Boulder Boys Max and Sam edition by Drew Hamilton Reese Dante Pam Ebeler Literature Fiction eBooks
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Max Carter wanted to follow in his parents footsteps and serve in the Army since he was a little boy. As he got older, he was worried about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but it wasn’t insurmountable, because he didn’t have a boyfriend and nobody had ever accused him of being gay. It would be his little secret.
Max met Sam the summer before his sophomore year at the University of Colorado. They didn’t meet in the traditional way—they dreamt about each other for months before Sam moved to Boulder.
This is the story of their commitment to each other, their country, and the higher power who brought them together for a mission they never considered.
This book is a work of M/M fiction with language and situations suitable for adults only.
Re-edited for grammar and punctuation.
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Boulder Boys Max and Sam edition by Drew Hamilton Reese Dante Pam Ebeler Literature Fiction eBooks
Drew Hamilton is a relatively new author. He seemed to pop up out of nowhere, a surprisinglyconfident and passionate young novelist. He’s already way beyond the majority of gay romance
writers, an author who produces superb and profoundly moving books - inventive and creative
gay fiction that touches the soul.
“Boulder Boys, Max & Sam” is a perfect example. At first, I saw it as a light fantasy about two
boys in love. Then I feared it was one of those endless epics (it covers almost a decade). It’s
neither. What it is, is a remarkable book that defies and transcends its genre. It addresses big
issues: life, death, and beyond, overcoming evil with love and compassion, and loves both fated
and well-earned. It’s a spiritual book, one with a vision of Heaven, not as a place of judgment,
fire and brimstone, but a gentle and generous alternate dimension of compassion that provides
loving guidance and the reassurance of eternal life.
Don’t let my description put you off. This is not really a paranormal or religious book. It’s a
damned good tale of authentic, colorful and empathetic characters, of families that love and
families that hate, of redemption, not just of the main characters, but potentially, of all
humankind.
The protagonists are a handful of boys in the process of growing into admirable young men.
The book starts with just two brothers, Max and Morgan, recently relocated to Boulder,
Colorado by their loving parents. Their dad is a former drill-sergeant who builds cabinets in a
home woodworking shop, their mother a respected psychiatrist. Though the boys are often
mistaken for twins, Max is more than a year older than Morgan and they’re best friends who
room together, by choice, in a basement bedroom. Mr. Hamilton has written some charming,
snarky, brotherly dialogue, always careful to temper the friendly insults with the deep affection
and respect that defines them, not just as brothers, but as best friends. These boys are
dedicated to each other, two good boys, boys any parent would be proud to call their sons. And
they are both gay.
Max has a secret. He has been dreaming of a beautiful young man for years. He is the
“imaginary friend” of his most private dreams, a phantasm so real that Max can’t really accept
that he’s a figment of his horny imagination. As it turns out, he’s not. One day, a young man
comes knocking on his door in response to an ad his father posted for a workshop assistant, and
Max is stunned. It’s the boy from his dream, real, live and standing, in the flesh, at Max’s front
door. Sam’s jaw drops just as Max’s does – they both know immediately that they have been
dreaming of each other for years. It’s fate, kismet, dreams made flesh. Sam is hired by Max and
Morgan’s dad and Sam and Max become lovers – each other’s first.
The other main character is the haunted Buchanan house, a fire-ravaged and abandoned
mansion right out of the Gilded Age. Rumor has it that two boys died in the house in a murder-suicide.
Although it’s been declared off-limits by their parents, Max and Morgan are inquisitive
young men and there’s no way they can resist the temptation to explore it.
What they find at the house astonishes them. Though the exterior is a deteriorating disaster,
left to the elements for too many years, the back yard features a pristine pool, a patio
surrounded by marble balusters, an immaculate kitchen with shiny modern appliances,
refrigerators stocked with an endless supply of fresh food, and cabinets replete with freshly-washed
plates, silverware, pots and pans. Yet no one lives there. Oddly enough, the weather at
the house is always temperate, the sky always clear and blue, and time seems to stop when
they are there. It doesn’t just seem to stop, it actually stops.
Then there is Jason. A vivacious, wise and energetic young man who seems to appear out of
nowhere, a young man with the remarkable talent of making anything the boys want
materialize out of thin air. One of the most remarkable things he provides is an express track to
the house. In their dreams, Jason comes to both Sam and Max and tells them to go into their
closets and close the door. When they do, they both appear, together, at the mansion. Since
time stops when they’re there, no one even knows they’ve been gone.
