The Reject and the Rebound

Sometimes salvation comes from the person you'd least expect.

Owen:

The day I came home and discovered my partner of six years had left me, I was devastated. There was no warning, no note, no nothing. Just his closets emptied out and his key shoved under the door. Picking up the pieces was a slow process because no one in my life understood just how difficult it was to move on when you had no idea why you were even dumped in the first place.

But then I ran into Alex and discovered my old classmate's marriage to his high school girlfriend was going about as well as my own relationship. Finally, another person knew what I was going through.

There was only one problem: he used to be friends with my high school bully.

Oh, and I used to have a massive crush on him.

And he was straight. So, three problems, really.

Alex:

Ever since my wife walked out on my, my life had one single focus: our nine-year-old son. Now that the divorce was final and the months of bickering with my ex-wife and her lawyer were in the past, I could move on. At least, that's what everyone was telling me to do. In reality, I still didn't know why my wife even left me. All I knew was that the night I ran into Owen, I felt inexplicably drawn to him. And when he asked me out for a drink later, I felt more alive than I had in months.

There was only one problem: I used to be friends with his high school bully.

Oh, and I used to have a teensy little crush on him.

And I wasn't quite as straight as he, and everyone else, thought I was. So three problems, really.

The Reject and the Rebound is the third book in the Leighton series. It is a 93k word MM romance featuring unusual Halloween costumes, typical Thanksgiving family arguments, Christmas celebrated on New Year's Day, and lots of getting sweaty in between.