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Title: Ripping Off the Mask
Author: Harper Jewel
Publisher: Loose Id
ISBN: 978-1-68252-442-8
Publication
Date: November 21,
2017
Genre: Gay Paranormal Suspense Romance
Heat
Level (1-5): 4
Thirteen years after high schooler Cooper Brandt suffered a life-altering tragedy, Newark Police Sergeant Cooper Brandt suffers yet another earthshaking misfortune while on duty. As a result, he lets the mask he donned because of his first grief-filled setback slip. When overwhelming guilt consumes him for a second time, an unexpected, and oftentimes unwanted, helping hand tries to force him into making a choice: face his demons and rip the mask off, or continue living a lie while his facade stays put.
Upon his move to New Jersey, aqua therapist Dr. Westley James meets his toughest patient yet when a snarly police sergeant accuses him of duplicity at the start of their first session. When he discovers the reason for Cooper’s ornery attitude, an odd, empty feeling he’s lived with for as long as he can remember begins to fill in like missing pieces of a puzzle.
As a fragile relationship between Cooper and Westley grows, an unhinged sociopath threatens to ruin everything. Will fate force the emotionally bruised sergeant to fasten his mask on even more tightly or will the couple’s blooming love and partnership be strong enough to help Cooper rip his mask off for good?
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They made
their first stop at Dunkin’, and as promised, Silvio ran inside while Coop
remained in the police vehicle. A few minutes later, with coffees in hand, he
returned to the squad car and handed Cooper his iced coffee—black, no milk, no
sugar.
“Thanks,
Sil. Did you get your regular?”
“Sure did.
Why wouldn’t I?”
“Oh, I
don’t know. Because you might surprise me and forgo the coffee-milk you favor and
go with something different for a change.”
Silvio
stared blankly at his partner. “Coffee-milk?”
“Come on,
you can’t possibly call what you have in your hand coffee. You tell the
baristas to give you a medium but put it in a large cup and then ask them to
add at least a full cup of milk to it. Seriously, man, how hot can it be after
that? And why would you want to drink something even remotely warm when it’s
already close to eighty degrees outside?”
“I don’t
like my coffee too hot, but I don’t like it iced either. Besides, haven’t you
heard that milk does a body good?” Silvio shrugged and gave his partner a smug,
tooth-baring grin.
Coop burst
into laughter. “You’re such a dork.”
“At the
risk of sounding too dorky, suck it up, buttercup. You’re stuck with me. So you
keep your end of the bargain and drive since I did the buying.”
About Harper
Harper Jewel lives in northeast New Jersey with her husband
and college-age daughter. She has two cats, enjoys reading, and taking trips to
Walt Disney World. With her outgoing personality and vivid imagination, she can
create characters and plots that are believable as well as memorable.
Although she began writing male/female romance/erotica, she
has finally found her niche in Gay Romance. She thoroughly enjoys her male
characters as they speak to her quite loudly while proving love is love. She is proud to have the honor of being the first M/M
author accepted at the now-closed Lush Publishing.
In addition to her writing, she’s expanded her skills to
include formatting for Smashwords Premium Catalog, Barnes & Noble, Kobo,
& Amazon.
In September 2015, she created Slippery Fingers Press &
Publishing Services. She uses the company name for self-publishing as well as
her formatting jobs.
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