Tell Me It's Real (First Edition, New Edition, First)

When sexy, confident Vince Taylor pursues pudgy, ascerbic Paul Auster, Paul is sure Vince must be messing with him. But Vince won't take no for an answer. Can he convince Paul that he's perfect the way he is?

Publisher Marketing: "When sexy, confident Vince Taylor pursues pudgy, ascerbic Paul Auster, Paul is sure Vince must be messing with him. But Vince won't take no for an answer. Can he convince Paul that's he's perfect the way he is?" Biographical Note : When TJ Klune was eight, he picked up a pen and paper and began to write his first story (which turned out to be his own sweeping epic version of the video game Super Metroid--he didn't think the game ended very well and wanted to offer his own take on it. He never heard back from the video-game company, much to his chagrin). Now, over two decades later, the cast of characters in his head have only gotten louder. But that's okay, because he's recently become a full-time writer and can give them the time they deserve. Since being published, TJ has won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Romance, fought off three lions that threatened to attack him and his village, and was chosen by Amazon as having written one of the best GLBT books of 2011. And one of those things isn't true. (It's the lion thing. The lion thing isn't true.) Facebook: TJ Klune Blog: tjklunebooks.com Email: tjklunebooks@yahoo.com Publisher Marketing : A GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION Black & white interior illustrations with a color paperback cover. Do you believe in love at first sight? Paul Auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the color commentary he provides as life passes him by. He works a dead-end job in a soul-sucking cubicle, and his closest friends are a quasibipolar drag queen named Helena Handbasket and a two-legged dog named Wheels. Enter Vince Taylor. Vince is everything Paul isn't: hot, sexy, and confident. And for some reason, Vince pursues Paul relentlessly. Vince must be messing with him, because there is no way Vince could want someone like Paul. But when Paul hits Vince with his car--in a completely unintentional if-he-died-it'd-only-be-manslaughter kind of way--he's forced to see Vince in a whole new light. The only thing stopping Paul from believing in Vince is himself--and that is one obstacle Paul can't quite seem to overcome. But when tragedy strikes Vince's family, Paul must put aside any notions he has about himself and stand next to the man who thinks he's perfect the way he is.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 494 | Publication Date: 2019-06-25