Barter System

By L.J. Hamlin

Young Willow was born in the Iron Settlement, one of several save zones built after the world as we know it was destroyed by war. He’s been pining after someone, a man who will finally acknowledge having feelings for Willow.

Handsome Jay is known as a traveler, a man familiar with all the dangers outside the safety of the settlements. This time, however, Jay’s battle is to overcome the injury that left him walking with a limp, which alienated him from people in the settlements.

Will Jay and Willow be able to move from a steady friendship to budding romance while they explore the dangerous ruins from before the end times? How will Jay react when Willow presents him with a rare gift? Can Willow learn to barter with Jay and earn the love he craves?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Mar 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781634868785

L.J. Hamlin

L.J.Hamlin is a chronically ill writer who likes to write to escape from the pain. She loves animals and the supernatural.

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Barter System

By L.J. Hamlin

Published by JMS Books LLC

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Copyright 2019 L.J. Hamlin

ISBN 9781634868785

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To everyone who has ever encouraged me, thank you.

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Barter System

By L.J. Hamlin

Walking into the market place, Willow has things ready to trade for what he needs for his date. Because after a year of pining after Jay, the former wanderer, Willow had finally confessed his feelings for the other man. Jay had said he had feelings for him too, and they agreed to start a relationship. Willow had suggested a picnic to get out of the built-up safe zone, and the day was here. They’d be meeting to set out in an hour.

Willow heads straight for the right stool in the marketplace. He has everything he’d agreed to bring to the picnic in his backpack already, but he wants to get this extra thing.

Barter? Willow asks, pointing to what he wants. Money had quickly lost its charm after the end times, a war that had killed over half the population on earth and rolled back technology thousands of years.

What have you got? the middle age woman asks him. She’s beautiful and doesn’t hide her war