Title: Long Haul
Author: Michael P. Thomas
Series: The Mile High Club, book two
Genre: Gay Romance, Contemporary
Length: Novella (62 pages)
Publisher: JMS Books
Synopsis
Flight attendant Tanner Bradac and his occasional make-out buddy Clark Arnold find themselves on a layover in San Francisco on the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage. Tanner is as happy about the ruling as any of his Facebook friends rainbowing up their profile pictures, it just doesn’t affect him personally—he doesn’t even have a boyfriend. Color him surprised, then, when he and Clark get caught up in the celebratory spirit of the day and return home as lawfully wedded husbands.
The wedding may have been a last-minute light-hearted lark, but Tanner and Clark are willing to give marriage a go. Tanner loves Clark—at least, he really wants to love Clark—and he figures the rest should just fall into place. How hard can being married to a guy you barely know really be?
Short Blurb: On the day the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, Tanner Bradac doesn’t even have a boyfriend, so you can imagine his surprise when he and his buddy Clark get carried away by the celebratory spirit of the day and wind up lawfully wedded husbands. The wedding may have been a light-hearted lark, but Tanner and Clark are willing to give marriage a go. After all, how hard can it be?
Well, that was fine, they got married, spent time in their hotel getting to know each other - well through rose-tinted glasses anyway. On their return to Denver, things begin to change. They lived in completely different areas, and Clark has the chance of a totally awesome job that would mean moving away. But that is fine, as Clark is convinced that Tanner will just follow him.... or will he?
I have to admit I was laughing at times in this book, especially when they actually got married, but then I was feeling sad as it seemed like they were going to be husbands for the shortest time. However, things do certainly change.......
“Us,” Tess said, placing a hand on Cecilia’s shoulder. “And them.” She jerked her thumb at Tanner and Clark.
Oh, we’re not getting married. Why wouldn’t it come out of Tanner’s mouth? It was true. Wasn’t it? It’s not like making out in the Packers parking lot when they were both three sheets to the wind made two people life partners. He looked at Clark, who would obviously chime in at any second—Tanner would feel foolish when they got back to the hotel pool and Clark asked him, What was with the hesitation?
So say it, already, Tanner willed Clark, but he just smiled up at Tanner like a goof. Suddenly they were standing before a county clerk with an application for a marriage license on the counter between them--now they were going to forget how to talk? Imagine Tanner’s relief when at last Clark opened his mouth.
“Want to?”
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Start with book one!
First Flight Out
Jesse Cisneros and his best buddy Tanner fly for Mile High Airlines, which is every bit as classy as it sounds. When Dr. Willis rings his call light on a flight from New York to Denver, Jesse is so taken with the good doctor’s looks and charm, he forgets all about the inflight medical crisis that prompted him to call for a flight attendant in the first place. Willis is handsome. Willis is helpful. And wouldn’t you know it? Willis is someone else’s husband.
Jesse can hardly believe his luck when their paths cross again on the patio of a popular gay bar. It’s been nine months, and Willis has been busy: now he’s single, he’s out, and he’s very interested in getting to know Jesse better. It all seems too good to be true! And you know what they say about that …
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Jump ahead eleven (redhead-free) years: I knew I wanted to write this second Mile High Club story about Tanner and Clark, and I took more than one crack at their story, but they just kept circling around Friends with Benefits, which wasn’t cutting it for me. On the day the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in this country, I harkened wistfully back to my all-but-forgotten plan to snare the Sexiest Redhead in the World. But I skipped past the nostalgic yen for what might have been; again the Impromptu Wedding asserted itself as the Way Forward, and for better or worse, Tanner and Clark were married on the spot. Time and future installments will tell if it was a stroke of romantic genius or if a foundering marriage takes a friendship down with it, but if they have half as much fun being married as I had writing about them getting married, they’re off to a good start.
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a Rafflecopter giveawayAbout the author
Michael P. Thomas is a flight attendant whose writing is continually inspired by his work with the flying public, who flatly refuse to be boring. The author of three novel-length gay romances and a number of romantic and erotic shorts, he writes gay fiction because when he was coming out he sure was glad to have it to read. After misspending his youth in San Francisco, he now lives in his native Colorado with his husband.
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