Rainy Days and Mondays

By Shawn Lane

Noel Bright and Wes Rivers have hit a snag in their relationship. They aren’t communicating the way they should be, and as the trip to visit Wes’ family in Maine nears, Noel feels only dread.

The rainy weather in Haydon Cliff matches Noel’s current outlook, and he feels it’s up to Wes to right things between them, with a little pep talk from Noel’s sister, though, maybe he and Wes can work it out together and not fall victim to rainy days and Mondays.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Apr 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685501020

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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Rainy Days and Mondays

By Shawn Lane

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Copyright 2022 Shawn Lane

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Rainy Days and Mondays

By Shawn Lane

Chapter 1

Storm Watch flitted across the screen on the television situated across from the hospital bed in Room 112.

No kidding, Noel Bright muttered under his breath, his gaze flitting briefly to the one window in the room where he could make out the pouring rain through the slats of the blinds.

He returned his gaze to his patient, who was fretfully watching the news.

It’s all right, Mrs. Newton. It’s not as bad as all that.

Two days earlier, Clara Newton had spent her eightieth birthday in Haydon Cliff Medical Center’s ICU. She’d had what turned out to be a minor stroke. She was lucky it wasn’t