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Everything Changes
by Melanie Hansen
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GENRE: M/M Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Two battle buddies. One fateful deployment. Two vastly different
sets of wounds. One friendship changed forever.
A
childhood in foster care taught Carey Everett to hold tight to what he has.
Enlisting in the Marines gave him purpose, but a life-threatening injury ended
his career—and took his leg. Now fully recovered, Carey’s happier than he’s
ever been. He has a fulfilling job, a chosen family and, best of all, a
cherished friendship with Jase DeSantis, the platoon medic who saved his life.
Despite
Jase’s heroism in combat, he’s haunted by his actions overseas. Playing music
with his band keeps the demons at bay, but it’s a battle he’s starting to lose.
After
a week of sun and fun in San Diego, Jase and Carey’s connection takes an
unexpected turn. With change comes a new set of challenges. For Jase, it means
letting someone else into his deepest pain. For Carey, it’s realizing love
doesn’t always equal loss. In order to make their relationship work, they’ll
have to come to terms with their pasts…
…or risk walking away from each other for good.
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EXCERPT ONE:
Carey
snatched up his crutches and hopped to the kitchen.
Seated
at the table with a tumbler, Jase took one look at him and burst into laughter.
“What?”
Carey asked crossly. “I have a booger hanging out my nose or something?”
“No,
the saying on your shirt.” Wiping his eyes on the hem of his own black tee,
Jase wheezed, “‘Marine: Some Assembly Required.’”
Wordlessly,
Carey turned to show him the back, which read: “I had a blast in Afghanistan.”
That
sent Jase into peals of more laughter, the husky sound brushing like crushed
velvet along Carey’s skin. “Glad you find it amusing,” he said drily. “Adele
actually gave me this.”
At
the mention of the physical therapist who’d treated Carey at Walter Reed,
Jase’s cheeks turned pink. Carey couldn’t help but chuckle. “Yeah, I know about
you two. She told me.”
“She
did?”
A
perpetually cheerful woman anyway, Adele had had an extra spring in her step
one morning as she’d bounced into the amputee clinic. “Had dinner with your
friend Jase last night,” she’d said, eyes sparkling. “And also, you know,
breakfast.”
Carey
had grunted, not in the least concerned about Jase’s sex life. “Can you spot me
on the weight bar?” he’d asked, and that was that.
Now
he regarded Jase thoughtfully. “It amazes me, how you stay friends with all
your exes.”
An
indignant look crossed Jase’s face. “What do you mean, all my exes? And Adele
isn’t an ex, not really. That was mostly timing, comfort.” He shrugged. “Fun.”
Carey
lowered himself into a chair. “Well, she still asks about you when she comes
out to work at the ranch. Gets this faraway look on her face.” He snorted at
Jase’s smug glance. “Oh, you’re just that good, huh?”
Jase
lifted an eyebrow. “Wanna find out?”
Even
though Carey knew he was joking, a frisson of remembered heat flashed through
him. He cleared his throat. “Nah. You’re the bi one here, not me.”
Their
eyes met and held before Jase murmured, “Hmm. Pity.”
It
was Carey’s turn to blush as a tingle of heat spread from his belly down
between his legs. He risked a glance at Jase again, only to find gentle teasing
on his face.
Shaking
his head, Carey shot him a rueful smile. “You goof. What would you have done if
I’d said yes?”
“If
you’d said yes—” Jase got to his feet and poured Carey a few fingers from the
bottle of Tennessee Honey liqueur on the counter. After he’d set the tumbler
down in front of him, he leaned in close. “I’d have made sure you thoroughly
enjoyed yourself. What else?”
With
a wink, Jase sauntered off to his bedroom, leaving Carey staring after him, his
pulse pounding so hard he wondered if Jase could hear it.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Melanie Hansen doesn’t
get nearly enough sleep. She loves all things coffee-related, including
collecting mugs from every place she’s visited. After spending eighteen years
as a military spouse, Melanie definitely considers herself a moving expert. She
has lived and worked all over the country, and hopes to bring these rich and
varied life experiences to the love stories she gets up in the wee hours to
write. On her off-time, you can find Melanie watching baseball, reading or
spending time with her husband and two teenage sons.
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Melanie ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to be back, Ally! Thanks for hosting me today! <3
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ReplyDeleteI love the cover, synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like my kind of read. Thank you for sharing the book and author details
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