Tag Archives: LGBT
Tom Mendicino. Probation. New York: Kensington Books, 2010.
Andy Nocera seems to have it all: an adoring wife, a successful career, a beautiful house in High Point, and a doting mother. He is content, but he is not satisfied. Andy has long been attracted to men, and he … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Mendicino, Tom, Piedmont, Watauga
James Villas. Dancing in the Lowcountry. New York: Kensington Books, 2008.
Ella Dubose, a 70-something Southern lady, has been a Charlotte resident for almost a half a century, but she left some part of her heart in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. When her younger children start to pester her … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Mecklenburg, Piedmont, Villas, James
Cheris Hodges. Let’s Get It On. New York: Dafina, 2008.
Kenya and Maurice were high school and college sweethearts, but they broke up after she caught him in bed with another woman. Now, nine years later, Maurice is the star player for the Super Bowl-winning Carolina Panthers and Kenya is … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Mecklenburg, Piedmont, Romance/Relationship
Margaret Maron. Bootlegger’s Daughter. New York: Mysterious Press, 1992.
Lawyer Deborah Knott is a modern southern woman, but as the only daughter of a notorious, retired bootlegger, she still has one foot in the traditions of the old south. After one of the local judges is particularly and unnecessarily … Continue reading
Frances Richter. Friend of the Firm. Mooresville, NC: Moonfest Publishing, 2008.
This is the first novel in a planned series that will follow the life and career of Sheldon Bailey, a criminal defense attorney based in Charlotte. The friend of the firm in the title is the beautiful Liv Taylor, whose … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Mecklenburg, Piedmont, Richter, Frances, Suspense/Thriller
Michael Parker. Virginia Lovers. Harrison, N.Y.: Delphinium, 2004.
The rural community of Trent, N.C., a fictional town between Fayetteville and Wilmington, is shaken when a local gay teenager is found murdered after a high school party. Thomas Edgecombe, owner of the town’s weekly newspaper, begins to report on … Continue reading
Randall Kenan. A Visitation of Spirits. New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2000.
Kenan’s acclaimed first novel is the story of an African American family in the fictional town of Tims Creek in rural eastern North Carolina. Horace Cross, the sixteen-year-old protagonist of the book, is haunted by what may be actual demons, … Continue reading
Anderson Ferrell. Have You Heard. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004.
As Have You Heard opens, Jerry Chiffon is dressed in woman’s clothing and pointing a gun at a well-known conservative North Carolina senator. The story of Chiffon’s life unfolds as several narrators, all residents of the fictional Eastern North Carolina … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2004, Coastal Plain, Ferrell, Anderson, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Wilson
