Cub

Not every gay teen yearns for fashion and popular culture. Some boys are pure country folk and like the feel of flannel, the smell of the farm, and sharing good food with cherished family. And they’re neither lithe nor muscle-bound but stocky boys, the ones who develop hairy chests, arms, and faces years earlier than their peers. One such seventeen year old is Travis Ferrell, shy among most of the other kids at school but proud of his West Virginia roots. He has not yet admitted his passion for handsome guys—and his idea of what handsome is and what handsome does is not much different from him. Soon he’ll learn that he’s not unique; gay culture has a name for young men like cubs. Lambda Literary Award-winning author Jeff Mann has written an engaging romance for the outsider in us all.