Thrown together in the same small consultancy business, Steve and Josh overcome initial dislike and build a friendly working relationship. They are attracted to each other – but is an emotional relationship possible? The events of the past still hang over both their lives. Can they face up to them and build a future together?
"one hell of a fascinating, fantastic, intense, poignant, bittersweet, emotionally charged, smouldering, heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful, grab-you-by-the-feels, and beautiful story"
Amazon reviewer
"Why should it matter to me that there was going to be a good-looking, charming gay boy around the office? I was forty-two, for God’s sake and had nothing to offer a young man like that, even if I was prepared to do anything about my sexuality. Which I was not. Because we all knew what the outcome of that would be. So there. End of subject."
Prickly, irascible and totally dedicated to his environmental consultancy business, Steve Frazer has no time for hook-ups or relationships; they belong to the past, to another life that he left behind two decades ago. Consequently, his powerful attraction to a new recruit, bright, funny, out-and-proud Josh Ashcroft, is an unwelcome emotion.
Initially the two men clash badly. Steve’s attempts to rein in his feelings make him seem cruel and intolerant. Josh, battling the pressures of his first major job, struggles to cope with his boss’s harshness. Yet despite this, the two men are drawn to each other.
"With plenty of angst, moments I cried along with the characters, moments I got angry and upset on their behalf, and a few times I laughed - essentially an emotional rollercoaster"
Amazon reviewer
Their burgeoning relationship awakens painful memories for both men. If they are to have a future together, they need to shed the baggage of the past and reclaim their lives. Is that possible? And how will Steve cope with a family bereavement that draws him back home to the village he has not seen for twenty years, since the events that drove him to a solitary, loveless existence?
A Year of Awakening is the first book in a new series entitled Love in a Changing Climate and was published on 27 October 2018.
"Started like enemies to lovers, finish like hot chocolate in cold day"
Amazon reviewer
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