The Way Alex Sees Me (Aphrodite in Disguise #2)

2025 | Contemporary | LGBTQ+ | Paranormal | Romance

High school senior Rusty Finch is in a pickle.

His grades are plummeting even though everyone says he’s got a good head on his shoulders. He and his mother Gloria are not getting along. Neither of them knows why.

He’s convinced that his mom lied to him when she said his father died when he was two. But if her story is true, why can’t she show him his father’s grave?

And now, to top it all off, he’s pretty sure he’s gay. But Bill, campus jerk and all-around bully, is absolutely certain on that point. He takes perverse pleasure in tormenting Rusty on a daily basis.

What’s a confused and impetuous boy to do?

Destroy the enemy, of course!

But for Rusty, an unintentional detour from a lonely road and into a ditch thwarts that ill-fated plan. Rusty finds himself in the hospital.

A stranger appears at his bedside. “Rusty? I’m your father.”

With those four words, his life begins to come into focus...

…only to get really blurry again when Frank comes along and sparks feelings that Rusty's not equipped to handle.

If you like your gay romance spiced with a touch of suspense and plenty of youthful angst, you’ll love The Way Alex Sees Me.

This novel, the second book in the Aphrodite in Disguise series, is a Dark Gay Romance with elements of recent history, the supernatural, young love, family strife, and dark hidden secrets. Though embedded in the not-so-distant past, this novel speaks to timeless experience.

Tropes: Love and loss, coming out, like-father-like-son, love and acceptance, and identity and self-discovery.

Possible Triggers: Bullying and some violence, death from an incurable disease, and graphic hospital scenes.

Dann Hazel (Author)