It Rained All Night

By Nell Iris

Can a chance meeting in the rain change someone’s life?

Meeting someone who can make him stop going is an eye-opener for Henrik. The man, Mikko, is his complete opposite, a steady rock in the wild rainstorm that is Henrik’s life, but the connection between them is both unexpected and instantaneous. Their encounter only lasts a few minutes, but before they part, they exchange phone numbers.

They live far away from each other, but soon they text and call daily, until Mikko is Henrik’s dearest friend and most trusted person. But a late-night question on the phone has Henrik re-evaluating his feelings. It’s impossible to love someone you’ve only met in person once ... right?

Is the connection Henrik and Mikko forged long distance enough to sustain them when they meet again? And will their love be strong enough to give them the happily ever after they deserve?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Apr 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685501099

Nell Iris

Nell is a forty-something bisexual Swedish woman, married to the love of her life, and a proud mama of a grown daughter. She left the Scandinavian cold and darkness for warmer and sunnier Malaysia a few years ago, and now spends her days writing, surfing the Internet, enjoying the heat, and eating good food. One day she decided to chase her lifelong dream of being a writer, sat down in front of her laptop, and wrote a story about two men falling in love. Nell writes gay romance, prefers sweet over angst, and wants to write diverse and different characters.

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It Rained All Night

By Nell Iris

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It Rained All Night

By Nell Iris

My first real memory of Mikko Salminen is him standing in the rain. Head tilted back, face turned skyward, the corners of his mouth curled up, as though he was drinking in the drops of the gentle spring rain. As though he was a tiny bud, collecting the nourishment he needed to grow into a rich green leaf. He held out his arms, as though he was welcoming the precipitation, inviting it into his space, drinking it down into his roots.

Nothing like the other participants of the yoga retreat who hurried and scurried across the courtyard to avoid getting wet.

There was something so serene about him in that moment. An expression I’d never seen on anyone before, and it slowed my steps. He didn’t even change his stance when the strap holding his yoga mat started sliding off his shoulder, down his arm, until it fell to the ground and rolled away from him, ending up right in my path.

I stopped and picked up the mat, but nothing about