Breathless Press
Contemporary MM
A road trip to Nashville with a young Irish immigrant has Garth Clayton
questioning everything he's ever believed about himself. Will Garth embrace his
true self or lose the only man he's loved?
Garth Clayton is a
guy who doesn't have any complaints about his life. He's a successful musician
and songwriter. He lives very well in a New York bachelor pad with a steady
girlfriend, which isn't too shabby for an introverted kid from the Bible belt.
When he offers a ride to an Irish immigrant, he never expects his life to turn
upside down.
Connor Adams is
the opposite of Garth. He's wild, foolish, and not about to apologize for who
he is. He likes to live on the edge. When he is nearly arrested for a fight in
a gay bar, Garth is shocked to learn of Connor's sexual preference. Unable to
hide the truth any longer, Garth confesses the deep secret he's kept
buried—he's attracted to men.
Garth and Connor
start a secret love affair, but when Connor asks Garth to be truthful about
their relationship with his parents, he can’t bring himself to do it. Unwilling
to be his "dirty little secret" any longer, Connor ends things. Will
Garth stop hiding his true self, or will he lose the man he loves?
Teaser:
Cursing, Garth pulled on his jeans and a
sweater, and hurried down to the lobby. The officer waiting for him was a young
chubby faced man, not much older than Connor.
"Mr Clayton, this young man has been
thrown out of a bar for using obscene language and—crazy behaviour. I found him
out on the street cursing and yelling. Making a noise an' being a pain. I don't
want to go through all the paperwork of booking him."
Garth's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
He couldn't believe that even Connor could get into this sort of trouble so
quickly. His heart beat faster as he looked at the young police officer.
"If you can promise that you and he
will be out of the town by 8 a.m. then I'll forget what happened. It wasn't
much and we're a small police department here."
The cop lowered his voice and leaned closer
to Garth. "Look, Mr Clayton, it was a gay bar. My boss doesn't like
faggots, but there are a couple of bars where they go and mostly they don't do
any harm to anyone. Hardly ever any trouble there. I don't want any bother so,
you just get him out of town."
"Where is he?" Garth grumbled.
He could only thank his lucky stars that
this nice young guy had been the one to find Connor. Some other policemen might
have investigated further.
"He's out in my car, sir. He told me
that he was traveling with you and that you write songs that are on the T.V.
I'd heard your name, and my wife likes you, so I thought I'd let this one go. But
you have to promise you'll get out of town."
"Officer, I'd go right now if it weren't
so damn late. That boy is—" he trailed off. It might not be a good idea to
criticize Connor.
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Author Bio:
My hobbies are sedate ones. I like to knit and used to make
a lot of woollies when I lived in cold climates. I also try my hand at things
like flower arranging, jewellery making and painting. I used to swim and ride
horses, and to play a little tennis, but I don’t get time for that nowadays. I
love music and enjoy very much listening to music and going to concerts and
musicals, and I take singing lessons. Naturally I love to read and always have
a couple of books or my Kindle with me. I enjoy walking and an occasional game of
golf and I love board games. I also enjoy travelling, whether by train, boat or
air. I particularly love America, and hope to visit there again very soon.
My initial degree was in history. I loved English but I
wanted to do something more “relevant” and I dabbled in politics. When I left
college, I worked in many different fields, changing jobs quite often. Some of
my jobs were to do with books; I was a library officer and worked in the office
of a bookshop. I’ve also worked in the legal field, in education, in social
work support, and in businesses. At present, I work in a public service and
health field. I’ve worked in social work, helping with volunteer organizations.
I used to work with a hostel for homeless people and with visiting the elderly
and people in need.
My great hobby is reading, which naturally led me to want to
write. I started writing when I was a kid, with absolutely no success. I wrote
very serious short stories, usually with a feminist slant! I tried serious
historical fiction. Then I gave it up for some years as I needed to earn a
living and didn’t have the time. I enjoy my work, but I love to write. It is a
very important creative outlet for me, as my job, while it’s useful in
promoting public health and very worthwhile, helping the public, doesn’t have
any creative side.
I have also done light journalistic work, on women’s issues,
but about 10 years ago I began to explore creative writing, and to try to write
fiction again. I took a few classes, and then I started to write light historical
fiction, and joined writers’ groups. Now I’ve chosen to write modern fiction
and my new story The Lovers of the Road
is the result. I am looking forward to its being published and to finding, I
hope, some new fans.
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