Loving the Assistant

By Shawn Lane

Lawrence “Lorrie” Bishop has been at his job as a waiter at Red Rita’s, for a couple of years. He feels like he needs something else in life but he’s not sure what. Besides a steady boyfriend, of course.

When Rita must take a medical leave she brings on her son, Jackson, to run the restaurant. Lorrie is surprised to be prompted to assistance manager. Now he’s going to have to work with the sexy as sin, Jackson, who Lorrie guesses is straight and definitely out of his league.

Jackson isn’t quite sure Lorrie has what it takes to be management, but he is attracted to the younger man, and because of his mother, he gives Lorrie a chance. Before long Lorrie proves himself a great assistant manager and Jackson clears up his sexual preference misunderstanding when he asks Lorrie out.

Can they have a future beyond a brief loving the assistant?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Mar 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781685504434

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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Loving the Assistant

By Shawn Lane

Published by JMS Books LLC

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Copyright 2023 Shawn Lane

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Loving the Assistant

By Shawn Lane

Chapter 1

Lawrence Lorrie Bishop had grown bored with his life. Bored with pretending he had some exciting life he simply did not.

While facing his reflection in the mirror of the men’s room, he tied the red apron he wore as part of his job at Red Rita’s Café, the sort of restaurant only open for breakfast and lunch. Each day of work he had to give himself a pep talk before going out on the floor to take orders.

Working at the restaurant hadn’t been all bad, of course. He liked most of the other wait staff and some of the customers could be really sweet. Especially the regulars. But something was definitely missing from his life. Well, besides a steady boyfriend. He definitely wanted one of those, too.

Lorrie had no one to blame for his seemingly dead end job but himself. He’d been the one to forgo college. Well, not entirely. He had taken a few acting school courses the fall before last. For all of about five minutes he had stars in his eyes, thinking he was going to be the next big Hollywood star. A leading man! Then he woke up and realized leading men weren’t fruitier than strawberries.

As for going to college to study math or English or God forbid business and economics, he shuddered, he’d rather watch paint dry. He’d considered going back to college a few times or even to chef school, maybe. In the end, he hadn’t been able to make himself enroll.

Sighing rather dramatically even for him,