The Right Choice

By Clare London

Although he's nervous on his wedding day, Pat is taking all the stresses and mishaps in stride until his mother announces that Nicky -- his first boyfriend -- is at the door. Unexpectedly.

While his mum and sisters fuss around with family crises and preparations, Pat lets his mind wander, remembering how he met Nicky, their growing friendship, and the closeness and love that led to so much more. The fun and sexy passion they shared ... and the painful fights.

But why is Nicky here, at the house? And why is Pat so worried about it? As he goes downstairs to face Nicky, his family waits with bated breath to find out whether there's another disaster looming ... or whether Pat and Nicky's story is something far more romantic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Feb 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781646563128

Clare London

Clare took the pen name London from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with the weekly wash, waiting for the far distant day when she can afford to give up her day job as an accountant. She’s written in many genres and across many settings, with novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she’s just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she’s happy. Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic and sexy characters.Clare currently has several novels sulking at that tricky chapter 3 stage and plenty of other projects in mind . . . she just has to find out where she left them in that frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home.All the details and free fiction are available at her website. Visit her today and say hello!Join up for her newsletter at http://bit.ly/2WpHlyK and receive a free short story!Clare also writes as Stella Shaw and launched her Love at the Haven series of rent boy romances in 2021.Website + blog: http://www.clarelondon.com / stellashawauthor.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarelondonTwitter: https://twitter.com/clare_londonGoodreads: http://bit.ly/2lNSfC2Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/clarelondonBookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/clare-londonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarelondon11/Quids&Quills: http://www.quidsandquills.com (accountancy for UK authors)

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The Right Choice

By Clare London

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Copyright 2020 Clare London

ISBN 9781646563128

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The Right Choice

By Clare London

I stand alone in my childhood bedroom, staring into the mirror above bookshelves full of fiction and adventure books, school award certificates, and an embarrassingly huge number of Transformer and Pokémon models. Am I musing on my younger life, and comparing it to where I am today, a grown man in his early twenties? Maybe a little bit.

But mainly I’m wondering whether the lurking spot on the end of my nose is on its way out, or is going to erupt when I least expect it.

Cue heartfelt sigh into the empty room.

Let’s face it, the sophisticated, handsome look on me always needs work, but it’s being particularly uncooperative this morning. Of all the mornings to choose! My hair won’t lie straight—there’s a tuft on my crown that insists on spiking up whenever I try to slick it down. I’ve nicked my chin shaving, and now there’s a small, dark scratch under my lip. And the left side of my collar doesn’t lie comfortably on top of the stupid bow tie, and keeps rolling up at the end. Even though I’ve ironed it flat. Three times.

Cue a second, heartfelt sigh.

Pat? Mandy, the younger of my two sisters, pokes her head around the door. She’s clutching a couple of towels and what looks like the plastic bucket from our garden shed. Her smile looks more like a grimace. How’s it going? She rushes on before I can even start to answer. May’s two young ‘uns are running riot downstairs. Poppy insists on wearing her jeans under her frock, and Daniel won’t keep his smart jacket on. May’s tried alternately bribing him with the promise of extra TV and threatening him with cutting it off completely. At my raised eyebrows, she laughs. The TV, idiot. Nothing more aggressive than that. Though I’m not sure May’s not tempted.

I love my niece and nephew, though I know my other sister May has her hands full looking after them.

Mandy’s continuing, Phil can’t find his cuff links. The silver ones I bought him for his birthday last year. I give him one job—get yourself dressed!—and it’s still a production. Oh, and Uncle Ed’s just called to say his car’s stuck in traffic on the M25 by the Dartford Tunnel and won’t be here for another hour. That’s cutting it really fine to meet the registrar at the hotel for midday.

Mandy— But it seems like she’s not listening.

"And the caterers say the salmon mousse is off, something about the hot weather. All they have available to substitute is a meatloaf, I mean, they say it’s a very superior meatloaf, but Mum says if they can’t deliver what we ordered, they can shove it up their superior—"

Mandy! I hold up a hand to stop the tirade. "Look, it’s fine. I’ll have a word with the kids in a minute if you like, but it’s probably better they let off steam now rather than in the middle of everything. Phil’s cuff links are in the pot on the mantel, he left them there at Christmas when he got drunk and they were