Signs
of Life
Resilient Love # 2
Resilient Love # 2
By: Melanie Hansen
Releasing September 28, 2015
Dreamspinner Press
Blurb
Successful
lawyer Jeremy Speer has it all—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a
cherished dream that’s about to become reality. He’s learned not to take
happiness for granted, meeting the challenges of life and love head-on with
unwavering commitment and fierce devotion. A series of tragic events leave
Jeremy shattered, adrift on a sea of unimaginable pain. He’s able to piece his
life back together, but instead of embracing it, he merely exists, using
isolation and punishing physical exertion to keep the world at bay.
High school teacher Kai Daniels has a heart
for at-risk kids—he was one himself, and a teenage brush with the law and some
troubled years behind bars left him scarred inside and out. With courage, hard
work, and the support of friends, he’s built a fulfilling life that leaves no
time for a relationship.
An
intense encounter with Kai at a gay club ignites a spark in Jeremy that he
thought was extinguished forever, but he’s unwilling to destroy the fragile
peace he’s managed to create, and he leaves Kai humiliated and disappointed.
Things should have ended there, but a bizarre occurrence brings the two
together in a way neither of them expected.
Jeremy
got as close as he could, the people massed around the bar making it difficult
to get next to his target. The man looked Jeremy up and down leisurely, all the
way to his feet and back up to his flushed and burning face; then he slowly
spread his knees wide, making room for Jeremy between them. Jeremy moved in,
feeling like he was strangling, his chest tight, the need to touch, kiss, lick
and bite overwhelming him.
“Hey,”
the man said, his voice deep and husky, lightly accented.
Jeremy
swallowed, then nodded, all of his senses focused on the heat of the man’s body
close to his, the way his legs looked splayed around Jeremy’s hips.
“Are you
here with anyone?” he asked, annoyed at how abrupt his voice sounded. He wasn’t
used to making small talk anymore, wasn’t used to the mating dance between
strangers. It had been so easy with Brent: a backyard barbeque with friends, an
introduction, mutual attraction and easy conversation leading to an invitation
to dinner. They hadn’t spent more than a day or two apart after that.
The
thought of Brent was like ice water on his ardor, and he could feel himself
shutting down, wondering what the hell he was doing. Just as he was about to
take a step back and leave, he felt the man settle his warm hands on his hips,
stroking the skin between his shirt and the waistband of his jeans with a rough
thumb.
“Just a
friend,” the man said softly. Jeremy struggled to focus, remembering he’d just
asked if he was here with anyone. The thumb caressing Jeremy’s sensitive skin
was rough, callused, and it felt so good. It had been so long since he’d been
touched….
Jeremy
took a deep breath. He could do this… he wanted
to do this. It was just fucking, just mutual pleasure with a willing
stranger, a stranger he would never lay eyes on again. Purging his thoughts of
anything except need, lust, he laid his hands high on the man’s splayed thighs,
drawing circles with this thumbs along the inner seam of his jeans, flirting
with his crotch but not quite touching.
“I want
to fuck you,” Jeremy blurted, hating himself for his ineptness, his cheeks
flushing hotter as the man’s amazing eyes filled with amusement.
“Yeah, I
got that, amigo,” he said, tightening
his grip on Jeremy’s hips to keep him from moving away. “And I want to let
you.”
First
in Resilient Love Series
Author
Info
Melanie Hansen has spent time in Texas
and Florida prisons…for work. She’s been in a room with a
17-year-old mass murderer who was also one of the most soft-spoken and polite
teenagers she’s ever met. After a 13-year career as a court reporter, she
can tell many stories both hilarious and heartbreaking.
She grew up with an Air Force dad, and
ended up marrying a Navy man. After living and working all over the
country, she hopes to bring these rich and varied life experiences to her
stories about people finding love amidst real-life struggles.
Melanie left the stressful world of the
courtroom behind and now enjoys a rewarding career transcribing for a deaf
student. She currently lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
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