Jesse has a plan for love, and Brick isn’t it.
Following his recent military retirement, the next chapter of Bainbridge “Brick” Hausman’s life has begun. He’s relocated to Texas to teach JROTC at the high school where his best friend, Zach, is principal and is ready to embrace his bisexuality after a long-overdue divorce. But for a man accustomed to structure and control, change is overwhelming.
Art teacher Jesse Berry’s school year isn’t off to a great start. He doesn’t trust his principal or the tank-sized JROTC instructor who seems to enjoy pushing his buttons. To keep an eye on a vulnerable student, he’s helping Brick coach the Academic Olympiad team instead of searching for true love. Yet their sizzling chemistry is undeniable, and they agree to some extracurricular fun. Until fun isn’t enough for Jesse. He’s ready to draw Brick into the husband-shaped placeholder in his fantasy life plan.
But Brick’s new life plan is still a blank page. All he knows is he wants Jesse and is in no hurry to take a repeat trip down the aisle. Brick’s not great at compromise and Jesse won’t sacrifice his vision, but with a little faith and patience, maybe they can create a picture-perfect future together.
Logan Meredith began writing as a teenager when beautiful boys started keeping her company at night. Unfortunately, the voices she heard were imaginary, and their conversations resulted in horrible insomnia. They only let her sleep when she started typing their words down. Thankfully, being awkward as hell and a head taller than anyone else in school afforded plenty of spare time for writing.
At first, she tried to make them play with characters from her favorite television series or books. She found her lost tribe with a ravenous, crazy group of fan fiction lovers online and started sharing her stories. Then something amazing happened: new characters arrived and demanded their own stories. Only they wanted their own world to play in, and they wanted to find their true loves. So between her day job and making time for her family, she tries to keep up with the demands from her beautiful men for their happily-ever-afters.
A native of San Antonio, Texas, and a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio, Logan is an accomplished cross-country mover having honed her skills bouncing between five states. She currently resides in Houston, Texas. In addition to writing, she spends her time reading and rereading her favorite books, cheering for the San Antonio Spurs, playing Words with Friends, and procrastinating pretty much everything else.
She is a proud member of the LGBTQA community and vocal advocate for mental health awareness, suicide prevention, and equality campaigns.
Logan welcomes the chance to interact with readers.
Twitter: @ll_meredith
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Love is always better when you have to struggle for it.
This sounds like the perfect novel for a demonstration!
Plus the cover is gorgeous.
Sounds like a good read. I like reading about retired military trying to find their way.
Jesse and Brick sound easy to root for!
Is military training in high school common in the US?
This sounds like a book I would love to read.
Great blurb