DELTA HOTEL
JBER, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Anchorage Alaska. Gays are finally allowed to legally marry. To serve openly in the Armed Forces. The Secretary of Defense is soon to open the doors to transgendered persons as well. Yet not all opt to serve and be out at the same time. Much like in the professional sports world, American gay fighter pilots fly their jets with their personal lives kept secret. Captain Nolan Kelly is one of these men. He flys the world’s most advanced aircraft, the F22 Raptor. The entire fighter squadron knows he’s the best, yet none of them know he’s gay.
The military hospital environment is different from that of the fighter squadron. Gay military members assigned to the medical career field marry, live in base housing and enjoy a relative harassment free existence. Captain Casey Link is an Air Force registered nurse assigned to the hospital flight surgeon. He chooses to live in the closet for reasons other than fear of discrimination. The challenges of his difficult childhood dominate every corner of his adult life.
Follow the characters of Delta Hotel as they trek across the globe in their quest for love amidst the interior and exterior barriers of their worlds. The characters will guide the reader over the snow covered Alaskan trails of the lost and found to a final destination.
Reviews For Delta Hotel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read this book series, you won't regret it.
It is an excellent companion story to the Berlin series penned by the author.
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LGBT fiction at its best
The two Delta Hotel volumes are a vivid depiction of life for gay men serving in our military. Swank's 6 volume Berlin series told the story of gays in the military during the decade of the 1980. Delta Hotel one and two continue the tradition to the contemporary war on terror.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love Jon Swanks stories. Just wish I could give it more stars!!!
There is so much authenticity in his stories since they come from the authors real life experiences. I also really like the attention to all the little details that really make the characters come to life and pull you into the story. He is a master at his craft and I can't wait to read his next exciting adventure.
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Great story!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Author Jon Swank's writing is top-notch, believable, and entertaining. If you are interested in well-written gay romance with an actual plot and well-drawn characters, I recommend this book to you!
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Another tour de force from Jon Swank
Delta Hotel is set in current day Alaska and is the story of an Air Force nurse and a fighter pilot. Sounds formulaic but it is so far from a formula romance! The main characters are very complex people whose lives envelop you. There is pathos, fear, laughter, unrequited love and a great love story too, but there is a very deep mystery surrounding our MC's and their friends. A part of this story migrates to Inciklet Airbase in Turkey at a most unfortunate time in history placing our friends in danger, but there are a few laughs too. That's one of the best things about this author's writing. He keeps his story balanced with moments of humor. His MC's are surrounded by a supporting cast of characters just as complex and having back stories just as developed as our MC's. I laughed. I cried. I got mad and planned murder. The ending totally surprised me. Please do yourself a favor and read Delta Hotel. It is well worth your time and money
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A great read!
This might well be the best of Jon Swank's books I have read so far. The characters are complex, well-developed and entertaining throughout, as is the "mystery" plot that builds to a great climax that is totally unexpected. I am definitely looking forward to reading the sequel, Delta Hotel 2.
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Good read and likable characters
Good read and hope more books follow with these characters. If you haven't read Swank's other books, you should. All believable stories. Thanks.