Drag Queen Beauty Pageant

Book excerpt: Anthony Alcantara is a twenty-year-old bisexual virgin and failed drag queen. All the other drag artists at House of Ellegrand� Drag Cabaret, home to the fishiest queens in New York City, are obsessing over the annual auditions for Vivesse Fashion and Beauty Parade. It's been thirty years since House of Ellegrand� won the prestigious drag beauty pageant, and this has to be the year they get lucky again.Anthony is such a failure, he knows he'll never be picked to audition--a fact which spiteful bully Machyl wastes no opportunity to remind him of. Anthony is a failure in the gay world because he's bi. He's a failure as a man because he's ultra, super, lacy femme. And he's a failure in his hopeless secret love for beautiful Damaris Rae, Ellegrand�'s headliner and shoo-in for the Vivesse auditions. But Damaris doesn't feel the same way, and even if she did, house rules forbid fraternization. Anthony knows he needs to get over Damaris, but he believes in love, and he swore to himself that he would never settle for anything less.Then, gorgeous Marcus kisses Anthony. Anthony doesn't want to break any rules. If Machyl ever found out, he could get both Anthony and Marcus expelled from the club.Besides, Anthony isn't interested in Marcus. He would never betray his unrequited love for Damaris. And he will never break his promise to wait until he finds love before he gives in to desire. He can withstand the frustration of abstinence. He's done it for years. No matter how bad it gets, no matter how intense the need, Anthony isn't going to succumb.At least, that's what he keeps telling himself...