Today Boston-based Romentics announced the June 15 publication of “Hot Sauce” by Warner Books. “Hot Sauce” is the latest in the Romentics series of Harlequin-style romance novels for gay men—and the first gay romance published by a major publisher.

(PRWEB) June 15, 2005 -- Today Boston-based Romentics announced the June 15 publication of “Hot Sauce” by Warner Books. “Hot Sauce” is the latest in the Romentics series of Harlequin-style romance novels for gay men—and the first gay romance published by a major publisher. On June 12, 2005, the NY Times Magazine featured Romentics in a multi-page article that hailed Romentics in these terms:

This Oz is a brave new world of the gay male romance novel, a world where there are never cowards, only condoms; each of the heroes has a brain, even if it takes until the end of the story for one of them to use it; and the abs, if not tin, most likely resemble iron.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/magazine/12ROMANCE.html?
“Romentics is the first line of gay romance novels, and ‘Hot Sauce’ is the first-ever same-sex marriage novel—that’s one big happily ever after,” said Romentics author Scott Whittier. “We’re proud to join forces with Warner Books to give gay men worldwide the chance to read, and dream, about true love.”

“Gay marriage here in Massachusetts is a major victory,” added co-author Scott Pomfret, “but writing about it in another great American institution—the romance novel—is a cultural victory that crosses state borders.”

“Entertaining, effervescent … [Hot Sauce] is fun, fast-moving, fairy tale fluff custom-built for the softhearted gay beach set.”     --Publishers Weekly “Romentics are not your mother’s romance novels,” continued Pomfret. “ ‘Hot Sauce’ is a romance with testosterone—more action, fights, hunky heroes and gay drama. Romentics are for today’s contemporary gay man.”

Set in Boston, “Hot Sauce” is a romantic romp between celebrity chef Brad Drake and the impossibly handsome fashion designer and club impresario Troy Boston. Even as Brad and Troy consider tying the knot, their romance threatens to come unraveled at the hands of Troy’s old flame, bleach-blond pretty boy Aria Shakespeare. When the action turns red-hot and tempers flare, it takes a wild ride from Boston’s high society to the Bermuda triangle and back to keep the passions burning. Is it a recipe for romance or a recipe for disaster?

Scott&Scott wrote the book on gay romance—literally. Founded in Boston in 2003 at the height of the debate over same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and dubbed “the new romantics” by the Boston Globe, Romentics has brought together for the first time the number-one market for paperback fiction (romance) and the buying power of the lucrative gay market. Indeed, Romentics authors Pomfret and Whittier are real-life lovers, whose own tale could fill the pages of a romance novel. From out of the closet to all the unique elements of gay culture, Romentics follows a not-so-straight path to happily ever after. For info on all the Romentics novels, contact Scott&Scott (http://www.romentics.com) at e-mail protected from spam bots, or request a review copy of “Hot Sauce” from Rachel Elinsky (Warner Books) at 212-522-5120, or e-mail protected from spam bots.