Jason works for “upstairs” and has come to make a deal with Max, Sam, Morgan and Morgan’s
new boyfriend, Nate. They will have free reign of the house, and all it offers, as long as they
follow certain basic rules. They are given a grave responsibility - the bosses “upstairs” want
them to cleanse the stain from the house and the land it sits upon. Many years ago, young
native “Two-Spirit” boys, who were highly respected, even revered, by their tribe, were literally
massacred, on this spot, by the Christian missionaries who found their love to be an
abomination. Other gay people died there in the years that followed, and the site can only be
purified and redeemed through acts of love, respect and compassion.
That task is both the core and the message of “Boulder Boys, Sam and Max”. The book follows
almost ten years of their lives, through school, military training (post 9/11), the pain of Don’tAsk-
Don’t-Tell, death, separation, meeting the small group of young men who become their
lovers and friends, family rejections and religious bigotry. One of the great scenes in the book,
is when Jason recounts the tale of Gabe (the Angel Gabriel) telling off a nasty religious bigot for
the perverseness of her spiritual convictions, hiding her hatred behind her religion. A little
beating of wings and a couple of thunderous warnings turns the dreadful woman’s thinking
around. As Jason says “It was taken care of.”
The boys lose some people they love, they find others. They mature and grow, using the house
as a way-station for gay ex-military suffering PTSD, and others enduring the heartbreak of being
rejected by their families, churches and communities for being gay. They grow abundant
flowers and plants from long-barren soil. They breed service dogs, but mostly they provide love,
attention, healing and redemption to the lost and abandoned. The good boys have grown into
good men, at peace knowing there is an afterlife, and that, ultimately, they will never lose
anyone they’ve loved and, most important, that their legacy of love and compassion has healed
a broken and spoiled bit of the earth, and the people who inhabit it. Through all their trials and
tribulations, these boys retain their innocence, still driven by hope, dedicated to a better world,
believing that all broken people, hate and cruelty may still be fixed with kindness, compassion
and caring.
Mr. Hamilton is extraordinarily careful not to preach, to treat “upstairs” (or as Jason explains,
not so much “upstairs”, as parallel) with humor and humanity. There’re no fire-breathing devils,
no thunder and lightning spewing forth from an angry God. In fact the people from “upstairs”
will not even discuss religion, because there are so many religions and so many conflicts
between them, that they work hard to keep themselves neutral. They are the Deus ex Machina
in the wings that constantly nudges humanity forward, always toward light and love, through
nurturing, and without threats.
I must admit, “Boulder Boys, Max and Sam” is not at all what I expected. The spiritual and
paranormal elements are handled with delicacy and humor. One of my favorite lines is when
Jason admits that the people “upstairs” never miss an episode of the TV show, “Supernatural”.
The show is hardly accurate, but they love the irreverent take on life, death, angels, devils and
those who fight to save humanity. They particularly love the irony of Castiel, traversing the
Earth and the Heavens dressed in a trench coat – an angel disguised as Columbo? It’s nice to
know that Heaven has not only a sense of humor, but a well-developed appreciation of irony.
How good is “Boulder Boys, Max and Sam”? One of the best books I’ve read in a while. Years
ago, when I was studying music, a friend of mine, a talented pianist, was playing a
Rachmaninoff Concerto in a university recital. Seated next to me was the head of the Music
Department. I loved my friend’s performance, but turned to Dr. Friedman to ask him what he
thought of it. I expected an erudite technical critique. Instead, he turned to me and said: “What
did I think of it? It made my heart pound, and what more can be asked of any artist?”
Mr. Hamilton made my heart pound, my eyes well up with tears, my laughter burst forth with
joyous abandon. What more can be asked of any artist?
Alan reviews gay fiction for the "Sinfully Addicted..." blog.
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Boulder Boys Max and Sam edition by Drew Hamilton Reese Dante Pam Ebeler Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I enjoyed this - I'm not really into supernatural stuff and tend to steer clear of those books, but this was really well done.
Jason had me laughing out loud with some of his 'appearances'. I want to be able to conjure up drinks with a snap of my fingers - would be handy sometimes.
There were also some tears and some cheers well. It is a feel-good book with some hot sex between some hot guys and plenty of heart-warming scenes which has left me with a good feeling now that I have finished it.
Give this book a try - you should enjoy it!
There was very little editing errors - maybe one or two mis-placed apostrophes, not anything that would jar you out of the story.
It's taken several days after finishing this book to come up with the words for this review. I was a little sketchy at the beginning due to the closeness of the brothers Max and Morgan. But I kept on and thank God I did.
I will start off by saying I'm an Army wife and since a lot of this book is based around the Army, a lot of it hit me hard. I had to put the book down and regroup several times. I nearly stopped all together because I couldn't handle the tears. But once again I kept on and thank God I did.
The story of Max and Sam was the most beautifully written fictional couple I have EVER read about in my 30yrs of living. I am not ashamed to say I ugly cried through half of this book. My life has forever been changed by this book. It is one of very few books that I will read again and again. (After a long enough time to settle my heart!)
