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Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 75728 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 379(@200wpm)___ 303(@250wpm)___ 252(@300wpm)

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Danny I’m not a guy who’s looking for a serious relationship. I love the chase, and the one time I thought I wanted more, the guy bailed. When my buddy Will mentions his recently out, older brother is looking for a place to stay, I offer the spare room in my apartment. It’s clear Jonathan’s past did a number on him, and he’s locked up tight. I make it my mission to show him how to have a little fun. What I don’t expect is to start to like him…or get jealous when he goes on a date…and hooking up with him is a terrible idea…right? Jonathan When Dad caught me kissing a boy as a teenager, he made it clear such behavior was unacceptable, and I’ve been messed up about it ever since. I’m over thirty, yet from Danny’s viewpoint, I’m a baby gay, which should be more annoying than it is. He’s got me playing on a queer baseball team, making friends, and wanting things I never thought I’d want, like pursuing my art—and him. I definitely want him. Problem is, I can’t get rid of the unwanted voices in my head, my relationship with most of my family is a disaster, and every time Danny touches me, I come apart, finding myself wanting more. Danny doesn’t do relationships, he’s my brother’s friend, and I have a slew of hang-ups. All of this makes things…messy. So then why can’t we keep our hands off each other? Why is he taking me on dates and looking at me like we could have more? To get there, we’ll need to put our pasts away for good, and have a lot of trust, not just in ourselves, but each other.
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PROLOGUE

Jonathan

I knew I shouldn’t watch him the way I did, but I couldn’t seem to stop myself. I tried to pull my gaze away all the time, but it would always find its way back. At first it was confusing. Then I understood why and wished I didn’t.

Bill was my best friend, but more importantly, he was a boy.

If my dad found out… Well, I didn’t want to think what would happen if he did.

So I tried to tuck these thoughts into the back of my mind, to pack them away and keep piling the lies on top of them. Eventually they’d go away.

They had to go away, right?

What would I do if they didn’t go away?

“Dude, that was a badass catch you made in practice today.”

I watched the muscles constrict, twist, and move in his arms as Bill lay on the floor of my treehouse, throwing the football up and catching it over and over again. “Huh?” I jerked my eyes away when Bill rolled onto his belly and looked at me.

“That catch you made in the end zone. Coach was impressed too. I wish your dad had been there to see it.”

I nodded. Bill was the best. He was the only person who knew the kind of pressure Dad put on me—to be number one, to be strong, to be tough and hard and just like him. Dad wanted me to follow in his footsteps, wanted to make me into him. He didn’t like it when I screwed up, looked at me funny when he caught me drawing pictures of flowers and things like that. It was all weird to me. What was wrong with sketching roses? “Yeah, I wish he’d been there too.”

I wasn’t the boy Dad thought I was. The one I wanted to be for him.

I liked watching Bill, and thought a lot about kissing him, and that made me soft. When I drew sunsets and fields with someone dancing inside of them, Dad thought that made me soft too. He always scoffed when he saw men like that.

Bill sat up and scooted over beside me. “Hey, you okay?”

I hardened my armor, slipped my mask tightly into place. “Hey, you okay?” I playfully mocked, nudging him. “Why the fuck wouldn’t I be?”

Bill didn’t respond right away. The silence stretched between us until I shifted uncomfortably, but not away from him. I liked the feel of his arm against mine, his leg against mine, the heat radiating off his body.

Liked it the way I was supposed to like girls.

His nose wrinkled slightly as he stared at me. His eyes were this unique hazel, a green mixed with brown. He had long, thick lashes and freckles and…God, he was cute. Pretty, even.

No!

“You don’t have to do that with me,” he said softly. His breath whispered over my face.

“Do what?” I couldn’t help wondering if he felt me the same way I’d just felt him.

“Pretend.” Bill’s cheeks turned pink.

“Pretend? I don’t.” I froze when his lips pressed down on mine. I didn’t move for a second, then another and another. Neither of us did, but then Bill kissed me again, and I jerked away. “What the fuck? I’m not. That’s…fucking sick.”

