The Man I Almost Lost (Arete Resort)($16.99Value)

Description

I've been back to Arete enough times that smiling through it is second nature. Private room. Good food. Someone willing in the evenings, usually. It works. As long as I don't think about the outlet I never fixed, or the fire, or the two people who deserved better than my excuses. Then Isaac shows up. Former escort. Done with men who use it to avoid feeling anything. He takes one look at me like he's seen my type before and found it mildly disappointing. He doesn't say it out loud. He doesn't have to. I try the usual. He's not interested. But he keeps showing up anyway, and somewhere between his refusal to be impressed and his refusal to leave, the smile starts to cost more than it used to. Someone who knows all your moves and stays anyway is a problem. I don't deserve this. I know that. He doesn't agree. A slow-burn M/M romance about grief, healing, and being loved when you least deserve it. Book 2 in the Arete Resort series. Can be read as a standalone. Contains themes of mental health and recovery.