Book Title: Love’s Glory
Author: Janice Jarrell
Publisher: ACX Amazon
Narrator: Walker Williams
Release Date: August 5, 2020
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
It is book three in the Revolutionary Hearts series
but could be listened to as a standalone.
They did it all for the glory of love.
Blurb
In October of 2017 cocky, alpha-male Irishman, Colin Campbell, sergeant in charge of the special assault unit of the University of Virginia Campus Police Force, dove in front of a bullet meant for a University of Virginia student. The bullet shattered his thigh and severed his femoral artery, a wound which nearly took Colin’s life and left him temporarily disabled. His infirmities robbed him of the strength and athletic prowess which had been his for most of his life leaving him humiliated and bereft.
His partner, Joshua Abrams, a doctor of psychology at the Rainier Clinic in Charlottesville, never once left his injured lover’s side. He poured every ounce of strength and love he possessed into healing the magical Irishman whom he adored and was overwhelmed with relief and gratitude when Colin was taken off the critical list. Thinking that they had survived their trial, he took Colin home, believing that their happiness was now assured.
But like many injured police officers, Colin subsequently withdrew from his partner. Overwhelmed by feelings of shame and embarrassment, he devoted himself almost obsessively to the physical therapy with which he hoped to rebuild his strength and reclaim the life he had lost. Unable to share his pain and feelings of inadequacy, he shut Joshua out, leaving him to cope alone with the post-traumatic stress he suffered as a result of Colin’s shooting.
In the following months Colin and Joshua fought to keep their relationship alive. Although deeply in love, they felt powerless to cope with the after-effects of Colin’s injuries both to his body and to his pride as a man, and to heal the emotionally devastating PTSD with which Joshua suffered.
Love’s Glory tells the story of this painful and challenging time in Colin and Joshua’s life. As we join them now, Colin is still walking with a cane and still suffering the physical after effects of his injuries. But he and Joshua are both in therapy and are now dealing positively with the emotional and psychological damage they both endured.
They face their future side by side, determined to stand or fall together, as soul mates and lovers. This book follows them on their journey as they move toward the happy future they both long to share. They have moments of anxiety and intense emotion, but you can count on a happy ending. In fact, you can count on a happy listen. In this book, Colin and his beloved Joshua have left their trials behind and now revel in Love’s Glory.
This book contains mature content including explicit sexual relations between Colin and Joshua
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The arresting officer shook Colin’s hand and nodded. “Will do, Colin.” Then he grinned. “You want credit for the bust?”
Colin laughed. “It’s all yours.” He turned away and strolled back to where David and Nate stood, still clutching Joshua’s arms. “Ready to eat?” he asked, a huge grin lighting his face.
“Son of a bitch!” Joshua exploded. “Eat? EAT?!! Are you fucking kidding me?!”
“Josh,” Colin began, “it was no big…”
“It was a fucking knife!” Joshua spat out. He hissed out a breath through clenched teeth and wheeled away.
Colin stood as if frozen staring after him then turned slowly to David who was shaking his head. “Colin, for the love of god what were you thinking?”
“I was… ” Colin stammered, “I just… ” He lunged after Joshua, catching his arm from behind. “Josh! Don’t be pissed. There was no danger. Honest!”
Joshua wheeled to face him. “There was a fucking knife!”
“I had it covered!” Colin insisted, holding tight to Joshua’s arm. “I knew I could handle it or I never would have approached them!”
Joshua stared at his lover, his dark brown eyes wide with combined fright and anger. “You… you knew…” he sputtered, then grimaced and wrenched his arm free of Colin’s grasp. “I can’t talk to you right now, Colin. Just… just stay away from me.”
“Aw fuck,” Colin muttered, gazing after Joshua as he strode toward the car. He sighed and turned back to David and Nate. “Sorry, guys. I guess I screwed up.”
“You sure as hell did,” Nate agreed, a smile curling his lips. “But I have to tell you, that was one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.” He grinned and nudged Colin’s shoulder. “You are absolutely badass!”
David took Nate’s hand. “Yeah, well I wouldn’t say that in front of Josh. All he could see was another trip to the trauma room!”
“Davy, there was no way that could’ve turned into a trip to the trauma room! I had it covered! I am trained to handle that kind of situation!”
