The Book: 1667 - Romance In The West Indies

Wherein, the Viscount of Marsdale, duelist, libertine, dilettante, and haphazard philanthropist, travels to the colony of Jamaica to establish a sugar plantation for his estranged father. Once There, he finds he has much in common with the buccaneers of Port Royal. Thus he joins them and learns of the strange traditions, tactics, and customs of the Brethren of the Coast. Falling in Love, he partners with Gaston, the mysterious French madman known as The Ghoul, and discovers another as noble, disenfranchised, and scarred as himself. Together, they explore an end to loneliness, and seek to exorcise the demons of their pasts, in a wilderness torn by war and ambition.

Part one of an epic four part "love story for men" set amongst the buccaneers of Port Royal during the infamous Henry Morgan raids. It is the story of the relationship between two lonely and scarred men as they attempt to find happiness and peace through love and friendship. With adventure and romance, this chronicle explores questions and themes of gender, sexual preference, societal acceptance of homosexuality, survival of childhood abuse, and how to build a lasting relationship in a world gone mad.

The increasing emotional attachment and sexual tension between Will and Gaston is especially finely paced, escalating at calculated yet highly natural-feeling intervals that allow Hoffman to reveal his charactersx back-story in perfect-sized bites. -- Frontiers Magazine, June 20, 2006 

Amazon: Brethren: Raised By Wolves, Volume One

Other Books in the List:

Matelots: Raised By Wolves (2007) 
Amazon: Matelots: Raised By Wolves, Volume Two

Treasure: Raised By Wolves (2008)
Amazon: Treasure: Raised By Wolves, Volume Three 

The Author: "I have always felt I was on the outside looking in, thus the name of my publishing company, Alien Perspective. I have spent my life being told I wasn't conforming properly. I think conformity is heresy to an artist, and leads to spiritual and creative entropy.

I started my own publishing company because I didn't want any limitations placed on my muse by corporate marketing guesses about what people want to read. I write about characters and stories that interest me, and so far people seem to like what I have to say and how I say it. That makes me a very happy person.

And in yet another act of rebellion, I choose not to give you any demographic info in this bio. You don't need to know where I come from, what I believe - other than that I've said already - or if I have kids, or yadda yadda yadda.... Read what I write and decide if you like that. You'll learn a great deal about me, because art is the expression of our souls."

http://www.alienperspective.com/

Top 100 Gay Novels List (*)

External Link to the Top 100 Gay Novels List (simple - without photos)

External Link to the Top 100 Gay Novels List (wanted - with photos)

*only one title per author, only print books released after January 1, 2000.

Other titles not in the top 100 list:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/top50MM