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When a famous child actor, Dexter Moore, leaves Hollywood and moves to Provincetown, MA, with his daughter and his longtime housekeeper, he doesn't expect to find that his new house is haunted. And especially not with the ghost of a strong, virile young sea captain who looks like Hugh Jackman and makes love like no other living man Dexter has known. But Dexter must deal with more important things than ghosts. He soon discovers that his ex-partner lost all his money in a bad investment and Dexter is forced to go back to work. So he reluctantly agrees to do an intrusive TV show, where he is followed with cameras for three months. If he doesn't, he'll have to sell his magnificent new home and move back to Hollywood. In order to make the TV show more interesting, Dexter's new best friend gets him involved in a heated town dispute. The new president of the chamber of commerce wants to cancel a town tradition and start something new, and half the town is against him. But Dexter doesn't get involved with this for the TV show or ratings. He's only interested in helping people and saving an important fundraiser from being canceled. While all this is happening, Dexter slowly gets to know the ghost of handsome Captain Lang. He's the only one who can see and hear Lang. They make passionate love together, they spend long hours talking about Dexter's strong feelings, and they start working on a series of books about Captain Lang's notorious adventures at sea that will ensure Dexter's financial future. But when the books are finished and the two men finally admit they are in love, how will they reconcile their feelings with reality?… (altro)
I took a while to get to know and like Dexter, but once I did I really liked this book. Maybe because I liked the original concept so much. Who wouldn't? The book is great for a number of reasons. The sex is hot. The Captain is suitably the perfect stud, and Dexter, the ex-child actor narrator has a delightful turn of bitchiness, especially when describing other people and their clothes. Here's a couple of great examples:
Fred must have been about ten years younger. He had darker hair with graying sides, but it was too short for someone with a nose so large. His outfit looked as if he’d raided Madonna’s 1980s closet. He wore a shiny silver shirt covered with a shiny bronze vest. His parachute pants were made out of some kind of plastic material and his shoes were black quarter-boots with three-inch Cuban heels. Dexter hadn’t seen anyone dress like that in years.
and then another outfit:
He was wearing acid-washed jeans with pegged legs, a red and white striped T-shirt, and thick red socks. He’d been in Madonna’s closet again and he’d forgotten to raid the shoe shelf. His hair was slicked and stiff with product and his eyebrows had been freshly plucked into thin arches.
Having been involved in local political groups, I enjoyed the account of the meetings etc. Perhaps learning more about the Captain's seafaring days would have been interesting, but I had the feeling Dexter is a tad self-centred. No doubt, over time he would have learnt more, especially as he writes 40 books about his life...
Ryan creates fascinating gay characters and is, in that respect, almost the Jane Austen of our time.
Dexter's view of himself is amusing at times.
He had never been promiscuous in his life—he could count his lovers on one hand with fingers left to spare—and he hadn’t had sex in a long time. But he did have one quiet little kink—or fundamental flaw, depending on how it was perceived—that he kept to himself. He loved exhibitionism.
He paints a probably very accurate picture of life in that gay Mecca, Provincetown.
Best of all, what happened in the Provincetown dunes between gay men remained in the dunes. If he spotted someone in town who had seen one of his blatant amateur strip shows, it was never mentioned. They just nodded, smiled, and continued walking.
Dexter is an observer, like many of Jane's characters. He sees but he doesn't always understand, as in this reaction of their daughter, Brighton, to his cheating ex-partner:
Her reaction to Michael always made Dexter wonder. No matter how many times Michael disappointed her, Brighton never stopped worshipping him.
Dexter isn't beyond his own brand of bitchy insincerity at times, but never with the people he cares about: his housekeeper, Marion, his daughter Brighton and the ghost. A good, sweet story. ( )
This is a wonderfully romantic gay spin on the classic story,"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.". This author has a number of titles where he presents a re-telling of a classic story, but with gay characters. I really enjoyed this novel. It was light, breezy, full of humor and very entertaining. And the ending Wow is all I can say. It was very moving and left this reader with tears flowing. I loved it. Very well done, Mr. Field. ( )
When a famous child actor, Dexter Moore, leaves Hollywood and moves to Provincetown, MA, with his daughter and his longtime housekeeper, he doesn't expect to find that his new house is haunted. And especially not with the ghost of a strong, virile young sea captain who looks like Hugh Jackman and makes love like no other living man Dexter has known. But Dexter must deal with more important things than ghosts. He soon discovers that his ex-partner lost all his money in a bad investment and Dexter is forced to go back to work. So he reluctantly agrees to do an intrusive TV show, where he is followed with cameras for three months. If he doesn't, he'll have to sell his magnificent new home and move back to Hollywood. In order to make the TV show more interesting, Dexter's new best friend gets him involved in a heated town dispute. The new president of the chamber of commerce wants to cancel a town tradition and start something new, and half the town is against him. But Dexter doesn't get involved with this for the TV show or ratings. He's only interested in helping people and saving an important fundraiser from being canceled. While all this is happening, Dexter slowly gets to know the ghost of handsome Captain Lang. He's the only one who can see and hear Lang. They make passionate love together, they spend long hours talking about Dexter's strong feelings, and they start working on a series of books about Captain Lang's notorious adventures at sea that will ensure Dexter's financial future. But when the books are finished and the two men finally admit they are in love, how will they reconcile their feelings with reality?
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Ryan creates fascinating gay characters and is, in that respect, almost the Jane Austen of our time.
Dexter's view of himself is amusing at times.He paints a probably very accurate picture of life in that gay Mecca, Provincetown.Dexter is an observer, like many of Jane's characters. He sees but he doesn't always understand, as in this reaction of their daughter, Brighton, to his cheating ex-partner: Dexter isn't beyond his own brand of bitchy insincerity at times, but never with the people he cares about: his housekeeper, Marion, his daughter Brighton and the ghost.
A good, sweet story. (