RELEASE TOUR - CELEBRITY STATUS BY ANGELA SCAVONE

CELEBRITY STATUS

by Angela Scavone

RELEASE TOUR - MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD BY CHERIME MACFARLANE

MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD

A Chandler County novel
by Cherime MacFarlane

RELEASE TOUR - JERICHO BY LOLA WHITE

JERICHO

The Garguiem series, Volume 3
by Lola White

EXCERPT CHAPTER 7 - LETTING GO

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 7. This is the turning point in JC and Trevor's relationship. This will be the last excerpt before releasing on January 16th! I hope you'll grab a copy. AMAZON

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Holiday preparations went on as December started and by the time the kids were out of school for winter break, everyone was looking forward to their first Christmas together.

The last day of school for JC and the kids was December 18th. After classes, JC drove them home to find Trevor sitting quietly on the couch waiting.

“What’s wrong?” JC asked, sitting next to his boyfriend. There was something bad definitely going on.

“Is your phone off?”

JC took his phone out of his pocket and checked. “The battery died. Why, Trevor? What’s going on.”

Trevor looked at him, his eyes clouded with worry. “Your dad was trying to call you. He called me instead. I’m so sorry, James.”

“What?”

“Your mother was killed by a drunk driver last night.”

“Huh…” he said, leaning back against the couch. “I…I’m not sure what to think.”

“I’m sorry. I can’t imagine…you should call your dad,” he said, handing over his phone.

“Yeah…okay.” James walked stunned into the kitchen and dialed his father.

“Hello,” Cameron Croft answered.

“Hey, Dad. I just got the message.”

“Yeah, I tried calling your phone but…”

“My phone’s battery died,” he said softly. “What happened?”

Cameron Croft turned off the television show he was watching and sat quietly in his chair. “She was crossing the street in front of your aunt’s house and a drunk driver hit her. He was going forty in a twenty-five.

“God! I’m not sure what to say or to feel.”

“I know the feeling son. I was married to her for so many years, but I can’t bring myself to feel like I think I should. I mean, I’m sorry she’s dead but…I just don’t know.”

“Yeah. I feel the same. I guess I should come back for the service. Do they have anything planned yet?” He knew his mother’s family always had the service planned as soon as possible.

“Yeah, It’s the 21st at ten a.m. in Sheridan. If you come here and get me we can go together.”

“I…I don’t know if I can, Dad. Can I meet you there?”

“Yeah son, but it might help if you come home. You could go to his family or even to the cemetery and say goodbye.”

“I know I should, but…but I just can’t. Not yet.”

“Okay,” Cameron said quietly. “I won’t push you. I’ll see you in Sheridan. Maybe we can have lunch after the funeral.”

“You know we will,” James said with a smile. “I’ll see you soon, Dad. I love you.”

“I love you too, son.”

JC hung up the phone and wandered back out to the front room where Trevor was talking to his sons. They still didn’t know about their grandmother because they were shoveling snow when JC had come inside. “Hey, boys. I just talked to Grandpa Croft. Your grandmother passed away last night. She was hit by a drunk driver.”

“Wow,” Michael whispered.

“I’m sorry, Dad,” Benjamin said. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, son. Just in shock a little bit. I’ll be going to the funeral. I’ll leave the day after tomorrow and head down.”

“Do you want us to come,” Trevor asked, quietly.

“No. I’d appreciate it if you could stay here with the boys. I don’t want them to have to be subjected to all of the crap from Mom’s family.”

“Okay.”

JC started to walk from the room to call Jenny then turned back. “Let’s go out to eat tonight. I don’t feel like cooking. I’ll be ready in a few minutes.”

Dinner and the time at home after were somber as everyone struggled with their own thoughts and feelings on the Tragedy. Trevor wasn’t sure how JC was truly reacting, so he just watched and tried to play along. By the time they headed upstairs to bed he wasn’t sure how to approach things. Should he try to get him to talk or let JC make the first move?

“Is there anything I can do?” Trevor was in bed when JC finished up in the bathroom.

“I’m not sure. I don’t know what the fuck to feel. I know I should be sad but I’m not sure I can be. I loved her once, but now…I just don’t fucking know.”

“I’m sorry,” Trevor murmured, holding his arms open.

JC moved into them and buried his head in his shoulder. “I feel so guilty,” he finally murmured.

“Are you sure you want to go alone. I’d be glad to come with you.”

JC pulled away and moved onto his back. “I’m sure…I don’t want you exposed to her hate or her family’s disdain. It would only serve to tarnish our relationship.”

“Okay,” Trevor agreed. “But maybe while you’re there you should stop in Harper’s Rock and say goodbye to someone else.”

“You sound like my Dad,” JC complained. “I just don’t know if I can.”

“Why not?”

JC turned away from him. “I’m scared, and it’s too painful.”

Trevor reached out and touched his back. “You need to do it…for us. For our future. Please.”

“Okay,” JC whispered. “Goodnight Trev.”

“Goodnight James. I love you.”

“I love you too.”

EXCERPT CHAPTER 5 - LETTING GO

Chapter 5 excerpt and we are winding down. Release day is in about two weeks. I'm getting excited to introduce you to JC and Trevor. I hope you fall in love with them too! Pre-order now!  ALL OTHER RETAILERS  ---- AMAZON

You can also find Ben and JC's story for Pre-Order (due Feb 21). AMAZON

By the time JC was done taking pictures he was steeped in guilt. Why, every time he had a new experience, did he wonder what Ben would think about it. He was in paradise with the most amazing man he’d met in years, one he felt comfortable saying the words I love you too, and here he was thinking about Ben. But he and Ben had talked many times about the different kinds of places they wanted to see together…and this was one of those kinds of places.

