Victor J. Banis
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Victor J. Banis was an American author, often associated with the first wave of west coast gay writing. For his contributions he has been called "the godfather of modern popular gay fiction." Source: Wikipedia
Books
Color Him Gay
Being the Further Adventures of THAT MAN FROM C.A.M.P.Steve thought to cut in on the source of blackmail money that Dingo Stark was paying the boys who wanted toCOLOR HIM GAYbut his hatred took him too far. As his screams drift through the still air, it's up to the debonair secret agent, Jackie Holmes, that Man from C.A.M.P., to arrive in time to save the day!
Rose Point
Karen marries Alan Denver and returns with him to the cliff-side house next to the lighthouse he tends. However, she knows nothing of the death - or even the existence - of his first wife. Then she begins to sense strange ghostly presences about the house, and her husband starts behaving oddly. She senses, too, that Alan's mother, who lives nearby, is trying to break up her marriage - but why? The truth lies hidden behind a locked door, and in a scrap of rose point lace ...
Goodbye, My Lover
Twenty-year-old Dennis Eastman has a choice to make: either enter the U.S. Naval Academy, or find some other course in life. He decides to spend his final month of freedom in Los Angeles with his old mentor and lover, Lincoln Gardner, hoping to find some answers. But Linc fails to meet him at the airport, and when Dennis enters his friend's apartment in Beverly Hills, he's promptly confronted by the police: Gardner has been brutally murdered! Dennis must now search for vindication through the sleazy underground bars and gay nightclubs of Southern California, while a vile killer begins looking for young, new prey!
This splendid earth
It's 1830 Paris, and Jean (Baron de Brussac) has just wed the pretty, but young and rebellious Anne de Grenville. Even at her own wedding dance, she is unable to be neither faithful, nor adult-like. She sneaks off for a rendezvous with her handsome guardsman, which was most displeasing for a new and viral husband. This historical romance, spanning 3 generations, travels from the wineries of the French countryside, across the big pool to the American South West coastline, and the wine country of California.
Deadly Silence
Two years after the fire that took his wife and left him alone with a daughter too traumatized to speak, Lieutenant Matt Sinclaire is ready to love again, but wonders if he can protect his daughter and U.S. Forest Ranger Casey Cantrell when evil strikes again.
The Devil's Dance
THE DEVIL'S DANCE!A ring of evil buried in an ancient forest, the Devil's Dance belongs to the country of the Melungeons, that strange race of outcasts whose prehistoric origin is unknown. People believe that they worship the Devil himself, practicing obscene rites and drinking the blood of their victims during their debauched rituals.When Christine arrives at the ancient mansion where her sister's staying, she hears all the lurid stories about the curious country folk. Then she discovers she has a Melungeon name herself. Will this be her ticket to a final dance with death?"Another great read by a master storyteller. Banis brings to life another world and another way of living, and makes us believe we're there ourselves. First-rate entertainment!"—Robert Reginald.V. J. BANIS is the author of 150 books, including classic gothic romances and major historical novels, many of them being reprinted or published by the Borgo Press imprint of Wildside Press. He currently lives and works in the Blue Ridge region of West Virginia.
The Glass Painting
A SHOCKING NOVEL OF SEX AND HORRORThe old painting was done on glass, and found beneath the ruins of the ancient, decaying French mansion that Emily Hastings' sister, Irene, had inherited from the estate of the Marquis de Garac. The cold and distant Monsieur Philippe Gastion informed them that the painting was a forgotten masterpiece and should be given a place of honor.Soon afterwards, Irene became mysteriously ill, and other signs of imminent danger pointed directly toward Emily. There were rumors of the cruelty and unbridled sexuality of the long-deceased owners. A strange black cat haunted the house, and the crumbling mausoleum out back was never to be visited. And then the image on the glass painting began to change!
White Jade
Chris Channing's former fiance Jeff tells her that his life is in danger: his wife is slowly poisoning him. But is this true? Responding to his claim, Chris goes to him at Morgan House where she's up against the strange brother-in-law David, the cunning wife Mary, and Jeff, the man she'd once loved, but who's now vastly changed. Chris, lost, confused and swept into a powerful undertow of danger, begins to realize that someone is trying to kill her ...