My eyes teared up. Stung. It wasn’t sick. It was perfect. That hadn’t been my voice in my head, forcing me to say those words out loud. It had been my dad’s.

“Shit…I’m sorry. I thought… I thought… Don’t tell.”

I watched his mouth as he spoke, and then it was me leaning toward him, me pressing my lips to Bill’s. He didn’t waste the opportunity like I did, and kissed me back. When our tongues touched, it sparked the best possible kind of electricity. One that gave a person life, or brought them back from the dead.

When we pulled back, I asked, “You’re…like this too?”

“No one knows.”

“About me neither,” I replied.

“My dad would kill me,” Bill said.

“Mine would hate me.”

“No one has to know.” Bill’s arm lifted, and he cupped my cheek, tickled my skin. I liked it, wanted to melt into his touch. Wanted him to hug me and hold me and take my hand in his. Wanted to feel surrounded by him.

When he kissed me, I was shocked alive again.

The treehouse became our safe space, the one place where we could kiss and hold hands, and Bill made me feel special…like I didn’t always have to be tough and strong all the time. As if it was okay to like flowers and be emotional and want someone to talk to me. I liked feeling tough and strong, but I liked feeling other things sometimes too.

Why couldn’t I do both?

The following few weeks were perfect. I blamed that for the false sense of security.

I was lying on my back, a blanket between me and the floor. Bill was on top of me, kissing me, leading the way like he did. It felt so good, like my whole body was on fire and all I wanted to do was burn. I felt like it consumed us both.

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Awkward Love Read online Riley Hart (Stumbling into Love #2) http://www.ilovenovels.com/awkward-love-2-read-online-riley-hart Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.test123.demo2.xyz/awkward-love-2-read-online-riley-hart Genre: Gay, GLBT, M-M Romance, Romance Authors: Riley Hart Series: Stumbling into Love Series by Riley Hart
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Total pages in book: 88
Estimated words: 83679 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 418(@200wpm)___ 335(@250wpm)___ 279(@300wpm)

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Jameson Being a twenty-two-year-old virgin was not on my list of life goals. I don't know how it happened. Well...I never date, dedicate all my time to college, and I'm awkward with a capital A around hot guys--okay, so I know exactly how it happened. When my best friends come up with a plan to make the most of this summer before grad school, I'm all for it. That's how I end up at a charity bachelor auction, bidding on a date I hope will help me toss this V-card out the window. What could possibly go wrong? Will Life is good. I love my new job as PA to the owner of a major production company. Being a prize in a charity auction and scoring the highest bid? Icing on the cake. Now I get to be the date of the most adorable, rambling, bow-tie-wearing grad student I've ever seen. Seriously, I can't be within ten feet of this guy without a smile on my face. When he slips that he's looking for a summer fling to experiment with, I'm game. Jameson is so different from anyone I've hooked up with before, so completely himself, I'm immediately smitten. Oh, and did I mention we find out he's my boss's son? Between keeping our fling-turned-relationship a secret from his dad and another little familial bombshell that gets dropped in our laps, I'm quickly learning that love is a whole lot more complicated than I thought.
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PROLOGUE

Will

It wasn’t often I got nervous over things, but I was starting to realize that was probably because it wasn’t often I cared about anything enough to get stressed about it. Not that I was an asshole or anything. I gave a shit about people, friends, my family, and all that, but as I stood outside Crane Entertainment, a major Atlanta-based production company, I could acknowledge I’d never wanted anything the way I wanted this. Not the little type of want like hooking up for the night, but the major life-goals kind. They produced some of the biggest digital, film, and television media. That was huge.

And yeah, I was freaking the hell out.

But others would never know it. I’d perfected the whole cool-calm-and-collected facade over the years. I had to, growing up in my house. Being the youngest of four brothers, the one who stood out like a flashing neon sign compared to my siblings and father, it had been a vital part of keeping myself from not being absolutely miserable.

So I squared my shoulders, plastered an I’m-confident-as-fuck look on my face, and walked in.

