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Lost In Someone by JJ Harper
Calston Cove, Book 2
It only takes one night to turn their lives upside down.
Brodie always thought he was straight, but he experiences the greatest night of his life with a man. A total stranger. They never even exchanged names.
It’s the shake-up he needed. He leaves his job and heads down to his best friend, Merrick. Even if that night haunts not only his dreams but also his waking thoughts, he’s determined to make a new life in Devon. He can’t have time for regrets.
Ivan had to leave. His best friend, Drew, let him down, his sort of ex shocked him with disturbing news, and he’s sick and tired of easy hook-ups. The only bright light is a chance encounter with the hottest man he’s ever seen, but he wakes up alone and has no way of finding him.
Resigned to never seeing him again, Ivan returns home to Calston Cove. An apology to Drew leads to a dinner invitation with a few friends.
And a face he never expected to see again.
Are Brodie and Ivan able to recapture the best night of their lives, or is one night all they’re going to have?
When Ivan’s past comes back, threatening to ruin his relationship with Brodie, are they strong enough together to make things work?
Lost in Someone is a bi-awakening story and book two in the Calston Cove series. It can be read as a stand-alone but is enjoyed more by knowing Drew and Merrick’s story in Life After Love.
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After a few deep breaths, I knock softly on the door and wait. And wait. Maybe I didn’t knock loud enough, or he could be in the back. As I lift my hand again, the door swings open, and Brodie stands in the wide space, eyes flashing.
“What are you doing here? You want to laugh at me some more? Did you tell them?”
“What the fuck! How was I supposed to know it was you that night?” I snarl back, taking a step closer. Brodie doesn’t move. He’s a big guy, broader than me and probably stronger, but my job gives me all the workouts I need. I can hold my own—if I need to.
“You seemed to take a good long look back in the summer, enough to decide I was Merrick’s boyfriend. I bet you couldn’t believe your luck when you saw me in the club. Another way to hurt Merrick more than you had already.”
I step through the door and slam it shut behind me. Does he think that poorly of me? “Hey, contrary to your opinion, Merrick is not the centre of my attention. I had my own crap going on, and my best friend wasn’t there to help me because he was so wrapped up in your friend. How lucky that when you’re going through whatever shit has brought you here, your friend is here for you.”
“You’re the shit that brought me here! Have you thought of that? My fucking world changed because of that night with you.”
“Then why the fuck did you leave?” Our voices have risen to full-on shouting. I’m as furious as him now.
“Because you’re the only man I’ve been with. And how I felt about it rocked me to my core.”
His admission blows the wind out of my sails.
“What? What do you mean? How?”
He drops his head and sags like a deflated balloon. “It means exactly that. I’ve never even kissed a man before you. I always thought I was straight, and so did all my friends, including Merrick. I don’t know what it was—is—about you, but you were all I saw that night. I couldn’t have stopped myself, even if I’d wanted to. You gave me the best night of my life. I had to leave before you could ruin it by treating me as a simple hook-up.” He walks into the kitchen, but I’m rooted in place, my head reeling.
I shouldn’t believe him. No one straight kisses a man like that, gives themselves so easily, so completely. He begged me for more, for harder, for deeper, for it never to stop.
I shake myself out of my stupor and stomp after him. He’s drinking a glass of water, his eyes wary. This moment is pivotal. It’s either the start or end of something that meant so much to both of us. “It was everything to me too. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you.”
He snorts. “You don’t need to say that, Ivan. I’ve accepted it for what it was—a great night. It shook me up enough to take stock of my life and make a change. I’m happier now than I’ve been in a very long time.”
Fuck that. “You don’t get to decide what I think. If you don’t like me, or you’re not brave enough to see where we can take this, then man up and say so. Don’t make me the bad person in this.”
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Catch up on Book 1: Life After Love
Calston Cove, Book 1
All he wanted was a new life, not a new love.
Merrick
Merrick has the perfect life: a husband, a baby, and a great future ahead of him. Until all that is ripped away, and he’s left alone with his daughter. After two years, he knows it’s time to move on. To find a new life for him and Willow. It comes in the shape of a derelict mill house nestled in the hills above a Devon seaside town.
Drew
When Drew loses the chance to buy and restore the house he’s loved all his life, the last thing he wants to do is renovate it for the mysterious new resident. But something about Merrick Green intrigues him, and he feels compelled to lift the heaviness surrounding him. The fact that Merrick’s daughter seems to have taken an instant infatuation with Drew makes it easier.
As the two men become friends, Merrick battles with his attraction to Drew. How can he be interested in the ruggedly handsome when he’s still in love with Josh?
Letting go of the past is hard, but with Drew by his side, he finds a way forward.
Life After Love is a sweet small-town, opposites-attract, hurt/comfort romance with low angst and a sweet little girl that everyone falls in love with.
The book deals with the loss of a loved one.
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About the Author:
You will normally find JJ in the living room—typing away—with her dog, Siddiqi. As a hopeless romantic, she dives into her stories, always falling in love with her men, making sure they get the happy ever after they deserve, even if they do have to work hard for it.
As a bona fide bookaholic, a wine-drinking and swear-like-a-sailor type of girl, she has yet to work out how to act her age!! LOL. And she has no intentions of growing up or growing old gracefully.
JJ lives in a small, very quiet, village in Lincolnshire, UK, with her husband and dog, and spends all day dreaming up stories full of really hot men.
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