Product Description

Who knew the surf of Seaside was the turf of gay gangs? Find out in this modern-day "Romeo and Romeo"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #971691 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-25
• Released on: 2006-05-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Scott Pomfret and Scott Whittier met, fell in love and now live together in Boston, Massachusetts. We realized the story of our romance wasn’t the only one out there. So we created Romentics, a line of romance novels for all gay men who believe in happily ever after. We know firsthand the excitement and challenges of falling in love in a modern gay world. And we know how to write steamy literature. We’re both published writers, and both appear in Friction 7, Alyson Book’s newest collection of the year’s best erotic gay fiction. Fall in love with all the novels at www.Romentics.com.

Customer Reviews

Scott & Scott heading in the wrong direction
Surf and Turf is evidence of a wrong turn in Scott & Scott's writing journey. It's so unrealistic that you have a hard time suspending disbelief and getting into the Seaside world. In addition, the romance is not focused on enough - too many pages about how awful the Queenies and the Meanies are, and not enough about the relationship between our two heroes. Yeah, we know they're a bunch of a**holes! Enough already! Also, there's not enough sex! The previous Romentics novels were much better - perhaps they didn't have the aspirations to high drama that Surf and Turf has, but they were more satisfying reads. More realistic, focusing more on the difficulties of getting the two heroes together, and keeping them that way.

I go into these novels expecting an interesting journey through the hearts and minds of two likeable characters. Scott and Scott, you've said repeatedly that you want your novels to be consistent, so readers always know what to expect when they pick one up. This novel fails in that respect, going WAY beyond the limits of what I would expect from this genre. Very silly and not true to life at all. Scott and Scott, you've fallen short in your mission to provide satisfying, predictable romance for gay men (and the straight women who adore them). Please, please, don't let this most recent of your novels set the trend for the future. Go back to your romantic roots. I've loved all of the previous Romentics novels (with the exception of Nothing Personal, which was too political for me). Please continue providing the passionate, sexy, interesting, relationship-focused work that's thrilled us in the past.

Also, all the Romentics books, including this one, have WAY too many grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors. Don't you guys have *one* friend who's good at that stuff? Send it to me before you publish it, if you want - I'll take care of it! These things just detract from the flow. You're peacefully reading along, immersed in the story, when BAM! a stupid mistake jumps out at you and makes you remember you're not really in the world of the book. I'm glad that the phenomenon of self-publishing exists, but there are drawbacks.

Silly Premise
Two stars. This book was a deep disappointment for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the first four of the Romentics novels; the fifth was OK. This one was not even OK. The two main characters (lovers) were not objectionable, though I'd have liked to have seen more development of them and their romance. Several of the supporting characters were interesting, though several of the more colorful ones could have been LESS important in the story. The main problem, however, was that the whole premise of the book, a rivalry between a gang of queeny drag-queens and a biker gang of S/M afficienados who, between them, harassed and bullied the two lovers was simply SILLY! Not campy, just silly. These two authors have some real talent, as they've already shown, but this is not one of their better efforts. I hope their future efforts come back to earth and focus on the things they do best: developing a serious romantic relationship between two sexy dudes. I beg them to avoid trying to be campy or funny in future works.

Nothing is as it seems in Seaside...
A light, fun summer read. Set in a summer tourist town, a seemingly unrealistic scenario is keeping our star crossed lovers, Blakley and Robert, apart. As the story of their *forbidden* romance unfolds, we learn that the silly scenario is actually anchored in reality...sort of. Surf and Turf is a fun, light, and yes, even happy read, just made for the beach. If you want to smile, Surf and Turf is a good choice.