Stan Jenson has narrated 16 audiobooks on Listento.it by 8 authors, with an average listener rating of 3★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men.
Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men
Summary
A moment comes for every addict when the consequences are so great or the pain is so bad that the addict's life becomes out of control because of his or her behavior. Some are news-making moments, such as the public censure when a congressman, minister, general, or professional athlete is cited for unacceptable sexual behavior. For most people those moments are followed by resolves to "never do it again", but somehow after the promise is made, they often find themselves in the exact same location doing something they vowed never to do again. That is addiction. And for some, this addiction is more difficult to diagnose than in others. Such is the case for gay men. For some gay men fully committed to open sexual choices and experiences, modifying their sexual behavior and restricting their sexual freedoms is like going back in time and surrendering to homophobic attitudes often found in conservative culture. It just doesn't feel right. After all, the urban gay male culture surrounding him fully supports his sexual exploits as long as the sex is safe. And since gay male sex addicts may not discuss their sexual behavior even with good friends, nobody challenges them on their late-night exploits in unsafe places, their arrest record or brushes with the law, or potential health risks because of their behavior. The truth is gay male sex addicts are not compulsively sexual because of their sexual orientation, but rather as a consequence of their individual psychological issues and biological predisposition toward addiction. This is exactly the same set of risk factors presented by straight male sex addicts. Unfortunately, for the gay (sex) addict, his increasingly destructive patterns of behavior take place against a cultural background of dramatically greater sexual and social freedoms than those enjoyed by his heterosexual peers.
©2015 Gentle Path Press (P)2015 Gentle Path Press
The Baron Von Stuben Gang
Summary
Will Cannon rides to Oklahoma to bring a gang of outlaws to justice. Will hopes that the Baron Von Stuben Gang is being run by Blackman and his gang of cutthroats. Blackman and his gang killed Will's family and Will swore to avenge his family by killing Blackman and every member of his gang. When he gets to Oklahoma he finds a group of young cowboys trying to protect a beautiful woman, Will enlists some cowboys to help him fight Baron Von Stuben and his gang of former soldiers.
©2013 Larry Hill (P)2016 Larry Hill
Mahu Vice
Summary
Openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is faced with a new murder that comes dangerously close to his personal life. About a year and a half has passed since the flames engulfed Waahila Ridge State Park at the end of Mahu Fire. During that time, Kimo and fire investigator Mike Riccardi dated for about six months, but with Kimo so visible, and Mike still in the closet, the pressures on them increased to the point where their relationship ended. When a fire breaks out at a shopping center Kimo's father used to own, and a young boy is killed, they are forced to work together - and to acknowledge that the embers of their relationship are still hot. A lot stands in the way of their getting together once more, including Mike's identity issues, a mysterious man who knows how to exploit Kimo's sexual fantasies, and a deadly little thing called murder.
©2011, 2019 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2020 Neil S. Plakcy
The Noblest Vengeance
Summary
Even big, tough, ex-Navy SEALs can be afraid of their mothers. Bodyguard partners Aidan and Liam are deeply in love, living as expatriates in Nice, France. When Aidan's distant cousins in Istanbul need protection from dangerous adversaries, he and Liam are on the next plane to Turkey. But the real danger to their relationship may come from their very different ideas about family connections. Can their love withstand assassins with a deadly secret to keep hidden - and Liam's foul-mouthed mother?
©2018 Neil Plakcy (P)2019 Neil Plakcy
The Same Page
Summary
Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough feel like they’ve aged out of the bodyguard business - but a desperate call from former client Slava Vishinev draws them back. In a story ripped from the headlines, Slava’s gay son Arseny has vanished in Chechnya, where homosexuals are persecuted and imprisoned. What was Arseny doing in Chechnya, and who is the enigmatic Italian who ends up in police custody with him? Answering these questions will take Aidan and Liam on their most deadly adventure yet, deep into the heart of a war-torn former Soviet state where danger lurks around every corner. The stakes are high - innocent men depend on them for rescue from imprisonment and death. Will Aidan and Liam be able to rescue Arseny and help him carry out his plans - and make it back to Nice for their wedding?
