Back-up

By T.A. Webb

John Caldwell was working undercover to bring down a drug lord when he's caught between his past - former partner Zack Maine - and his current partner Troy, who has a long-time bond with Zack.

When they are all trapped overnight in a now-bound cabin, can they set aside their differences and be back-up for each other?

A Round-Robin Story, by T.A. Webb with Lee Brazil, Sara York, Patricia Logan, Lavinia Lewis, Rawiya, C.R. Guiliano, Havan Fellows and Jane Amanda Smith.

• Language: English
• Publisher: T.A. Webb
• Release date: May 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476345598

T.A. Webb

T.A. Webb is the writing name for the Mean Old Bear That Could. By day, he's the director of finance for a non-profit agency. He's worked with people living with HIV/AIDS and with children in the foster care system for over twenty years, and takes the smaller pay for the chance to make a difference for those who can't help themselves. After hours, he's the proud single papa of four rescue dogs, was born and raised in Atlanta, where he still lives, and is a pretty darned good country cook. His sister taught him to read when he was four, and he tore his way through the local library over the next few years. Always wanting more, he snuck a copy of The Exorcist under his parents' house to read when he was eleven and scared the bejesus out of himself. Thus began a love affair with books that skirt the edge, and when he discovered gay literature, he was hooked for life. T.A. can be found at Facebook under AuthorTAWebb, tweeted at #TomBearAtl, or if you really want to, you can email him at [e-mail].

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Editor: T.A. Webb

Cover Designer: Sara York

This book is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental.

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Warning: This book contains material that some may find disturbing and is only suitable for mature readers. This book deals with difficult subject matter, including abduction, abuse and murder. While there is no consummation of sex shown in the story, this is a very sensual tale. Enjoy!

Dedication:

To all the wonderful writers, readers and reviewers in the It's Raining Men Group who offer unconditional support, great advice, funny snarks, dirty pictures and strong shoulders that we all lean on at one time or another. To the very talented writers who contributed to the story and shared their talent. To my lovely Janet and Laura, my harem. To Talon, who is my complicated one. But especially to Sara York and Lee Brazil, who took this on with me and made it shiny and joyful and exciting. It's an honor to have my name beside theirs.

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Trademark Acknowledgements:

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

BATMAN trademark by DC COMICS

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Editor’s Notes:

So one day, in the magical land of the IRM Group on Facebookland, Greg Hogben said, Wouldn't it be fun if someone threw out an idea, and we all added to it and wrote a story? And I thought, yeah, it would be fun! So I thought about a guy showing up to a cabin he rented and an unexpected visitor was there when he arrived. That little seed, over the course of the next few days, grew into the story called Back-up.

Greg – thanks for thinking of the idea.

Thanks to Lee Brazil and Sara York, who helped flesh out the rules with me