“Tell it to your fiancé,” David said, tilting his head toward Joshua who was leaning against the car with his arms crossed, glowering.
“Yeeeeah,” Colin drawled out as they approached the car. He stepped forward and gripped Joshua’s arm. “Josh, I’m sorry.”
“No, you’re not!” Joshua shot back, struggling to free himself Colin’s grip. “You’re not one bit sorry! I saw your face when you turned around, Colin. That’s the happiest I’ve seen you in months! I could power this city for a year on the adrenaline dump you got from busting those two students!”
David and Nate halted a few steps away, reluctant to interrupt the two lovers. “Colin,” David called, “we’re going to walk over to Boniface and get a drink. You two take your time.”
Colin’s eyes darted toward his friends then returned to his angry fiancé. “Josh, I’m sorry I scared you.”
Joshua nodded then averted his eyes. “Yeah, I’m sure you are,” he said. “But I’m just as sure that won’t stop you when it happens again.”
“Josh, there was no danger!” Colin insisted. “I’m trained to handle that kind of situation. I know what I’m doing!”
Joshua met his eyes for the first time. “No danger,” he repeated. He drew in a deep breath, his eyes locked on Colin’s. “Not all that long ago one of the best cops on Earth told me this: A police officer can be equipped to the teeth and trained like a Navy Seal, and it still can’t protect him from the drugged-up punk on a street corner with a cheap, stolen pistol and an itch to kill a cop.”
“Josh, I… I know I said that. And… and it’s true. I won’t deny it. But…”
“But?” Joshua said, lifting his eyebrows. “BUT?!” He hissed out a rough breath, his teeth bared. “Goddamn it, Colin, I almost lost you to a punk with a gun!!”
Colin took a step back and breathed out a soft sigh. Then he moved closer to Joshua who was staring down at the ground fighting back tears. Colin reached to gently caress his hair. “I know, sweetie. I know, and I’m sorry. Truly I am.”
My name is Janice Jarrell. I am a retired grandmother who lives in Seattle, WA. I have two children and three grandsons. I’ve been writing gay romance since I was twelve years old, only back then it wasn’t called ‘gay romance’. In fact, it had no name at all. It was the fifty’s, and it was worth your life to admit to being gay, let alone confess to being a girl who constantly fantasized about relationships between gay men. Hell, I didn’t even know what a homosexual was. I lived on a farm out in the sticks in a tiny Michigan village and I’d never, to my knowledge, even heard the word. I just knew I loved the thought of boy on boy romance. I just knew that there was something hot going on between Tom Corbett and his Space Cadets and all those guys on ‘Combat’.
I wrote slash fanfiction for 30 years, writing over 337 stories, some as short as 100 words (a drabble) some as long as a series which was over 119,012 words. I enjoy writing my stories. I enjoyed the feedback I received from my readers. It was a creative release I’d been searching for my entire life and I blessed the Internet for leading me to this artistic oasis for my spirit.
Love’s Magic was my very first step into writing my own characters. I will always be grateful the slash fanfiction community for nurturing the budding author until she was ready to blossom into a fully realized novelist. It’s been an amazing thing to watch the gay community’s growth over these past twenty years. My own journey has echoed theirs in many ways, and I’m grateful to all those gay activists who fought to give the gay community the rights and privileges they always deserved.
My second contemporary gay romance novel, Love’s Trials followed Colin and Joshua on their journey as men and as a couple. The readers who fell in love with them in Love’s Magic were thrilled to see their romance continue to grow and blossom, but were forced to watch our beloved boys go through some pretty traumatic trials in this book, trials which nearly shattered their relationship. But their love proved stronger than any troubles in the end and they now move forward into the happiness they know they deserve.
In Love’s Glory, Colin and Joshua bask in the happiness that eluded them in Love’s Trials. If you’re looking for a book filled with anger, fear, and anxiety… look elsewhere. Love’s Glory is about just that… the glory of love and the continued growth of these two extraordinary men and the amazing friends who are a large part of their lives.
I’m also grateful to the gay romance community, readers, authors, publishers and promoters, who are making these, my retirement years, the most creative ones of my life. When I’m not writing, I’m traveling, walking, hiking, knitting, crocheting, and weaving, and enjoying my life here in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
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