Product Description

(Gay / Erotica / Contemporary) Ruthless CEO Quinton Wolfe sets off every alarm on sculptor Max Bowman's warning system. No way is that playboy getting near Max's sister, the newest shareholder in Wolfe's multinational corporation. No matter Quint's charming smile and sexy form, Max won't let his kid sister get taken in by that Lothario. Even if it means Max cuts a deal with Big Bad Wolfe himself. And what a deal! Max becomes Quint's play toy. Good thing Max enjoys it. He'll just play the game until he can turn the tables on the CEO. Or that's the plan. But somehow, even knowing the CEO is a ruthless snake at the core, Max still lets Quint worm his way right into Max's heart. Cutting Quint out of his life is the best thing Max can do. So why does it feel like Max might never be able to breathe again? It doesn't help that Quint's every bit as heartbroken and miserable. So maybe Max's view of Quint was skewed by the media. But can he separate the ruthless CEO from the gentle, caring man who loves him? And can he trust either one?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #349673 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-11
• Binding: Paperback
• 166 pages

Review
"4.5 STARS!...Four characters create an intricate dance and counter-dance of understandings and misunderstandings. The mutual attraction between Max, who is very out, and Quint, who is not out at all, is instant and hot...If you like a complex tale with strongly-drawn characters who don't always do exactly as they should(or as you expect), then you will love THE WOLFE PROXY. I did."--Carole, Rainbow Reviews

"4 NYMPHS!...a fun and sexy look at what happens after two men find love when they least expect it, and under very strange and unusual circumstances, which were a unique and creative twist. Max is out of the closet and has been for years. Quinton, on the other hand, isn't and until he met Max, never planned to step out. These two men are as different as night and day...The well-written scenes when Max emotionally falls apart after a misunderstanding with Quint are expressively painful and heart wrenching...I liked these guys, and the overall plot was well done, with just enough complexity to keep the story flowing smoothly...all the components needed for an entertaining story that's made for a rainy afternoon read."--Mystical Nymph, Literary Nymphs Reviews

"4 STARS!...I really liked THE WOLFE PROXY...is well constructed...the characters were quite likable. The heat between Max and Quint was evident and the sex between these flawed men was divine. I have given the story 4 stars because I think you will fall in love with everyone and Jenn, Max's sister, turns out to be one kick ass businesswoman."--Wave, Reviews By Jessewave

Customer Reviews

The Wolfe Proxy by T.D. McKinney & Terry Wylis
Max is a not so struggling artist who lives as he likes: openly gay he has the reputation to be a good lover but not a constant one, he only does one night stand. So when his sister Jenn comes to live with him and she sets her eyes on Quinton, the CEO of the firm on which Jenn has a big shares, Max recognizes in him a twin soul, only the "straight" version: Quinton is famous in the city to be the most wanted bachelor, but he is never serious with his conquests. Since Jenn is a very nice girl, innocent and sweet, Max will not let Quint treat her like another notch in his belt. He manages to meet Quint in private and he goes all Big Brother with him.

First time Quint sees Max, he immediately realizes that he would prefer to have the handsome man in his bed rather than his sister; and when Max threatens him, Quint reacts as only a business man would do, with a private agreement: he will stay far from Jenn (at least from her bed) if Max will be his boy toy. Quint really doesn't imagine that Max will agree to his proposal, also since he doesn't know that the man is gay. And when Max instead simply says "yes", he isn't expecting for him to take the lead role in the relationship. Quint always played the role of the boss, something he learnt from his father; both Quint and his father were good men, with old fashion idea on what is private life and what is work, your private persona should not interfere with your public imagine, and with "strangers" you have always to play the detached and aloof role of the business man... never letting know to your enemy that you have an heart.

Quint took a bit too seriously his role, and now he actually doesn't have a private life; and since he lost his father, his only relatives, he now has no one with whom he could show his true self; he is captive of his public persona, and neither Max, at first, can see beyond it. But when Quint lets for a moment the mask go, Max finds a different man in bed with him, someone who needs tenderness and assurances. It's quite interesting to read the shifting in role between Max and Quint: no one of them is a perfect leader and no one of them is a perfect follower. I believe that both of them built a shield against the world, Quint becoming the cold business man, Max the careless don juan, but behind that shield, they are both men with deep emotions, sometime also easy to be carry away from them; when they are with someone they trust, or when they believe to be alone, they are also men who doesn't fear to prove their feelings even with tears. But even if they cries a lot, I don't have of them the impression that they are weak, in a way they are like all the artists should be: to pass on emotion they need to feel harder than anyone else.

It's a very romantic love story, with an heavy push on the romantic side; I like as both main characters are completely involved in the relationship from the first moment, and as they prove it both with words than signs; I like as they are weak in front of their feelings but not in front of the world; and I like as they take the responsibility for their mistakes and try to righten them.

32 pages in, the story ended for me...
I really wanted to like this book. Terry has a great written voice, she captured her character's personalities fairly quickly and solidly to a point. Her descriptions and how she wove the setting was really nice and I felt drawn into the story right away. I was very much looking forward to the conflict between Max and Quinton.

I was impressed, right up until they started tumbling into bed with each other the first time. Every bit of sexual tension the author was trying to build up dissipated. Quinton's personality did a 180 and all of a sudden I felt like I was reading a teen romance book. The main characters spend from page 40 (or so) to finish pining for each other. There was no more true conflict or unwillingness to reveal feelings. Each character seemed to read the other like an open book. Quinton's brassy egotistical corporate face melted in two seconds, it was so disappointing. Here I was thinking I'd get to see more 'snake' for the rest of the book! Sadly the snake vanished...

I bought this book based on the description thinking there would be some awesome 'alpha male' clashing, some intrigue, some roughness and eventually a revelation where they'd realize their feelings. I got none of that. It went from clashing to schmoop in 40 pages and I finally had to give up and simply skim the rest of the book.

If sweet romance is what you're looking for, passionate love upon first consummation, romance worthy of a m/f romance novel, etc, you may really love this book. Like I said the writing was great, it just wasn't what I expected or wanted. I feel the poor description is more to blame as it doesn't at all describe the true nature of the book. It only describes up until the first sex scene.

Obviously some other people really enjoyed it! But if you like testosterone and bite to your m/m romance then this may not be what you're looking for.

Too much talking
The premise of "The Wolfe Proxy" sounded hot. Ruthless CEO Quinton Wolfe and sculptor Max Bowman meet, fight, have sex and banter throughout the book except by the time Quint and Max fall into bed you want them to both shut up. Ducktape anyone? Hey, I love UST and sexy banter as much as the next girl - I was a big fan of the Dave and Maddie relationship from "Moonlighting" - but in T.D. McKinney and Terry Wylis' book there was too much banter. It overshadowed everything else. When I got to the sex scene I just wanted the two men to shut up and just get it on. The story could have been a lot of fun with Quint figuring out his sexuality under the more experienced hands of artist Max, but with all the witty dialog flowing back and forth, with each man trying to one up the other, that drowned out any emotional attachment I had to the characters and by chapter seven I was bored to death with the story -- and Max and Quint. Not good. Next time: less banter, more character development!