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Farm Fresh (Naked Organics Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Posy Roberts (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Jude finds a home where he can put down roots. He never expected it to be a sexually free commune. Hudson finds himself falling for Jude, but all the men in the yellow house are lovers. Coupling-off isn't how their house works. Jude Garrity visits the farmers market every Saturday. As an environmental engineering student, he's curious about living off the grid and sustainable agriculture. And one particular farmer. Hudson Oliva has worked hard to support his commune, the only place he's felt at home. When Jude asks pointed questions about living there, Hudson decides to be honest. Few people know what the farm is actually about, but Jude is insistent. Jude moves in, however his sexual hang-ups left over from past abuse make it hard to adjust. He's living among people who have sex freely and with multiple partners. When Jude finally loosens up, Hudson is flooded with emotions for this reserved man. Falling for Jude wasn't part of Hudson's life plan. But when vindictive rumors about the commune begin to spread, love might be all he has left.
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    Naked Organics
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2016 Rainbow Award Runner Up
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"This book fit its title so perfectly--it was fresh, organic, unique, just a delight to read." -Rainbow Award Judge
"This story is like taking a refreshing breath. It was beautifully written with very well liked characters. Bringing back the commune era, it brings us to what is happening with our planet right at this day and age, [...] It brings back the long lost idea of Peace, Love, and Freedom. Totally refreshing!" -Rainbow Award Judge
"Farm Fresh is gorgeous, and the emotional impact will leave you gasping and aching for more." -Just Love - Romance Novel Reviews

"Sexy, sensual and satisfying." -Alpha Book Club
"This is truly an outstanding story. I carried my Kindle everywhere with me.... All day. I refused to do anything until I finished." -Diverse Reader

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This story is sex positive and views sex, in all its consensual forms, as a healthy part of life. Kaleidoscope Gardens is a modern-day hippie commune where queer people live freely, love openly, and care for the Earth. I hope you feel the love surrounding all who live and love at Kaleidoscope Gardens.

Many people raised in the "purity culture" enter adulthood not knowing basic information about their bodies, sexual health, and pregnancy, let alone the sexual response. They carry intense shame related to their sexual identity and expression, even the enjoyment of sex.

That's how Jude enters the story: ashamed of his desires to love a man, but he's so ready to experience a sexual connection. His demons have slammed him to the ground for years, and he knows the only way he'll ever be sexually free is to challenge himself. Enter Kaleidoscope Gardens, his fresh start.

If reading this story helps you untie even one of those shame-filled knots someone wove into the fabric of your being, I will have accomplished more than I ever set out to by sharing this story about free love in a place where I want to live.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01A2PHDPW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boho Press (January 28, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2892 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1977701256
  • Customer Reviews:
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Posy Roberts started reading romance when she was young, sneaking peeks at adult books long before she should’ve. Textbooks eventually replaced the novels, and for years she existed without reading for fun. When she finally picked up a romance two decades later, it was like slipping on a soft hoodie . . . that didn’t quite fit like it used to. She wanted something more.

She wanted to read about men falling in love with each other. She wanted to explore beyond the happily ever after and see characters navigate the unpredictability of life. So Posy sat down at her keyboard to write the books she wanted to read.

Her stories have been USA Today’s Happily Ever After Must-Reads and Rainbow Award finalists. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her family and friends and doing anything possible to get out of grocery shopping and cooking.

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Michael Holland
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting modern take on "hippy" communes
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017
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Jude is a senior student at Portland State University, studying environmental science. He was raised on a farm, but escaped his abusive ultra-religious parents as soon as he could. Although he identifies as gay, Jude has been so traumatized by his parents that he has had trouble forming any kind of relationship with another man. Jude enjoys visiting the farmers market held on campus every Saturday, and especially enjoys talking to Hudson, who operates a booth for Kaleidoscope Gardens. Hudson is dealing with his own demons, but definitely enjoys Jude's company. When he finally tells Jude about the true nature of the farm, it sets them both down a path of self discovery.

The idea of a place like Kaleidoscope Gardens, where people whose sexuality falls outside of general society's binary fixation can live in relative peace, may seem a bit too good to be true, but it does provide an interesting backdrop to explore some interesting ideas. Jude's abusive parents have left him practically dysfunctional sexually. Is the commune the best place for him to learn how to open up sexually?

Hudson's path to the farm wasn't that much different than Jude's, but that doesn't necessarily make it easier for him to help the younger man through his issues, especially when Hudson is so attracted to Jude, yet also fearful of being abandoned by yet another person he grew close to. Although surrounded by many friends and lovers, Hudson still sometimes feels isolated and alone.

Characters with a lot of emotional baggage can be difficult to write about, but Jude and Hudson come across as very real people, and their stories come out quite naturally in the course of the story. You may not be able to identify with them if you haven't been through anything like they have, but you can still come to a reasonable understanding of them. The two main characters are surrounded by a rich set of men and women at the farm who also come across as real people with stories of their own.
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KC
5.0 out of 5 stars Pacific Northwest Commune
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2021
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45 stars. Roberts writes a very complex tale, set outside Portland, Oregon. It starts with Jude, a college senior who has run away from his family. He is attracted to Hudson, a green grocer producer selling from his truck at an open air weekly market. A Floridian who's run from his family, Hudson lives in a commune community. Jude applies to join, his trial period his summer session.

