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    Author-photographer Jenn LeBlanc hopes to normalize gay imagery in The Spare and the Heir.

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 Tyler Austin Sep 30, 2016
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The Spare and the Heir, the first ever gay romance novel to be fully illustrated, is now available online and features famous underwear model Steve Dehler and Patrick Rash. 
Author and romance photographer Jenn LeBlanc hopes the photos will help normalize imagery of two men in love. The book takes place in England during the 1880s and revolves around Calder and Quinn. The couple ache for one other, but live in a world that's set on keeping them apart. 
 
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