He's the One - Hardcover

Beck, Timothy James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0758203233 ISBN 13: 9780758203236

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 2003

Synopsis

Arriving in New York City to realize his dreams as a web site designer, Midwestern jock-slash-computer geek Adam Wilson finds the perfect man in Jeremy, a gorgeous TV actor, and launches an all-out campaign to win his heart--an endeavor that teaches Adam a thing or two about true love. 15,000 first printing.

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This second madcap Manhattan romance from Beck (It Had to Be You) has sexy boys, mild comedy and even a little amateur sleuthing. Thirtyish Adam Wilson ditches his renovated farmhouse in Eau Claire, Wis., to design Web sites for artists and musicians in New York City. He makes friends with fuchsia-haired 21-year-old Blythe ("artist-slash-whatever-pays-the-rent") when he catches her reading his online porn over his shoulder at Cafe Pick Me Up. Blythe becomes Adam's guide to the big city's social whirl, introducing him to spiritual guru Ethan and drama queen Martin. At a party for Blythe's artist friends, Adam catches a glimpse of the unforgettable Jeremy, a hunky blond television actor who is as down-to-earth as our country-boy hero. Soon after, Adam befriends Jeremy's ex-boyfriend Daniel (readers of Beck's debut will remember him as drag queen Princess 2Di4), but Jeremy himself remains elusive. At a spiritual retreat, Adam's collection of computer diskettes (containing plans for a revamping of local hotspot Club Chaos) goes missing and catty nightclub persona Wade Van Atterson is the primary suspect. In a last-ditch recovery effort, Daniel, Martin and Adam don drag disguises and rifle through Wade's office. Is this any way to meet the man of your dreams? A saccharine ending caps this pleasantly chatty indulgence from Beck, who seems to have found his calling serving up featherweight fun.
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Former high-school jock Adam, having done well in the dot-com era, has gone home to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and a slower-paced business of his own. He is out to super-supportive mom and has a good life, but he feels the void a boyfriend would fill. Since gay life in Eau Claire seems to consist largely of bars and political groups--neither the niche for him--he temporarily removes to New York to better serve the needs of a large client. Before you can say "Big Apple," he becomes close friends with Blythe, a painter, and falls at first sight for Jeremy. Then Adam encounters an old Eau Claire schoolmate, once known to Adam's group of high-school jocks as Daniel the Spaniel. Although now fit and hunky, Daniel is still nursing wounds from those bad old days, and he just happens to be Jeremy's ex. Is he the wedge to Jeremy that Adam has been seeking? Another romantic comedy of gay manners from the author of the equally engaging It Had to Be You (2001). Whitney Scott
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Edition details

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0758203233
• ISBN 13: 9780758203236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352