Between Here and There

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"When David and Ted meet the Mistress they embark on a whirling adventure through spiritual realms and earthly lusts that transforms them both and enthrals the reader.  Between Here & There, by Raven Davies, is a sweeping, glorious gay love story like no other you've ever encountered.  By turns comic and heart warming, Between Here & There is a story to engage the heart, mind and soul.  Be warned: Once you begin it, you won't be able to put it down."  

Ralph Higgins, Wayves

"This new Canadian author is emerging as one of the most unique, independent, adventurous, thought provoking storytellers today." 

NightLight Books

 "Raven Davies is one of the most original literary artists working today. Davies is successfully bridging the gulf between traditional fiction, and the new and exciting world of Internet "Slash" writing. With tremendous assurance and with great panache, Davies is giving readers an entirely fresh and fascinating reading experience. At this time of crossover literary technologies, Davies is emerging as a singular creative voice. This breathless, altogether remarkable storytelling makes for compelling reading." 

Joseph Dispenza: The Way of the Traveler and The House of Alarcon

 "As a proofreader, it isn't often I am swept into a book, my mind too analytical to allow the story to interfere with my work. Resist as I may, Davies' Between Here and There, with its wonderfully wild adventures, cross-over realities, and multi-faceted characters, carried me away into the thought-provoking world of David and Ted. Be prepared to fall headfirst into a riveting tale."

  Luba

 "Raven Davies brings unusual and exhilarating life to a unique work with a poetic style, imagination, and a keen eye for what lies beneath the surface of the human condition."

Warren Redman: Winner of the Best Counseling Book of 2004, given by the Canadian Counseling Association for his book The 9 Steps to Emotional Fitness ­ a tool-kit for life in the 21st century.

"Between Here and There" is a well-crafted novel, combining romance, mystery, mysticism, and adventure. The writer takes us inside the character's emotions, showing an intensely complex range of fear, anger, love, need, desire, human curiosity, and so much more. The power of male love, shown through sex and intrigue, is blended together not only in the world as we know it, but the spirit realm as well. This makes for a thought provoking and interesting tale, which still has me reeling and thinking. The story is exciting, mature, and erotic, with a climax as surprising as any you will find. Truly an engaging, wildly imaginative story, I recommend this book highly. Reviewer: A reader from Tennessee, USA

"A Definite Page Turner", March 30, 2004... 5 stars on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

"Sexy and well written, a thought provoking novel. Constructed to make a coherent, powerful, and unusual statement. Found it intellectually stimulating, spiritually provocative, and entertaining to read."

  Reviewer: A reader from San Miguel de Allende, Gto, Mexico

"A Mystical Role Playing", June 6, 2004... 4 stars on Amazon.co.uk

"This book is a multi-stranded novel about a group of actors who find themselves involved in the adventure of a lifetime. Transported into another mystical dimension they become involved with mysterious beings of great power. Using their acting skills to perform in the games of these beings while exploring the inner landscapes of their own natures. A fascinating mix of mysticism, sensuality and role play."

Reviewer: A reader from Glasgow, United Kingdom
 

Between Here and There  

 by Raven Davies   

Secrets, seduction, and sorcery--two Hollywood actors, co-starring in a movie, encounter a bewitching apparition--the Mistress.  Promising fulfillment of their desires, if they undertake physical and philosophical risks, both men agree to accept the provocative dare; but is the prize worth the cost?  David LaCoix, the wildly talented, slightly tarnished, older star, thrives on the tension, challenge, and puzzle, attempting to alter his notorious lifestyle by rebuilding his families and supporting his co-star in crisis.  Theodore Barrett, the young innocent, but frightfully unstable Christian Fundamentalist, battles to retain his beliefs, much to the Mistress’ consternation, while hiding his needs and innate mental powers from both David and the mysterious Fey.  After a long seduction, guided by divine intervention of sorts, the two men become lovers.  With emotions coursing below the surface, and in the boudoir, an unearthly game of impossibilities and improbabilities unfolds--a game with no rules--who is whom, who is manipulating whom, who is seducing whom, and to what end, played against a backdrop of the phantasmagoric and the questioning of the god-force.  Who holds the gift to win?