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Burn That Bridge by J.R. Gray
Turns out trading a spot on the cheerleading squad for a fresh fade and all-new pronouns was more of a recipe for disaster than happiness. Coming out as trans in rural Alabama, where football rules and cheer is life, might have been the worst way to start my senior year.
There are no safety nets for people like me in places like this.
But sometimes, hope shows itself in the most unexpected places. New friends help us survive —and maybe— thrive. But falling for Sebastian was not part of the plan.
Embracing my identity put my happiness at odds with my safety. I’m terrified. Terrified to be me. Terrified to be happy. Terrified to love him.
Welcome to senior year.
Try to make it out alive.
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“You’ve liked him for a year, and it’s intense.” Smith gritted his teeth. “You’re a lot. He has no idea. Just don’t blow it, you know?”
I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding. “I’m not going to blow it.”
DJ had never shown any return for my attraction, so I’d probably never tell him and die with those feelings inside me.
“Go get him,” Smith called after me as I walked towards the exit.
I shoved the doors open and nearly vomited. I was this thing—this thing I hadn’t ever given a second thought to. I swallowed the fear rising in my throat. I wasn’t a homophobe or anything, but this changed my life. Did I have to come out to my parents? Why should I have to come out? Couldn’t it just be accepted like Emery had? Why did it all of a sudden have to be a thing because I had feelings for someone? If this had happened with a girl, no one would make me do shit. Why did it change because I wanted a him not a her?
I walked towards him. In pursuit of him. One foot in front of another, and the entire course of my life changed. I’d woken up one person, and I would go to bed another. This was who I’d always been, but a subtle shift in the stars, and I was going to be forever branded as a gay.
When I saw him across the road waiting for me, there wasn’t a second thought in my mind. I was okay with the label.
“Have you been waiting long?”
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Gray is a cynical Chicago native, who drinks coffee all day, barely sleeps, and is a little too fashion obsessed. He writes realistic and damaged characters because everyone deserves a happily ever after.
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