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Summary: Mystery + Passion + Intrigue = A TOTAL WINNER !
Review: DAYTIME DRAMA is simply a good book. As a reader, I found myself very much involved in the "lives" of the characters. The story line, a murder mystery, love story, and a "small world/coincident" story combined, makes for fast paced reading and a sense of satisfaction for the reader. Clay, Travis, Dru, Park, Kurt, and a host of other distinctly HOLLYWOOD CHARACTERS make for a delightfully sassy read. Seeing the "bad guys" get their due was also fun...especially the way in which "justice" was rendered. Cleverly written, this book will bring you several hours of reading pleasure.
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Summary: I liked this book
Review: I liked this book to want to see the movie when it's made.
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Summary: WOW! Great story, humor, sex...its all here!
Review: I loved this book...what a fun and sexy way to get into the deep, dark world of Hollywood daytime TV. With its outstanding character development (I really felt I knew these people), and humorous, over-the-top supporting characters...plus the great soap-opera-esque story...I could not put this novel down. The added bonus of a murder mystery was even more than I expected. I am so excited to read more from this author. Thanks for such a fun read.
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Summary: Great For the Beach
Review: I read this bok over the Memorial Day weekend...Was great for the beach. Very funny, witty, with pretty hot sex and a good plotline. I recommend it.
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Summary: A GUILTY PLEASURE FOR THIS OR ANY SUMMER
Review: If you are searching for serious gay literature, then pass on this novel. If however, you have your heart set on a juicy, page burning, soap opera of a book then DAYTIME DRAMA is just what you've been looking for. I believe this type of fiction is commonly referred to as a 'guilty pleasure', but let me tell you, this story of love and back stabbing intrigue, set in the world of daytime soaps, is a total pleasure and I don't feel the slightest bit guilty in saying so. Oh, did I mention that it is also a steamy, titillating 'who done it' as well? It's a shame that so few books provide their readers with this much fun. I for one, also appreciate the fact that the reader is given, not only interesting gay characters to hiss or cheer over, but also get a few interesting strait characters (one especially hot couple in particular) to root for too. After all, Danielle Steele and Judith Krantz quite often include gay characters in their fiction. I think it's only fair that a book this worthy of comparison should do the same for straits. Dave Benbow has provided us with a dishy fast paced read that never seems silly, is sexy and naughty without being pornographic, and remains unashamedly over the top from beginning to end. I haven't been entertained like this since ABC took DYNASTY off the air. Bravo!!!! Also recommended: The Night We Met by Rob Byrnes, He's The One by Timothy James Beck, and The Book Of Lies by Felice Picano
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Summary: WOW! Great story, humor, sex...its all here!
Review: If you are searching for serious gay literature, then pass on this novel. If however, you have your heart set on a juicy, page burning, soap opera of a book then DAYTIME DRAMA is just what you�ve been looking for. I believe this type of fiction is commonly referred to as a �guilty pleasure�, but let me tell you, this story of love and back stabbing intrigue, set in the world of daytime soaps, is a total pleasure and I don�t feel the slightest bit guilty in saying so. Oh, did I mention that it is also a steamy, titillating �who done it� as well? It�s a shame that so few books provide their readers with this much fun. I for one, also appreciate the fact that the reader is given, not only interesting gay characters to hiss or cheer over, but also get a few interesting strait characters (one especially hot couple in particular) to root for too. After all, Danielle Steele and Judith Krantz quite often include gay characters in their fiction. I think it�s only fair that a book this worthy of comparison should do the same for straits. Dave Benbow has provided us with a dishy fast paced read that never seems silly, is sexy and naughty without being pornographic, and remains unashamedly over the top from beginning to end. I haven�t been entertained like this since ABC took DYNASTY off the air. Bravo!!!! Also recommended: The Night We Met by Rob Byrnes, He's The One by Timothy James Beck, and The Book Of Lies by Felice Picano
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Summary: Another good couple!
