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Books By Patrick Doyle
Word Count: 75,000
Character Identities: Gay
Summary: A mystery. A romance. An ocular adventure. Tom's a data analyst. It's not a passionate affair. Neither is his relationship with Mario, although Mario thinks it is. That's Tom's way. He makes things work, whether they work for him or not. With anyone else it would be called low expectations. Not Tom. His passion lies elsewhere. He's a secret writer. The commitment is unusual and he keeps it to himself. Life has already dealt a few blows and he's reluctant to test its limits. Undemanding relationships. Unpublished books. A job that requires little thought. A bad attitude. These are the markers that keep him in place. But when an accident leads him to discover he's losing his sight, life screeches to a halt. His writing, his career, his very independence are at stake. Time, once the future, is turning into the past. Then a man appears. Beautiful yet damaged, Hanif brings light to Tom's darkness. The irony isn't lost on him, if it's irony at all. Just when he's about to give up on life, he finds a new reason to live. But things may not be as they seem. Lies can be told. Accidents can be arranged. Identities can be assumed. Tom's story is a trip down a nebulous road. From an easy life to an erotic adventure, from a modest employee to a man on the run, he must see the truth while he still can. Ophthalmologists. Optometrists. Lovers. Friends. Some wish him well. Some don't. Played out against a backdrop of political intrigue and haunted by ghosts from the past, is this story of love at first sight no more than a game of blind man's bluff?
Word Count: 88,000
Character Identities: Gay
Summary: Pierre and Bill have been together for nearly thirty years, ever since Bill was five. Thrown together by tragic circumstances, they stayed together despite the many attempts to tear them apart. Some thought it wrong that a stranger should raise a child, especially when that stranger was gay. Especially, too, when the child also turns out to be gay. But Pierre and Bill would win that fight and go on to develop an indelible father/son bond. Now, they’re facing a different kind of crisis. The specter of illness and financial insecurity threaten their future. When Danny shows up their lives get even more complicated, but it’s Liam’s arrival that turns their world upside down. Liam comes with Ruthie, and he has a problem of his own. Love takes center stage. Whether as parents, children, lovers, rivals or friends, everyone wants it, fears losing it, and struggles to make room for more. But there's a villain lurking in the background, and if he gets his way, he'll destroy them.
Word Count: 58000
Character Identities: Gay
Summary: Sam receives a desperate call from ex-lover and soul-mate Max who now lives in Australia. Max is a scientist and he’s developed a molecule he claims will change the way the world works. But he believes 'dark forces' want him to fail and maybe even die. He's afraid and begs Sam to come down. Concerned for Max's mental health as much as his physical safety, Sam does. When he lands in Sydney, however, Max is nowhere to be found. But he's left a trail of cryptic messages that lead Sam from Sydney across to the Blue Mountains and up to the tropical north. On the way Sam meets two very different men. Trevor’s a surfer, carefree and easy going. Dominic’s a researcher and much more reserved. Each has a secret, both want to help, but only one wishes him well. Sam has a secret too, but he doesn’t know it. Battling threats, betrayal, and outright assaults, Sam hunts for Max’s killer and for his missing research. At every turn he must chose the right path, make the right decision, and trust the right man. Or lose he’ll everything, maybe even his life.
Word Count: 60000
Character Identities: Gay
Summary: Tony is an art curator. He's bright, ambitious, and unlucky in love. Wanting to start a new life, he applies for jobs around the world and is hired by a prestigious museum to work on a major exhibition on a legendary artist. He's thrilled until he shows up for work. The place is a landmine of conflicts, personal agendas, and dark insinuations. But there is a ray of light in Tony's new life. He meets a struggling young artist and they fall in love. Jeff is beautiful, talented, shy — and terrified. When Tony finds out why, he's terrified too. Then staff members begin to die and disappear and, because of his troubled past and suspicious behavior, Jeff is the prime suspect. Suspecting a setup and determined to protect his lover, Tony starts an investigation of his own. As he stumbles upon one nasty secret after another, he counts on love to pull him through. But not everyone wants him to succeed and, as he searches for the truth behind the deaths and disappearances, he has to learn what's real and what's not. Or Jeff could be lost to him forever.
Word Count: 55000
Character Identities: Gay
Summary: Bill moves to Barcelona to start over. Once there, he falls in love with the city and with one of its hunky citizens. But his past catches up with him. Then there's a murder and he's the prime suspect. What follows is a story of mystery, history, seduction, and a lot of manipulation and lies. Along the way Bill will be confronted with some hard truths about family, love, and about himself. But Barcelona has seen it all before and knows how to take care of those it loves.
