GENRE: Gay Spicy Romance
LENGTH: 82,311 words
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Have you ever wondered what the life of an actor is like? Piecing together a career of short gigs and long ones with all the uncertainty in between. Is there room for a personal life with all that uncertainty?

Meet Jake Myers, aspiring actor and teacher. Having just finished college, he’s anxious to see where his career takes him. Young, good looking, and determined, he’s also hoping to find someone special along the way. Can he find the man of his dreams and put down roots in spite of all the places his career takes him?

From the swamps of Florida to Washington DC to Broadway, then across the country to the wildfires of Colorado and the beaches of the Pacific, Jake meets a variety of men, each one totally different, in his search for “the one.” But will his career have to take precedence? Or will he finally be able to live a life that’s a perfect blend of both?

EXCERPT:
Note: may contain sexually explicit scenes of a homoerotic nature.

Special Weather Statement, eleven A.M. Thursday: A wildfire has broken out near Route 93 south of the city of Boulder. Due to high winds the fire is rapidly spreading east. All residents of Superior should evacuate immediately.

The wind almost knocked Jake down as he exited the administration building. He’d heard it whistling at the windows while he was in the president’s office, but he had no idea that it had picked up this much. He struggled toward his truck, forcing the door open as it blew shut against him numerous times before he managed to get himself inside. He buckled his seatbelt and looked out the windshield. There was smoke on the southern horizon.

Jake was an easterner and was completely unacquainted with the dangers of western wildfires. He didn’t think too much about it. But as he drove closer, heading toward the highway to Denver, he could see that it was a very large fire. And it occurred to him that, with this wind, that was a very bad thing.

He reached his exit off the highway and found it blocked by police cars. He leaned out the window to inquire about an alternate route home.

“We’re not letting anyone into Superior,” the officer told him. “That fire’s bearing down on the town pretty fast. Everyone’s been told to evacuate immediately.”

“Can I turn around and head back toward Boulder?” Jake asked.

“Yeah, you’re safest in that direction. You got family in Superior?”

Jake nodded.

“They’ll be okay as long as they get out fast,” the officer said.

Jake turned the truck around and exited at the first road that was still open. He called Chip.

No answer.

Frantically, he looked for another route home using the GPS on his phone. Not being a local, he wasn’t familiar with any of the back roads. He’d always gone home the same way. Finding an alternate route, he took off in that direction.

And promptly found another police cruiser blocking the route.

Twice more he tried with the same results. He could see the smoke was a lot closer now.

And there was a lot more of it.