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Length: 60,000 words approx.
Blurb
The band’s management persuades Shay to let a television company film a documentary about his roots beyond his adoptive Irish family, and Ollie comes into his life knowing more about Shay than Shay’s ever known about himself.
But while Ollie holds the key to Shay’s past, he’s also hiding deep scars. Even as the hardships of the tour bring them closer, Ollie’s demons threaten the blossoming romance. They might both reach the breaking point before Ollie realises he’s been standing on the edge of the world for too long, and it’s Shay who holds the key to his future.
A friends-to-lovers, rock star, road-tripping romance, with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
REVIEW
Shay Maloney loves his band—loves to create the music they
play and realizes that though they are a niche type of ensemble as a
pirate/folk group, the tour they are currently on is a huge deal. If only Shay
didn’t sometimes feel like a fraud for claiming his Irish heritage when he
knows full well that he is adopted and really doesn’t know what or who he
really is at all. When he’s introduced to the man from Sky productions who is
there to film a documentary all about Shay’s heritage, Shay isn’t really fussed
about the fact that the guy will be slowly revealing his past in a series of
set-up interviews—leaving Shay in the dark as to who his parents really are
till the end of the tour. No, what Shay is bothered about is the fact that he
is drawn to the mysterious stranger, Ollie Pietruska, and while Ollie knows
everything about him, in return, Shay knows nothing about him except that he
wants to be with him very badly.
Ollie is tired, scared and, frankly regretting his decision
to join the tour in order to film Shay Maloney. It means living on their tour
bus and that stirs up all kinds of memories and emotions that Oliie doesn’t
want or need. But a job is a job and after the past year Ollie has had forcing
himself back into the profession he loves, he should be grateful the company is
willing to take a chance on him delivering the story they want. This should be
a simple thing—do the deed, lead up to the big reveal and catch it all on
video. The thing is Ollie didn’t expect to feel something more than simple curiosity
for Shay—he didn’t expect to want to let the man in on the secret that derailed
Ollie’s life and continues to influence it still today.
Garrett Leigh has released a new novel, The Edge of the World, and it is a remarkable story of what
happens when we are finally forced to deal with past trauma in order to allow
ourselves to be in love once more. Shay has never loved anyone so deeply that
he aches to know them—aches to support and nurture them—aches to heal them.
Ollie is a shadow of who he once was—no longer a confident, rising star in the
film industry, one who was once a genius behind the camera, but now someone who
must literally grit their teeth and talk themselves through each day and
getting the job done. A past horrific incident has not only injured Ollie
physically but mentally and he fights to tamp down his residual fears every
day. Shay is a soothing balm to Ollie—he can’t explain why but Ollie knows that
when he’s with the talented musician life is better, fear is held at bay, and
for the first time he wants someone to know what he is hiding.
These two dance around their attraction for each other as
the story evolves and little by little we discover who Shay really is and all
about his ancestors. Alongside this story line, we meet the other band members
and honestly if this author wanted to I think they could make a series about
this group and it would be just as marvelous as this novel. This was such a
character-rich book. By the end I really felt I knew Ollie and Shay and I loved
them so much. I was so glad that Ollie made the decisions he made even if they
were hard on both Shay and himself. I will admit I was a bit shocked at the big
surprise about Shay’s real parents and taken aback at how he managed to deal
with it so easily. But still, the lead up to that moment was so rich and
beautifully written that I can barely find fault with that small element.
The Edge of the World is
a gorgeous hurt/comfort story that delivers a sweet and healing romance. I was
swept up in the lives of two men who deserved all the happiness they finally
achieve together. I highly recommend this novel to you.
Garrett's debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.
Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with renowned LGBTQA+ photographer Dan Burgess.
Website: http://www.garrettleigh.com/
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