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Pre-release Available!
London in the Rain, my April Rain or Shine story for JMS Books is due for general release on April 9th and is now live on the JMS Books site with a 20% off pre-release offer. This sale extends to new releases and will last until April 16th.
My new story is a mood piece, set in mid-1930s London (in the rain, naturally) about Raymond Smith, a semi-closeted gay man who has shut down on his emotions for so long he’s almost forgotten he has any until a chance encounter gives him hope for a new romantic beginning.
Raymond Smith is used to loneliness. As a hardworking clerk in rainy 1930s London, he hides behind the title of a confirmed bachelor, only occasionally acting on his desires at Charlie’s, a discreet Soho gay bar. But when he meets charming, handsome David Carstairs, who offers him friendship and more, his narrow routine is threatened. Can he break the habit of a lifetime and permit himself to love.
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My new story is a mood piece, set in mid-1930s London (in the rain, naturally) about Raymond Smith, a semi-closeted gay man who has shut down on his emotions for so long he’s almost forgotten he has any until a chance encounter gives him hope for a new romantic beginning.
Raymond Smith is used to loneliness. As a hardworking clerk in rainy 1930s London, he hides behind the title of a confirmed bachelor, only occasionally acting on his desires at Charlie’s, a discreet Soho gay bar. But when he meets charming, handsome David Carstairs, who offers him friendship and more, his narrow routine is threatened. Can he break the habit of a lifetime and permit himself to love.
https://www.jms-books.com/ellie-thoma...
https://books2read.com/u/mZZRRB
London in the Rain Release Day!
My new story, London in the Rain for JMS Books‘ April Rain or Shine submissions call is now on release!
Raymond Smith is used to loneliness. As a hardworking clerk in rainy 1930s London, he hides behind the title of a confirmed bachelor, only occasionally acting on his desires at Charlie’s, a discreet Soho gay bar.
But when he meets charming, handsome David Carstairs, who offers him friendship and more, his narrow routine is threatened. Can he break the habit of a lifetime and permit himself to love?
A life of set routine is the norm for Raymond Smith. Now in his mid-thirties, a fleeting wartime romance far behind him, he is an exemplary clerk at a London insurance firm where he’s perceived as dry and conventional.
But Raymond has a secret. Every month or so, he visits Charlie’s, one of the more understated bars in Soho’s flowering gay scene in the 1930s. There, he seeks relief with strangers to get him through the next few weeks. On one of these visits, he encounters suave David Carstairs, a well-travelled linguist with the Foreign Office. Rather than a brief encounter, David offers him friendship and even affection. Despite Raymond’s misgivings, the two men, with their contrasting backgrounds and experiences, start to form a bond in the spring of 1936 as Europe inexorably begins to march towards war. Will Raymond fearfully reject this chance of happiness? Or can he unbend enough to allow David into his heart and life?
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20% off at JMS Books‘ new release sale until April 16th.
https://www.jms-books.com/ellie-thoma...
Raymond Smith is used to loneliness. As a hardworking clerk in rainy 1930s London, he hides behind the title of a confirmed bachelor, only occasionally acting on his desires at Charlie’s, a discreet Soho gay bar.
But when he meets charming, handsome David Carstairs, who offers him friendship and more, his narrow routine is threatened. Can he break the habit of a lifetime and permit himself to love?
A life of set routine is the norm for Raymond Smith. Now in his mid-thirties, a fleeting wartime romance far behind him, he is an exemplary clerk at a London insurance firm where he’s perceived as dry and conventional.
But Raymond has a secret. Every month or so, he visits Charlie’s, one of the more understated bars in Soho’s flowering gay scene in the 1930s. There, he seeks relief with strangers to get him through the next few weeks. On one of these visits, he encounters suave David Carstairs, a well-travelled linguist with the Foreign Office. Rather than a brief encounter, David offers him friendship and even affection. Despite Raymond’s misgivings, the two men, with their contrasting backgrounds and experiences, start to form a bond in the spring of 1936 as Europe inexorably begins to march towards war. Will Raymond fearfully reject this chance of happiness? Or can he unbend enough to allow David into his heart and life?
Universal Book Link:
https://books2read.com/u/mZZRRB
20% off at JMS Books‘ new release sale until April 16th.
https://www.jms-books.com/ellie-thoma...
