I thought since it's August and some of us are tired of the summer being rather sucky, I'd move right on into the Fall. Why not? I'm not making anyone deal with pumpkin spice, but I am bringing up Harvest Moon, one of my favorite Thanksgiving themed stories. Check it out and take a break from the rest of the world.
Harvest Moon by Megan Slayer
Moon
Series, book 2
Also
part of the Bleh! Turkey Series
MLR
Press
Contemporary,
Paranormal, Holiday
Short
Story
M/M,
Anal Sex
What's
a guy to do when the time to be with family is the time he dreads the most?
All
Matt Green wants for Thanksgiving is to propose to his boyfriend in the most
epic way he knows-in front of their families. There's only one catch. His
boyfriend, Reed Jordan, doesn't do family gatherings. To be honest, Reed isn't
wild about Thanksgiving, but he won't say why.
Matt's
willing to do anything in order to get Reed to talk, but will it make the
holiday perfect or or ruin all of Matt's plans? The Harvest Moon just might be
the right omen to make everything all right.
Available
now at:
MLR
Press: http://www.mlrbooks.com/Bookstore.php?bookid=MSHARVMN
Universal
Link: https://books2read.com/u/3JKgGX
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PYVBTBY?tag=
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/harvest-moon-41
iTunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/harvest-moon/id1215444463?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
EXCERPT:
©Megan
Slayer, 2014, All Rights Reserved
Reed stood at the counter. He’d told his boyfriend he’d be home
at three. The way things were looking, he’d be more than an hour late. Damn it.
Beside him, his
co-worker, Jagger, rang up a female customer with a little girl. The woman had
bought a couple of Thanksgiving books. The brightly colored turkey and leaves
on the top book caught Reed’s attention.
Thanksgiving. He
didn’t mind giving thanks for the good things in his life. He also didn’t mind
the food. What he hated were the gatherings. He wished the need to bring family
to one house was not the rule. Maybe he was losing his mind, but he hated the
togetherness. He’d been able to dodge the holiday for the last ten years, but
since he’d met Matt, he knew he wasn’t going to get around the festivities for
much longer. Matt liked family functions and preferred big parties. Reed wasn’t
even sure a big family party was possible.
He finished typing
out a reply email to the customer in search of an out-of-print book. Thankfully,
the store had the book. He sent the customer the expected price and shipping
options. He glanced at his watch once more. Less than two days until Thanksgiving.
The store would be open on Wednesday, but he wasn’t working. If the customer
needed the book, he could wait until Friday.
The last time he and
Matt had talked about the holiday, Matt’s sister, Emily and her boyfriend were
supposed to be spending the day with them. He could handle that. He liked
Matt’s sister and loved her son, Nattie. Still, he wanted a small dinner, not a
gigantic situation. He sighed. At least with Em and Matt, he wasn’t going to
have to deal with accusations.
“I’m off until Friday
morning,” Reed said to Jagger. “If there is a crisis, call me, but try not to
have a crisis.”
“That’s the plan.”
Jagger grinned. “You can trust us. We won’t let you down. Now go, so Matt doesn’t
think you got lost.”
“Deal.”
3 comments:
Ooooooh, I love a secret and I have a feeling Reed can't keep his much longer. I totally agree with putting this summer in the rearview!
I knew I wasn't alone in thinking that! :-) Thanks for commenting Nancy.
We definitely need to leave the spring & summer of 2020 behind. I'm ready for fall. Great excerpt.
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