Safe Shores

By Morticia Knight

A rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard. A fisherman who came out later in life. Will a violent gale storm rip away their chance at a forever after?

 

Fishing is the only life that Kirk has ever known. Born and raised in a small town on the Northern Oregon Coast, coming out of the closet was a struggle. Fortunately, he's been lucky to find an amazing man to be with who serves in the Coast Guard. But is Shane only interested in a shoreleave romance?

 

Shane loves the Coast Guard and the sea. The outdoor life has always called to him, which is one of many things he has in common with the older Kirk. If only Kirk is as interested in building a future together as he is in dominating Shane in the bedroom, then his life would be complete.

 

Shane and Kirk's joyful reunion is interrupted when a terrible storm threatens the coast. Kirk is forced to stand by helplessly and wait while the man he loves battles the raging sea to save a group of teens. In an instant, Kirk could lose everyone he holds dear.

 

Will Kirk finally be with the only man he's ever loved, or will the ocean steal Shane away?

 

Note: You can expect a spicy, suspense-action story featuring age gap, primal play, light bondage and a guaranteed forever after. Safe Shores was previously released under the same title with a different cover and publisher. It was also recently available in the Uncontrolled Chaos Charity Anthology. Please check your library to verify if you already own this story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Morticia Knight
• Release date: Sep 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223544531

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Safe Shores

Copyright ©2015, 2019 Morticia Knight

Edited by Barham Editorial

Cover by Fantasia Frog

Published by Knight Ever After Publishing LLC

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Table of Contents

Copyright Page

Description

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Epilogue

More Romance in Uniform

About the Author

A rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard. A fisherman who came out later in life. Will a violent gale storm rip away their chance at a forever after?

Fishing is the only life that Kirk has ever known. Born and raised in a small town on the Northern Oregon Coast, coming out of the closet was a struggle. Fortunately, he’s been lucky to find an amazing man to be with who serves in the Coast Guard. But is Shane only interested in a shore leave romance?

Shane loves the Coast Guard and the sea. The outdoor life has always called to him, which is one of many things he has in common with the older Kirk. If only Kirk is as interested in building a future together as he is in dominating Shane in the bedroom, then his life would be complete.

Shane and Kirk’s joyful reunion is interrupted when a terrible storm threatens the coast. Kirk is forced to stand by helplessly and wait while the man he loves battles the raging sea to save a group of teens. In an instant, Kirk could lose everyone he holds dear.

Will Kirk finally be with the only man he’s ever loved, or will the ocean steal Shane away?

Chapter One

Quit checking your cell, old man.

Shane would be docking soon—Kirk had received his text the night before. There was a tightening low in his belly in anticipation of seeing his coast guard lover for the first time in three months. They would have two months together before Shane took off on his next tour, plus some holidays. It was the longest stretch of time they’d had together in a while.

Kirk was done fishing for the year until he started up again in May. As was typical, he would work additional hours as a cook at the Lighthouse Grill, since he took over for the kids who went back to school in the fall.

But the comfort of routine had been absent as of late. Restlessness scratched under his skin, a dissatisfaction he hadn’t felt since he’d ended his marriage ten years before. He’d grown up in the Columbia River community of Astoria, Oregon then married his childhood sweetheart. They’d had a wonderful son together, he’d taken over his dad’s fishing business and had settled into what should’ve been a peaceful, ideal life.

Except for the part where admitting he was gay had created a major upheaval in his world.

He’d always known that divorcing Cindy would be painful because they’d been best friends since they were twelve. But there had been the added challenge of being outed in such a small town. It had been a mixed bag of those who didn’t give a shit and those who behaved as if he’d contracted leprosy. Since he’d never been overly social, was quieter by nature, it wasn’t that big of an issue. Thankfully, he and Cindy had finally reached the point where the friendship had returned.

Kirk absent-mindedly checked his cell again after taking a final swallow of the bottle of beer he’d been nursing at the bar of Neptune’s Galley. It was his local dive of choice, and he’d patronized it most of his adult life. Grunting at his borderline obsessive behavior, he replaced the phone on the surface of the bar and tried to will himself to calm down.

It was nice to wait for Shane in the place where they’d met three years ago. He still marveled at how lucky they’d been to connect at all in the small town. It wasn’t exactly known for its gay hook-ups, and Shane’s sporadic