Stranded Hearts

By A. D. Ellis

When Mason and Joey are stranded on Hollyhock Hill with their old crush, Kai, their hypothetical discussions of adding a third to the relationship become very real. Will their stranded hearts find a forever home? A M/M/M short story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: A. D. Ellis
• Release date: Aug 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9780463548646

A. D. Ellis

Escape into addictive, sexy, emotional romance.A.D. Ellis is an Indiana girl, born and raised. She spends much of her time in central Indiana as an instructional coach/teacher in the inner city of Indianapolis, being a mom to two amazing teens, and wondering how she and her husband of nearly two decades haven't driven each other insane yet. A lot of her time is also devoted to phone call avoidance and her hatred of cooking.She loves chocolate, wine, pizza, and naps along with reading and writing romance. These loves don’t leave much time for housework, much to the chagrin of her husband. Who would pick cleaning the house over a nap or a good book? She uses any extra time to increase her fluency in sarcasm.A.D. uses she/they pronouns and identifies as "not straight" while still exploring labels. Queer, yes. Bisexual or pansexual, probably. Gray ace or demisexual, likely. Until something feels just right, they'll skip the exact labels.FREE books-- sign up at bit.ly/ADEllisNews for a FREE male/female romance.Sign up at http://www.subscribepage.com/ADEllisNewsMMRomance for a FREE male/male romance book.

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Stranded Hearts

STRANDED HEARTS

M/M/M SHORT STORY

A.D. ELLIS

A.D. Ellis Publishing

STRANDED HEARTS

Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in, Kai Christensen drawled. The smirk he’d perfected years ago graced his gorgeous face as Joey and I walked toward my grandmother’s quaint home on Hollyhock Hill in rural West Virginia.

Joey, always my strong support and protector, squeezed my hand as we were greeted by our old friend. Hey, Kai, what’s up, man? Joey’s voice had a slight quiver only I would have noticed after so many years together. Neither of us had ever gotten over our boyhood crushes on Kai.

Not much, Joe, just patching up leaks before the next round of rain. Kai dried his hands on a towel. Why so quiet, Mase?

I smiled and rolled my eyes as I fought not to bat my lashes. Only Kai and Joey called me Mase. The rest of the world used my given name, Mason.

Just wasn’t expecting to see you here. Where’s my grandma?

I was one hundred percent madly in love with Joey and had been for well over a decade, so why did Kai always make my heart pitter-patter? My only consolation was I knew Kai had the same effect on Joey. Joey, my six-foot two, solidly built gentle giant who loved me beyond measure, had a bad habit of stuttering over his words around Kai.

Kai tugged his phone from the front pocket of his slim-fit jeans. Blue eyes scanned the screen before he shook his head. "Looks like the dam