Quicksand

by Ryan Dennis

Evan is a strikingly handsome, 30 year old gay man in an abusive relationship. Alan is his 32 year old neighbor traumatized by a particularly tragic divorce. For years, the two neighbors have exchanged only occasional hellos.
Then Evan’s abusive partner, Lucas, is brutally murdered in a gangland-style execution. After years of living in constant terror of mental and physical cruelty, Evan is relieved. But Lucas died for a reason and now his murderers are coming after Evan for unpaid debts.
With no evidence or witnesses to the murder, the police advise Evan to leave town until arrests can be made, but the innocent man has no where to go.
Alan offers Evan secret asylum. Forced to live in a crucible of fear while thugs rampage in search of Evan, the two men share secrets and become ever closer. Temptation mounts. Suddenly, violence flares. Then, Alan and Evan must come together and confront mortal danger.

101 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 9, 2023

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book with the 2 MCs being caught up in a murder. I like how the two who previously didn't have much to do with each other tell each other the story of their lives whilst hiding from hitmen.
A pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.

[Deeze · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this was an enjoyable story I'm afraid I never felt the emotion I was expecting to feel.

While both Alan and Evan were interesting I never felt the chemistry.

For me the problem was to much tell and not enough show.

Overall this one just fell a little flat.