Derek Pace Reviews

I am a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. I enlisted and served half of my career before DADT, the rest under DADT.

I was and am extremely proud of being a Marine. I was a grunt, and appreciated every moment, even if conditions were tough. What I hated was that some of us were made to hide that people had been in order to function. I didn't think then, and I don't think now, everything a Marine does in his or her private life, which consists of who he or she wants to love, has some impact on her or his effectiveness in uniform and serving our nation.

Most books on the Corps (or Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard) ignore the contributions of the LGBT community, and it appears as though the bulk of the gay military romances have only a passing focus on the "military" in the genre. It's my expectation that there's interest in reading a military-themed book in the LGBT perspective, and that I possess the capability to tell this story.

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