My Bare Naked Heart

My Bare Naked Heart

<p><b>Winner of the Goodreads G/G 2016 BEST GAY MEN'S FICTION AWARD</b><p> <p><b>Nominated for Best Gay Fiction, 2016 Lambda Literary Awards</b><p> <p><b>"An amazing book that I did not want to end." - <i>Reviews by Amos Lassen</i></b><p> <p><b>"Impressive debut novel. Highly Recommended." - <i>Grady Harp, Amazon Top 100 Vine Reviewer</i></b><p> <p>John Branson is a college freshman with a big secret: he likes girls, but he also likes guys – and he is surrounded by them at the preppy, all-male college he attends in Vermont. It is the 1950s, a time when gay sex was illegal throughout the US and grounds for expulsion from colleges like his.<p> <p>Against that backdrop, John struggles with the desires that drum inside his head with a deafening roar. Those desires are manifest in his complicated feelings of affection towards his roommate and best friend, Daniel. John also has his eyes on Dusty, a golden boy from California who is a senior and the dorm’s resident advisor. It is a tumultuous year for John and his buddies as they learn about friendship, sexual awakening, and falling in love during a time of hate. <p> <p>MY BARE NAKED HEART is a fun, sexy read that is both literary and impassioned. It is a moving gay love story that will make you laugh, cry, and remember what it was like to fall in love for the very first time. <p> <p>If you ever read A SEPARATE PEACE and wondered if there was more to the male friendships portrayed in those pages, MY BARE NAKED HEART will speak to you. It is a book that explores love and passion with the intensity and lyricism of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. It is written with sexual frankness and set in the time of A BOY’S OWN STORY, GIOVANNI’S ROOM, and THE CITY AND THE PILLAR. <p> <p><i>Note: this book is gay fiction, not m/m romance.</i></p>