A Review of After the Storm
By LMReviews on Nov 29, 2009 in Multicultural Lit Reviews
After the Storm, a Gay, Interracial Erotic short story, is about a rich hotelier’s son, Ethan Conrad, who is make the most of his new life in Indiana after being forced to run the hotel there after his involvement in a same-sex affair his father viewed as a family sex scandal.
Ethan falls head over heels in lust over Marcus, the manly carpenter he hired to construct his art room. Thanks to the wisdom of his Italian housekeeper, Ethan discovers that his desires may not be one-sided, however, there is deep pain holding Marcus back.
While I didn’t care for Ethan’s controlling and relentless pursuit of Marcus, in the short space of 42 pages, Steele shows us how sometimes we need an outside push in order to resume living our lives after a tragedy. Steele also shows how vulnerability can often turn superficial lust into something much more meaningful. Once Marcus acknowledges his desires, the love scenes between Marcus and Ethan are as tender as they are steamy.
I give Jaxx Steele’s After the Storm four out of five Sable Seals.
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
Genre: Interracial Gay Erotica
Page Length: 42 pages
