An Exaltation of Larks
Book 1 of Venery
Language: English
Publisher: Suanne Laqueur
Published: Oct 22, 2016
Genre:
contemporary
Words:
148509
Annotations:
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“So it wasn’t an attempt to get my business?” Jav laughed. “Not on my resume, man. No pay-to-gay. No couples.” “No couples?” “No. Did it once and had a bad feeling about it. Did it again to be sure and got a worse feeling. Left the money behind and crossed it off my CV. Three in a bed is too complicated. And paid or not, fucking another man’s wife in front of him is just asking for trouble.” “I’m hungry,” Ari said. “Can we stop and eat?”
Pages:
613
Book Details
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Description:
"We're so alike, you and I. It's no wonder we kept finding each other."September 11, 1973: Eleven-year-old Alejandro Penda watches from his apartment window as Santiago, Chile falls to a military coup, destroying his family and his childhood. Arriving alone in America, he's taken in by the Larks: a prominent family in the town of Guelisten. Though burdened by unresolved grief for his disappeared parents, he becomes fiercely loyal to the Larks, eventually marrying one of their daughters, Valerie.September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as New York City falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan's top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must open his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds strange and...