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Clone
They're clones. They're identical. And they're falling in love.
America. 2073. Once again it’s illegal to be homosexual, to be a deviant, and Riley feels hunted day in and day out, hiding from the skulkers.
Then he learns he’s been cloned, and he has to accept Theo into his apartment and into his life.
Riley is intelligent and resourceful, hard working, compassionate, dependable, but maybe a little too softhearted. He can also be very reserved. He tends to hold himself back before speaking, watching people carefully before he puts himself forward. Even so, there is a kind of grace to everything he does, even if he’s simply lifting an arm, or crossing one leg over the other.
Theo, by contrast, is if anything too friendly. He is quick-witted, excitable, impulsive, and maybe even a little hot-tempered. He can sit sullenly for hours, mulling something over, but he has a mischievous, fun-loving streak in him as well. As a clone, he’s been removed from society, living in a military installation. Now he’s in New York.
The two share the same charismatic good looks, but can it possibly lead to love?
Clone is a hot, standalone gay romance novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers.
America. 2073. Once again it’s illegal to be homosexual, to be a deviant, and Riley feels hunted day in and day out, hiding from the skulkers.
Then he learns he’s been cloned, and he has to accept Theo into his apartment and into his life.
Riley is intelligent and resourceful, hard working, compassionate, dependable, but maybe a little too softhearted. He can also be very reserved. He tends to hold himself back before speaking, watching people carefully before he puts himself forward. Even so, there is a kind of grace to everything he does, even if he’s simply lifting an arm, or crossing one leg over the other.
Theo, by contrast, is if anything too friendly. He is quick-witted, excitable, impulsive, and maybe even a little hot-tempered. He can sit sullenly for hours, mulling something over, but he has a mischievous, fun-loving streak in him as well. As a clone, he’s been removed from society, living in a military installation. Now he’s in New York.
The two share the same charismatic good looks, but can it possibly lead to love?
Clone is a hot, standalone gay romance novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers.
- GenresLGBTM M RomanceFiction
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2017
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About the author
Todd Young
26 books80 followersTodd Young writes books that sit on the borderline between gay erotica and m/m romance.
Generally, I aim to write erotica that goes a little further than the average. I spend a lot of time on my characters, trying to make them as believable as possible. While my stories are sexual fantasies, I want them to have a deeper meaning, and a quality of unexpectedness. To some extent, I am attempting to write literature, but I want my stories to be genuinely engaging. I want them to be easy to read, while at the same time leaving the reader with the feeling that they have read something meaningful.
I hope both men and women will find my stories satisfying. They revolve around romance, though there is often much more going on in the texts.
Generally, I aim to write erotica that goes a little further than the average. I spend a lot of time on my characters, trying to make them as believable as possible. While my stories are sexual fantasies, I want them to have a deeper meaning, and a quality of unexpectedness. To some extent, I am attempting to write literature, but I want my stories to be genuinely engaging. I want them to be easy to read, while at the same time leaving the reader with the feeling that they have read something meaningful.
I hope both men and women will find my stories satisfying. They revolve around romance, though there is often much more going on in the texts.
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February 20, 2022Set in a dystopian retro-future America, this is a case of "the wrong book at the wrong time" for me. Sorry book, it's not you -- it's me! I'm open to trying again some day when I'm in the right mood.
November 3, 2017
How do you feel about meeting your clone face to face? Love; hate!; or confused?
The cost of production/reproduction is high and with many risks to overcome. But what if being together is a danger for most people without the ability to run and hide? What would you do if you had to disappear?
The cost of production/reproduction is high and with many risks to overcome. But what if being together is a danger for most people without the ability to run and hide? What would you do if you had to disappear?
January 7, 2023
it's an interesting story but ends all of a sudden when everything just hit the most exciting part.
I'd like to see how FBI and CPF and the resisting organization fight against each other but the story just ends before that.
also, I can't get any romantic feeling in it. the clone of the main guy is so boring and he is only18-month-old oh my gosh……
I'd like to see how FBI and CPF and the resisting organization fight against each other but the story just ends before that.
also, I can't get any romantic feeling in it. the clone of the main guy is so boring and he is only18-month-old oh my gosh……
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 31, 2018
I struggled with the plausibility of a society castrating gay men to avoid their reproduction. DNFed it at 42%.
June 7, 2019
Strange but entertaining.
Clone sex. If you have issues with that, it was very brief.
In fact, the entire story was underwritten. Not much character development.
Clone sex. If you have issues with that, it was very brief.
In fact, the entire story was underwritten. Not much character development.
July 12, 2019
Well so far, it seems to be about a guy who is gay and a woman whose job is to catch and arrest gay guys.
There seems to be an air of tension because she tries to date the guys first. Depending on what happens on the dates, she catches them as gay and then has them arrested. They get jailed and castrated.
The gay guy agreed to date her, but doesn't know what she is planning. He is too busy thinking about how someone just told him they cloned him, and wants him to take care of the clone.
When he meets his clone, there are sexual sparks.
The story seems to want to be bigger than just the woman, the man, and the clone.
It's going into her investigations into other gay people, the inner working of the organization that gave the gay man the clone, the corporation that runs everything in America, and the politics of the time.
These parts of the story are not interesting to me, and seem a bit outside the scope of the book. A book I thought would stick to the gay romance area. I am still going to finish the book, just skipping pages where I need to.
Now, the author is making some use of the extra information. At first, it all seemed like useless info, but at least now, it's adding more to the background of who the clone is:
The gay man noticed that the clone was wearing the same underwear as him. "It felt odd. And the oddness was centered on his groin."
Out on a date with the gay man, the female gay investigator thinks, "He looked so f------ spectacular in his suit, but how would he feel when he had no balls?"
This books moves at super speed to wrap up all the details at the end. The book was ok, not great.
There seems to be an air of tension because she tries to date the guys first. Depending on what happens on the dates, she catches them as gay and then has them arrested. They get jailed and castrated.
The gay guy agreed to date her, but doesn't know what she is planning. He is too busy thinking about how someone just told him they cloned him, and wants him to take care of the clone.
When he meets his clone, there are sexual sparks.
The story seems to want to be bigger than just the woman, the man, and the clone.
It's going into her investigations into other gay people, the inner working of the organization that gave the gay man the clone, the corporation that runs everything in America, and the politics of the time.
These parts of the story are not interesting to me, and seem a bit outside the scope of the book. A book I thought would stick to the gay romance area. I am still going to finish the book, just skipping pages where I need to.
Now, the author is making some use of the extra information. At first, it all seemed like useless info, but at least now, it's adding more to the background of who the clone is:
"Why would they clone Matthews' son?"
...
"My guess'd be someone in the FBI, someone hoping to topple Matthews."
"That's not likely, Tom. No one in the FBI has that sort of military clout. Much more likely to be the CFP. ...Maybe even Matthews himself.
"Matthews?"
"Who else? He's the boss. Most likely has some sick reason for wanting a clone of his son."
The gay man noticed that the clone was wearing the same underwear as him. "It felt odd. And the oddness was centered on his groin."
Out on a date with the gay man, the female gay investigator thinks, "He looked so f------ spectacular in his suit, but how would he feel when he had no balls?"
This books moves at super speed to wrap up all the details at the end. The book was ok, not great.
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