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Double Trouble
Identical twins, Donny and Danny Rothschild were never at a shortage to have sex with men. The two gorgeous brothers were taking a break after graduate school to play for a while until they moved out of their parents’ fancy LA mansion, begin careers, and carried on with their lives.
But Donny had grown bored. Casual fucks weren’t a challenge and the growing anxiety that he and his twin would soon go their separate ways was making Donny angry and violent in his sexual encounters.
To kill time and give them something to do before the drudgery of a nine to five job descended upon them, the two men make a bet. A bet to find, seduce and conquer a straight man.
Pretending to be the same person, Donny and Danny go about locating and forming a plan to get their macho heterosexual male prey into their bed to use and enjoy.
Neither brother could predict the anger, jealousy and emotion that came with the unwholesome game.
When loving devotion between the twins changes to a competition and venomous fury, the odds become stacked against them. Soon it seems as if neither could win at their malicious plot.
But something else happened; an unexpected surprise that rose up from the near catastrophe of a horrible charade.
What began as a selfish whim with long standing consequences, suddenly brings two men, who were as close as identical twins could be without being physically joined at the hip, to split up.
And in the one moment, the bond would be stretched to breaking point or make them closer than they had ever imagined. Which will be stronger? The connection they had shared since birth or the yearning to become independent and successful, regardless of the consequences.
But Donny had grown bored. Casual fucks weren’t a challenge and the growing anxiety that he and his twin would soon go their separate ways was making Donny angry and violent in his sexual encounters.
To kill time and give them something to do before the drudgery of a nine to five job descended upon them, the two men make a bet. A bet to find, seduce and conquer a straight man.
Pretending to be the same person, Donny and Danny go about locating and forming a plan to get their macho heterosexual male prey into their bed to use and enjoy.
Neither brother could predict the anger, jealousy and emotion that came with the unwholesome game.
When loving devotion between the twins changes to a competition and venomous fury, the odds become stacked against them. Soon it seems as if neither could win at their malicious plot.
But something else happened; an unexpected surprise that rose up from the near catastrophe of a horrible charade.
What began as a selfish whim with long standing consequences, suddenly brings two men, who were as close as identical twins could be without being physically joined at the hip, to split up.
And in the one moment, the bond would be stretched to breaking point or make them closer than they had ever imagined. Which will be stronger? The connection they had shared since birth or the yearning to become independent and successful, regardless of the consequences.
196 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2009
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G.A. Hauser
267 books515 followersAbout 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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December 2, 2009
It's been a long time since I've read a book as bad as this one. I hate writing negative reviews on books I've read. The last few books I've read by GA Hauser has been pretty good, so I was a little surprised how much I disliked this book. I had a hard time finishing it, but I did, and I think that was an accomplishment within itself.
My main problem with this book was the heroes. Danny and Donny are twins who are very selfish, self centered and just downright cruel. They decide that picking up gay men has become boring, so they make a bet that they can pick up and convert a straight man. Since they are identical twins and no one can tell them apart, they make the decision to play this game by courting the unsuspecting man together. That way both twins can have the victim and the victim has no idea he's dating not one man, but two.
I hate to say this, but I hated this book. I didn't think there were any redeeming qualities about the twins and the poor guy they seduce had no backbone whatsoever.
If I could give it less than 1 star I would.
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December 2, 2009This novel is set in the same world of the previous Action! Series by G.A. Hauser, the world of the bold, beautiful, and rich, of Los Angeles. Actually if you read the last book in that series, you already met Danny and Donny, identical twin working on the same firm of Mark and Steven. And in a way you already know their story and some of its development.
What is important here is to know better these two and their reason. As expected, as always I should say, G.A. Hauser’s men are not exactly “perfect” heroes, and in a way, sometime, they are not even so nice. Apparently it seems that they don’t have any moral, but actually there is always a reason behind it. In this case, when you read of two 25 years old guys still living on the shoulders of their parents with little intention to change the situation soon, you can’t really have of them a good first impression. But then you meet their parents, and discover that they are not really pushing their babies to go out of the nest, and so, as Danny and Donny do, you think, why bothering too much? Let them have the time of their life and sooner or later they will discover how it’s the real world. Problem is that sometime, people like them, discover the truth so far in their life when it is really too late to change something. Or maybe, if they are lucky, they never discover it, and they live always happy and unconscious.
