Color of Grace (Cost of Repairs)

Product Description Looking to the future begins with forgiving the past. Cost of Repairs, Book 2 Barrett McCall once lived like there was no tomorrow. Now the reformed party animal savors each day as a gift. His short order cook job at Dixie’s Cup pays the rent, and he’s content with his sober—if solitary—life. When a fire leaves him homeless, Dixie’s offer to let him move into her basement apartment puts him on a collision course with her nephew, art teacher Schuyler Rhodes. The heat between them crackles, but in Schuyler’s eyes Barrett recognizes the same demons he exorcised long ago. Dixie’s kind-hearted offer couldn’t come at a worse time for Schuyler. It’s the anniversary of his teenage cousin Matty’s drowning. Everyone believes it was an accident, but Schuyler knows the truth—and so does the culprit. For fifteen years that truth has burned a hole in his soul…and now it keeps Barrett at arm’s length. One lingering kiss melts away the barriers between them, but when the other witness to Matty’s death shows up in town, Schuyler is forced into a confrontation that could cost him Barrett’s love—and possibly his own life. Warning: Contains a hot man-on-man romance between a slightly uptight art teacher and a free-spirited tattoo-artist-turned-line-cook, a bucket of guilt sprinkled on top of past regrets, and the improper use of bamboo kabob skewers. Review “…all the characters felt like friends to me, and I was saddened to see it end. […] It gives room for hope, and second (and third) chances, and two men who could have had a very depressing story find in each other the strength they need to let go of the past and fully embrace a future—together.” —Gay List Book Reviews on Color of Grace “A.M. Arthur’s debut, Cost of Repairs, is a emotionally heart tugging male/male romance about pain, loss, and forgiveness. Smoothly written with a viable plot and interesting sub plots that intertwine and pull together to give us a poignant realistic story.” —Smexy Books Romance Reviews “This was a beautiful, well thought through story with multi-layered, well drawn characters that lingered in my mind long after I finished reading and which I’ll definitely read again.” —Reviews by Jessewave on Cost of Repairs Book Description Cost of Repairs, Book 2 Reformed party animal Barrett is content with his short order cook job, and with his sober—if solitary—life. Then he meets Schuyler. The heat between them crackles, but in Schuyler, Barrett recognizes demons he exorcised long ago. For fifteen years, a secret has burned a hole in Schuyler’s soul. He knows the truth about his cousin’s death—as does the culprit. One lingering kiss with Barrett melts all barriers…until the other witness shows up in town, and Schuyler is forced into a confrontation that could cost him Barrett’s love—and maybe his own life. About the Author No stranger to the writing world, A.M. Arthur has been creating stories in her head since she was a child, and scribbling them down nearly as long. Contact her at [email protected] with your cooking tips (or book comments). You can also find her online (http://amarthur.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (http://twitter.com/am_arthur).