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Always
Sometimes you have to suffer in order to make the one you love happy…
Steve eavesdrops on a phone conversation—and his whole world crashes around him. He hears something he’d never wanted to hear and knows his lover, Christopher, will be giving him some bad news. Two weeks go by, and with no news, no devastating upset coming his way, Steve decides to end their relationship…to save Christopher the guilt of doing it himself.
Lost in a sea of confusion, Steve tries to push himself back into the single game, only to find memories and his love for Christopher just won’t go away. Alcohol and bars only make his loneliness more apparent and, shoving his pride aside, he visits Christopher in order to make things right between them again.
However, there’s more to that phone call than Steve had imagined, and even though he’d caused their break up to save Christopher hurting, he begins to realise that he’s caused them both more pain than they could have ever imagined.
Sarah Masters
Sarah Masters is a multi-published author in three pen names writing several genres. She lives with her husband, children, and three cats in an English village. She writes full time and is also a cover artist and blog designer. In another life she was an editor. Her other pen names are Natalie Dae and Charley Oweson.
Steve eavesdrops on a phone conversation—and his whole world crashes around him. He hears something he’d never wanted to hear and knows his lover, Christopher, will be giving him some bad news. Two weeks go by, and with no news, no devastating upset coming his way, Steve decides to end their relationship…to save Christopher the guilt of doing it himself.
Lost in a sea of confusion, Steve tries to push himself back into the single game, only to find memories and his love for Christopher just won’t go away. Alcohol and bars only make his loneliness more apparent and, shoving his pride aside, he visits Christopher in order to make things right between them again.
However, there’s more to that phone call than Steve had imagined, and even though he’d caused their break up to save Christopher hurting, he begins to realise that he’s caused them both more pain than they could have ever imagined.
Sarah Masters
Sarah Masters is a multi-published author in three pen names writing several genres. She lives with her husband, children, and three cats in an English village. She writes full time and is also a cover artist and blog designer. In another life she was an editor. Her other pen names are Natalie Dae and Charley Oweson.
83 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 8, 2013
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Sarah Masters
87 books48 followersSarah Masters is one of three pen names I write under. Sarah mainly writes m/m. Natalie Dae writes het erotica, while the third, Charley Oweson, writes thriller/horror/suspense books with no sex.
www.emmyellis.com
I enjoy writing all genres, though I haven't attempted, nor plan to attempt Sci-Fi.
www.emmyellis.com
I enjoy writing all genres, though I haven't attempted, nor plan to attempt Sci-Fi.
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July 13, 2013
Yikes, this had great potential to be a killer angst-fest, but I was just not able to buy the reason for their breakup. Incredibly unreasonable in my eyes. Just my opinion, of course, but because of this I cannot recommend.
July 15, 2013
I was expecting something a little more damning in the way of the overheard phone call. It was fairly clearly about someone other than the MC so the 'misunderstanding' felt very forced.
July 13, 2014
This should've been a wholehearted 4 but is 3.5 stars.
This was beautifully written, the angst and emotions totally got to me (not a great thing since I was on the tube), the back and forth style from "memory" to "now" was well orchestrated and didn't jar me from the book (I'm not normally a fan of flashbacks)....however. That was one of the dumbest, weakest assumptions from a not-that-incriminating phone call I've ever read. It could've been so much better but instead it was a shock of "huh", "really?!" and "TSTL" (I hope that's the correct slang/acronym) that made the past several parts poorer in my memory. It actually annoyed me. There are so many other suspicious incidents that could have triggered it all, but that just seemed weak, and a little bit lazy - easy to explain away quickly and get the HEA make-up sex going . That's why I had to remove half a star.
This was beautifully written, the angst and emotions totally got to me (not a great thing since I was on the tube), the back and forth style from "memory" to "now" was well orchestrated and didn't jar me from the book (I'm not normally a fan of flashbacks)....however. That was one of the dumbest, weakest assumptions from a not-that-incriminating phone call I've ever read. It could've been so much better but instead it was a shock of "huh", "really?!" and "TSTL" (I hope that's the correct slang/acronym) that made the past several parts poorer in my memory. It actually annoyed me. There are so many other suspicious incidents that could have triggered it all, but that just seemed weak, and a little bit lazy - easy to explain away quickly and get the HEA make-up sex going . That's why I had to remove half a star.
March 23, 2017
I just finished reading Always and I have to say, this book is spot on. This novella is a roller-coaster ride of heartache and emotions.
The dialog is done in first-person from Steve’s POV so nothing is missed of his internal conflicts during the two weeks immediately afterwards. All his pains, doubts, musings are laid out for the reader to experience. Inserted thorough the book are flashback to Steve and Christopher first meeting which allows the us to feel the delicious joys of a first meeting interspace with final heartbreak.
And for some strange reason All Out of Love by Air Supply is now running through my head.
Author Sarah Masters did a superb job of capturing the mental angst one goes through during break-up. Anyone who has experienced a misunderstanding and a break-up can relate to this book. Is it worth the read? I would say yes.
I received this book from JeepDiva in exchange for my honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars – 4 Flames - 3
The dialog is done in first-person from Steve’s POV so nothing is missed of his internal conflicts during the two weeks immediately afterwards. All his pains, doubts, musings are laid out for the reader to experience. Inserted thorough the book are flashback to Steve and Christopher first meeting which allows the us to feel the delicious joys of a first meeting interspace with final heartbreak.
And for some strange reason All Out of Love by Air Supply is now running through my head.
Author Sarah Masters did a superb job of capturing the mental angst one goes through during break-up. Anyone who has experienced a misunderstanding and a break-up can relate to this book. Is it worth the read? I would say yes.
I received this book from JeepDiva in exchange for my honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars – 4 Flames - 3
September 20, 2015
3.5 ish..
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