Review: It's enjoyable to see a trend in romantic gay fiction of couples you want to make it (such as in William Mann's and Timothy James Beck's novels) instead of having relationships so compromised by lies, fights, and infidelities that by the end of the book, you no longer care and wonder why you wasted 300 pages. This book is light and funny and catty, but there's a heart in its sweet love stories, both gay and straight---again, much like Beck's books, which offer a diverse group of characters. I look forward to reading more of Dave Benbow!
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Summary: Forget putting a LOG on the FIRE....DAYTIME DRAMA heats up!
Review: No need to put another log on the fire to keep warm this winter, DAYTIME DRAMA will keeps things way above 90 degrees; for at least 288 pages.
I was skeptical at first because I am not a fan of soap operas, or as my mother used to call them, her "stories." Make no mistake about it, DAYTIME DRAMA is not your mother's soap opera; it's for MEN, and men who love men. It's part murder mystery; think a good LAW & ORDER or CSI. It's part high stakes corporate intrigue; think the motion picture NETWORK or the Showtime series BEGGARS & CHOOSER's. It's part WILLIAM HIGGINS porno; the sex sizzles. And most of all, it's a traditional romance set in sunny, HOT, Los Angeles, CA.
Dave Benbow is a natural writer story teller, that weaves all these worlds together. Benbow has created characters that are smart, funny.
Autumn is here, and winter is quickly approaching. I just ordered Benbow's latest book MALE MODEL to keep me warm. If it's anything like DAYTIME DRAMA, I'll welcome the freezing weather, just to cool down.
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Summary: AS THE WORLD SWIRLS AROUND THE PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Review: Really, who can resist a sappy soap opera? Other than the classic primetime soapy series I never got caught up in television soaps. But I was weaned on my mother's daily dose of daytime drama on the radio - Ma Perkins, Our Gal Sunday and all the rest. So when DAYTIME DRAMA was published I knew it would end up on my reading list. I mean, who can resist a book that asks the question, "Can Clay Beasley, a young handsome struggling actor, fight his way through thousands of young handsome struggling actors to move on from playing Intern #2 to find love, wealth, happiness and stardom on Sunset Cove daytime TV's hottest drama?" Well you know he will, eventually, but not before the story is filled with enough murder, intrigue and skullduggery to keep you turning the pages at a brisk pace. OK, so the characters seem a tad superficial. But their newly cropped hair artificially kissed by the sun always swishes around the most perfect faces modern surgery can produce as they apply Kiehl's Lip Balm #1 to their perfectly pouty lips under their straight Roman noses. And under their pristinely white Calvin Klein wife beaters and tight, weathered Polo Jeans you know you'll always find perfect Gold Gym sculpted abs. There are no pimples for the folks who people Daytime Drama. Mainly, because the pimple space is needed for all of the dropped brand names and (hopefully) product placements. (What an ingenious way to subsidize publishing costs by selling space in a book to have your product's name casually dropped into the plot. They do it all the time in the movies.) The author, a former soap actor and retailing executive, probably knows what he's talking about, but I found the story is a bit predictable and I knew who the murderer is almost from the start, but that's what makes soaps so enjoyable isn't it?. You try to warn the romantic ingenues about what's going to happen to them, but they never listen to you. DAYTIME DRAMA is a fun read for a lazy afternoon when you can't watch your soaps.
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Summary: A fun, entertaining, hot, dramatic, and toucing page turner!
Review: The author did a great job on this book (as in the title of this paragraph). I couldn't stop reading it as soon as I'd started (I even canceled a date and cut class in order to finish it...). A quite Soap Opera like storyline based on true experiences and fictions gives its readers once again both the hope and the fantacy of beauty and pure & eternal love, esp. in the West Coast... Never a dry moment... Sex scenes are beautifully hot & sweaty but never dirty nor porno like... Would love to see it made into an HBO or Showtime original series. Just hope the actors will be as beautiful as the charactors in the book... Bravo!
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