If there is only one book I would recommend to anyone for the rest of my life, this is it. So get a box, yes I said BOX, of tissues, find a quiet place by yourself and start reading immediately.
Mr. Hamilton I cannot wait to read more from you. Hopefully they won't have me crying quite as bad as this one, but if they do I'm sure they will be worth it. Now please excuse me while I go Facebook stalk you so I don't miss anything you publish. Ever.
I will admit, it has taken me quite a long time to post this review - let me tell you why.
The book is told from Max's POV, and while it spans many years, I felt as if nothing was left out. To watch as young love bloomed - with a dash of paranomalish aspects - was refreshing.
I mean, I found myself getting lost in this book, and to have to come back to my normal life wasn't my favorite part of reading. I really just wanted to live in Max's world.
Max and Sam's first meeting wasn't really a first meeting at all, I'm sure I'm not the only person who dreamed of dreaming of their soul-mate, let alone meeting them and being able to go through the trials and tribulations that life throws our way. But Max and Sam had me rooting for their HEA from the very first page. And to go through so much with them, had me feeling as if I was there with them and I want to say thank you to Mr. Drew Hamilton for allowing me to go on this journey with such wonderful characters.
I mean, not only do we get Max and Sam, but we also get family and friends that came along for the ride with them.
I loved, I cheered, I rooted for, I cried, and once again, I loved, I cheered, and I rooted for - this book took me on such a wonderful emotional journey that coming back from that journey was difficult to say the least.
I am hoping to read more of the Boulder Boys, I mean, I still want more of Max's story, not to mention I also want to know about everyone else (Yep, I'm not above begging an author for more, so here I am begging)
My best recommendation is, read this, enjoy this, allow yourself to get lost in the world of Boulder Boys and take from it what you must. I for one will take the love and the loss, and dream that one day my own love and loss will have as beautiful outcome as this story has. This is a book that will never be far from my heart, nor far from my hands. I still find myself reaching for my kindle and reaching for my Boulder Boys when life gets a little too real for me to handle.
Drew Hamilton is a relatively new author. He seemed to pop up out of nowhere, a surprisingly
confident and passionate young novelist. He’s already way beyond the majority of gay romance
writers, an author who produces superb and profoundly moving books - inventive and creative
gay fiction that touches the soul.
“Boulder Boys, Max & Sam” is a perfect example. At first, I saw it as a light fantasy about two
boys in love. Then I feared it was one of those endless epics (it covers almost a decade). It’s
neither. What it is, is a remarkable book that defies and transcends its genre. It addresses big
issues life, death, and beyond, overcoming evil with love and compassion, and loves both fated
and well-earned. It’s a spiritual book, one with a vision of Heaven, not as a place of judgment,
fire and brimstone, but a gentle and generous alternate dimension of compassion that provides
loving guidance and the reassurance of eternal life.
Don’t let my description put you off. This is not really a paranormal or religious book. It’s a
damned good tale of authentic, colorful and empathetic characters, of families that love and
families that hate, of redemption, not just of the main characters, but potentially, of all
humankind.
The protagonists are a handful of boys in the process of growing into admirable young men.
The book starts with just two brothers, Max and Morgan, recently relocated to Boulder,
Colorado by their loving parents. Their dad is a former drill-sergeant who builds cabinets in a
home woodworking shop, their mother a respected psychiatrist. Though the boys are often
mistaken for twins, Max is more than a year older than Morgan and they’re best friends who
room together, by choice, in a basement bedroom. Mr. Hamilton has written some charming,
snarky, brotherly dialogue, always careful to temper the friendly insults with the deep affection
and respect that defines them, not just as brothers, but as best friends. These boys are
dedicated to each other, two good boys, boys any parent would be proud to call their sons. And
they are both gay.
Max has a secret. He has been dreaming of a beautiful young man for years. He is the
“imaginary friend” of his most private dreams, a phantasm so real that Max can’t really accept
that he’s a figment of his horny imagination. As it turns out, he’s not. One day, a young man
comes knocking on his door in response to an ad his father posted for a workshop assistant, and
Max is stunned. It’s the boy from his dream, real, live and standing, in the flesh, at Max’s front
door. Sam’s jaw drops just as Max’s does – they both know immediately that they have been
dreaming of each other for years. It’s fate, kismet, dreams made flesh. Sam is hired by Max and
Morgan’s dad and Sam and Max become lovers – each other’s first.
The other main character is the haunted Buchanan house, a fire-ravaged and abandoned
mansion right out of the Gilded Age. Rumor has it that two boys died in the house in a murder-suicide.
Although it’s been declared off-limits by their parents, Max and Morgan are inquisitive
young men and there’s no way they can resist the temptation to explore it.
