Damsel in Distress

By J.T. Marie

Christina Brown is tired after a long shift at RVA Burgers, but not too tired to flirt with her last customer, Angie Johnson. But either Angie isn't a lesbian or she doesn't pick up on Christina's cues, because she doesn't seem interested in continuing their conversation once Christina's off work.

Angie's always known she likes women, but she's never had a chance to find out just how much. Christina is the first to ever come onto her so brazenly, and to be honest, Angie is scared. She retreats to the restroom to text her online buddy Billy for some advice, and she's still hiding out in the stall when she hears Christina come in.

But before Angie can gather up her courage to approach the gorgeous cashier, someone else enters -- a man with no business being in the ladies' room, and nothing but sex on his mind. Unaware that they aren't alone, he assaults Christina at gun point.

Angie can't risk calling the police and being overheard. But she also can't stand by and watch Christina get hurt without doing something . The fact that the man doesn't know she's there, too, might work to her advantage. Will she be able to help a damsel in distress ... and maybe win the girl in the end, too?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Feb 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781634862165

J.T. Marie

J.T. Marie is a pseudonym for author J.M. Snyder, who publishes gay erotic and romantic fiction under her full name. For those curious, the initials stand for “Jeanette Thomas” and Marie is her middle name. She also writes gay young adult romance under the pseudonym J. Tomas.A graduate of George Mason University, Jeanette worked as Fantasy Editor of the school’s sci-fi and fantasy journal, The Fractal, for two years. After college, she created and maintained an online webzine, Disenchanted, to further a love of fantasy fiction. For more information on her non-gay fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, please visit her website.

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Damsel in Distress

By J.T. Marie

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Damsel in Distress

By J.T. Marie

Christina Brown cracked her bubble gum surreptitiously as she glanced up at the clock on the wall above the drive-thru window. Ten to closing, though she’d have another half hour scrubbing dishes and mopping floors while her shift manager Sherry counted the till. Another fun night, she thought bitterly as she tucked a loose strand of blond hair behind her ear.

By the time she turned twenty-seven, Christina had hoped her life would have been so much more than ringing up customers for a number five super-size combo meal. She had a handful of classes under her belt, two whole semesters at the local community college behind her already, but she still wasn’t sure where she wanted to go. Nursing seemed a logical choice, if only because it almost guaranteed her a job after graduation. RNs were always in demand, and her aunt had retired from years working in the ER, so she was feeling the pressure from family to follow a similar route.

But she was getting too old for drama, and having a histrionic customer bitch about cold fries was nothing compared to the horror stories Aunt Cindy had told of gunshot wounds and overdoses. Whenever Christina thought of the hospital tales she used to listen to so wide-eyed as a little kid, she wondered if her grades were good enough to major in something safer. Say, accounting.

This late in the evening, the dining area was practically empty. There was a handful of college kids rough-housing by the soda machine, and around the corner—out of sight but Christina could see his reflection in the window by the door—sat a man in a baseball cap and flannel shirt reading a discarded paper. There had been a pretty woman in earlier, maybe a half hour ago, whom Christina had tried to flirt with while taking her order, but either she wasn’t a dyke or she was dating somebody, because she didn't respond to Christina’s flirting. Oh, she laughed along, all right, but when Christina dropped a few hints about quitting time, she didn’t pick up on