©2016 Neil S Plakcy (P)2019 Neil S Plakcy
Teach Me Tonight
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Bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are hired to protect a spoiled teenager attending an English-language institute. Liam worries that Aidan loves teaching too much to commit to their bodyguard business - but when things go wrong and Liam's sexy SEAL buddy Joey shows up to help out, career options become the least of their problems. Liam faces an opponent who represents his own dark side -a soldier of fortune who is smart, strong, and ruthless. Liam needs Joey's help - but will his attraction to his hunky pal damage his relationship with Aidan? Will Aidan turn his back on his burgeoning career as a bodyguard to return to his first love, teaching? Note: This audiobook contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some listeners may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
©2011 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2014 Neil S. Plakcy
Mahu Surfer (A Mahu Investigation)
Summary
Mahu Surfer, the second book in Neil Plakcy's Mahu Investigations mystery series, sends gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka back to his surfing past. His new boss asks the former competitive surfer to go undercover on Oahu’s North Shore to find the killer of three surfers. The catch: He can't tell any of his family or friends that he has returned to the force, causing him to lie, when he has just come out of the closet and begun to tell the truth about his life. In his return to the North Shore, Kimo discovers trouble in paradise, from an epidemic rise in the use of crystal meth to increasing pressure on real estate prices. He also rekindles an uneasy friendship with a man whose sexual assault drove him into the police academy, and further into the closet, six years earlier. Listeners will enjoy an exotic locale, plenty of aloha spirit and a dash of surf culture, as well as a slam-bang ending. Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for best gay mystery. Perfect for fans of Joseph Hansen, Michael Nava, and John Morgan Wilson.
©2019 Neil S Plakcy (P)2020 Neil S Plakcy
Spanish Influenza
Summary
The story of the Spanish Flu of 1918 is best told and understood from the newspaper reports of publications large and small from every corner of the United States. The news reports have been picked at random, with an emphasis on selecting news articles that told of effects in the rural, small towns, cities, army camps, navy yards, with armed forces deployed at sea and in France as well as on Indian Reservations.
©2020 Kenneth C. Rossignol (P)2020 Kenneth C. Rossignol
Mahu Blood
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Openly gay Honolulu homicide Detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner, Ray Donne, are on duty at a rally in downtown Honolulu organized by Kingdom of Hawai’i, one of many competing groups that seek reparations from the US for the loss of land and independence. An elderly woman is shot dead there, only a few feet from where Kimo’s mother and nephews are taking part in the demonstration, and Kimo and Ray take the case. At the same time, Kimo’s dealing with domestic difficulties, having just moved in with his partner, fire investigator Mike Riccardi. Since both are alpha males, the transition to shared living space isn’t easy, especially because Mike’s parents live next door. As Kimo and Mike struggle to adapt to living together, they begin to forge their own ohana - a Hawaiian term that means family, as well as community. The theme of ohana resonates through both Kimo’s personal life and his investigation of the murder as Kimo and Ray follow clues through a labyrinth of competing groups, uncovering a trail of gambling, money laundering, and mental illness. The title refers both to the blood spilled in three murders, as well as the blood ties that link native Hawaiians to each other. People come together in many ways here - through native heritage and family ties as well as love and fellowship. “Plakcy’s storytelling is tight, flawlessly executed, eminently interesting and inspiring.” (George Seaton, Out in Print.) “To the mystery genre, Kimo Kanapa' aka is a refreshing tropical breeze.” (Janie Franz, MyShelf) Books in the Mahu series have reached the finalist stage for the Lambda Literary Awards as well as winning mystery fan awards and acclaim from mainstream publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal.
