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The Linebacker by Emerson Beckett & Rheland Richmond
Portland Protectors- EHM Security Series,
Book 2
Is it wrong for me to want the world to know I’m in love with Patrick Griffin and have been since we were eight-years-old?
Patrick Griffin
I hurt him. I didn’t mean to.
Now he’s gone, and I deserve it.
As a linebacker in the NFL, I’ve never found the right time to come out of the closet. Not even when I promised Cole I would.
But now, with Cole’s band, Fallen Angel, in the spotlight along with my team, the pressure is mounting. Everyone thinks we’re just best friends, but the weight of my secret is tearing us apart.
And it just might be too late to save us when I can.
Cole Bradley
Is it wrong for me to want the world to know I’m in love with Patrick Griffin and have been since we were eight-years-old?
He is the love of my life, but it’s been years of waiting and excuses.
All our friends, even his teammates, have a public life. So why can’t we?
He promised it would be different in Portland.
But then he tells yet another reporter he’s single. I need a break. It’s perfect timing since our band is heading out on tour.
I don’t know if I can live without him. But I don’t think I can do forever in the closet.
It’s always been Patrick for me, but is it too much to ask for the world to know he’s mine too?
The Linebacker is a secret romance and childhood best friends-to-lovers MM Romance. It is book two in the Portland Protectors-EHM Security Series and the eleventh book in the Package Deal World.
To maximize reader enjoyment, it is highly recommended to read the other books in the Package Deal Series, as well as book one, The Rockstar. Series reading order can be found at the beginning of each book.
Content Warning: Referenced off the page homophobic violence toward an off the page character, and an automobile accident.
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During the agonizing time I spent waiting, words ran through my head on repeat as I watched him and waited. All I could think about were all the secrets we’d kept and how they were hurting us now. And when I’d selfishly pushed him away, this had happened.
I took out my phone and opened the notes app where I kept threads of song lyrics when they came to me. It was the only thing I could do to keep myself out of my head, so to speak, but also allowed me to vent the anguish I was feeling. Had we destroyed the innocent, perfect love we’d always had?
Looking at Patrick, I saw the boy I’d grown up with and loved since we were so young. His perfect lips had only kissed mine. Simon had mentioned memory issues could be a problem. What would I do if he woke up and didn’t remember he loved me? Or what we’d meant to each other and all the firsts we’d shared?
Sitting back in the recliner, my fingertips automatically skimmed my lips as the memory of the first time we kissed at sixteen was as vivid to me now as it was then.
The three of us wanted to give camping a try. The idea of living on the land and fending for ourselves turned out to be camping in the wooded area behind my parents’ house. We might have watched one too many survival shows on the Discovery Channel.
We’d hunted for rocks to make a fire ring and watched countless videos on how to build the perfect fire. The three of us agreed that if we could get the fire started, we’d give camping a try.
“I’m gonna go get the other stuff. You guys put up the tent,” Adam announced as he ran back toward the house.
I looked at Patrick. “We got this.”
He smiled, but his eyes lingered on my face like I was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. “Of course we do.”
I’d thought about kissing him so many times, and the way he’d always looked at me made me think he wanted to kiss me, too. So I decided when the time was right, I’d do it.
And that felt like the right time.
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Check out Book 1 in the Portland Protectors- EHM Security Series
The Rockstar
The first book in the sexy new bodyguard series set in the Package Deal World.
Adam Spencer – “The Rockstar”
Here’s what I know — some people aren’t meant to find love.
And as much as I want to be someone’s everything, that’s not meant for me.
After a painful breakup, I channeled all my hurt into a song that has skyrocketed my band, Fallen Angel, to the top of the charts.
Now I need protection from the one person who was supposed to love me no matter what—my mother.
Whether I want him or not, I now have a sexy, silver-tongued southern charmer as my 24/7 bodyguard.
I’ve tried not to fall for him, because I don’t do relationships. They hurt too much.
But Michael has me thinking I could take one more chance to find love.
Or was I meant to be alone like I thought all along?
Michael Coleman – “Phantom”
I’ve always been a protector. During my career as a Navy SEAL, my duty was to protect my four best friends.
Now I need to protect the sexy rock star I love flirting with every time he walks in the door to our EHM office.
Adam Spencer lights me up like no one ever has. And that’s saying something.
I’ll do whatever it takes to protect him, even from himself.
Have I finally found the love I’ve been hoping for with the Rockstar?
The Rockstar is a flirty, friends-to-lovers, bodyguard and rockstar MM Romance that takes place in the Package Deal Series World. It can be read as a stand-alone book.
Trigger Warning: There is off the page reference to physical abuse to a minor. Off the page domestic violence and death of a mentioned character.
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About the Authors
Emerson Beckett:
Emerson Beckett is an avid sports fan and lover of M/M romance books, Emerson loves her new career as an author. It gets even better when she can combine the two. Emerson is the co-author of The Package Deal Series and The Portland Protectors: EHM Security Series with Rheland Richmond. The We Could Do This Duet is her first solo project.
Emerson lives in North Carolina and has been married to the same man for 34 years. She is the mother of three beautiful adults, one of whom is completely responsible for her addiction to MM Romance.
Emerson is now mom to an Australian Shepherd, four cats, and a cute bunny rabbit.
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Rheland Richmond:
For as long as she can remember, Rheland’s had her nose stuck in a book, getting lost in the world of someone else’s creation (She still does). Her love for writing came from her love for reading. She could never have one without the other.
Writing has always been a hobby and a cathartic experience for her. There are many stories lost to the never to be completed or published pile but needed to be written at the time.
She’s just a girl that loved stories so much she decided to write hers.
Rheland would love to hear from her readers and learn more about y’all. So if you get a chance… Get in touch.
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