What they find at the house astonishes them. Though the exterior is a deteriorating disaster,
left to the elements for too many years, the back yard features a pristine pool, a patio
surrounded by marble balusters, an immaculate kitchen with shiny modern appliances,
refrigerators stocked with an endless supply of fresh food, and cabinets replete with freshly-washed
plates, silverware, pots and pans. Yet no one lives there. Oddly enough, the weather at
the house is always temperate, the sky always clear and blue, and time seems to stop when
they are there. It doesn’t just seem to stop, it actually stops.
Then there is Jason. A vivacious, wise and energetic young man who seems to appear out of
nowhere, a young man with the remarkable talent of making anything the boys want
materialize out of thin air. One of the most remarkable things he provides is an express track to
the house. In their dreams, Jason comes to both Sam and Max and tells them to go into their
closets and close the door. When they do, they both appear, together, at the mansion. Since
time stops when they’re there, no one even knows they’ve been gone.
Jason works for “upstairs” and has come to make a deal with Max, Sam, Morgan and Morgan’s
new boyfriend, Nate. They will have free reign of the house, and all it offers, as long as they
follow certain basic rules. They are given a grave responsibility - the bosses “upstairs” want
them to cleanse the stain from the house and the land it sits upon. Many years ago, young
native “Two-Spirit” boys, who were highly respected, even revered, by their tribe, were literally
massacred, on this spot, by the Christian missionaries who found their love to be an
abomination. Other gay people died there in the years that followed, and the site can only be
purified and redeemed through acts of love, respect and compassion.
That task is both the core and the message of “Boulder Boys, Sam and Max”. The book follows
almost ten years of their lives, through school, military training (post 9/11), the pain of Don’tAsk-
Don’t-Tell, death, separation, meeting the small group of young men who become their
lovers and friends, family rejections and religious bigotry. One of the great scenes in the book,
is when Jason recounts the tale of Gabe (the Angel Gabriel) telling off a nasty religious bigot for
the perverseness of her spiritual convictions, hiding her hatred behind her religion. A little
beating of wings and a couple of thunderous warnings turns the dreadful woman’s thinking
around. As Jason says “It was taken care of.”
The boys lose some people they love, they find others. They mature and grow, using the house
as a way-station for gay ex-military suffering PTSD, and others enduring the heartbreak of being
rejected by their families, churches and communities for being gay. They grow abundant
flowers and plants from long-barren soil. They breed service dogs, but mostly they provide love,
attention, healing and redemption to the lost and abandoned. The good boys have grown into
good men, at peace knowing there is an afterlife, and that, ultimately, they will never lose
anyone they’ve loved and, most important, that their legacy of love and compassion has healed
a broken and spoiled bit of the earth, and the people who inhabit it. Through all their trials and
tribulations, these boys retain their innocence, still driven by hope, dedicated to a better world,
believing that all broken people, hate and cruelty may still be fixed with kindness, compassion
and caring.
Mr. Hamilton is extraordinarily careful not to preach, to treat “upstairs” (or as Jason explains,
not so much “upstairs”, as parallel) with humor and humanity. There’re no fire-breathing devils,
no thunder and lightning spewing forth from an angry God. In fact the people from “upstairs”
will not even discuss religion, because there are so many religions and so many conflicts
between them, that they work hard to keep themselves neutral. They are the Deus ex Machina
in the wings that constantly nudges humanity forward, always toward light and love, through
nurturing, and without threats.
I must admit, “Boulder Boys, Max and Sam” is not at all what I expected. The spiritual and
paranormal elements are handled with delicacy and humor. One of my favorite lines is when
Jason admits that the people “upstairs” never miss an episode of the TV show, “Supernatural”.
The show is hardly accurate, but they love the irreverent take on life, death, angels, devils and
those who fight to save humanity. They particularly love the irony of Castiel, traversing the
Earth and the Heavens dressed in a trench coat – an angel disguised as Columbo? It’s nice to
know that Heaven has not only a sense of humor, but a well-developed appreciation of irony.
How good is “Boulder Boys, Max and Sam”? One of the best books I’ve read in a while. Years
ago, when I was studying music, a friend of mine, a talented pianist, was playing a
Rachmaninoff Concerto in a university recital. Seated next to me was the head of the Music
Department. I loved my friend’s performance, but turned to Dr. Friedman to ask him what he
thought of it. I expected an erudite technical critique. Instead, he turned to me and said “What
did I think of it? It made my heart pound, and what more can be asked of any artist?”
Mr. Hamilton made my heart pound, my eyes well up with tears, my laughter burst forth with
joyous abandon. What more can be asked of any artist?
Alan reviews gay fiction for the "Sinfully Addicted..." blog.
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