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    Flames
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    Flames

    By J. Scott Coatsworth

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    Alex always thought love was enough to keep him and Gio together. Why did they need wedding rings or legal certificates? But now, with Gio lost in a coma after a fire has destroyed their home, his partner's mother banishes Alex from his side.

    Locked in a gray limbo inside his head, memories are all Gio has left, and the urge to let go is getting stronger.

    Nothing can keep Alex from Gio's side, even if he has to break the rules. In their stolen moments alone together, Alex fights to reach Gio, one memory at a time.

    What if Alex's voice is the only thing that can bring Gio back?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. Scott Coatsworth
    Release dateJun 10, 2021
    ISBN9798201105778
    Flames
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    J. Scott Coatsworth

    Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were.He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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