num_pages: 162
description: Daren Boothe's most significant secret centers on an unlikely object: a xylophone. That secret led him to develop his professional alter-ego a sensual androgynous dancer. When Dare begins his second (and considerably more wholesome) job playing clarinet in a polka band he meets a young man who takes his grandmother out dancing. But Dare knows the man has his own secret. Jonah Day immediately recognizes the clarinetist. Three years earlier they crossed paths in a therapist's office but they both abandoned that route to mental health. Neither was ready then to open up about the psychological traumas that haunted them. In an attempt to heal their wounds Dare and Jonah turn to each other. Understanding and empathy come instantly accompanied by ambivalence about their growing attraction. But the repercussions of victimization are many. Soon the very experiences Dare and Jonah share threaten to drive them apart.
language: English
title: Xylophone
publisher: Dreamspinner Press