Harvest
Moon
by Megan Slayer
Contemporary, Paranormal, LGBTQ, Holiday Romance
Thanksgiving Romance
Short Story
Megan Slayer Publications
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 ruin all of Matt’s plans? The
Harvest Moon just might be the right omen to make everything all right.
This
book has been re-edited for this re-issue.
Amazon
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R6T9Q2J
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EXCERPT:
©Megan
Slayer, 2022, 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.”
1 comment:
I loved reading this excerpt. For the first time I'm writing a short story that involves m/m and this gives me the courage to do so. Thanks for sharing!
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