page (sorry ladies) and now I'm just going to add this to my nope shelf.

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Behaving Bad can be so good

Having our men come together is so fantastic. I hope Alex has a book of his own and can't wait to spend more time with Mark, Adam, Jack, and Steve

[Lauren at Live Read and Breathe Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Will give full review at the end of the series