This wasn’t my first time inside the busy skyscraper. I’d had three other interviews for a personal-assistant position, but this one was with the big guy—Leon Crane, who’d started this all from the ground up. It was him I’d be assisting when I nailed this interview, which I would definitely be doing.

I had to go to the concierge desk first and get a badge to be able to take the elevator up. It made me stand a little taller, feel a little more important that I was expected even though it was an interview, so no shit, I was expected.

Sometimes it was the little things.

The elevator doors opened on the eighteenth floor, which belonged to Crane Entertainment.

“Hi, I’m Will Carson. I have a nine o’clock appointment with Mr. Crane,” I told the woman at the front desk. Even our last names were similar—Carson and Crane. I was taking that as a sign it was meant to be.

“Have a seat, Mr. Carson. He’ll be with you in a moment.”

I’d hardly sat down when the receptionist said Mr. Crane was ready and ushered me into his office. He was tall, wore a black suit, and kind of looked like Denzel Washington, only broader in the chest and arms. “Mr. Carson, I’ve heard great things. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” He held his hand out to me, and we shook.

“Thank you. I’m honored to hear that. Please, call me Will, and the pleasure is all mine. If I’m being honest, I still can’t believe I’m standing here.”

He laughed a deep sort of laugh. “Believe it. I’ve been impressed with what I heard.”

“You’ll be even more impressed when I start working with you.” I held my breath for a moment, hoping I was reading him right. He seemed the type of man who appreciated confidence in one’s abilities.

“Have a seat, please. I think the two of us are going to get along just fine. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will—and when you don’t feel it, always fake the hell out of it.”

We both chuckled, and any worry or fear I’d had melted away. This was exactly what I was supposed to do. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that I was made for this.

As soon as the door to Shaw’s apartment pulled open, I walked in. “I’m fucking awesome. Have I ever told you how fucking awesome I am? Well, I’m telling you now, I’m fucking awesome, and yes, I know I said that three times just to hammer home the point, but it’s true.”

Shaw raised a brow. “I take it the interview went well?”

His boyfriend, Elijah, was sitting on the couch. I walked over, lay down, and put my head in his lap.

“Comfortable?” Elijah cocked a brow at me. His fade looked freshly dyed blond. Elijah was one of the most beautiful men I’d ever seen—long, lithe, and bendy. He was a ballet dancer, with a set of abs to die for. His skin was flawless, a glowing light brown without a blemish on it. I kind of hated him for it, the lucky bastard.

“I don’t have a boyfriend, and it’s not that I want one, but every once in a while, it would be nice to reap the benefits. Since Shaw is my bestie, I’ll live vicariously through him. Plus, it’s fun to watch him get all alpha and mine over you. It’s like my sweet boy has grown into a responsible man, right before my eyes. We’re so lucky you came into his life.”

Elijah busted up laughing just as Shaw said, “Something is seriously wrong with you.”

“Well, I’m friends with you, so that’s probably it.”

“You guys are ridiculous.” Elijah stood, and my head flopped onto the couch.

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Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 82415 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 412(@200wpm)___ 330(@250wpm)___ 275(@300wpm)

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ISBN/ ASIN:	B088BGFD92
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Elijah Out of all the apartments in Atlanta, I ended up with the worst neighbor. Shaw Hastings is a headache. He’s so full of himself it makes me crazy. Our official language is snarky banter—which I don’t enjoy, I swear. I’ve got eyes for my bestie Danny, anyway. I need to figure out if he feels the same, so I email an advice column written by a serial dater, who’s just as annoying as Shaw. Now, I’m asking myself why am I thinking less about Danny and having a blast virtually flirting with Anonymous? Shaw I don’t know why I like my adorable neighbor, Elijah Coleman. We’ve got nothing in common, yet somehow he’s both boring and kinda fun. He reminds me of this guy who emailed my advice column, so it shouldn’t be surprising that—oops—they’re the same person. Imagine me then offering to help Elijah get Danny in real life just because it means spending time with him. We go from angry neighbors, to frenemies taking dancing lessons together, to a flirtatious friendship where I enjoy making him happy. No matter how much we fight it, Elijah and I are stumbling toward the L word. It’s messy and scary, but then he smiles, strikes a beautiful dance pose, or kisses me, and suddenly it’s not so bad. He’s ruining me, and I sort of like it. Stupid love. Unfortunately, with my track record of running scared, I just might wreck the only real relationship I’ve ever had.
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PROLOGUE

