Roughhousing | 
| Author: Laura Baumbach
Publisher: Torquere Press
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 193416660X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781934166604
ASIN: 193416660X
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
James and Bram are back in this sequel to the bestselling A Bit of Rough! They've been dating a while now, but James is still unsure about his feelings for Bram. He's rushed into things before, and it's always backfired on him, so James wants to take it slow. Bram is so forceful, though, so sexy and convincing that it's hard to stand fast against him. In fact, Bram is the one steady thing in James' life, when everything else seems to be shifting like sand under his feet. His job is getting stressful, his apartment is getting dangerous, and James knows he's teetering on the brink of change, but is unsure what to choose. When a project at work seems to have fallen under Bram's influence through the old boy network, James decides to back off and tell Bram they have to cool down their heated relationship. Bram is willing to accommodate James.to a point. But what happens when self-assured Bram has had enough of James' insecurity? Taking up where A Bit of Rough left off, Roughhousing opens up Bram and James' relationship, following along as they become a real couple, and face the troubles that come from trying to blend two lives and two independent personalities. Their need for each other burns as hot as ever, but will that be enough to build a life on?
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 Same Mistakes, Charming Effects September 1, 2008
J. M. Hanson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Roughhousing is a good follow-up to A Bit of Rough ... in terms of general meaning. The erotic scenes are perhaps some of the best I've read, and remains so. The only problem within them is that there are tons of repitition that eventually got on my nerves and made it difficult to read. 'Bram kissed James, licking James' lips and nibbling at the corner of James' mouth while holding tight to James' hips.' [Please note, that sentence is not in the book, but to be used as an example only]. Besides that, L. Baumbach DOES keep to the same characterizations - Jamie is still insecure, although he's getting more confidant, and Bram is still a bit of an over-protective boyfriend. Main problems there: Jamie comes across as a pouting child a little too much, stomping his foot over every percieved problem and then quickly recovering, shrugging it away, and becoming once again the indulged favorite. Bram, to me, was even less believable because he forgave so often, so quickly, and rarely showed a semblance of anger that wasn't backed by genuine concern. Me, I'd have punched Jamie a few times and probably left him for a few days to get his own problems over trust and let HIM decide if he was man enough to come back. [Probably a litte too harsh, but ... he kind of got on my nerves sometimes.]
Bram's immediate and continuous love [obsession] for Jamie, while sweet in the first novel, because a bit repititious [again], and I found myself skipping over his mushy-thoughts more often then not.
There was only one significant part - in my eyes - that made it sincerely worth the read. A wife-abuser lives next door to Jamie's new apartmentand one night he steps in ... what happened next had be clapping my hands and cheering at his new-found backbone. A backbone that - consequently - dissapeared fairly quickly afterward. *shrug* oh, well. There was hope for it, anyway, and I still think it makes the whole book. I only wish there had been more like that one scene.
On the whole, worth reading once, maybe twice, then flipping through later only for the erotica scenes, and the one mentioned above. Reading the whole book is too hard for me now, because I can barely stomach down all the in-between gush...
~ San
 Roughhousing September 1, 2008
P. Howard (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A continuation of A Bit of Rough. The love between these two guys keep getting stronger. The sex hotter. It help them sort through the pain thats keeping them from being complete and complete them. I recommend this series, because I like the love and support coupled with the M/M sex and the true friendship between the non gay friends.
CATHYS REVIEW June 14, 2008
C. Boatwright
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
GREAT BOOK. MALE AND MALE LOVE AND LEARNING TO LOVE AND TRUST. HAD SUSPENSE. A GREAT LOVE STORY AND IT ENDING GOOD.
Wonderful reading! January 29, 2008
Jazz (CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. It did live up to my expectations as a sequel and will be re-read alot in future years. I'm buying EVERYTHING this author writes!!
Roughhousing by Laura Baumbach July 20, 2007
Elisa Rolle (Italy)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Laura hit it again: here we have a well built novel. The story is the sequel of A Bit of Rough and we find our characters, Bram and Jamie, only some day after the end of the first novel.
Even if they have met together only some weeks ago, Bram wants a strong commitment than Jamie is unsecure: how is it possible that he succeded to find the true love! He is unworthy of a man so perfect like Bram and so he tries to run away.
But Bram understands very well his Jamie, and there is no way he allows him to leave. He obliges Jamie to "accept" their love: Jamie wants a rough hand in bed, but not in his life, but maybe, sometimes, it is necessary that Bram uses his strenght also outside the bedroom.
Really, if you are an independent woman, you can find Bram's behaviour a little overwhelmed... but he is so tender, and caring and he talks! A man who want to talk of his feelings! Unbelievable!
Roughhousing is the perfect sequel to another perfect book.
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