Sometimes he wished that he and Ben had only been best friends, that they had never fallen in love. But that in itself brought more guilt because he wouldn’t trade their time together for anything in the world. His childhood had made him who he was today. He was a successful, well-loved teacher, a father to two amazing kids, and what some said was a good man. His main fault was his inability to let go of things he’d once loved. But at least he had loved. At least he was capable of love – complete, absolute love.

“Hey, how long have you been back?” Trevor asked as he walked into the main room of their villa.

“Not long. Are you ready for lunch?”

“Yeah…is everything okay?”

“Yeah, after last night how could it not be.” But JC knew he didn’t sound convincing.

“We’ll talk while we eat,” Trevor said matter-of-factly.

They decided to eat their lunch outside on the beach. It was a beautiful, sunny day out and the ocean breeze was light and would keep them cool.

Trevor passed JC the sweetener for his tea then brought up his boyfriend’s mood. “What’s wrong?”

“I’m pretty sure you won’t want to hear it.”

“Now that you’ve said that I definitely want to hear it.”

With a sigh, JC set his burger back on his plate and looked out over the ocean. “I’m doing it again. I was walking along the beach taking pictures and wishing you were there with me…you know, the whole romantic scene of a couple walking along the beach hand in hand. But then my thoughts shifted, and I wondered what Ben would think of this place. What it would have been like if we’d been able to come here.”

Trevor shifted in his seat and cleared his throat. He was obviously uncomfortable with what his boyfriend was saying. “I…Do you wish you’d come here with him instead of me?”

“No!” JC was quick to answer. “No, not at all. I only want to be here with you, but I wonder what things would have been like if it had ended differently for Ben. It’s the same old shit that gets in the way every fucking time!”

“I’m not going to say that it doesn’t feel like a knife was sliced across my chest just now,” Trevor said softly. “But I understand what you mean.”

“I’m sorry.”

Trevor nodded and took a bite of his food. Not that it had any taste anymore. But he knew he needed to eat. JC did the same.”

“I wonder, all the time, why he died. If I knew that, if I knew what happened, I could stop thinking about him. He was fine one day and the next he went up to the cabin and killed himself. I truly believe he was fine when he drove away from Harper’s Rock that day. What happened in those few hours before he pulled the trigger.”

Trevor reached over, tentatively, and touched his hand. “Maybe you should go talk to the Harpers. Maybe they can help you.”

“But they don’t know,” he whispered.

“But maybe the mutual hurt, their mutual questions can help you. It would be worth a shot.”

“I don’t know if I can.”

Trevor looked away, over at another couple walking along the main beach. “You’ll have to eventually. Sooner rather than later please.”

“You’re going to walk away after all aren’t you?”

Trevor was quiet, trying to control his breathing. “No. I love you and I’ll stick by you for as long as I can, but this is the first time I’ve ever been hurt by something you said about Ben. I’m afraid it will become a habit.”

“I’m so sorry. I thought things were getting better, then all of a sudden…”

“All of a sudden you’re doing stuff that you once wanted to do with him and it’s affecting you. I understand, but it still hurts that I’m not the only one on your mind. Do you think of him when we…when we make love?”

“No. I thought only of you and how much I love you and how good you make me feel.”

“Good. Maybe because that is something you and Ben actually did together?”

“Could be. I’ll try not to let you know when this happens in the future. I don’t like hurting you.”

Trevor actually chuckled. “You’re not a very good actor, I can tell when you are upset even if you are trying to hide it. Just promise me that you’ll be open and honest and we’ll talk it out. Okay?”

“Yeah,” JC said, taking Trevor’s hand and kissing his palm. “I promise.” But he knew from that point on he would do everything he could do to be a better actor. He couldn’t stand the thought of hurting the man he loved that much.

SNEAK PEEK: FINDING FORGIVENESS - A BABY BOOMER LOVE STORY BOOK 1

Hey everybody! Long time no see. I've been busy working on my career but not posting here. I hope to have a lot for you in 2018. Right now, I think I will manage one novel this year and I am so excited to bring it to you. It is another Baby Boomer Romance called Finding Forgiveness! Here is a sneak peek at the prologue. Enjoy!!!

PROLOGUE

June 21, 2005

I haven’t written in here at all over the last month. Life has become Hell on earth. On my birthday I received the best present ever, or at least that is what my mom says it will become.

With the afternoon PTA meeting at Lexi’s school canceled, I went home to grab a quick bite to eat before volunteering at the food bank. I heard a noise coming from the back of the house; moans and a high-pitched, muffled squealing coming from my bedroom. At that point, I knew what I would find so I grabbed my little digital camera from my purse and opened the door. Right there in front of me, my husband of twenty years was face fucking a blonde almost half his age. He was the one moaning and she was the one with the muffled squeal. I was the one who snapped a bunch of pictures, screamed and ran from the room. I had about ten good photos before they even knew I was there.

So, now I’m getting a divorce. We’re still in negotiations but it seems if my memories and the pictures I snapped stay hidden I will get to live in our house with the kids. I will also get to go back to nursing school full time, free of charge. And Georgie poo will live in a condo somewhere downtown. I'm pretty sure I can live with that. It's better than all the face fuckings that his girlfriend Heather now has to live with!

Stay tuned for the cover reveal on September 27th. Release date is still TBA but should be in October.