Roberts presents a field of characters, giving a rainbow of colors to their personalities. The community is established and structured, the shared work mixed with casual nudity and polyamorous sex. There's even a villain. The plot moves along in spurts, sometimes slowly and other times with leaps. It's the first in a series, and I've added the next to my want-to-read stack as well as the prequel
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Taren R
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2016
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It was good--I liked the representation of the farm, and the way the characters were drawn. It felt really rushed toward the end, though, like a lot of information had to be crammed in before the book ended. Also, I hope one thing is corrected before the other books come out; when Jude was the main focus of the story, then Hudson had his turn, there was no break, no way to tell the point of view was changing. A double space between paragraphs would have helped. Here I was, reading merrily along, then all of a sudden, here comes another point of view. It drew me out of the story.
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Momof3
4.0 out of 5 stars Love the writing and the characters
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017
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Love the writing and the characters. This was something new to me as far as the commune and such. Enjoed and will be reading the next one.
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Roger Grossklaus
5.0 out of 5 stars Love blossoms naturally when encouraged
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2018
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Where better to discover the truth of ones being than on communal fertile ground. It is exceedingly interesting to explore the possibilities that arise when we shed all the BS we’ve been covered in through social conditioning.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2016
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I liked this book, especially as it made me open my mind and was a good experience. Loved how concern for others meant the survival for all.
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Mardee
5.0 out of 5 stars Very sexy in a commune sort of way
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2016
Farm Fresh is a character-driven story with an engaging plot and premise. In it, Posy Roberts lays down a strong foundation for her new Naked Organics series that allows her to build characters that are appealing yet flawed. Everyone has a back story and a few are revealed in this first book of the series, although perhaps not entirely.

The setting is Kaleidoscope Farms, a commune near a college town. The principle of the commune is freedom to be who you are at all times, but the weakness in that assumption is that no one can completely cast aside the trauma and damage already done to a person.

Jude is a college student, nearing graduation with a degree in environmental engineering. He grew up on a farm so the theories and hypotheses he has studied about sustainable, organic farming are a soul-deep gold standard for him. However, Jude wants more than the research side of his studies. He wants practical, fingers-in-the-dirt experience. He is also a profoundly, and he fears irrevocably, sexually repressed gay man. It is important to point out he is not closeted. There is a big difference between crushingly inhibited and keeping one’s sexual identity hidden.

Hudson is a member of the commune, and one of his duties is selling its produce at a farmer’s market near the college campus. Jude comes to the market every week to choose vegetables and talk to Hudson about the commune’s growing techniques. Their conversations gradually reach the point Hudson feels willing to take the risk of telling Jude about what living and working on the commune really means, in order to either scare Jude off or open a door for Jude to investigate whether the commune is a place for him. The members of the commune are almost practicing the free love of the sixties communes, but with more structure and boundaries.

Jude moves to the farm for a trial period to determine whether the commune is the right fit for him, from both his perspective and that of the other farm members. It is at this point that Jude’s past interferes with his ability to completely accept what the commune offers, but he is unable to reveal the entirety of what has been done to him. Hudson and the others in the house where Jude lives at the farm, as well as the rest of the commune family, are exceedingly patient with Jude and try to help him, but the only one who can truly help Jude is himself. Meanwhile, Jude’s struggles bring out painful memories from Hudson’s past, which causes friction that pushes the men apart rather than bringing them together.

There is plenty of sex in this story among various numbers of participants and genders, but it is always presented in a way that is beneficial to all and never forced on anyone. Sex occurs out in the open or privately, people walk around clothed or naked, and all of it is accepted as normal and comforting. The reader has to take time to become accustomed to it, just as Jude tries to. The question becomes, can Jude, with all his baggage, be a fully functioning member of the commune or will he have to leave and carry on his life elsewhere? A lot of angst there. There is also a neighbor who is not accepting of what he assumes goes on at the commune and who threatens the peace and prosperity of the farm.

As I said, this is the first book of a series, but Farm Fresh can be read as a stand-alone novel. Even though all loose ends are not wrapped up, there is a very satisfying HEA with plenty of stories left to tell about Kaleidoscope Farms. I look forward to each and every one. This is a series well worth following.
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Annie - QueerBooksUnbound.com
5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly different!
Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2016
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4.5 stars rounded up.

This story is quite interesting and the relationships between each of the characters are fascinating. It was so refreshing to see a story that embraces the sexuality of everyone. Doesn't matter if they're gay, bi, lesbian or straight. They were all welcome in this commune. It took only a few pages to get into the story and I really enjoyed finding out more about all of the characters.

It was really easy for me to connect with Jude because he was new to all this. Just like me, as the reader, he had never been in a commune before.
I loved how we saw everything for the first time along with Jude. The way he was shocked and scarred but also fascinated by everything.

I LOVED how we see Jude grow within this story. Because of his upbringing and family life it's not easy for him to be open and he feels ashamed that he has those "unnatural" desires. But with the help of Hudson, Leo and Charlie he learns, slowly but surely, to open up and embrace his sexuality.
The things he did by the end of the book, like walking around naked and not caring about it, would have never happened at the beginning of the story.

While I could never live in a commune like Kaleidoscope Garden myself, Posy Roberts managed to make me see the appeal it has for the characters and I found the dynamics of the different relationships really captivating.
The writing flows easily and pulls you in, while at the same time confronting you to question your views critically. Kaleidoscope Garden and the residents really come to life and you feel like you've known these people forever. Ms. Roberts makes the readers feel like they're part of that world and that's something I really enjoyed.
I would have liked to have a bit more of Jude and Hudson together, but maybe we'll get that in the second book.

This story made for a perfect introduction into this world and into this series and I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the next book!
If you're open to try new things, then I really recommend you to read Farm Fresh.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2016
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