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For Love and Money
Handsome Dr. Jason Philips, the heir to a vast fortune, had followed his heart and pursued his dream of becoming a physician. Ewan P. Gallagher had a different dream. Acting in local theater, the talented twenty-year-old was determined to be a famous success. As fate would have it, Jason happened to be working in casualty one night when Ewan was admitted as a patient. Jason was more than flattered and surprisingly aroused by the younger man's obvious attraction to him. The two men entered into a steamy affair finding love, until their ambitions pulled them apart. Now, one year later, and stuck in a sham of a marriage that he entered into only to preserve his inheritance, Jason is filled with regret. Caught between obligation and freedom, duty and desire, Jason finds that he can no longer deny his passion. He plans to win Ewan, Hollywood's newest rising star, back!
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
G.A. Hauser
269 books514 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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March 30, 2009I was enthralled... I begin this book with no much wish, thinking to read some pages and then close up and sleep. Now four hours later I'm sleepy as hell but much more happy.
This book is funny and charming. It starts a little bit slow but grows up soon and conquers you.
Jason and Ethan were lovers. But Jason, a doctor, comes from a wealthy family of the northern England, who doesn't see well to have a gay son. So they blackmailed Jason to marry an unknown woman choose by them if he wants to inherited a great estate. And Jason is human, and not the perfect hero of usual romance, and so he accepts the deal and Ethan leaves, goes in America to follow his dream to be an actor.
One year later, when the book starts, Ethan is a famous actor and Jason is leaving a lie: he no more can stand his life and wants Ethan back, badly. But he is a 37 years old married doctor living in Carlisle, England, and Ethan a 21 years old movie star from Los Angeles, California: it is not so simple for the two find a way to be together.
The two characters are absolutely fantastic: Ethan is a knight in shining armour with a crack in the armour! Handsome, wealthy and spoilt, he can't imagine to live without all his money and comfort, but he is also deeply in love with Ethan, he wants to protect him; nevertheless he wants his quite life in an upperclass neighbourhood, possibly with Ethan by his side: in other words he wants the wife drunken and the barrel full!
Ethan is young and innocent: he is all feeling and not much thinking. He is not dumb, but he lets speak his heart instead of his mind. And he needs someone who drives him on the right path. He is fresh water in the bog.
And then there is the setting: all the classical elements of the movie star romance, scandal, luxury, big houses and five star hotels. And in a postcard world also the villains are nice (don't miss Adam and Jack!).
To finish I have also notice that the author use two very different writing styles when she makes speak the english characters or the american characters. I'm not English or American, so I can't judge if the spoken English is correct and accurate, sure she has allow me to indentify myself with the story and better undestand the diversity between the characters.
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This book is funny and charming. It starts a little bit slow but grows up soon and conquers you.
Jason and Ethan were lovers. But Jason, a doctor, comes from a wealthy family of the northern England, who doesn't see well to have a gay son. So they blackmailed Jason to marry an unknown woman choose by them if he wants to inherited a great estate. And Jason is human, and not the perfect hero of usual romance, and so he accepts the deal and Ethan leaves, goes in America to follow his dream to be an actor.
One year later, when the book starts, Ethan is a famous actor and Jason is leaving a lie: he no more can stand his life and wants Ethan back, badly. But he is a 37 years old married doctor living in Carlisle, England, and Ethan a 21 years old movie star from Los Angeles, California: it is not so simple for the two find a way to be together.
The two characters are absolutely fantastic: Ethan is a knight in shining armour with a crack in the armour! Handsome, wealthy and spoilt, he can't imagine to live without all his money and comfort, but he is also deeply in love with Ethan, he wants to protect him; nevertheless he wants his quite life in an upperclass neighbourhood, possibly with Ethan by his side: in other words he wants the wife drunken and the barrel full!
Ethan is young and innocent: he is all feeling and not much thinking. He is not dumb, but he lets speak his heart instead of his mind. And he needs someone who drives him on the right path. He is fresh water in the bog.
And then there is the setting: all the classical elements of the movie star romance, scandal, luxury, big houses and five star hotels. And in a postcard world also the villains are nice (don't miss Adam and Jack!).
To finish I have also notice that the author use two very different writing styles when she makes speak the english characters or the american characters. I'm not English or American, so I can't judge if the spoken English is correct and accurate, sure she has allow me to indentify myself with the story and better undestand the diversity between the characters.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/160202040X/?...
June 24, 2012
This was probably one of the worst M/M books I have read so far; and I have read a lot of books and my share of bad ones, as well.
To be fair to future readers, this review will contain some major spoilers and as it disturbs the flow of the review, I will not use spoiler tags. So, be warned and continue at your own risk.
So, where should I begin?
Well, first of all, the dialogue had absolutely no flow. It was overly dramatic (as has been mentioned) and I could never figure out if the characters were supposed to be British or Irish. Because some of them talked with the posh British accent, while Ewan talked with an Irish one, but was never mentioned to have any roots in Ireland.