©2020 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2020 Neil S. Plakcy
Diamonds 101
Summary
Do you know what it takes to buy diamonds, or diamond jewelry, at the right price? Do you know the tricks that unscrupulous sales people will use to overcharge you? In Diamonds 101: A Diamond Buyers Guide, the Author (accredited by the Gemological Institute of America and with two decades of experience in buying and selling diamonds) will teach you insider secrets on everything you need to know about buying diamonds. In this entertaining guide you will learn: Tricks retailers use to create the illusion of value How to recognize someone trying to take advantage of you Tips to spot value The terms (and their meaning) that will make the retailer think you're a diamond expert The six Cs of diamond grading (everyone else only talks about Cut, Clarity, Color and Carat, we add Cost and Confidence) And much, much more Get your copy and enjoy a stress-free and entertaining diamond buying experience.
©2012 Dirk Rendel (P)2016 Dirk Rendel
Finding Freddie Venus
Summary
Aidan and Liam’s new client is former gay porn star Freddie Venus, who survived an epic slide and now lives a solitary life in a restored farmhouse outside Nice. He hires bodyguards when he begins to believe he is being stalked. Newt Camilleri is a sad, overweight 50-year-old who writes gay unicorn porn but has no romantic life. He has fled his dead-end job and old life to start again on the Riviera. When he spots Freddie, his porn idol, in a grocery store, he kicks off the plot that will bring them together. But Freddie's past is about to come back to haunt him. Will Aidan and Liam be able to save Freddie, and help him and Newt start a new story together?
©2018 Neil Plakcy (P)2019 Neil Plakcy
A Cold Wind
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Now that he’s been forced out of the closet and moved to Monaco, retired Russian oligarch Slava Vishinev longs for a sexy, new life. An assassination attempt forces him to hire bodyguards Aidan and Liam to protect him. Who could be after him - his estranged son who has joined an anti-capitalist group? The government official who engineered his fall from grace in Moscow? Can Liam and Aidan keep him alive long enough to engineer a romance between him and their sad, handsome neighbor still pining for his late lover? Or will they begin to feel that their entry into their forties forces them to consider close protection a young man’s game - one that they’re no longer suited for?
©2016 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2019 Neil S. Plakcy
Olives for the Stranger
Summary
As demonstrators and police spar in the streets of Tunis, bodyguards Aidan and Liam must protect Leila, a young girl whose mother has been taken into police custody. While the threats against her and her activist parents grow, hunky ex-SEAL Liam is stuck in the Tunisian countryside while teacher and novice bodyguard Aidan travels to France on his own with Leila. Liam must deal with his emotions once separated from his partner, while Aidan struggles to protect Leila and her father from a deadly villain as Liam has taught him. Both men must examine the depths of their love for each other and satisfy themselves that more than just sexual desire keeps them together.
©2013 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2014 Neil S. Plakcy
I Speak Esperanto
Summary
I went to learn more about Esperanto, a language that was invented 126 years ago. In the end I found hope for the future.
©2013 James Nugent (P)2013 James Nugent
Under the Waterfall
Summary
As soon as they're settled in their new home on the French Riviera, bodyguards Aidan and Liam are sent to the island of Corsica to protect a mining executive and his family. Though they're still in love and having lots of sex, the disruption and the discovery that the client's son is gay and in a touchy relationship causes both bodyguards to question their skills and their commitment to each other. Can they engineer a happy ending for Michel and his boyfriend while protecting the family from deadly adversaries?
©2013 Neil S. Plakcy (P)2018 Neil S. Plakcy
John Lasseter: The Whiz Who Made Pixar King (Legends of Animation)
Summary
A two-time Academy Award-winning director and animator, John Lasseter is a founding member of and the creative force behind Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is responsible for ushering in the age of computer-animation and revolutionizing the industry, having produced blockbuster features such as Cars, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., and Wall-E. Lasseter began his career in animation at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he soon became fascinated by the potential for creating animation using computer-generated images. After a move to a division of Lucasfilm that would later become Pixar, Lasseter wrote, directed, and produced many computer-animated short films and television commercials, including the first completely computer-animated short to win an Oscar, Tin Toy. He then began work on the first computer-animated feature film, the landmark Toy Story, which forever changed the animation industry. In John Lasseter: The Whiz Kid Who Made Pixar King, learn how this creative mind keeps bringing lasting characters and stories to the big screen through the wizardry of animation.
©2012 Jeff Lenburg (P)2013 Jeff Lenburg