Product Description

Start your engines, mount up, and get ready for the ride of a life-time… Sexy gay fiction author Devlin Young donned his helmet, black leather jacket, and jeans. Then he mounted his Kawasaki and set off for what he anticipated would be a wild ride to Sturgis. There were thousands of motorcycles, thousands of men, but only one Sam Rhodes. When web-designer Sam Rhodes joined a local group called the Leather Boys, he wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but he knew what it was he wanted. Amidst the decadence and insanity of the monster event, all Sam could think about was what it would be like to share an erotic experience with the deliciously naughty Dev Young. Not one to apologize for who he is, or who he desires, Devlin doesn’t understand Sam’s reluctance to openly explore their relationship or his wish to keep their liaisons confined to the darkness of their tents while at the rally. Then he crosses swords with a tough-as-nails biker who both taunts and tempts him, unleashing a potentially dangerous craving and pushing Dev to make a choice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #586650 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-22
• Released on: 2008-10-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

Customer Reviews

Leather Boys (Men in Motion 4) by G.A. Hauser
Dev is an openly gay erotic writer. He remember with joy the times he went to Sturgis Harley bikes event with his new-flowers childs parents and so he wants to relive that experience. Only that Sturgis is not the place to be openly gay, or so told him his father. And the things get worst when he meets Sam to the bike club he joined. Dev doesn't know for sure if Sam is gay, but he for sure wants to find out.

The first night they are alone together in a tent, Sam makes the first move, only to plead him to be discreet in the morning. Dev, who is just out of a ten year marriage he made in the vain attempt to deny his homosexuality, doesn't want to listen to reason: he will not be back in the closet, even if it means fight with every homophobic at the event. Sam attempts to calm down him only gets him worst: he starts to wonder if Sam could be the right man...

Dev is 31 years old but he is not grown for his age; it's almost if for all the ages of his marriage, he stopped to grew and now he is like a careless teenager, someone who thinks with his body rather than with his head. He is not cold enough to take the right decision, and even when the answer is clearly in front of him he makes all the wrong choice. All in all I think he is very lucky to have found a man like Sam, since I believe he doesn't deserve him: Dev is still too "mentally" young, and he still needs time to mature; even at the end of the book, I believe he is not at the end of his growing process.

Sam instead is a good surprise: quite and kind in exterior, he is a wild guy in the "closet". Even if he is three years younger than Dev, 28 years old, he is the balanced part of the couple. But even if he can appears a coward, instead he is the one who dares much, since he bets on his feeling and he is the one who makes the first move.

There is also a the odd man out, Tony. Apparently a total catholic homophobic, he has some hidden secrets... he is probably the one who pushes Dev in the arms of Sam, but I can't feel bad for him, he behaves too badly for all the book. Knowing the author, he will probably have a story for his own, and after all he can be the right one for Dev: they are too much "negative" heroes that being together would be impossible. Tony needs a saint for his own, like Dev found in Sam.

My favorite of Hauser's Men in Motion series
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 7/10

PROS:
- Much less sex than in the other Men in Motion books. As a result, the sex scenes are more intense and emotionally charged, and one scene toward the end of the book is very hot.
- One of the guys has awesome parents. I LOVED them. Every scene in which they appeared at all, whether he was speaking with them over the phone or in person, was precious.
- A love-triangleish guy whom I hated throughout the book until the very end, at which point Hauser was able to make me feel sorry for him and hope that one day he gets his own happy ending.
- The relationship isn't rushed. It starts out as a physical attraction and by the end of the book has moved into "we don't know yet that we're a forever couple, but it's a possibility" territory. And I was perfectly fine with that, given that the timeline of the story covers about one week.

CONS:
- Strange POV choice. Hauser is pretty good at keeping her POV consistent: that is, she doesn't often slip and make the reader privy to other characters' thoughts and/or feelings while telling a scene from one character's perspective. As a result, I thought the entire book would be from Dev's POV because the initial chapters say nothing at all about Sam's thoughts. It isn't until 70 pages in--and that's about a third of the way through the book--that we get our first scene from Sam's perspective.
- Quite a bit of violence. But don't get the wrong idea about the book: it's not graphic violence, with detailed descriptions of fights and struggles and blood and guts. There's just a pervasive sense of danger throughout the story. It's probably pretty realistic, though, given the story's setting.
- One of the main guys made the same mistake several times throughout the book, although he comes clean about it at the end and the issue is very much resolved at the story's close. Still, I couldn't help being a little disgusted with him. Again, what he does is realistic, but let's face it: every romance novel has a bit of a fairy tale element to it, and this issue repeatedly mellowed my aw-this-is-such-a-sweet-romance buzz.

Overall comments: Even though I was angry during much of the book because of one particular character and his interactions with others, the situation truly was resolved to my satisfaction. I think this is the best of the Men in Motion books.