Shaw

Charades & Sexcapades

Advice & Thoughts on Love, Dating & Sex

I’m a bisexual man with a plethora of experience in sex and dating. Lots of thoughts on love, one being that I want nothing to do with it for myself. I understand that others want to jump headfirst into misery (a.k.a. Love), so I anonymously give advice on that too.

Dear Anonymous,

I’m a twenty-nine-year-old gay man. I’ve been with the love of my life for three years. Lately, things have become a bit stale in the bedroom. It’s not that I don’t love him, because I do, but I’m not as sexually satisfied as I used to be. It’s nothing he’s done wrong. The sex hasn’t changed all that much, and maybe that’s part of the problem. I can’t help wondering if I’m not cut out for monogamy. This is my longest relationship. I’ve never been monogamous before him, which he knew when we got together. We figured it was because I’ve never been in love before. I’d like to reiterate that I do still love him. Madly. I don’t want to lose him, but I’m also a very sexual person, and my desires are weighing heavily on me. I’ve casually mentioned, more than once, the possibility of opening our relationship, or at least bringing in a third from time to time. Something to spice things up or break the monotony, but my boyfriend brushes it off. Do you have any advice?

Sincerely, Craving More.

Dear Craving More,

I’m sorry you’ve found yourself in this situation. I’m sure it’s difficult for you both. If you’re a reader of this column, you know that even though I give love advice, love isn’t for me. I understand that there are people in the world who are searching for love, who want or need it, but I don’t happen to be one of those people. Do I enjoy dating? Sex? Hooking up? You betcha, but it’s with the understanding that commitment and monogamy aren’t in the cards for me or whoever I’m with at the time, because I’m not built that way.

So, I think your first step is to search inside yourself to see if you are the type of man who isn’t monogamous. You need to figure out if you’re truly not built that way (without cheating because cheating makes one an asshole). Have you and your boyfriend tried different kinds of sex with each other? Role-playing or any other form of stepping out of the monotony you’re feeling? Have you sat him down and told him how you feel, or have you only beat around the bush? Because if you tell him, and then you both explore other kinds of sex together, your problem might be solved.

If that doesn’t work and you decide that monogamy isn’t for you, again, you need to be completely honest with your man. As much as you have the right to not be built for monogamy, he has the right to be built for it. There’s no right or wrong answer. We all have to figure out who we are and what we want, on our own. Once you both have the answer to that question, you need to figure out if your needs align. The only people who can tell you what to do are, well, the two of you.

If you want to be open and he’s firmly against it, you have to ask yourself if it’s worth losing the man you love, and he needs to ask himself the same question. Is playing worth losing him? Is not allowing you to play worth losing you?

I know that’s a shitty non-answer, but this is the type of question I can’t answer for you. I understand your feelings, and I wish you both the best.

This is one of the many reasons why I don’t do love .

Anonymous

CHAPTER ONE

Elijah

I pulled the lasagna out of the oven at the perfect moment. The cheese was to die for, just the right tone of golden brown. My stomach growled, spices and tomatoes and carbs filling my senses. Ugh. Why did carbs have to be so good? I was positive that one day they would be the death of me.

Carbs or Danny, which were totally two of my favorite things. Well, except for the whole be-the-death-of-me part. I was only twenty-three. I wasn’t ready to die, even if it would be a delicious death.

Danny was my best friend, whom I was maybe a little bit in love with. Okay, a lot of bit in love with. I had been for a year now. It was strange, the moment it dawned on me. We were sitting on the couch, watching a movie like we’d done eleven thousand times in the past. It was a rom-com, and I’d been, well, I’d been slightly jealous that the love interests on the screen were getting their happily ever after because I was that rare breed of early twentysomething man who was ready for that.

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