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New York: Paperback Library, 1966.
FRONT COVER
PAPERBACK LIBRARY 54-942. 75¢
FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK.
desire in the shadows
(original title: The Gay Flesh)
an adult novel by Joe Leon Houston
Carl satisfied almost ever passion there was – until he fell in love with a woman!
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DESIRE IN THE SHADOWS IS AN ADULT NOVEL THAT UNMASKS THE STARK REALITY OF THE TWILIGHT WORLD.
Virile, handsome Carl Wolfe could have any woman he wanted – but he wanted only Chuck, a blond Adonis who left Carl after a brief interlude of friendship and desire. To escape the grief and emptiness of his abnormal way of life, Carl married a fiercely passionate woman. Would this strange marriage work? Could Carl find ecstasy with her as he had with Chuck? Carl thought he had the answers until a shocking twist of fate put him once more at the crossroads of his life!