Even if Danny and Donny are identical twin, and in many way they are similar, they are not alike in their emotional development. Danny, more shy and quite, is also the one that is readier to take the flight out of the nest. It’s almost like, while Donny spent all his energy in growing and glowing, Danny saved it for the right moment. Suddenly Danny is the savvier, he is the one who is taking serious decision, and Donny is unsettled by it. He feels like he is losing his brother and this cause him some emotional issue, leading him to taking out his frustration during sex with other man. Donny realizes that he is doing something wrong, but what he seems to not realize is that he is hurting other men. This is the point when you, reader, realize that you are reading about a man by G.A. Hauser: in any other novel, by any other author, Donny would probably go under a self-judgement, coming out guilty and repentant. This is what an hero does, this is not what Donny does. Donny is not an hero, as seldom G.A. Hauser’s men are; they are more irresistible villain, the bad guys that everyone, or at least me, love.
For most part of the book, Donny plays the role of the bad twin and Danny is his good conscience. Danny is so good that sometime he is almost boring in comparison to Donny. But then I saw a spark, a bit of that wickedness or naughtiness that his brother Donny is always accused of; and you realize that maybe Danny is only better in controlling himself, that he is probably smarter that his brother Donny. It’s strange but discovering that Donny is more fragile than Danny, at least at an emotional level, made him nicer to my eyes. I’m true, I didn’t like much Donny, at least not in the first part of the book, and even in the end, being him not at all repentant, it was like his happily ever after was not due. But again, as I said, there are some lucky men that have never had to face how the world really is, they are, and they will always be, the bold, beautiful and rich. And if you don’t like it, well, probably you will not like most of G.A. Hauser’s books, since she likes them a lot.
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What is important here is to know better these two and their reason. As expected, as always I should say, G.A. Hauser’s men are not exactly “perfect” heroes, and in a way, sometime, they are not even so nice. Apparently it seems that they don’t have any moral, but actually there is always a reason behind it. In this case, when you read of two 25 years old guys still living on the shoulders of their parents with little intention to change the situation soon, you can’t really have of them a good first impression. But then you meet their parents, and discover that they are not really pushing their babies to go out of the nest, and so, as Danny and Donny do, you think, why bothering too much? Let them have the time of their life and sooner or later they will discover how it’s the real world. Problem is that sometime, people like them, discover the truth so far in their life when it is really too late to change something. Or maybe, if they are lucky, they never discover it, and they live always happy and unconscious.
Even if Danny and Donny are identical twin, and in many way they are similar, they are not alike in their emotional development. Danny, more shy and quite, is also the one that is readier to take the flight out of the nest. It’s almost like, while Donny spent all his energy in growing and glowing, Danny saved it for the right moment. Suddenly Danny is the savvier, he is the one who is taking serious decision, and Donny is unsettled by it. He feels like he is losing his brother and this cause him some emotional issue, leading him to taking out his frustration during sex with other man. Donny realizes that he is doing something wrong, but what he seems to not realize is that he is hurting other men. This is the point when you, reader, realize that you are reading about a man by G.A. Hauser: in any other novel, by any other author, Donny would probably go under a self-judgement, coming out guilty and repentant. This is what an hero does, this is not what Donny does. Donny is not an hero, as seldom G.A. Hauser’s men are; they are more irresistible villain, the bad guys that everyone, or at least me, love.
For most part of the book, Donny plays the role of the bad twin and Danny is his good conscience. Danny is so good that sometime he is almost boring in comparison to Donny. But then I saw a spark, a bit of that wickedness or naughtiness that his brother Donny is always accused of; and you realize that maybe Danny is only better in controlling himself, that he is probably smarter that his brother Donny. It’s strange but discovering that Donny is more fragile than Danny, at least at an emotional level, made him nicer to my eyes. I’m true, I didn’t like much Donny, at least not in the first part of the book, and even in the end, being him not at all repentant, it was like his happily ever after was not due. But again, as I said, there are some lucky men that have never had to face how the world really is, they are, and they will always be, the bold, beautiful and rich. And if you don’t like it, well, probably you will not like most of G.A. Hauser’s books, since she likes them a lot.
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May 4, 2016Did not finish this book. Read to 50% but found the characters, Donny and Danny very immature and annoying. I didn't like their plan to groom and entrap a straight guys for sex while pretending to be the same person. I didn't like reading about Donny's sexual acts - he is aggressive and abusive. I didn't enjoy the writing style enough to complete reading.
November 19, 2009
if i had realised this had Mark Antonius Richfield in it I would not have bought it. He seems to bring out the worst in every story GAH has him in.
One star because I couldn't bring myself to finish this, I wanted to bank the twins heads together and tell them to grow up.....
One star because I couldn't bring myself to finish this, I wanted to bank the twins heads together and tell them to grow up.....
October 29, 2020
That was baaaaaaaad.
