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    Desperate In Sheridan
    Desperate In Sheridan
    Desperate In Sheridan
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    Desperate In Sheridan

    By Gerry Pirani

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    After a rough break up with the man he thought he'd spend his happily-ever-after with, Brad returns home to Wyoming to attend his high school reunion. He's still in touch with his best friend since childhood - only problem is that Jimmy doesn't know he's gay. Brad hates the idea of upsetting Jimmy, who has no family left and thinks of Brad as his brother. Plus, he's been lying to him all these years. How will Jimmy take the news, and will their friendship survive? Finding the man of his dreams in Sheridan is not on his radar, but a few surprises are in store for Brad. This light, comedic MM romance explores what it's like to come out in 2014.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGerry Pirani
    Release dateSep 7, 2015
    ISBN9781311182197
    Desperate In Sheridan
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    Gerry Pirani

    Gerry Pirani is a self-published author struggling with a thankless daytime job in mental health. The series The Search For Intelligent Life on Earth was born of pure imagination and wishful thinking, spiritual study, and the study of human relationships. It's an ambitious series with strong, encompassing themes of spiritual and sexual health that utilizes a same sex couple to demonstrate the gender pitfalls and opportunities we face every day. Pirani has also written less literary, more genre or popular fiction based novellas, and is working on completing the The Search trilogy, editing several novellas, and writing a fourth sister novel.Gerry Pirani loves to hear from readers.

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      Nice read, very funny,but too short! I want more of Brad and Wendell and Jimmy's craziness...

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    Desperate In Sheridan - Gerry Pirani

    Desperate In Sheridan

    by Gerry Pirani

    Copyright 2015 Gerry Pirani

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information retrieval storage system without the written permission of the author. If you enjoy this ebook, please encourage your friends to download their own copy. Thank you.

    This is a work of fiction. All characters and events in this book are born from and occur in the writer's imagination. Real places are used fictitiously. Any similarities to real events or people are entirely coincidental.

    Published by Gerry Pirani at Smashwords.

    For more information on the body of work by Gerry Pirani, see http://www.gerrypirani.com.

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    Jimmy’s driveway was shaped like a crescent moon, and he came roaring out the front door as soon as Brad pulled in. His smile put Brad’s worries to rest for a moment.

    For the first time since the funeral several years ago, Brad had driven across the vast expanse of nothingness that was Wyoming. There had never been anything for him here–except for his best friend, Jimmy Boyd. And the only reason Brad had agreed to go to his ten-year high school reunion was that Jimmy had begged him to attend. No one in Wyoming knew anything real about his life in Chicago.

    Sure, Jimmy always stayed in touch and even knew of Brad’s broken heart last year–but over Michelle, not Michael. Jimmy had been the toughest guy in school and the best friend Brad could ever ask for. He didn’t want to lose him. Not after all they’d been through together. But he had to tell Jimmy he was gay–or what friendship was he saving?

    His childhood friend grabbed Brad and lifted him off the ground, planting a wet one on his cheek. The neatly shaved beard was a welcome reminder of home, but the whiskers scraped against Brad’s smooth face.

    Calm down. You’ll wake up your neighbors, Brad said, reaching over and smacking Jimmy on the head just like old times. Jimmy was much taller than Brad, who was only five feet, nine inches. With his mousy brown hair and average build, Brad was someone who stood out as someone who wouldn’t stand out. He’d make a great extra in Hollywood. Over the years, though, he’d had enough guys tell him he was good looking that someday he planned to believe it.

    Come check out the digs. Whoop! Jimmy yelled, his exuberance contagious.

    The house was the standard subdivision type, brand spanking new with granite counters and a walk-in master closet. The bedrooms were upstairs, and the spare was modest but boasted all the necessities.

    Made the bed. And here are a bunch of towels. They're clean, Jimmy said, handing him a round pile that clashed with the flannel shirt he was wearing.

    Brad chuckled, impressed with his friend’s domestic side–and with his home. Despite his four years in financial planning, Brad had a one-bedroom apartment in Lincoln Park that was furnished with thrift store hand-me-downs.

    He was supposed to help Jimmy get his finances in order this week. His friend had an inheritance to invest–but only because his life had been built on sequential traumas. Three years ago, his parents died in a small plane crash off the coast of Alaska. Eight years before that, his little sister died from leukemia–after a heroic fight–placing a shadow over the Boyd family for as long as Brad could remember. The last thing he wanted to do now was cause his friend any more pain.

    So, you're still seeing that girl, Nadine was it? Brad asked.

    "You mean Lanie? Yeah I am, in fact. What about

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