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Called 2008 'Book of the Year' by both ForeWord Magazine and ReaderViews, this adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk is a contemporary tale of passion, deception, and risk: Since of Katharine Tyler's expense in a Brazilian island resort, she sends her handsome young nephew Jeremy with his lover Carlo to assess its progress. And although hunky ex-Marine Arthur Blauefee acts as their bodyguard, the group aims against a kidnapping, sexual attraction, a captivating trickster, and an urgent double-corner, where Cousin Katharine performs puppet-master before getting twisted in her very own strings. Though DOUBLE-BOUND functions the main figures from 2006 Book of the Entire Year champion STRINGS CONNECTED, this really is Arthur's tale: his tragic childhood, his risky times like a homosexual US Maritime, subsequently his dangerous--and pleasantly satisfying--trip to Brazil, where he's pushed to heroism, while distressing between his mind, and his extreme desire to have the main one guy he's forbidden to adore.