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Shear Bliss by Sam E. Kraemer
Foggy Basin Series – M/M Small Town Romance
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Mosby—
Barbara Bushy hopped up on the porch railing, staring at me. “I told you I’d come back.” I poured some of the gesso into an aluminum pan. I glanced down at my old jeans and laughed. Poor Tyler had tried to get the paint out of them, but some of the stains were a year old. I couldn’t remember ever washing them.
I glanced toward the porch railing, seeing Bushy still there watching me. “You know what I miss? You’ll never guess. Turpentine. I miss the smell of turpentine.”
Bushy jumped off the railing onto the porch floor, scampering over to the stairs. I picked up the sandpaper and walked to the first canvas, running my hand over it to see how rough it was, and started sanding.
“You know, I ordered new canvas material to recover these frames, but I think I might send it back. I mean, I can afford to keep it, but why? I think, even though these paintings are fucking ugly, the canvas itself isn’t ruined. I’ll put a coat of primer over it, and it’s…” I chuckled at my own joke, “a blank canvas.” I roared so loudly with laughter that I scared Bushy away.
I sanded until they were smooth to the touch, wet a rag with the hose, and I wiped off the canvases to remove the dust. I took off my T-shirt and held the hose over my head to rinse the dust and sweat from my hair, face, and arms before I made a mess inside. I pulled my hair back up and went into the cabin, heading to the bedroom before I froze my ass off.
I changed out of the wet jeans and sneakers into a pair of gray sweats and a black sweatshirt. The sun was lower in the sky and the air was chilling fast.
I went to the dresser and opened the top drawer. Inside were a few remnants from my former life—my credit cards with my real name on them, my driver’s license that I never carried, the vintage 30 MM Cartier Ruby Pocket Watch that had been a birthday gift from Alistaire when I turned thirty, and the notebook that had added insult to injury—Alistaire’s handwritten diary.
I picked up the diary and carried it to the kitchen, where I opened the fridge and grabbed a beer to take outside with me. The canvases needed to dry before I began priming them, and I needed to purge the pain more than I needed to breathe.
Taking a seat on the top step of the front porch, I stared down the mountain at the small valley town of Foggy Basin. Bushy jumped back up on the porch about three feet away. “As I was saying before you so rudely took off, I miss the smell of turpentine. I used to clean up with it when I was painting, and Alistaire would bitch about it endlessly, which I relished. He did enough shit to piss me off, and it was my passive-aggressive way of getting back at him.”
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About the Author:
I grew up in the rural Midwest before moving to the East Coast with a dashing young man who swept me off my feet. We’ve now settled in the desert Southwest where I write M/M contemporary romance. I also write paranormal M/M romance under “Sam E. Kraemer writing as L.A. Kaye.”
I’m a firm believer that love is love, regardless of how it presents itself, and I’m proud to be a staunch ally of the LGBTQIA+ community. I have a loving, supportive family, and I feel blessed by the universe and thankful everyday for all I have been given. In my heart and soul, I believe I hit the cosmic jackpot. Cheers!
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