An Epilogue

 

He slides his hand in the crook of Lawson’s elbow. “Hey.”

Lawson’s head only half turns, his gaze askance, wary.

Oh, Tommy thinks. I’ve really messed up.

Voice gentle, he says, “I didn’t tell you because it wasn’t something new. I’ve been dealing with it off and on the whole time.”

“I thought–” Lawson starts, then shakes his head, and looks away again.

Tommy sits up, which isn’t as effortless as it used to be, his muscles gone soft and unsteady from disuse. And isn’t that stupid? He should have been working on his stretches, on his Pilates, his upper body exercises, and instead he’s kept putting it off. When I’m better, he always thinks. When I’m healed.

But maybe he never will be.

Remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned I was playing around with a Tommy POV follow-up to College Town as a writing exercise while I worked through the last part of Lord Have Mercy? It's officially a novella, now. As usual with me, the story grew legs, got up, and started running around, and what am I to do but follow? It's a look at what comes after the happy ending - the domestic joy and angst of moving past a major, life-altering event, with plenty of sweetness and spice, and a trip to NYC. Much like with the Russells, and then Hal and Luke in Walking Wounded, I found I wasn't ready to let go of Lawson and Tommy just yet, and had to add a little epilogue. 

It's titled A Cure For Recovery, and should be available soon! 

If you haven't read College Town yet, now's the perfect time. It's got:

• small-town setting
• childhood sweethearts
• friends to lovers
• twenty years later
• second chance romance
• mafia vibes
• suspense
• plot twist ending
• banter
• explicit steamy scenes
• happy ending 

It's available in all the usual places:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Kobo