Please, do study up on things like these, as they can completely throw a reader off, while reading and it did with me. Besides that, not many uses 'Ta' anymore as in 'goodbye'. And what was up with all the 'cheers'? Is that the new way of saying bye? Because whenever I use it or have heard someone use it, as has been to celebrate a happy moment and at times to say bye or see you later. But it was thrown in randomly in this story with no regard as to how to use it correctly.
The dialogue, however, what was did the last hit for me. I simply couldn't get into it and it felt like they were re-creating some long lost play on stage with the monotone voice of an amateur actor.
Next were the characters. I have to admit, I need to give credit where credit is due.
G.A. Hauser truly did manage to write a book with not one character I liked. Amazing.
Not one. And usually I always find a character I like, even if the person is the smallest minor character available. I couldn't do that here.
It was like there was made an actual effort into creating distasteful people with no social skills or who were able to speak correctly.
Wich reminds me; there was a terrible use of "!", shouting and sneering.
The first 80 pages, whenever someone opened their mouth, 90% of the time, they would shout and each sentence would end with an exclamation.
No one can shout or sneer that mouch.
And while an exclamation point is used to underline was is being said and for the use of dramatic effect, it loses its ability when it was been used too much.
Also, I just couldn't buy the whole 'I'm having sex and fallen in love with the butler who is 30 years my senior'. Just, no. Please. Gawd. Not one female (maybe with very very few exceptions), even in M/M Books, do not have sex with a 60-year-old man when they are in the middle of their thirties. Not when they could go out and pick-and-choose from eligible men right outside their front door. No matter how lonely or horny they are.
So, yeah, I give up.
I usually somewhat like G.A. Hauser's books, but this one hit the bottom for me.
It's not even worth having on my hard drive or the extern. I know I will never ever open it and read it once more.
From the blurb I expected much more than what I got.
To be fair to future readers, this review will contain some major spoilers and as it disturbs the flow of the review, I will not use spoiler tags. So, be warned and continue at your own risk.
So, where should I begin?
Well, first of all, the dialogue had absolutely no flow. It was overly dramatic (as has been mentioned) and I could never figure out if the characters were supposed to be British or Irish. Because some of them talked with the posh British accent, while Ewan talked with an Irish one, but was never mentioned to have any roots in Ireland.
Please, do study up on things like these, as they can completely throw a reader off, while reading and it did with me. Besides that, not many uses 'Ta' anymore as in 'goodbye'. And what was up with all the 'cheers'? Is that the new way of saying bye? Because whenever I use it or have heard someone use it, as has been to celebrate a happy moment and at times to say bye or see you later. But it was thrown in randomly in this story with no regard as to how to use it correctly.
The dialogue, however, what was did the last hit for me. I simply couldn't get into it and it felt like they were re-creating some long lost play on stage with the monotone voice of an amateur actor.
Next were the characters. I have to admit, I need to give credit where credit is due.
G.A. Hauser truly did manage to write a book with not one character I liked. Amazing.
Not one. And usually I always find a character I like, even if the person is the smallest minor character available. I couldn't do that here.
It was like there was made an actual effort into creating distasteful people with no social skills or who were able to speak correctly.
Wich reminds me; there was a terrible use of "!", shouting and sneering.
The first 80 pages, whenever someone opened their mouth, 90% of the time, they would shout and each sentence would end with an exclamation.
No one can shout or sneer that mouch.
And while an exclamation point is used to underline was is being said and for the use of dramatic effect, it loses its ability when it was been used too much.
Also, I just couldn't buy the whole 'I'm having sex and fallen in love with the butler who is 30 years my senior'. Just, no. Please. Gawd. Not one female (maybe with very very few exceptions), even in M/M Books, do not have sex with a 60-year-old man when they are in the middle of their thirties. Not when they could go out and pick-and-choose from eligible men right outside their front door. No matter how lonely or horny they are.
So, yeah, I give up.
I usually somewhat like G.A. Hauser's books, but this one hit the bottom for me.
It's not even worth having on my hard drive or the extern. I know I will never ever open it and read it once more.
From the blurb I expected much more than what I got.
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August 7, 2012To be honest I only liked Adam Lewis here and don't even ask me why - I don't know!
All characters looked either not (at all) sympathetic or really immature - or both. Jason came across as greedy, jealous and insecure, Ewan's kinda bland and they cried TOO MUCH for the grown ups they're supposed to be.
The ending was too abrupt and the sudden change of attitudes remained unexplained. Oh and I'm no expert, but the British accent was too much, imo. I've read British authors and people in their books don't talk like that.
All characters looked either not (at all) sympathetic or really immature - or both. Jason came across as greedy, jealous and insecure, Ewan's kinda bland and they cried TOO MUCH for the grown ups they're supposed to be.
The ending was too abrupt and the sudden change of attitudes remained unexplained. Oh and I'm no expert, but the British accent was too much, imo. I've read British authors and people in their books don't talk like that.
February 8, 2013
Love Ewan and Jason and to see their HEA and it was great to see Adam has a bit of a douchebag since I read the Action series first.
October 12, 2008
For Love and Money by G.A. Hauser (2007)
June 1, 2012
Great blurb but it was too fast-paced and the dialogue was overly dramatic.
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