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Linda Fausnet
Author
Queen Henry
Major leaguer Henry Vaughn, Jr. is a goofy, goodhearted guy. He’s also a bit of a womanizer, more than a little homophobic, and rather protective of his macho image. Having asthma, Henry takes part in a clinical drug trial hoping to get rid of his embarrassing asthma inhaler. Unfortunately, the drug has an unusual side effect: it makes him gay... Research assistant, Sam, is gay and doesn’t believe Henry’s little story about the pill making him attracted to men. In an effort to get rid of him, Sam introduces Henry to his best friend, Thomas, who is known for helping people struggling with their sexuality. Thomas is patient, kind, and has the most beautiful eyes Henry’s ever seen… To Sam’s fury, Thomas falls for Henry, who begins to wonder if he really has been gay all along. As media rumors swirl about a possible gay player on the team, Henry becomes desperate to keep his secret from his teammates, the media, and his homophobic father. Though he and Thomas are very much in love, Thomas is passionate about gay pride and finds it very painful hiding their relationship. He won’t do it forever. Henry faces a terrible choice: come out of the closet and possibly lose his career and his father or keep hiding and lose the man he loves. And what if it turns out he’s not really gay?
Reviews
Amazon

The heart of this story is just lovely. Henry is a baseball player because that's what made his father happy. He's not unhappy as a ball player and he is good at it but he doesn't think about life much. He plays ball, goofs off for the crowd and goes to bars with the guys. He hides his weaknesses, asthma.

His life changes after getting on a trial asthma drug and finding himself bewildering attracted to men. He confronts the med tech Sam, who happens to be gay and doesn't really appreciate someone being horrified at the idea of being gay. He also thinks a pill can't make you gay and that Henry must have been suppressing his orientation.

Henry has to find a way to relate to Sam and Sam's point of view to get help. Meanwhile at the ball club tabloid rumors say someone on the team is gay. This gets the whole team disturbed. They go into a slump and start a hunt to "out" the gay guy. This all forces Henry to rethink his values, his life and grow up a bit.

Sam introduces Henry to a local drag queen club. With the support of new friends at the drag queen club and a local bartender Henry actually learns about love and about himself. By the end of the book he has learned to face his fears, stand up for those he loves, and has the courage to go after what he wants.

The love in this story ends up being more about love than about sex. Very nice.

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