About The Lovers

Written by Sara Bell
51 pages / 21000 words
ISBN: 978-1-60370-443-4, 1-60370-443-4
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Scott was a child star, and had all the pitfalls of his profession, including drugs and a controlling, partying mom. Now he's clean, putting his life back together, and acting in a nationally known soap opera. Things are going great until his mother shows up, demanding money, threatening to out him to the entertainment world unless he coughs it up.

While Scott hates the blackmail, he's not out, and neither is his deeply closeted lover, Zane. Zane's got an ex-wife, kids, and a high powered job. Scott's playing a womanizer on his soap opera, and he's not sure he'll keep his job if he's exposed. Tough choices follow, and Scott has to decide if he's more afraid of hiding, or of living his life openly. Can he and Zane weather the storm and find a way to make all the drama work in their favor?

Sample

Once they were both dressed, Scott sat down on the edge of the bed. Zane was standing, and Scott could tell he was nervous as hell thanks to Scott's cryptic remarks. He silently cursed himself for mucking this up, then took a deep breath and plunged forward.

"My mom came to see me this morning."

Zane's eyes were sympathetic. "She was wasted."

Scott snorted. "That's one way to put it. She knows about me." When it didn't look like Zane was getting it, Scott clarified. "She knows I'm gay."

Zane's eyes went wide, and Scott could see the pulse beating at the base of his neck. "Oh fuck. Does she know about us? About me?"

It stung that Zane's first thought was about covering his own ass, but Scott pushed the pain aside. Zane had a right to be worried. He had a hell of a lot more to lose than Scott.

Scott shook his head. "She only knows about me because she followed up on a hunch." He rubbed the heel of his hand against one grainy eye. "Told me I had until the day after tomorrow to give her ten thousand dollars or she was going to sell the story to the International Exposer."

"Christ." Zane pushed his hair off his forehead with shaking fingers. He was still standing over Scott, but he looked like he was about to fall down. "Doesn't she realize what this could do to your career?"

"Is my career in jeopardy?" Scott made a pathetic attempt at a smile. "I thought maybe I had job security since I'm sleeping with my boss."

Zane didn't seem to think it was funny. "Damn it, Scott--"

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