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    Battling Bears
    Battling Bears
    Battling Bears
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    Battling Bears

    By Ike Rose

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    Can excitement, sexual fulfillment and even love be found during a fist-fight?

    Blue-collar Simon, dropping out of college after the war in Vietnam ends, finds himself working in the hyper-masculine world of a warehouse, where he makes friends with two older, divorced roommates, Sam and Mike. He's at first horrified, then excited when he discovers that his 2 bar-brawling veteran heroes fight each other and their poker pals for sexual favors.

    Will he join in, perhaps discovering his true sexual nature, and possibly the love of his life?

    This e-book was originally published as part of the First Annual Bear Talk Blog Tour.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIke Rose
    Release dateFeb 27, 2012
    ISBN9781301955527
    Battling Bears
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    Ike Rose

    Ike Rose writes historic erotic romance fiction, usually taking place during the decades before and after the Stonewall Riots, which he thinks were the Golden Days of Gay Liberation. It is the period when he himself came out. He lives with his lover of over thirty years in Brooklyn, NY. Ike insists that his successful long-term relationship is his main inspiration in writing romance fiction. Like most of his characters, Ike and his partner both grew up in Brooklyn working-class homes.They both serve Milo, the Rottweiler dominetrix. Ike’s writing often focuses on the unique struggles blue-collar gay men had coming out during his favorite time period. He includes details of his life as a single gay man hunting for love and companionship back in those days to create a realistic atmosphere and romance. With degrees in communications and social work, Ike has had professional and self-help articles published under another name, as well as some poetry. Ike has published several books with Smashwords, and stories in a number of anthologies. Ike's sizable body of gay erotica can be found on the NIFTY website (http://www.nifty.org/nifty/frauthors.html) Under "Authors"/ "Prolific Authors" /Ike Rose . Ike publishes stories on Smashwords. http://naturalbear.deviantart.com/

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