Waiting for the flood

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Personal Author:

Hall, Alexis J.

Physical Description:

370 pages ; 21 cm.

Series:

Spires story ; 2

Genre:

Gay fiction.

Romance fiction.

Summary:

"From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a deeply moving romance about losing the life you always thought would be yours...and finding something beautiful in the wreckage of the past. Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again. As the two men are drawn together in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin slowly lets down his guard as he comes to accept he can't shield his heart from everything-and perhaps he doesn't even need to try. Because love doesn't only leave scars...sometimes, it heals them, too. This lyrical, moving LGBTQIA+ romance contains never-before-seen content and exclusive bonus material-including a NEW novella, Chasing the Light, following Marius as he rediscovers love and the complicated joy of being truly alive"--

Subject Term:

Gay men -- Fiction.

Mental health -- Fiction.

Mental illness -- Fiction.

Publication Info:

Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2024.

Subject:

Gay men -- Fiction.

Mental health -- Fiction.

Mental illness -- Fiction.

Gay fiction.

Romance fiction.

Gay males

Gay people, Male

Homosexual males

Homosexual men

Homosexuals, Male

Male gay people

Male homosexuals

Urnings

Emotional health

Mental hygiene

Mental physiology and hygiene

Mental diseases

Mental disorders

SAILS ISBN:

9781728251356

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Foxboro - Boyden Library	FIC HALL	NEW FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Norton Public Library	FIC HALL SPIRES V2	NEW FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL comes a deeply moving romance about losing the life you always thought would be yours...and finding something beautiful in the wreckage of the past.

Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.

As the two men are drawn together in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin slowly lets down his guard as he comes to accept he can't shield his heart from everything-and perhaps he doesn't even need to try. Because love doesn't only leave scars...sometimes, it heals them, too.

This lyrical, moving LGBTQIA+ romance contains never-before-seen content and exclusive bonus material-including a NEW novella, Chasing the Light, following Marius as he rediscovers love and the complicated joy of being truly alive.

The World of SPIRES-
Glitterland , book 1
Waiting for the Flood , book 2

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Hall follows up Glitterland with a poignant brace of interconnected novellas about exes each being saved by a different stranger. In the eponymous opener, Edwin Tully meets Adam Dacre, a civil engineer in flood management, after Edwin's Oxford apartment comes under threat by rising waters. Lonely-hearted after breaking up with Marius, his boyfriend of 10 years, Edwin just "wants someone to make tea for." Patient, burly Adam may be just the man--but Edwyn feels unworthy of his love. "Chasing the Light" turns the focus onto Marius, who sees Edwin and Adam together at a Christmas Eve party and flees the event. In his haste, he injures his ankle and is rescued by ex-con Leo, who lives on a nearby houseboat. The men act on their instant attraction, but Marius "is not really a staying person," and anticipates their tryst will be short-lived--even if Leo exacts an inexplicable pull on him. A final reunion with Edwin wherein both men seek closure may be just the push Marius needs to get out of the way of his own happiness. Each of these slender tales move from melancholy to joy and Hall makes the emotional arc satisfying. These tender love stories are sure to please the author's many fans. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. (Feb.)