โ Scribed by Harper Logan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
What do you do when your head says no but your heart says hell yes?
Marathon. Just thinking the word is torture to bartender Jesse Greenglass. Whyโd he sign up? For the sake of the boyfriend he loved. Of course, that was before the boyfriend cheated and became the ex Jesse wants to forget. The marathon date sits in his calendar as a painful reminder but thereโs no way Jesseโs going to run it now. Even if a super handsome - and super straight - stranger is leaning over his bar, telling Jesse heโll run with him. Even if that stranger has a smile that makes him melt.
โDonโt worry, Iโm not going to go and fall in love with you.โ
26.2 miles is nothing to army veteran Mark Riordan. Haunted by his past and struggling with PTSD, Mark moved to bucolic Rosebridge, New Hampshire to clear his head - not to fill it with thoughts of a wise-cracking bartender. But thereโs something about Jesse thatโs drawing Mark in, making him wonder if he might not be quite so super straight after all. Maybe itโs crazy to train for a marathon with a guy he just met, but helping Jesse get some confidence back actually sounds like fun - and itโll be nice to focus on someone elseโs problems for a change.
โI want this. But only if itโs real. It has to be real, with you.โ
But when a caught-in-the-moment kiss turns just friends into something miles more complicated, is either man ready for the consequences? Jesse canโt deny that heโs attracted to Mark, but if Mark changes his mind about dating men, he could end up breaking Jesseโs heart instead of healing it. And for Mark, being with Jesse means more than just exploring what he really wants - it means opening up about parts of his past that heโs not sure heโs ready to share. Will fear keep this pair on the starting line, or will they follow their runaway hearts?
Runaway Heart is a 55,000 word steamy, standalone contemporary m/m romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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