Product Description

Danny is a teacher in small town Colorado, trying to live down his wild teenage years and living his life the only way he knows how; one day at a time. He's had a tough time of it, but Danny figures he's managed to become respectable, or at least less than notorious. The last person he expects to ever see back in town is Harlan Quinn, his old best friend and consummate bad boy. And when he finds out Quinn is the new Sheriff it's even more of a shock. Quinn knows there's more to his old hometown than meets the eye. There's trouble brewing, big enough trouble that he's willing to go undercover to figure out who's behind it. Quinn knows there's more to Danny than old memories and quiet living, too. There was a lot of passion in his old friend once upon a time, and he's willing to bet it's still there if he scratches the surface. He sets out to stir things up in more ways than one, pushing Danny to admit that there's more to life than he has, and that their old town just might manage to be new again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #802462 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Customer Reviews

BA Tortuga's OLD TOWN NEW is an emotionally charged tale that centers around life in a small town.
4.5 blue ribbons

Harlan Quinn's latest police assignment has him returning to the small town where he grew up in Colorado. He's the new sheriff. To make matters even more interesting his neighbor is none other than his best friend and high school lover Danny.

Danny Avers is teaching American History to eighth graders at the local middle school. He's been living a quiet life in the small town that has never forgiven him for the accident years earlier that claimed the lives of six of his friends.

Quinn isn't thrilled with the thought of being back in Hotchkiss, Colorado. He'd been a bit of a hell raiser in his youth and knows very well that the residents of this town have long memories. He fully intends to move into his rental house with his dog just long enough to finish the job he came back to accomplish and then return to Denver. After spending time with Danny, Quinn knows he doesn't want to live without him again. Danny has a career and life in Hotchkiss, but he's had to hide who he truly is and ignore his own desires just to be accepted. What will happen when Quinn and Danny's relationship is brought out into the open?

BA Tortuga's OLD TOWN NEW is an emotionally charged tale that centers around life in a small town. Readers will experience all the quirks of small town living - nosey neighbors, gossip, honest friendships cultivated over a lifetime. There's also the long memories of the townspeople that never let you live down any mistake you may have ever made. Even though they've been separated for close to twenty years, Danny and Quinn have never forgotten about each other. Their relationship is full of everything any couple could want - acceptance, love, and friendship.

Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)

Love this one from Tortuga!
Dan and Quinn are men with a haunted past together, which their home town never forgave. Dan stayed behind trying to rebuild his life and live down the past while Quinn left. Years after Quinn returned with a hidden agenda.
They met, were reunited and their passion and love rekindled. But of course the town never forgave or forgot.
I love this M/M from Tortuga. Unlike most of her usual, the sex is toned down and she does a marvellous job building up the emotions. The love and care these 2 have for each other shines through and there is a warmth and heartwarming sweetness in their love as they try to live a normal life despite the hate and accusations.
I find the ending, though expected in a romance, most pleasing. And you just have to love the sexy front cover!

The only mystery here is where the plot is...
It's been a while since I went looking for m/m stories, so I thought it was a good time to go forth and investigate what was out there. I've tried the "gay psychic detective" stories and been burned, so I thought to drop the "psychic" part and see if I improved anything. It didn't. I haven't been this flabbergasted about a book in a good while.

There was so much promise, and yet... and yet, all this author seemed to want to do was sex. And it wasn't even good smut! Sometimes I was confused with "Who's on top and What's on second." That's really sad, considering I'm usually really good about figuring positions and whatnot. And, okay, so I liked the fact that these were two guys that would be switch hitters and were willing to play the game like that, but seriously? I'm looking for a bit more when the cheapest I can get one of these books is ten bucks. What am I looking for specifically? Oh, I dunno, plot? A good time? A novel idea? Did get this in this book? No. I didn't. I got an interesting style of story-telling, a couple good one-liners, and about a page and a half of really transparent plot that was solved OFF SCREEN! And my gods, some of the dialog, especially the `hot' dialog was downright repetitive. I'm sorry, but when I shell out a twenty to get a book, I expect to have something that's going to entertain me. I'm just saying that there were some golden opportunities here.

The only `real' character here was Danny, which is sad seeing as his main role in this story was as half of a couple. I had no sense of Quinn, and honestly? I didn't need to in order to read the smut, which filled this to such capacity that I was literally skimming it by the end.

And, seeing as this is Torquere Press we're talking about, there's the obligatory bad spelling/grammar issues that even I notice.

...on the upside, there were no feelings gushing, no kisses that healed, and no soulmates. And the build up was nice, but once they started to 'consumate their affair' as it were, it got real boring real fast. So, there's that.