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D.H. Starr

D.H. Starr’s newest book in the Wrestling series

July 26, 2018 By Rocky Ridge Books

D.H. Starr’s Wrestling with Passion, the third part of Scott and Derek’s story, is out and ready to read. Back for their sophomore year at Boston University, they’re getting a lot more than a classroom education. Matters of the heart, when to be prudent, and when to take risks are all on their curriculum.

Wrestling with Passion:

Scott and Derek’s epic passion continues into sophomore year with new challenges to face and overcome. There is one problem: How can you fight an adversary you can’t see?

Derek has always helped others, often placing himself in risky situation. Scott has lived with instability his entire life, moving from place to place, never able to set roots. Surviving the obstacles set in place by Scott’s unloving father and overcoming the threat of an unstable fellow student their freshman year, they start their second year of college believing they’ve overcome all the barriers blocking their future happiness.

All that changes when a troubled student, Tim, enters their lives. Derek can’t help by reach out to the drug-abusing freshman. Scott can’t suppress the paralyzing fear of losing Derek, the one stable thing in his life. As they compromise their own internal needs in an effort to support each other, resentment builds and guilt festers.

Is this new obstacle, the demons that live deep inside each other them, the one that might tear them apart?

Read an excerpt.

Filed Under: D.H. Starr, Print, series Tagged With: D.H. Starr, novels, Wrestling

A “New Adult” novel from D.H. Starr: Wrestling With Love

April 15, 2018 By Rocky Ridge Books

The second part of Scott and Derek’s story is almost here! Wrestling With Love follows these young men to their freshman year of college.  Where their first story was Young Adult, they’re maturing and becoming more sexually active, so consider this new novel to be New Adult. They are definitely facing adult challenges with coursework, classmates, and responsibility.

As a pre-release special, the first part of their story is on sale for $0.99, so if you’re coming in fresh to the series this is a great time to start Wrestling with Desire. And if you’ve been waiting for Scott and Derek’s next adventure, be ready to read on April 19.  You can preorder starting now at Amazon, and the rest of your favorite retailers as links go live.

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Derek Thompson and Scott Thayer met in high school. Facing challenges and overcoming obstacles that would make lesser young men fold, they now have a chance to forge a life together. As they enter college, they finally have the time and space to discover each other sexually and give their virginity to each other. However, in spite of the erotic thrill of exploration, there are still challenges ahead, challenges that will test their love and devotion.

While Derek wants to live as an openly gay man, Scott wished to maintain a degree of privacy. Not only that, but another freshman, Tyrell Jackson, becomes infatuated with Derek and wants Derek for his own. In the face of these threats to their burgeoning relationship, Derek and Scott are forced to look within themselves and make difficult decisions which will change both of their lives forever.

Is their relationship strong enough to bear the strain of balancing their needs as individuals and as a couple? The only way Derek and Scott will attain their ultimate reward is by finding the courage to face their fears. Will they rise to the challenge?​​​​

Get your copy of Wrestling With Love at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo.   Read an excerpt here.

Filed Under: D.H. Starr, ebook, Print Tagged With: D.H. Starr, New Adult, novel, series, Wrestling, YA

New YA from D.H. Starr: The Spirit of Kilapea

November 18, 2017 By Rocky Ridge Books

D.H. Starr has a new sweet YA novella for us: The Spirit of Kilapea.

Recalling his own wonderful summers at camp, Doug has given us a coming of age story, where Nick, a long term camp leader with a secret meets Kip, openly gay and with a chip on his shoulder. He’s let these two young men learn from each other and blossom into more together than they were separately.  “Mind, body, spirit,” the three pillars of Camp Kilapea, do their magic on these two young leaders.

This story is sweet in that the on-screen contact is hugs and kisses, but very thought-provoking and deep, as Nick and Kip both find something more inside themselves than they believed possible. Hand a copy to your teen (and enjoy it yourself. I did!–Pam)

Can one summer change the lives of two young men?

All-American boy Nick Pinchert, popular, athletic, envied by the jocks and desired by the girls—or that’s what he wants everyone to think. Deep down, he harbors a secret he fears will rip his world apart. His summers of leadership at sleep-away camp are sacred, a time to let go of trying to meet others’ expectations and just be himself…mostly.

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Kip Davenport has everything except parents who care about him. He’s grown up shipped from boarding school to boarding school, and Camp Kilapea is one more holding station where he needs to claw his way to the top by tearing others down. Placed in a leadership position he hasn’t earned, Kip plans to deal with the extra resentment the same way he always has.

When the two meet, the attraction is immediate, terrifying Nick and providing Kip with the perfect target for his manipulations. But Camp Kilapea’s teachings challenge even the most obstinate. The three pillars of body, mind, and spirit force campers and leaders alike to examine their choices and to become better people.

But is the spirit of Kilapea strong enough to force Nick and Kip to lower their guards and let each other in?

Available at your favorite booksellers. In mobi and epub, and coming soon, in print.

Filed Under: D.H. Starr, novella Tagged With: contemporary, D.H. Starr, YA, Young Adult

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