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Peril Kindle Edition

by J.E. Lorin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
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Two hundred years after the first spontaneous genetic mutation occurred, the world has accepted the idea of superpowers. Damon Kelly, bright, hard-working, kind-hearted, and yet lacking any mutation, is deeply involved in the powered community, writing his dissertation on superpower genetics. He’s got his work, he’s got his friends, and he’s got a new love interest, the handsome and sexy Eli Emmert. Just when everything seems like it’s falling into place, however, a new supervillain emerges in the city, and Damon finds himself swept into his orbit. Will he figure out how he attracted the villain’s attention before it’s too late, or will he succumb to the peril?
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    451 pages
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  4. Publication date
    May 16, 2016
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About the Author

J.E. Lorin novels produces gay romantic fiction within the genres of fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural. In the J.E. Lorin universe, there are no "coming out" stories, as homosexuality and bisexuality are not considered unusual. The intent is to create fun, action-filled, dramatic romance stories for those readers who've been longing to see such stories with two male leads.

J.E. Lorin lives in Southern California.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FSTARBO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 1st edition (May 16, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 516 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 451 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 121 ratings

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J.E. Lorin novels produces gay romantic fiction within the genres of fantasy, sci fi, and supernatural. In the J.E. Lorin universe, there are no “coming out” stories, as homosexuality and bisexuality are not considered unusual. The intent is to create fun, action-filled, dramatic romance stories for those readers who’ve been longing to see such stories with two male leads.

J.E. Lorin lives in Southern California

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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Brax
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, look forward to a sequel.
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
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Loved this book. The setting felt a bit like a city in the Marvel/DC Multiverse, but that didn't detract too much from the plot.

I feel like the author does a good job transferring the fear, paranoia, hate, and community of the LGBT community into the future for the superhuman population. There are a great many similarities in the treatment of both groups.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A great Sophomore novel!
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017
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Strong characters forged in the fire of tragedy are a repeating theme and I love it!
The story in Peril is set in an alternate time line where humans have spontaneously mutated granting them "super powers". The world overtime has adjusted to this change. Not every person that develops powers becomes a super hero in the book we see some supers that live ordinary lives. But then there is Darkness the city guardian, the local super hero, we meet Darkness in chapter 1 when he saves Damon from a mugging. The main villain, because just having super powers does not instill morality, slowly develops and he is a demonic Super named Ungeist by the, gasp of surprise, press. The villain super hero angle takes a back seat to the romance between Damon and Eli.
Warning: There is a frank discussion about teen drinking and the aftermath of a tragic accident.
All in all a well paced story, with a satisfying amount of heat.
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balaklava
5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018
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Well written, with a slowly developing plote, interesting and believable characters. And a surprise villain at the end :-). Also the emotional development of the characters and their relationship is lovely. I will definitely be looking this author up.
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regpinky
3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment from an author I had greater expectations from.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017
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After reading The Artifact, by this author, which was one of the best books I've read and was fantastically written, I eagerly purchased the authors other books. Peril is a book about humans with super powers and involves a super hero. While I'm a big SciFi fan, I've never been a superhero fan, but OK... I enjoy occasional fantasy scifi if the author and story is good.

However, this story began slowly and stayed very slow for the first two thirds of the book, except for occasional action or suspense. The novel was thick so customers definitely get their money's worth. But I was surprised the story wasn't written as well as The Artifact. At least there wasn't the constant descriptive sex scenes that many other gay romance authors write into their stories.

The story was ok, the gay romance was ok, but the lack of action during the story left me bored wondering where the story was going and when it was going to end.
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mabg
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 * — a generally good read
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
interesting concept, liked the characters, especially the believable flaws in the ‘perfect’ man and the core of strength in the ‘weaker’ one. Both men were on the edge of too good to be true, but that can lighten the story. There were certainly enough dark places to balance the lighter ones.

My one issue around the characters was that some of their interactions/dialogue verged on psychotherapy scenes, as well as issues between characters too easily and happily resolved.

For me there was too much explicit sex, but that’s just my taste—I feel the plot can get upstaged or derailed when sex between the characters is about a quarter of the book—but it generally was handled well. The first sex scenes were a way of exploring what might be possible between the two main characters, so including those made sense to me. I felt several of the later scenes were less expressive/less specific to their relationship, and I would have cut them. But again, that’s me.

summary: interesting and rather different superhero story with good characters and a lot more attention paid to relationships than usual, explicit M/M sex scenes
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Fantasticly written
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
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Amazing storytelling, great characters and witty dialogue. Amazing find, well worth every cent!! This book could very well pass for a novel on the best seller list or by a top publisher.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I'm not into these silly super heroes
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017
I've never internationally read a comic book in 55 years. This book may have just changed my mind about superheroes. Even the sex scenes were ok. That's what cost a star. If you're going to be nasty be real nasty. Lorin wasn't quite as bold as was needed. You can skip those scenes without missing anything. Otherwise, this was a five star read.
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Babs
5.0 out of 5 stars Peril
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2017
This was a well written, very interesting story. superhumans start appearing and after two hundred years, no one still has an idea of why humans started to developed in this manner. Damon is working on his Ph.D and is doing DNA experiments for his dissertation. A "supe" named Darkness saves him during a mugging. Then he meets and gets involved with Eli, a chemist. Things go well until a villain "supe" appears and dogs Damon's life. Treachery, evilness, lies, betrayal, super monsters, PTSD, and grief dogs Damon's steps, but also there is growing love, good heroes, loyal friends, loosing friends and hot gay sex. Excellent story.
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angel 👼
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2017
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great story
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Charles Hall
4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to rate but good
Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2016
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3.5 stars. - I enjoyed this book but there are flaws. On the positive side are the following: Damon is very likeable and yet believable character; the writing is good and there are only a few editorial errors; and his relationship with Sky was realistic. The main negative was that some of the plot elements that were to be a mystery were far to obvious and the climatic showdown was a bit unbelievable. All in all, a good read and will likely try the author's other book.
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