But you know what they say about a problem shared.” “Correct.” Nathan glanced sideways, admiring the stranger’s chiseled jaw and thick eyelashes. “You look like you’ve had a bad day,” he said while studying Nathan in the mirror behind the bar. He gestured to the barman for two more drinks. The man settled himself on the stool next to Nathan. He stared at the divine form approaching him, drinking in the man’s body, his lovely face and the eyes, which, as he got closer, Nathan saw were deep blue-violet, like sapphires. Much to his surprise, Nathan’s heart took off at a gallop. He slid off his stool gracefully-tall and long-legged-and stepped purposefully towards Nathan. He didn’t turn down drinks from beautiful strangers. He hadn’t come looking for that, but hey, he was only human. He lifted his glass and gave a little crooked smile.ĭespite his preoccupation, Nathan smiled. He was shaved smooth as glass and his skin was perfect, if a touch pale. His perfectly cut black hair must have cost him upwards of a hundred bucks. The man seated there was in his forties and wickedly handsome. Nathan darted a look to the only other occupied stool at the bar. “Compliments of the gentleman at the end.” The barkeep gave a somewhat lewd grin. He knocked back his scotch, and before he could even open his mouth to ask for another, the barman placed a double before him. Everybody was stressed up to the eyeballs, and Nathan was no exception. And who said the interloper would still want him around? Everyone in the place was fearful for their job. A takeover of the firm he worked for had left him about to stare his new boss in the face come morning. Low lighting and armchairs contributed to a cozy feel while a pianist played old-time jazz tunes with the odd request thrown in. Eli enchants him, seduces him and soon Conor can't keep his mind on the job.The atmosphere in the bar was mellow. He wants Conor and he'll do whatever it takes to show him he's serious. He nearly lost his family to his first homosexual experience and isn't willing to risk it all a second time, no matter how much Eli has captured his imagination, but Eli's not playing games. Now lightning might strike twice when head of the project Eli Sanders makes his admiration for Conor plain. umped by marine biologist Liam and he's been alone ever since. film crew arrive to record the autopsy of a beached whale in the picturesque seaside town of Kinroe, West Ireland. Lightning can't strike twice for unlucky-in-love Conor, can it? Local chief of police Conor Kelly has a major headache when a U.S.

Beached Hearts (Trade Paperback / Paperback)

Lonely by Scarlet Blackwell