Charlie

Ask pretty much anyone, and they can tell you who their first real crush was. First love leaves an impression, after all.

Is it normal that I never remotely got over mine? Probably not, and I’m totally willing to admit it. I’ve tried. Believe me. Somehow though, nothing I do seems to be enough to get Myles Marlow out of my head.

Maybe the reason is that Myles wasn’t just my first crush. From the day I met him until the day my family left the town of Riverside, he was my best friend and the absolute center of my world.

Did I know he could never be anything more than my friend? Yes, I did. He’s straight, after all. And I’d accepted it…mostly. But, for all my pining, I’d absolutely never imagined a world where he would be anything less. Least of all had I imagined a world completely without him.

I’d like to pretend that my move back to Riverside has nothing to do with Myles. That would be ridiculous…wouldn’t it? We haven’t spoken in ten years, and besides, he’s long gone from this small town, traveling in Southeast Asia last I’d heard (and no, you don’t need to ask how I know this).

The thing is, I’m just not sure I’m that good at lying to myself.

Myles

Riverside is the one place in the world I’d sworn I’d never set foot in again. Yeah, I can’t pretend anywhere else could ever feel as much like home as the forests and the river here, but this place is haunted by nothing but painful memories for me. And yet here I am. Back for as long as it takes me to fix up and sell the run-down mess of a house my dad left me when he unexpectedly died.

It’s been ten years since the biggest mistake of my life cost me my friendship with the one person who mattered most. Ten years spent knowing I’d never get a chance to make things right, until what I’d thought was nothing but a crappy twist of fate throws me the opportunity I hadn’t even dared to hope was possible.

Because it’s not just me that’s back in Riverside. Charlie Lancaster is here too.

Charlie’s forgiveness is worlds more than I deserve; another shot at a friendship with him my literal dream come true. I tell myself it’s all I could ever want.

So why does that keep getting harder and harder to believe?

Color of Home is a high heat, estranged childhood best friends to lovers MM romance with the sweetest, slowest of all slow burns and a guaranteed HEA. The story is low on angst, full of mutual pining, and certain to give you all the feels. It features a demisexual MC having a bi and demiromantic awakening, lingerie, makeup and lace, a dash of hurt/comfort, and a rural small-town setting. Color of Home is book 2 in the Colors of Us series, but can be read as a standalone.

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