Been gone for several days so I missed putting this up on time. But here we go! Better late than never. :)
Title:
Operation Better Tomorrow
Author:
Brandi Evans
Release
Date: November 29th 2016
Publisher:
Loose ID
Genre:
MM Romance
BLURB
The interview of a
lifetime.
When
Aaron Strickland’s assigned to write a feature article on Caleb Douglas, the
first openly gay soldier to receive the Medal of Honor, he’s over-the-moon.
Meet a sexy, real-life hero? Yes, please. And in the weeks leading up to their
interview, the former soldier becomes a recurring player in Aaron’s fantasies.
A man Caleb can’t forget.
Years
earlier, lost in the throes of depression and PTSD after an ambush left his
body and soul scarred, Caleb was on the brink of giving up when a magazine
article changed his life forever—an article written by Aaron. Emerging from the
depths of his pain, Operation Better Tomorrow—part homestead, part halfway
house for those down on their luck—was born.
Tragedy lurking on the
horizon.
EXCERPT
Aaron’s
dick tightened, and he took a step toward Caleb. “I’ve learned a lot about
homestead operations today, but I want to know more about you. Tell me,
Sergeant Douglas, what inspired you to begin Operation Better Tomorrow?”
Caleb
scrubbed a palm over the back of his neck. “That’s kinda embarrassing,
actually.”
“I
don’t believe that. How can the origin story of a place like this be
embarrassing?”
Another
minuscule step closer.
“Because
of you, Aaron.”
“Me?
How do I fit in?”
Caleb
looked down, hands fisted low on his hips in a masculine mirroring of Aubrey.
“Things got really low for me about six, seven years ago. The physical therapy
was torture, and I was in pain all the time. The PTSD and depression didn’t
help matters either. I was sick and fucking tired of it all.”
Was
that code for wanting to commit suicide? Aaron wanted to ask, but he held back,
letting Caleb finish.
“Then,
one day, I was sitting on the couch, a bottle of pain pills in one hand and a
bottle of Jack Daniels in the other, when a magazine on the coffee table caught
my attention. To this day I don’t know how it got there, but a title on the
cover caught my attention. So I started reading. Everything the woman in the
article was going through, her physical and emotional pain… Change a few
things, and it could have been written about me. And by the time I finished, I
was in tears.” The left side of his mouth tipped up in a haunting smile.
“Although, I’d appreciate it if you’d leave the crying part out of the article.
I do have a reputation to maintain.”
“Totally
off the record.” Aaron held up his three middle fingers and stepped closer.
“Scout’s honor.”
Caleb
nodded. “It’s hard to put into words, but the article struck a chord deep
inside me. It was one of those life-changing moments where everything becomes
clear. The past, the present, the future. And I saw this place in my head.
Operation Better Tomorrow, a way to turn my pain into someone else’s better
tomorrow.”
“Wow.
That’s just… Wow.” Something about the words Caleb used were familiar, but
Aaron couldn’t quite place them. “As a writer, that would be the greatest
compliment a person could give me, to tell me my words were the bridge they
needed to get from a painful past and into a brighter future. I think I would
literally fall over from pride.”
Caleb
closed what little distance remained between them. “Is that your subtle way of
telling me I should be prepared to catch you?”
“Be
prepared to catch me?” The question escaped seconds before realization
bitchslapped him. Oh, Sweet Baby J. He’d written the article that had saved
Caleb’s life.
About
the Author
Brandi
Evans was raised by a caravan of traveling Gypsies. She spent her days learning
the ways of her people and her nights lost in legends as old as time. Okay, not
really, but that's way more interesting than the truth!
In
reality, Brandi grew up the oldest child of an ordinary family. Grade school,
middle school, high school. Nothing extraordinary happened until she left the
nest. She joined the military, went to college, got married, and became a mom.
And somewhere along the way, she discovered she liked to read—and
write!—stories hot enough to melt eReaders.
These
days, she calls The Natural State home where she lives with her hubby, two
beautiful daughters, two dogs and a cat who has yet to realize she doesn’t own
the place. Soldier. Wife. Mom. Multi-published smut writer. Brandi's life might
not be "traveling Gypsy" interesting, but she's had fun. And in the
end, isn't that all that really matters?
Thank you for stopping by and reading!!
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