Street Life

Ben is 18 and tired of living in the suburbs. As there's little sexual adventure to be found there, he decides to run away from both A-levels and his comfortable home - to a new life in London. When the friend he'd hoped to stay with is away, Ben is forced to spend the night on the streets, cold and afraid. He's befriended by Lee, a homeless Scottish lad who offers him a friendly ear and the comfort of his sleeping bag. 
 
Both young men become involved in a web of prostitution and sexual conspiracies, but Ben alone is taken hostage by a mysterious client and held ransom. Lee takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery, help Ben escape and uncover the identity of the kidnapper. 
 
By the author of the bestselling Customs of the Country.

Rupert Thomas

The year is 1924. James Cardell has just left school and is preparing for Oxford. However, before the strict routine of university life begins, he is allowed to spend the summer holidays with his cousins in a tiny village in the Kent countryside. There he can pursue his frowned-upon love for painting, and begin to explore his secret obsession with the male physique. 
 
Through his cousin's guidance and the mysterious activities of the village lads, James comes to discover the pleasures of his forbidden impulses. There is one boy in particular whom he longs to possess - the beautiful, muscular Gabriel. Before long, they both find themselves entwined within a web of youthful folly and dark erotic initiation.

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