Product Description

Sarhaan and his band of elite soldiers don't know what to make of Caleb when his little spaceship turns up on their viewscreen. Believing that he might be a Republican spy, they bring the junior diplomat onto their stolen spaceship and question him. Sarhaan is immediately attracted to the young aristocrat, despite his doubts about Caleb's motives, and his feeling that giving into his feelings would be a very bad idea. Caleb is no spy. He's come looking for Sarhaan's soldiers to help them clear their names of a crime they didn't commit. Or at least he thinks they didn't. He's looking for a murderer and figures he'd better stay clear of any kind of entanglement with the smoking hot Sarhaan until he can find out who's at fault. What he doesn't count on is falling for the genetically enhanced Sarhaan, who seems to think Caleb is just a good time. Can Caleb convince Sarhaan that he's more than just a soldier's diversion? And can Sarhaan accept that the young elite might be just what he needs? Set against the backdrop of space and Doradus Station, a place where anything goes, Off-World is part mystery, part romance, and all heat!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #711282 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent M/M erotic romance
First of all, I totally enjoyed Off World. The characters are interesting and sexy! As a writer of erotic romance myself, I'm really fussy about character development and the quality of the sensuality presented in a story. Believe me, this one delivers and then some!
Sarhaan and Cal were perfectly matched. The tension/attraction between these two men pulled me into the story and didn't let me go until I'd read the very last paragraph. Sarhaan is the big, beefy macho guy who's had to pull himself up by his own merits and has a bit of a chip. However, he finds himself needing to overcome this when faced with a priveleged young man who's smart and has had the advantages Sarhaan didn't - because Sarhaan falls hard and heavy. Cal is inexperienced and there's a scene when he has his first real kiss with Sarhaan - that made me melt!!
As far as dialogue, character development and sci-fi world-building, Vaughan has done an excellent job at all of these. For those who love a good helping of sci-fi with their hot hunky loving guys, Off World is the perfect guilty pleasure. I've read many books in the m/m and erotic romance genres and this one is one of the most enjoyable. I heartily recommend it.

One smokin' hot read!
One of the strengths of Stephanie Vaughan's writing that brings me back again and again is the solidly crafted characterizations. I know these won't be cookie cutter heroes with paper-thin motivations. Complex and character-driven, I love the real world feel of Vaughan's characters and I always come away with the feeling that I would recognize her characters if I met them on the street.

"Off World" is no exception. What starts out feeling like a traditional male-female romance between the burly ex-soldier and the computer-geek turned diplomat, quickly takes a turn. Vaughan stands the genre on its head, obviously having fun playing with Sarhaan's expectations as well as the reader's. Both heroes are more than the stereotypes they initially mistake each other for and half the fun is watching these two spar.

And then there's the sex. Smokin' hot and frequent, this book didn't lack for heat! From start to finish it was spicy and complicated and I can't wait for more. Well done, Stephanie Vaughan.

A Dream Come True
Off World was the book I dreamed of as gay teenager in the 1980's. I was, and still am, a voracious reader. I discovered straight romance novels and used to dream that one day there would be romance novels where the protagonists were two men. Stephanie Vaughn fulfilled that dream for me. When I first discovered gay romances I was severely disappointed. While they were full of hot sex, they were lacking in the emotional part of the equation. It seemed that those authors bought into the stereotype that the only thing gay men wanted was sex. From the minute I first read one of Stephanie Vaughn's books, I discovered an author who understood that gay men are complex human beings who not only want hot sex, but love and romance as well.



In Off World, the romance between Sarhaan and Caleb reminded me of the great swashbuckling romantic movies of the 1940's, like the ones starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara. Only in this book, the main characters are more like Errol Flynn and Tyrone Powers. Hooray!!!



Stephanie Vaughn's masterful writing sweeps the reader into a romantic drama with true to life characters who live in an imaginative and well constructed science fiction universe. She not only provides her readers with plenty of hot sex, but tugs at their heartstrings as well. I can't wait to read more from this author.