Two spoiled, rich twins (Danny and Donny) decide to lure a straight construction worker into sex with them. But they never have sex together and it's a turn-off when anyone suggests it to them, but they still tell each other about all of their sexual exploits and are totally okay with going after this one guy together. Danny observes to Donny that sometimes he's too rough in sex, and then Donny gets depressed over that but still goes rough on two more guys--one which ultimately is rape because the guy tells him to go easy, and one who was totally into it yet somehow gets upset despite not asking Donny to stop or even slow down. Danny meets a one-night stand and falls in love with him, but Donny calls the guy pretending to be Danny and tells him off, ruining that relationship because Donny is scared of losing Danny.
Every emotion in this book is extremely superficial and sophomoric. The plot isn't inherently bad, but its implementation is. And ultimately, I think the most unbelievable thing in this entire book is that every guy they hook up with happens to live alone. In Los Angeles.
I've only given 20 1-star ratings out of the 900+ books I've rated on Goodreads, but this one definitely earned my 21st.
Two spoiled, rich twins (Danny and Donny) decide to lure a straight construction worker into sex with them. But they never have sex together and it's a turn-off when anyone suggests it to them, but they still tell each other about all of their sexual exploits and are totally okay with going after this one guy together. Danny observes to Donny that sometimes he's too rough in sex, and then Donny gets depressed over that but still goes rough on two more guys--one which ultimately is rape because the guy tells him to go easy, and one who was totally into it yet somehow gets upset despite not asking Donny to stop or even slow down. Danny meets a one-night stand and falls in love with him, but Donny calls the guy pretending to be Danny and tells him off, ruining that relationship because Donny is scared of losing Danny.
Every emotion in this book is extremely superficial and sophomoric. The plot isn't inherently bad, but its implementation is. And ultimately, I think the most unbelievable thing in this entire book is that every guy they hook up with happens to live alone. In Los Angeles.
I've only given 20 1-star ratings out of the 900+ books I've rated on Goodreads, but this one definitely earned my 21st.
May 5, 2012
I always enjoy Ms. Hauser's gay romances, and this was no exception. Danny and Donny are identical twin brothers and they are gay. They've been inseparable all their lives and now at twenty-five both having finished their graduate studies in marketing, they are at the cusp of the rest of their lives. Danny is eager to be in a relationship and Donny is feeling left behind and as a result takes out his anger on his lovers. The need for Donny to hurt his sexual partners is alarming to both brothers. To divert him, Danny agrees to Donny's challenge that they find a gorgeous straight man to seduce. The brothers have never shared partners before, but they have fooled each other's dates. Meeting Bruno increases Donny's pulse rate. Not only is he greatly attracted to him, he finds he's giving him his heart as well. But Danny's afraid that when they fail to seduce Bruno, and Bruno rejects them, Donny will again reach to his darker side and become violent.
The brothers are so identical that Donny admits that when he looks in the mirror he sees Danny and not himself. Coming to terms that the future will find the brothers separating their lives, is a tough path. The sex in this is explicit and clearly shows the different personalities of the brothers. The seduction of Bruno is the only time the brothers team sexually, and then it becomes solo when Donny can't allow his brother to share the man he loves. There is no twin sex. I'm glad that in true romance style, both brothers find their HEA
The brothers are so identical that Donny admits that when he looks in the mirror he sees Danny and not himself. Coming to terms that the future will find the brothers separating their lives, is a tough path. The sex in this is explicit and clearly shows the different personalities of the brothers. The seduction of Bruno is the only time the brothers team sexually, and then it becomes solo when Donny can't allow his brother to share the man he loves. There is no twin sex. I'm glad that in true romance style, both brothers find their HEA
November 12, 2021
What did I just read? Why did I read it? I couldn't really remember the answer of those questions
I came across this book while searching for twincet bit after reading the book I don't understand why it was even recommend under twincet but most of all I don't understand the plot line. It felt like author was going after the taboo write but then suddenly she changed her mind
The characters were not properly sketched.
Plot line was really weak
I came across this book while searching for twincet bit after reading the book I don't understand why it was even recommend under twincet but most of all I don't understand the plot line. It felt like author was going after the taboo write but then suddenly she changed her mind
The characters were not properly sketched.
Plot line was really weak
February 22, 2019
Double trouble
Good story about twin brothers and the trouble they can and do get into and the possibility of love com I Nguyen from it.
Good story about twin brothers and the trouble they can and do get into and the possibility of love com I Nguyen from it.
August 2, 2014
I got about 2/3 way through and then I clicked that this book was in a series, a couple of which I had already read. In fact it takes place before the book I had already read.
I liked this story, twins but not sexual contact between them. I will carry on and read others by this author.
I liked this story, twins but not sexual contact between them. I will carry on and read others by this author.
June 22, 2012
Not my favorite Hauser book but I still enjoyed reading it. As with most of Hausers's books, the sex scenes were well written. The twins seem a tad bit immature for 25, in my humble opinion.
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