TITLE: Sawyer
SERIES: Torey Hope: The Later Years
AUTHOR: A.D. Ellis
PUBLISHER: A.D. Ellis Publishing
COVER ARTIST: Andrea Michelle with Artistry in Design
LENGTH: 372 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 06, 2015
BLURB: Sawyer Morgan has a secret. Revealing his true feelings to his family could bring devastation and destruction, so he keeps the burden firmly on his own shoulders. When he moves back to Torey Hope to help with the family business, Sawyer’s hidden truth becomes too much to bear.
SERIES: Torey Hope: The Later Years
AUTHOR: A.D. Ellis
PUBLISHER: A.D. Ellis Publishing
COVER ARTIST: Andrea Michelle with Artistry in Design
LENGTH: 372 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 06, 2015
BLURB: Sawyer Morgan has a secret. Revealing his true feelings to his family could bring devastation and destruction, so he keeps the burden firmly on his own shoulders. When he moves back to Torey Hope to help with the family business, Sawyer’s hidden truth becomes too much to bear.
Luke Hamilton has a past overflowing with emotional and physical scars. A promise to his dying mother prevents him from seeking the love and acceptance he longs for. Taking a job in Torey Hope brings Luke face-to-face with taboo desires he thought long extinguished.
Secrets, lies, hatred, and fear threaten to destroy their lives. But, love has the power to overcome and lay claim to victory.
Will Sawyer succeed in proving to Luke some connections are worth fighting for?
A poignant tale of two hearts valiantly fighting to stay true and find love.
**This is a male/male romance. It has adult themes, language, and situations. Readers sensitive to homosexual relationships, abuse, hate crimes, and derogatory terms should take note. This story is meant only for readers aged 18+**
I’m gay.
His brother, Decker, had taken the news fairly well. He’d needed a solo walk through the woods to gather his thoughts; Sawyer suspected his always-in-control, serious, black and white brother also needed to come to grips with the fact that he’d never suspected his brother’s sexual preference was different than his own. How ironic that the one person Sawyer was the closest to in the whole world was the one person who was the most clueless.
Sawyer had held his breath practically the whole time Decker had been walking through the woods. A deluge of rain poured down as the dark sky broke open, yet Sawyer still sat alone at the campfire. His head had started playing tricks on him. You disgust him…he can’t stand the thought of having a gay brother…you’ve lost him…he’s not coming back. But Sawyer held out hope that Decker was just doing his usual thinking things through.
He had breathed a sigh of relief when Decker emerged, soaking wet, from the woods. Walking towards him with purpose, his twin had stopped in front of him and spoke the most heartwarming, sincere words Sawyer had ever heard from him.
“You’re my brother, always have been, always will be. I wish you could have told me sooner, but nothing has changed between us. I’ll be there in any and every way that I can.” Decker grabbed Sawyer and pulled him into a deep embrace, communicating his love and acceptance through his touch.
Telling his cousins, Zach and Kendrick, had been less emotional, and a lot more entertaining. Sawyer had to laugh at the questions his admission had stirred up.
“I’m gay.”
Two words that held such power. Would they laugh? Would they walk away in disgust? Would they be angry?
Zach smiled and nodded. “I think I’ve known that for a long time, man, but thanks for telling me.”
“Wait, you knew? Why didn’t you ever say something? Why did you joke with me about girls?”
“I don’t know, I guess I figured you’d tell me when you were ready. I didn’t want to bring it up if I was wrong and it offended you. I think I joked about girls thinking it would give you the opportunity to bring it up if you wanted to.” Zach stood and walked to his cousin, reaching a hand down, he pulled the other man up into a hug. “Nothing changes, I’ve got your back, man.”
Kendrick sat with his hand rubbing his chin. Would he be the one who couldn’t accept it?
Eyes twinkling and a shit-eatin’ grin on his face, he finally spoke. “What’s it like to suck cock?”
The other three burst out laughing.
~~Exclusive Excerpt~~
He battled daily with being true to himself and protecting
his secret and his family. But, with Adam guiding him, Sawyer enjoyed the last
year of school more than he had the first three. He had random hook ups, dates,
and some more serious relationships which lasted weeks into a couple months.
Sawyer spoke to Adam after a weekend hook up gone awry.
Again.
“Dude, do you ever feel like a complete whore? Because
sometimes I feel like a total whore.”
“Sugar, I am a
whore and proud of it. But, Sawyer, you
are not a whore. You average one to two hook ups a month; Kendrick averages one
or two a weekend. Sweetie, I want you to continue with your random guys, being
careful of course, and dating because you need the experience. But, if there’s
one thing Adam knows, it’s that you are not
a whore. You enjoy the sex because, well, you’re human and we all enjoy the
sex. But, your heart is looking for love. Right now it may be looking in all
the wrong places, but these experiences are preparing you for what comes next.
You don’t have it in you to be a lifetime player; I see it in your eyes every
time you get ready for a new fling or a new date. You’re always hoping this
next guy will be the love of your life. I’ve met your cousins. I’ve heard all
about your family. I know you come from a very happy and loving group of
people; I understand what you’re looking for and why. But sugar, sometimes we
have to pick through a lot of garbage before we find that one special
treasure.” Adam paused in putting on his eyeliner.
“You’re right, man, I am
looking for love, but I’m definitely not
having much luck with the guys I’ve been seeing. Some of those I blame on you;
some were just pure bad luck.” Sawyer had to laugh when he thought of the long
list of failed matches. It’s not that he hadn’t enjoyed some hot sex with
several of them, most of them just weren’t guys he’d be interested in
introducing to his family.
“What? Who could you blame me for?” Adam feigned shock as a
grin played on his lips.
Born and raised in a small farming town in southern Indiana, A.D. was an avid reader from the time she learned to read. She could often be found curled up somewhere with her nose in a book. Most of her friends and family were not such book enthusiasts, so A.D. got used to dealing with snickers and joking comments about her constant reading habits. Truth be told, Ms. Ellis has always been the definition of a book nerd.
A.D. always dreamed of being a teacher. Graduating from Indiana State University in 1999 and earning a Master's Degree from Indiana Wesleyan in 2003, she met her goal of entering the world of education. A.D. has been teaching in the inner city of Indianapolis, Indiana for 17 years. She spent the majority of her 17 years in fourth grade, but has now taken on the challenges of teaching 3rd and 4th grade alternative education students. A.D. loves teaching fractions, variables, probability, and graphing in Math. She loves almost all aspects of English Language Arts. Figurative language, theme, making predictions, drawing conclusions, inference, context clues, making writing come to life, A.D. loves it all! Her students don't always share in that enthusiasm.
She met her husband in college in 1996 and they married in June of 2000. She lives in a south side suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband and two school-aged children. When she's not reading or writing with music blaring, she can be found shopping at thrift stores, reading to her children, and sweating at the gym in the very early mornings.
A.D. began her writing journey in October 2013, and she is grateful for the friends and support she's found along the way.
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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