The Houseboy: An M/M Age Gap Romance
By Dee B. Jaye
"Signing for Soul and Body, set to them my name..."
The year is 1978.
Charlie, a first-year student at the prestigious Graham University, has officially hit rock bottom. His funds have been depleted on tuition, his roommate is nothing less than a nuisance to live with, and the only company he keeps are the books he churns through in the library. He's relied on his smarts, his resilience in the face of adversity, and his demure nature to get him by in life, but those traits have only taken hi...
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"Signing for Soul and Body, set to them my name..."
The year is 1978.
Charlie, a first-year student at the prestigious Graham University, has officially hit rock bottom. His funds have been depleted on tuition, his roommate is nothing less than a nuisance to live with, and the only company he keeps are the books he churns through in the library. He's relied on his smarts, his resilience in the face of adversity, and his demure nature to get him by in life, but those traits have only taken him so far, and what he needs most is a helping hand to guide him the rest of the way. A teacher, or a mentor.
Or a lover, even.
But what he gets instead is a job opportunity to be the houseboy of a large Tudor home just a mile outside of campus. The rooms are massive. The halls are dark and quiet. And the man upstairs is mysteriously withdrawn inside his study, hardly ever emerging, hardly ever showing his face outside of that room.
But when he does, Charlie finds himself allured by the man to the point of obsession, desperate to learn more about him through the brief interactions they have.
What is it about the man that's so provocative?
Theodore is a newly retired English professor from Graham University in need of certain assistance. He's handsome in his maturity, brilliant in his vast knowledge of literature, and also a bit ice-cold in his personality (even his wife thinks so). And with all this newfound time on his hands, he's finally ready to sit down and write his first novel. But the words won't come. The pages remain empty and white. What he needs most is a muse, an inspiration to get his voice flowing onto the pages, someone to help ignite the spark in him that refuses to burn.
And when Charlie walks serendipitously into his life to apply for the position of the houseboy that his wife posted for, that's exactly what Theodore finds in the young student.
Someone who is bright, inspiring, and inherently subservient like all good houseboys should be. Someone to help lift his spirits and bring him out of the darkness.
Someone worth investing in.
But could they become something more?
Something everlasting?
Something coveted like the books they worship?
THE HOUSEBOY is a standalone, M/M, age-gap romance novel with a student/professor relationship at its core. It's heavy on the love, heavy on the lust, and has dark academia blood coursing through its veins.
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