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Freak Camp

M/M Paranormal Romance (A Monster by Any Other Name, Book 1)

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Freak Camp

By: Laura Rye, Bailey R. Hansen
Narrated by: Christian Leatherman
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Monsters are evil, so why does Jake want to rescue one?

Tobias can't remember why he was locked inside Freak Camp when he was five. All he knows are the camp rules: Other monsters are not your friends. Never disobey the guards. Don't expect anything to get better. The world is safer with him behind these iron-reinforced walls.

But then he meets a hunter's son who defies all the rules. Jake is not just the only bright spot in his world but proof that goodness exists.

The heir to a long line of monster hunters, Jake's only purpose is to stamp out evil. He carries his faith that all monsters are evil to the government-run Freak Camp, where shy, sweet-natured Tobias shakes up all he's ever known and shifts his purpose from hunting monsters to protecting one.

Two lonely boys, damaged in different ways, find themselves drawn together despite the odds.

Freeing Tobias into a world where he can define his own rules could cost Jake his family and the only life he's ever known. But failure carries an even higher price, for Tobias’s life hangs in the balance.

FREAK CAMP is the first book in A Monster By Any Other Name, a slow-burn M/M paranormal romance series for adult listeners. Book One is the hurt that leads to the comfort, and each book ends with a happy for now / happily ever after.

Content notes: scenes include abuse and neglect of children, sexual and physical assault, institutional dehumanization, and reference to domestic violence causing a miscarriage. Please see the full content notes inside the book or on the Freak Camp website before listening.

©2022 Laura Rye (P)2025 Laura Rye
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A stunningly well written piece of art that tug at my heartstrings and kept me captivated in all my waking hours. I struggled to break away to sleep..
The story was strong and the character development was flawless.
The emotional scenes were so horrifically powerful that I felt physically emotions from the books descriptions.
This book had a beautiful ending to match its beautiful story of friendships, relationships and overcoming obstacles in life.
So glad that I chose to read it and even more glad that I stumbled across it.

Heartbreakingly beautiful

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Be warned this is a dark, bleak story of the lives of two boys, Jake a Hunter and Tobias a monster, as they grow up over a period of approx 10 years. Jake visiting sporadicly, Tobias, in his captivity at Freak Camp, a Facility for Research, Elimination And Containment of Supernaturals.
It is an emotional journey as a deep friendship develops between the two boys despite their complete differences in perceived status and their situation.
Tobias’s life is an ever increasing nightmare in the freak camp with torture, abuse, starvation and the threat of death a daily occurrence, but his friend Jake makes a promise to free him and this alone keeps him from giving up.
There is a lot of suffering and torture in this book, so it is not for the squeamish, but it is not gratuitous and is balanced out with happier times when Jake and Tobias are together. This is the first book in a 5 book series and ends in a HFN.
Christian Leatherman did an excellent job narrating as always.

Heart Wrenching and Heart Warming

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