Book Reviews

Private Dances by BA Tortuga at TurtleHat Creatives

Genre Gay / Contemporary / Students/Teachers/Professors / Erotic Romance
Reviewed by Serena Yates on 25-January-2020

Book Blurb

An exotic dancer to make money for college, Dale usually stays onstage. Private dances are tricky, you never know when someone will try to take it too far. Big time player Gen makes him an offer he can't resist, though, for one dance. Just one. One dance turns into two, and soon Dale is drawn into Gen's world, one of wealth and power that spans two continents. Can they find common ground between a backwards Texas student and playboy with more money and power than Dale can even imagine?



First edition published by Torquere Press, 2006.

Second edition published by Smashwords Edition, 2012.

Third edition published by Dreamspinner Press, November 2016.


Book Review

Exotic dancers have quite the reputation but, as the saying goes, not everything that glitters is gold. Perceptions and assumptions can be deceiving, and this story shows how that can be true in more than one way. The “glamorous” job of a hardworking exotic dancer and the seemingly perfect life as a wealthy businessman are not always as they seem, and both Dale and Gen need more and different things than what they have to be happy.

Dale is an exotic dancer, but he works hard to earn enough money to pay for his college education and he prefers to dance in public. He does make a few exceptions, but even then there are rules about his clients not touching him that he enforces. Well, usually. With Gen things are different from the start. Dale is attracted to the rich stranger and as they get to know each other, Dale quickly realizes there could be a lot more between them than a physical relationship. But how can he stay true to the principle of making his own way in life when accepting someone else’s support looks so tempting?
 
Gen seems to have it all. He is a millionaire, a playboy, and enjoys the finer things in life. He also works hard, but the scale of his rewards is worlds apart from what Dale experiences. Gen realizes there may be a lot more between him and Dale than physical attraction, but between his schedule and Dale’s pride, figuring out if that is true and how to make things work turns out to be quite the challenge.

If you like stories about men who come from different worlds meeting and falling in love, if you think that a down-to-earth cowboy working hard to get a degree and a rich businessman who is lonely deserve a chance, and if you’re looking for an entertaining read that is as hot as it is touching, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format ebook
Length Novella, 120 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date 05-December-2019
Price $3.99 ebook
Buy Link https://www.amazon.com/Private-Dances-BA-Tortuga-ebook/dp/B082FKLDJG