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Will McLaren and Ethan Gallagher first met in high school. Ethan—sophisticated, cocky, and full of wild daring—was everything bookish and quiet Will was not. Yet they’d instantly connected and forged an unlikely friendship that had carried them through their teens and well into adulthood. Even as teenagers, though, they’d always kept secrets from one another...hidden bits about their lives and desires they feared could destroy their friendship.
As adults, the secrets have become heavy burdens to bear, forcing them to keep their distance from one another and make up stories to hide the truth. Then, in an unguarded moment, Will lets his secret slip. His revelation explodes into a night of unexpected passion that stuns them both.
When Ethan disappears the next morning, Will blames himself, and as the months pass with no word, he’s convinced he’s driven away his best friend. He forces himself to move on with his life and try to forget.
But three years later, Ethan shows up again, only a shell of the vibrant man Will once knew, and mysteriously evasive about where he’s been. When Ethan makes a confession of his own, can the two men recapture the friendship they’d once shared, and maybe even build something more powerful? Or will the hurts and deceptions of the past tear them apart for good?
Note: Don't miss the exciting sequel, Hearts & Bones... Editorial Reviews:
From Cassie, Joyfully Reviewed
Recommended Read!...Simply put, Never Let Go is an incredible book. M. L. Rhodes’s deep characterization made it easy to care about both Will and Ethan, and I was very moved by their deep love for each other...a sweet, hot, vastly enjoyable story of finding love, losing it, and finding it again. I definitely recommend this book.
From Tara Renee, Two Lips Reviews
Recommended Read!...5 Kisses!...An emotional story that had me crying in my chair. I fell in love with Will and Ethan and my heart broke for the devastation they both suffered during Ethan’s absence...I don’t believe any reader out there will be able to read this fantastic story with a dry eye!
From Nicole, My Book Cravings
5 Roses!...M. L. Rhodes has a way with words that draws you in immediately. I loved this story. Loved the friendship Will and Ethan shared, the pains, the ups and downs of life, and the secrets that all of us have held back from the one we love. I look forward to reading more by this author.
Excerpt:
...When Will glanced up, it was to find his friend with his head tipped back, his eyes closed, and a look of exquisite agony creasing his lean, handsome face.
“That feels so good. Better than good. Touch me for real.”
Will shoved the damp briefs down to pull tight at Ethan’s thighs, allowing his cock the freedom to bob upward in invitation.
Before Will could finish admiring it, Ethan was nudging it against his lips.
He grasped Ethan’s ass in both hands and smiled up at him. “Did you want something?”
“Shit, don’t tell me you’re a tease?” Ethan’s eyelids were half-closed, and his voice rasped with ragged hunger.
“Why do I get the feeling you’d like that?”
“Right now what I want is your mouth on me.”
Will ran his tongue around the ridge of Ethan’s crown, savoring the slightly salty flavor of him, then moved down to lick long strokes along his hot, turgid shaft until it glistened wet in the moonlight.
His own balls heavy with lust at the sight and taste and sound of Ethan’s desire, Will returned to the head of Ethan’s cock, bathing it, delving into the leaking slit with the tip of his tongue, then finally drawing the thick head into his mouth, eliciting an appreciative shudder from Ethan. He rolled his friend’s balls in one hand, and with his other, held Ethan’s ass and drew him closer, slowly, inch by inch, swallowing his length as he did.
“Oh, God…fuck…Will…”
Oh, God…fuck… was pretty much what Will was thinking right then, too. He had Ethan Gallagher’s cock in his mouth. The one person he’d never thought this could happen with.
He wasn’t sure if he was dizzy from the after-effects of his unusual-for-him alcoholic binge earlier or because of what was happening at the moment. But he suspected the only thing he was drunk on right now was Ethan. His taste, his scent, and the way his shaft twitched and pulsed in his mouth.
Will pulled back just enough for Ethan’s length to almost slide free, then swallowed it again, this time deeper still until his nose was buried in the warm curls at Ethan’s groin. Ethan groaned.
Will fought between wanting to suck hard and fast, gorging himself like a starving man, or taking his time to savor every millimeter, every sensation. He settled for somewhere in between, going for long, slow, sweeping licks, followed by bursts of hard, deep strokes and suction.
“Damn…oh, yeah.”
Oh, yeah. Will’s own member was so hard it hurt, smashed as it still was inside his pants, but it was worth it to hear Ethan’s desperate grunts, to feel Ethan’s cock thickening and lengthening in his mouth, to feel his control slipping away.
But then Ethan was holding his head and pulling free. “Wait. Stop… Stop,” he commanded.
His chest squeezing, Will looked up at him, wondering if he’d changed his mind after all.
“Everything okay?” he asked, almost not wanting to hear the response.
“Too many clothes. Not enough skin.” He stood, toed off his shoes, then kicked aside his pants and briefs.
Will had been tempted to help, but instead found himself mesmerized at the site of Ethan’s lean, graceful body. The moonlight, bathing him in silver, enhanced every muscular curve of his arms, pecs, ass. His erection bobbed up and down as he moved, making Will’s mouth water.
“Do you have any idea how damned beautiful you are?” Will murmured. “Or how long I’ve wanted to see you like this?”
The easy, cocky smile was back on Ethan’s face. “You saw me just like this the summer between our junior and senior years of high school. Remember when we were camping up in the Pecos and went skinny dipping in the river?”
Will chuckled at the memory, but a new throb surged in his cock at the same time. “Yeah, I remember. It was your brilliant idea to strip and swim in the moonlight.”
“But the water was fucking freezing! Remember?”
“I remember thinking my dick was going to fall off.”
Ethan unfastened Will’s pants. In a fluid movement, he slid them and Will’s boxer briefs down his legs and threw them over the edge of the bed. “And I remember thinking,” he said in a low, hoarse voice, “how much I wanted to touch your dick. Just like this.” He wrapped his fingers around Will’s shaft and squeezed...
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