Author: angeliquejurd

Some scars can’t be seen.For over a year now, it’s been the same thing. At six o’clock every night Connor starts watching the door for him. Like clockwork, every night the guy with the sad eyes comes into the bar, orders a single drink, and leaves again. He never speaks. Never smiles. Just drinks and leaves.Until the night he orders a second drink and Connor finally gets him to speak.After the … speak.After the brief conversation, Connor is more intrigued than ever – but it’s not until a chance meeting after work one evening that he even learns the guy’s…

Can Joey let go of his fear and trust Rick to lead him to a life of love and acceptance? After Blake’s arrest, Joey struggles to make peace with his past. Building a life with Rick turns out to be more challenging than either of them expected. They hope a trip will help them find the balance they both need, but they are about to discover that healing the scars from the past is not as simple as … simple as packing a bag. In order to come together, Joey and Rick must redefine not just what it means to…

Is fifteen years too long to wait to ask for forgiveness? To ask for a second chance?Jason left his hometown of Belkin fifteen years ago and has never returned. But he’s never forgotten Shaun or their time together. If he goes back, will Shaun want to speak to him? How can Jason convince him that the man he’s become isn’t as afraid as the boy he was? That he can be trusted and that this time – he … that this time – he won’t run? A stand alone novella about love and second chances.more

Three months have passed since Joey moved in with Rick. The trauma of Joey’s past is never far from the surface but it’s not stopping them from building a life together. Until the night Joey walks into his abuser in a restaurant and they are forced to face reality: Blake is still in control. Convinced he can never been free of the man who tortured him for so long, Joey prepares to run. When Blake … When Blake attacks Maisie – the first real friend Joey’s ever had – Joey wonders if he has what it takes to stand up…

After escaping an abusive eight year relationship, Joey Harkin is rebuilding his life. He keeps a low profile, does his job, and each day things get a little better. Until the day he reports his team leader to the department manager and he finds himself summoned to the Managing Director’s office. Rick Southwell has a good life. He’s a successful business man with a close circle of friends and … friends and when he needs something more … stimulating… there’s always the boys at the club. All of them willing to act out whatever scene Daddy Rick asks for. He…