Product Description

Exposure…the truth will set you free In politics for twenty years, Senator Kipp Kensington knows that even a whisper of suspicion about his sexuality could jeopardize his aspirations for the Presidency. Kipp thought he could be content living a lie in a marriage of convenience. Then he met Robin Grant. Leather-clad, motorcycle riding Robin isn’t accustomed to hiding what he is or denying himself who he wants. The instant he meets Kipp, the sparks begin to fly and what started as a chance encounter soon turns into a full-blown affair of sizzling proportions. When the contract Kipp has had for nine years with his now alcoholic, bitter wife begins to crumble and he’s threatened with blackmail, the senator needs to make a decision. Should he hide who he really is in order to avoid losing his career, or reveal the truth and set himself free?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #981886 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Exposure
All that matters to Robin Grant these days are his motorcycle and his leathers. His step-father, Lester and his mom Dusty had pushed Robin into law school but after he washed out, Robin wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life.

Republican Senator Kipp Kensington and his wife Louise have a written understanding instead of a real marriage. They don't have sexual relations with each other or cheat on each other. But, after nine years the cracks are starting to show.

Kipp has kept his desires buried deep but when he meets Robin the dam literally bursts and he can't hold back any longer. For his part, Robin is instantly attracted to this older yet stimulating man who he can't get enough of. Meanwhile, Louise has had quiet affairs for years but her progressive drinking makes discretion more and more difficult. Secrets are hard to keep, even harder to deny and the more they try to hide their love, the more it shows. Who ever said politics is a nasty business was right.

Author G.A. Hauser sets the conservative party against a closeted gay senator in Exposure. Politics is a timely theme these days tossed together with main characters who are complete opposites making this a unique storyline for readers. Unfortunately, the characters never endear themselves, the dialogue is juvenile or irritating at times and the ending leaves more questions than answers. Exposure has a solid concept but the follow through is somewhat lacking.

Lisa
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Exposure by G.A. Hauser
Robin is a 25 years old guy without a meaning in his life. He hasn't had a good example from his mother, a single mom who lived on welfare for the most part of Robin's life and then she married a wealthy man. Actually Robin didn't have a bad life, his step-father also volunteered to pay for his tuition, only that Robin doesn't know what he want from life. Personal relationships didn't help, since he was always treated like a boy-toy, probably since he never gave the impression to be more than a pretty face. Anyway Robin is not a bad guy, he is very sensitive, and easy to be hurt... he is not a true negative character, he maybe only need a push toward the right direction, and perhaps a firm hand and more attention of what he has received till now.

Kipp is a more than 40 years old Republican senator. He always wanted to be a politician, he came from a family of politician, and since his family was from the Republican party, he himself joined than wing. But Kipp is also gay and he needed to hide his true identity; so he married a woman through a mutual agreement, a woman who was aware of the fact that the marriage would be only a cover. Nine years later, Kipp is tired to hide himself, and his wife has started to regret all the thing she gave up for money. When Kipp meets Robin, he is ready to risk his career and all his money for a piece of heaven.

Even if Kipp is actually a cheating man, he is not so bad... I like how he faces his errors and how he puts in danger himself to not deny who he is and who he loves. Above all I like that he never lets Robin down, he never chooses the easy way if it means to make suffer Robin. Robin is always his first thought.

Robin maybe is not a fully grown man. He is the fledgling of a possible good man, but he needs time to metabolize and probably he needs to be forced to face the real life. I don't know if Kipp is good to him, since Robin needs to be shacked and firmly directed, and instead Kipp tends to protect and hide him from the sharp edge of life.

Then there is Louise, Kipp's wife. She should be the negative character in the story, but well, she is too pathetic to be wicked. She is not so better than Robin, since I believe also she is childish and immature. Sometime, instead of hate her, I feel pain for her. And her partner in crime, Alonso... well, probably he is the most unbelievable character of all, so unbelievable to be almost funny!

So yes, another romance by G.A. Hauser where no one of the characters pass the test to be the perfect romance hero, and yet another romance that I read in one session, another page turning book that took me glued to the screen to see what it happened next. And with this one I also realized that it's not even an erotic thing, since the erotic scenes are not enough detailed or graphic to be considered the main event of the story... And so I realized, after I don't know how many books by this author, that it's truly the plot and the characters that hold me enraptured.