Our Reason
Sizzling Miami #8,
Red & Bull #3
Jessie G
M/M Romance
BLURB
Married life is
everything Bull and Red could have hoped for. It’s not something they’d ever
take for granted and the need to pay it forward is a trait the husbands happily
share. When the new director of the Bennett House asks Red to teach an art
class, he isn’t entirely sure how it will help, but he’s more than willing to
try. Before Bull, he used his art to purge his demons and sharing that with
those in need of an outlet for their own pain was a gift he never considered
giving. Each week he is rocked by the artful outpouring of emotion and the
gratitude of his students. One by one, they burrow into his heart…but none more
so than Dillon Young.
Always holding himself apart from the others, the wisp of a
boy keeps his head down and hides behind a mangy, overgrown length of dark hair
like a shield. Despite his best attempts not to see himself in all the young
men that come through the center, everything about Dillon calls out to Red.
Needing to share their encounters, and maybe hoping for a little perspective,
he turns to the one man he knows he can always count on. Expecting Bull to be
the voice of reason had been a fool’s mission from the start and soon they’re
both invested in helping Dillon.
There’s no doubt they have an abundance of
love to share and if ever there was someone who needed it, Dillon was the one.
Between Bull’s strength and Red’s patience, they’ll help Dillon learn to trust
again and in the process, create a family that none of them intended. Though
they never envisioned themselves as parents, Bull and Red will find room in
their happily ever after to save the child they didn’t know lived in their
hearts.
EXCERPT
Dillon was at school
when the center called about a job interview and his grandmother made the
appointment before he knew it was happening. When he walked through the door,
she was waiting with the news like they’d won the fucking lottery. He tried not
to dampen her relief, but it only added weight to already high
expectations—especially because Dillon knew it would probably blow up in his
face. One lesson he learned in this fucked up life was that the more he wanted
or needed something, the harder it was to get.
And they needed this.
Desperately.
His grandmother tried
her hardest, but they were barely getting by and all it would take was for the
wrong person to notice. Dillon knew all about services that were supposed to
protect children and wanted no part of being sent to some group home where he’d
have to grovel or worse just to earn a blanket and a meal. More than that, he
definitely didn’t want to be sent back to his mother.
Alabama had done both
to him. First, taking him out of a situation they called dangerous only to put
him someplace worse, then returning him because his mama proved herself
reformed. The joke was on him for believing that things would be different.
That she’d actually be the mother he’d always wished for. Now he knew better
and having that threat hanging over their heads made him willing to do
anything. Including allowing himself a moment of hope that maybe—just maybe—if
the center vouched for him, then it might be doable.
Turns out, hope had a
seriously screwed up sense of humor and Dillon really hated the thing that
happened in his stomach when he heard the name of the business. The same one
he’d seen it on the side of the tow truck that Mr. Connor’s husband drove. That
massive beast gleamed in the sunlight and was impossible to miss, just like the
man who drove it.
Dillon would never
admit that he was both intimidated and fascinated by that big, bald, hulk of a
man, but he was. How could he not be after seeing how that massive mountain
treated his husband? Or that he had a husband to begin with? Men like that
weren’t gay, they weren’t nice or gentle…or so he believed. That was his
experience and he hated that someone was making him question it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Like many readers, the dream of being a
writer has been with me a long time. After three decades of trying, I'd begun
to doubt. Thanks to social media, I followed my favorite authors hoping to
glean some words of wisdom as I pounded out half-formed ideas with alarming
regularity. Two repetitive themes emerged: to be a great writer you must read a
lot and your butt must be in the chair every day like it's a job. The more you
write, the easier it will be to write and the better you will be at writing. I
took that advice to heart and write every day. With three series in the works
and a full schedule of releases planned for the next two years, it's been amazing
to have made this dream my reality.
I am a firm believer in marriage
equality, love at first sight, power dynamics, and happily ever after. I'm a
lover of strong secondary characters, and series filled with
families—biological or chosen. All are themes you'll find throughout my books.
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Thank you so much for hosting my guys and for sharing a glimpse into Dillon's mind. He was a heartbreaker from the first word <3
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