Bankers' Hours (43 page)
When opposites attract, only cheerleaders and gummy bears can help overcome fear and family tradition.
Unconditional Love: Book One
A six-year downward spiral into a world of lies and deception leads to the end of one man’s life when self-discovery crosses the line between being the perfect son or following his heart.
Jimmy Miller never intended to lead a double life starting the day he fell in love with Darian, but his parents’ divorce, fighting in school, and constantly keeping secrets for his closeted best friend and protector, Matt, force his hand. Jimmy finds the demands too great to withstand and ends it all prematurely, leaving behind an angry best friend and a shattered lover.
Matt and Darian cling to one another in the aftermath of their loss, forging a new friendship immediately tested by the truths of their relationships with Jimmy that are hidden in the pages of Jimmy’s journals. Will Matt and Darian discover what truly happened to their friend? And will this tragedy birth something beautiful between them as they learn the balance between life, family, and friendship when love is simply not enough?
Unconditional Love: Book Two
Matt Dixon, a young firefighter, is the golden child of his family, and he never dreamed that coming out would challenge more than the way his church sees him.
For years, Matt has led a double life hoping to avoid ridicule. When a self-righteous pastor’s statements provoke him to defend his recently deceased best friend’s honor and subsequently out himself, he suffers the brutal aftermath of his revelation. Everyone in his life, including his family and his new lover, Darian, must deal with the ramifications as Matt struggles to come to terms with guilt, shame, and his very belief in God.
Darian Weston lost his fiancé when Jamie took his life, and his feelings for Matt added guilt to his burden of grief. Confused and lonely, Darian clings to Matt despite his inner strife. But small-town realities keep intruding, and if Matt and Darian hope to make a life together, they must first take a stand for what they believe in, even if they fear the cost.
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My Roommate’s a Jock? Well, Crap!
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Names Can Never Hurt Me
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WADE KELLY
lives and writes in conservative, small-town America on the East Coast where it’s not easy to live free and open in one’s beliefs. Wade writes passionately about controversial issues and strives to make a difference by making people think. Wade does not have a background in writing or philosophy, but still draws from personal experience to ponder contentious subjects on paper. There is a lot of pain in the world and people need hope. When not writing, she is thinking about writing, and more than likely scribbling ideas on sticky notes in the car while playing taxi driver for her three children. She likes snakes, can’t spell, and has a tendency to make people cry.
Website: www.writerwadekelly.com
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By Wade Kelly
Bankers’ Hours
Names Can Never Hurt Me
JOCKS
My Roommate’s a Jock? Well, Crap?
No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
When Love Is Not Enough
The Cost of Loving
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of author imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Bankers’ Hours
© 2016 Wade Kelly.
Cover Art
© 2016 Anne Cain.
Cover content is for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted on the cover is a model.
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ISBN: 978-1-63476-973-0
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63476-974-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015918431
Published March 2016
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Same Job, New Location, And Starting My Life Over
Chapter 3: The Gym, My Fears, And Making Friends With A Straight Guy
Chapter 4: Wet Dreams, Anticipation, And Completely Blowing The Date That Wasn’t A Date But Was
Chapter 5: Misconceptions, Misunderstandings, And Getting A Taste Of Full-On Lust For The First Time
Chapter 6: Arguments, Rash Decisions, And Jumping Into The Deep End Without My Swimmies
Chapter 7: Daughters, Diamonds, And Divas Who Materialize Out Of Nowhere
Chapter 8: Apprehension, Desperation, And The Need To Have Another Person In My Bed
Chapter 10: Need, Want, And Fearing The Things I’ve Never Done
Chapter 11: Housekeeping, Parenting, And Facing My Number One Biggest Fear
Chapter 12: Parents, Friends, And Getting Fucked Out Of My Mind
Chapter 13: Fights, Bites, And Realizing Relationships Take Work
Chapter 15: Clues, Capers, And Fifteen-Year-Old Detectives
Chapter 16: Hopes, Dreams, And Financial Planning
Chapter 17: Psychos, Rednecks, And My Not So Traditional Happy Ending