Through a Glass Darkly

By Crystal Raine

Ryan has always known that he's adopted, but it isn't until recently that he has found what remains of his biological family. He doesn't know what to expect when he meets his mysterious sibling -- and he definitely doesn't expect to be faced with a man that looks exactly like him. Things get weirder when they go somewhere more private to discuss "clinical" details, as Ryan's surprise twin brother appears to have questions that are best answered in private.

Before he knows it, though, Ryan realizes that Cris really likes him -- in ways that no twin brother should.

Excerpt: “That’s not fair,” he says. “You said you’d show me your tattoos so I showed you mine. Did you just lie to me?”
“No,” I say. “I’m just —”
“What?”
“I’m embarrassed.”
“Why?” He smiles at me. “You know, I’ve seen myself naked in the mirror before.”
“You want me to get naked?”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Langley's Lovelies
• Release date: Sep 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370148851

Crystal Raine

My name is Crystal Raine. There isn't too much to say about me. The biggest thing I'm sure everyone is here to read about is the fact that I write erotica. I've been writing little stories for my own pleasure for years now. Sometimes I even work up the courage to post them online, and people seem to like them. So I've decided to post my naughty stories for real on the Kindle.Beyond that, there's not much to tell. I'm a middle-aged mom. I've got two dogs and I absolutely love the rain. (If you couldn't tell from my chosen last name!) During the day I do what needs doing to keep the bills paid, but at night I settle in to write these stories that hopefully you like reading.

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Through a Glass Darkly

By Crystal Raine

Waiting is the worst part.

The rest of it isn’t fun either. Sitting in this coffee shop, waiting, trying to distract myself with reading dumb shit on the internet, is by far the worst part.

Every time someone walks in, I look up at them and try not to stare. Most of them could be the person I’ve spent the last year looking for.

I don’t really know anything about them, even though we’ve spoken to each other for weeks now. They are just words on a screen. Oh, and my biological sibling.

There’s something irresistible about finding your biological family. It’s not like I needed to find them — my parents are relatively nice people, I have a sister I kind of get along with, and it’s not like I plan to have children any time soon. Mostly I was just curious. While my parents were always forthcoming about details regarding my adoption, they didn’t seem as keen to share details regarding my biological mother.

Every year, they would tell me a little more. Every year, her story seemed more tragic.

When I turned sixteen,