Sweet Reunion

By Shawn Lane

Retired from the police force after a tragic shooting, Jason Sweet hasn’t been back to his hometown, Sutter’s Bay, for fifteen years. With his mother’s final days approaching, Jason returns to make peace with his mother and his past. Part of that past includes former best friend and lover, Danny Yarrow.

Danny’s satisfied with his life as a drama teacher at the local high school, but the one thing missing is the love of a good man. He’s only too happy to be reunited with Jason. They’ve both grown and changed since their broken teenaged relationship. Jason hasn’t had an easy time of it since leaving Sutter’s Bay, but Danny intends to convince his friend and former lover that when it comes to taking chances, their love is worth it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Sep 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781634861397

Shawn Lane

Shawn Lane is a multi-published author of gay romance. She lives and works in Southern California. She has been published by Loose Id, Amber Quill Press, Evernight Publishing, MLR Press, JMS Books, and Ellora’s Cave. For more information, visit smlgr8.blogspot.com.

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Sweet Reunion

By Shawn Lane

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Copyright 2016 Shawn Lane

ISBN 9781634861397

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NOTE: This book was previously published by Amber Quill Press.

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Sweet Reunion

By Shawn Lane

Chapter 1

Jason Sweet hated being back here.

For the most part, the suburb where he’d spent his first eighteen years of life had not been particularly interesting or malicious. It had just been ordinary.

The first twelve years had been entirely uneventful. He had a mom and a dad like everyone else he knew, and a brother and a sister. If the average family consisted of two-point-two children, he guessed he was the point-two in his house.

After he turned twelve, he’d figured out the truth about himself. When all his friends went gaga over bras and panties, he felt nothing. Well, not entirely true. He got excited over the guys getting excited. But he kept this revelation inside.

He’d only been back in Sutter’s Bay for a week, called back to spend whatever time he had left with his terminally ill mother. Maybe after all this time he could heal the rift between the two of them. Even if it took her dying to force him to confront their issues.

He had some other unfinished business to deal with, too, and that’s why he was here.

Jason stood in front of Jefferson High School, surprised how much it had changed in fifteen years. It was fenced in now while it hadn’t been when he attended. The school resembled a prison.

He glanced at the paper in his hand. Daniel Yarrow was supposed to be teaching in classroom forty-three.

Go.

He wanted to walk through the gate of the school and to that class. Really. But it wasn’t as easy as he’d thought before he drove over from his mother’s house.

Jason had kept his homosexuality a secret from everyone until he turned sixteen. Even then it had been his best friend and classmate, Danny, who’d made the first move. For two years, Jason and Danny had kept their relationship hidden. But then the summer after high school it had all become a total disaster.

A car honked near him, pulling him out of his memories. He shook his head, opened the gate, and limped into the yard at the front of the school. The damn left leg bothered him, but he ignored the pain. According to his doctors, it would probably never go away completely.

He walked past the first three buildings, looking for the building housing forty-three. It was after regular school hours, so not many kids lingered and nobody seemed to pay attention to his presence.

The September afternoon breeze coming off the ocean was cool and Jason wished