I can has icons?! + "Brier's Bargain"

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I'd forgotten that having a paid account would give me more icon space.

Note to self: Sort through icons tonight and add more to LJ. Because yes.

Stayed up way late reading homoerotic ebooks. Was pleasantly surprised by "Brier's Bargain" (Bodyguards In Love #1) by Carol Lynne. The main character reminded me a bit of the one in Flowers for

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[mechante_fille]

CV... I just really love the set up she has. The land the town is on is owned by some rich guy whose son was gay, and he created it as a haven for gay people. So it is a regular western ranching town, but almost everyone who lives there is gay. And I love meeting new people, and knowing that we'll get to see their story, eventually, and then getting to see old friends from past books interact in the future. And new people are SO accepted and embraced. They always find them a place to live and a job (and eventually a lover, too!). It is just such a neat place. I want to live there.

The first book is a threesome, with three characters from another series. I didn't read that series... I think I was leery because it was related to the Good Time Boys series, which I swore off after a character death. But it doesn't really matter, you don't need to have read it. Anyway, these three are kind of core to the town, and they actually had another book about half-way through, and the next book is about them, too. I'm scared/excited to read that one. Trouble in paradise! And again, with a really interesting premise. Hopefully the execution will be good enough.

I make a game of counting the 'carries', as I call them. Almost every CL book has a character getting carried, which makes me giggle. I think it has been 3 books without, now, though. *pouts*

Anyway, ymmv, but I find them fun.

Really great plot and substance and whatnot in every book would be great, of course... but until that time, I like my fun trashy novels. ^_^

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I remember an online fanfic author wrote an original set of stories about a gay resort. The premise of CV reminds me a bit of that. I always wanted to go there--it was such an accepting place!

Note to self: Character death in GTB series, do not read. >_<

I'll stick the first CV book on my to-read list then. Nothing wrong with fun, trashy novels. ^_^