Slipperly Slope
by
Iyana Jenna
Actors Ethan Grey and Alex Haynes are gay, but in Hollywood, they can’t be open unless they’re willing to be typecast in future movies or they’re dating prominent gay producers. Since neither are willing to become stereotypes, and neither have studio boyfriends, they take another path — hiding their relationship under the cover of a pretend girlfriend.
What works for Ethan, though, doesn’t work for Alex, who screws up to the point of losing his job and the chance to get another. His manager finally finds him another job across the pond, where he meets Nathan Wells.
Nathan can be the prominent producer Alex needs to further his career, but there’s something Alex doesn’t know about the man. Soon Wells grows obsessed with Alex, and he’ll do anything to keep Alex from getting away.
Though Nathan wants Alex for himself, there’s still Ethan to think about. Is the love story between Alex and Ethan really over? Or will Ethan find a way to get his boyfriend back?
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt
He aborted his initial intention to crawl away from the bed because he thought it was silly to run away. This was his bedroom. He should have sent Nathan away right then and there, but his mouth felt dry and he could only look up as Nathan caught his wrist.
“Alex! Alex, please.”
Alex’s eyes followed as Nathan knelt before him next to the bed. “It’s me who’s sorry. I’m sorry I slapped you.”
Alex couldn’t help but flinch at the word—the word he’d never thought would ever turn up in relation to his sex life.
“You know I didn’t mean it, don’t you?” Nathan stared at him, looking so sincere, yet there was something inexplicable in those eyes. And Alex—Alex didn’t think he could give the answer that was demanded of him. “Right?” Nathan asked again. “You should know I’d never have hit you if you hadn’t mentioned Ethan’s name. It made me crazy. I was jealous. I lost it, Alex, and I’m sorry.”
Nathan rested a hand on Alex’s cheek—not the abused one—and strangely, it felt good. Alex’s eyes fluttered closed as security flowed from the touch and he leaned into it.
“That’s it. You must know that I love you,” Nathan purred. “I want you to believe me.”
About Iyana
Iyana writes M/M short stories and novellas. Her works have been published by Evernight Publishing, JMS Books, Books to Go Now, Torquere Press, Bitten Press, Leap of Faith Publishing, Breathless Press, and Alfie Dog Fiction.
Iyana lives in Jakarta, a city famous for its traffic jams, a lot of cars and motorcycles, and people selling stuff on the roads. You can spend two hours on the road going to a place you can reach in half an hour in a normal situation. Thanks to the traffic jams, though, Iyana can come up with a lot of stories, mostly shorties, as she prefers to spend the time during her trips writing into her cell phone rather than sleeping.
Another thing Iyana loves is kitties. Right now she has three of them. Their names are Cil, Horus, and Betsy, and one kitten. When she doesn’t write, she plays with them, or they would play with her when she writes.
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