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By: L.B. Gregg | Other books by L.B. Gregg
Categories: Mainstream Romance, Contemporary, Gay/Lesbian, Romantic Literature
Word Count: 15,000
Heat Level: SENSUAL
Published By: Musa Publishing
A former ward of the state, Jason Ferris is fiercely protective of his carefully guarded private life. When he's felled by a rogue lawn ornament at a Christmas party, Jason finds himself in the care of his first and most devastating love-- dark, dangerous, and equally damaged Lt. Robb Sharpe.
Newly returned from years away in the military, Robb's homecoming isn't exactly the stuff of fairytales. Now thrust together after a ten year hiatus, the Jason and Robb discover that perhaps some things are worth waiting for.
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Simple Gifts
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Price: $2.99
Cover Art by Kelly Shorten
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Excerpt
We hit a bump and the fragile paper reindeer fluttered to the floor. Robb’s hard jaw clicked shut and tension filled the cab, smothering the air inside like a blanket. Since the radio didn’t work, the only relief came from the sputter of the fan pushing heat through the vent.
He turned onto an unpaved road and rocks banged inside the wheel wells and pinged around inside my bruised head. “Can you maybe take it a little easier?”
“Hang on. We’re almost there.” He eased his foot off the gas and I cut him some slack. Because of his mother’s rogue snow globes, the man had missed his family reunion, even if his only enjoyment came from standing alone, back to the mantle, frowning past tittering lady friends. His first time home in years and the family didn’t radiate joy over his homecoming. They tiptoed around him. I’d seen them firsthand. Still, I didn’t need The Handbook for Orphans to tell me a little gratitude on my part was in order.
“Thanks for driving me to the hospital.”
“Why? Total waste of time. You should have stayed. I don’t know why I’m surprised. You were always that way.”
“What way? Poor?”
“No. Determined to do things on your own. The second things get real, you sever ties, run and hide.”
Floored, I gaped at him. Robb had been the one who’d run fast and far, not me. Unless he counted tonight. “I’m just saying that I appreciate you leaving the party on my behalf. That’s all. Thank you.”
“I should probably be the one thanking you.” His jaw clicked shut. A vein throbbed on the side of his fuzzy head and despite my irritation, I wanted to know what the hell had turned him into such a dick. Maybe he deserved standing alone all night.
Or maybe he preferred standing alone. I know I usually did. Maybe he’d become a little more like me. Maybe he was hiding too. His parents sort of acted like they wanted him hidden.
“I should have said hello. You’re right. I apologize. Glad you’re back. You look good.”
“I’m not back. I’m visiting. But sure, you, too. You look good, I mean.” His eyes never flickered in my direction. Apparently, good meant invisible as well as the same.
“Your mom’s happy to have you home.” Not that I had much firsthand experience with what made mothers happy. Mine had left me alone in a hotel room just before my sixth birthday and vanished into thin air.
But if I had a mother, a normal mother like Rob’s, unlike the host of foster mothers I’d known over the years, and I’d risked life and limb for my country, I imagined my mom would shout the news of my homecoming to anyone who’d listen. She’d have finally untied her yellow ribbon from the old oak tree and waved it around like a victory flag. She’d have grabbed onto my sleeve at that party and she’d never have let go.
She’d ease my way, reintroducing me to friends and family alike, making me the center of her attention.
Robb and Sunny’s mom hadn’t exactly done that. I knew she loved him, she seemed concerned about him, but she’d kept her distance, leaving him in the company of a couple of tipsy, chesty, ‘friends’. She’d spent her evening sampling the Merlot and focusing on the other guests, including me— a nobody.
Shit. She’d also given me that embarrassingly sentimental gift. “You didn’t see a Christmas stocking with my name on it, did you? When we left the yard? I had it earlier.”
“What?” Robb looked at me like I’d lost my marbles, and medically speaking, I probably had.
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