New Release: A Cure for Recovery

The way they’re leaning together, it’s impossible to tell which of them has trouble balancing; who’s the steadying presence, and who needs help.

Lawson’s legs work fine, but they both do need steadying, even if it’s not of the same sort.

Tommy thought, at first, that their rings, and their vows, and their hands laced together in front of a hospital chapel altar would banish all doubts, all guilt. That each of them would be sure of the other’s commitment and love and willingness to stay and stick out the rough spots. Seven months, but most especially the past few weeks, have taught him that’s not the case. The rings, vows, and interlaced hands were a big and vital step toward the rest of their lives…but they’ve both been in recovery that whole time: from heartache, for one, and from almost dying, in Tommy’s case; in Lawson’s case, he supposes it’s a recovery from whatever future he envisioned when he thought Tommy wouldn’t pull through.

There’s not a cure for recovery. Only the slow, day in and day out work of nonlinear progress. And love. Love carries more than its fair share of weight.

“Do you wanna go in?” Tommy asks, and realizes Lawson is studying their reflection, too, expression heartbreakingly tender. 

“Yeah.” His voice is a little uneven, but Tommy doesn’t comment on it; strokes his arm, instead. “Yeah, let’s go in.”

It's here! The College Town follow-up novella, A Cure for Recovery, went live for Kindle yesterday, and is now available across the board this morning.

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The novella picks up seven months from where College Town left off, and this time it's Tommy who steps (cautiously) into the role of narrator. He and Lawson are married, living and working in Eastman, and Lawson's querying his project and working on another. Tommy's going through physical therapy, and struggling to come to terms with the fact that he might not ever be able to walk and live the way he once did. It's a story about the ways that we can be so happy and thankful for the lives we have...but how that doesn't necessarily mean that we're "okay" all the time. It's a little bit slice of life, a little bit of domestic angst, and lots of love.

It's not a standalone, so you'll need to read College Town first:

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** M/M romance

**explicit content