Robby, a sharp-witted and posh London teenager<\/strong>, spends his days with his best friend Dee, sharing secrets and yearning for sex and love, while also dodging the torment of bullies from his elite prep-school. When he meets the man of his dreams, he falls fast.<\/p>\nMaybe too fast.<\/p>\n
Hailing from the dregs of Manchester, and twelve years Robby\u2019s senior, Vas is gorgeous and irresistible, and swears he\u2019s equally smitten with Robby.<\/p>\n
But during their wild sexual exploration of each other, the cameras come out, as do the drugs, and the booze.<\/p>\n
Soon, Robby is in over his head: addicted, porn-famous, and still yearning for love.<\/h3>\n
Amid family tensions, trips to rehab, and finishing university, Robby\u2019s past finally catches up to him when a bully from secondary re-enters his life and everything is exposed. Robby is forced to contend fully with the trauma of his adolescence so that he can find, and be with, his soulmate.<\/p>\n
Striving for happiness, inner-peace, and true love, Robby must decide if his sins can ever be overcome.<\/p>\n
EXCERPT<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you prancing off to princess?\u201d Gareth, Marcus\u2019 lead henchman, said in a chiding voice. I looked behind me and saw his large face sneering at me. \u201cI saw you duck behind the building, you\u2019re right to be scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just off, I don\u2019t want any trouble,\u201d I mumbled, more fearful of Gareth than I was Marcus, who somehow kept his goons in line. I went from wanting to avoid him, to willing him to come back outside and call off his dog. I kept walking and suddenly felt the beanie snatched from my head. \u201cHey! Give that back,\u201d I cried, smoothing my hair reflexively.<\/p>\n
Marcus emerged from the store with a drink in his hand and looked between us. \u201cHey Gareth,\u201d he smiled and opened his bottle. He took a sip and looked at me. \u201cWhere are you off to?\u201d He asked me, his green eyes sweeping over my new outfit, the jeans and an Adidas t-shirt with my Duke + Dexter trainers. I saw him sniff the air. \u201cAre you wearing perfume?\u201d<\/p>\n
Shit, why did I put on cologne? \u201cIt\u2019s my birthday, I\u2019m going to the mall,\u201d I looked at Gareth. \u201cI just want my beanie back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus nodded his head at Gareth and held out his hand. I prayed that Marcus would do the right thing and give it back to me. He was handsome in a straight way, appealing to the masses of girls who followed him around, or he would be if he weren\u2019t such a bully, because when he was being cruel he was not attractive. He put the beanie on his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow\u2019s it look?\u201d He asked Gareth.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuits you,\u201d Gareth shrugged. \u201cYou of course make it look hetero. This one makes everything look gay,\u201d Gareth nodded at me derisively with his chin.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease Marcus,\u201d I pleaded with my eyes, not feeling very hopeful.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s your birthday today?\u201d He asked, ignoring my pleas.<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
He looked at Gareth. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go inside and get the little princess here some champagne.”<\/p>\n
Gareth snickered and went inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus, I\u2019m late, I just want my hat,\u201d I shifted on my feet, uncertain of his mood. \u201cLate for the mall?\u201d Marcus scoffed and shook his head. \u201cI\u2019ve got something for you for your birthday,\u201d he said in a low menacing sounding tone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m meeting my boyfriend,\u201d I said in a rush, not knowing why I blabbed.<\/p>\n
Something passed over Marcus\u2019 features and settled behind his eyes. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a boyfriend?\u201d he laughed meanly. \u201cWhat does your fag-hag think about that?\u201d He stepped closer to me.<\/p>\n
He looked angry, not just playfully mean and I turned and fled before he could grab me, running as fast as I could down the stairs and away hurrying through the stiles, my eyes searching for any uniform I could find to hide behind. I shouldn\u2019t have said anything about a boyfriend.<\/p>\n
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING<\/b><\/p>\n\n\u201cThe key psychological dynamic revealed for Robby<\/p>\n
is the mistake many make in searching for self-confirmation and acceptance.<\/p>\n
Robby suffers from deep seeded issues of insecurity and self-acceptance<\/p>\n
caused by his being subjected to consistent bullying by his classmates.<\/p>\n
These issues manifest in his near desperate eagerness to please, which ultimately results in his exploitation during his teenage years. The step for procreation is the acceptance and valuing of oneself.\u00a0 Once older and cycled through his past trauma through intensive rehabilitation and therapy, his role of parent, provider and husband brings him balance and self-awareness; the love and acceptance of his spouse, family, and closest friends, in a world which still manifests many reasons for suppression, is how he completes his long journey of self-identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Dr. Carol Hartman, DNSc, BS, MS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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