Leo’s grin was beautifully bright. If Grant could, he’d frame Leo’s happiness and hang it on the wall. He’d look at it every day and it’d be the greatest accomplishment of his life.
As the plane circled around to leave, Grant noticed that on the reverse side of the banner, there was an odd imperative.
“Does that mean something?” Grant asked. The words didn’t ring a bell to him.
Leo shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe it’s a wedding wish from the pilot.”
Grant’s eyes narrowed against the bright light of the sky. Lucky ran up to them, shouting excitedly about the plane, demanding to know what the banner meant. Grant picked her up, and the three of them stood together watching the plane fly into the distance until the words became unreadable.
Then Leo kissed Grant’s cheek, and Lucky struggled down from his arms. A new song filled the silence left by the plane, and Leo and Lucky whooped together as the dancing began again. Grant stared up at the blue, brilliant sky.
After several long moments, Grant turned back to the party, grinning at the sight of his kid and his husband dancing in the grass in front of the barn. Things weren’t perfect. Leo’s health was always going to be fragile. The average life expectancy post heart-transplant wasn’t anything Grant wanted to dwell too long on, even with a new kidney helping out. Still, this farm, these people, and this life was everything to him. It was all his to have and love as long as he could hold on to it.
He threw self-consciousness aside to swoop Lucky into his arms and move to the music with Leo. Clinging to each other, a brand-new family, they laughed and kissed and danced. Through it all, the words on the back of the banner burned through Grant with a fiery hope.
STAY LUCKY
THE END
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Standalone
VESPERTINE
by Leta Blake & Indra Vaughn
Can a priest and a rock star obey love’s call?
Seventeen years ago, Jasper Hendricks and Nicholas Blumfeld’s childhood friendship turned into a secret, blissful love affair. They spent several idyllic months together until Jasper’s calling to the Catholic priesthood became impossible to ignore. Left floundering, Nicky followed his own trajectory into rock stardom, but he never stopped looking back.
As Nico Blue, guitarist and songwriter for the band Vespertine, Nicky owns the hearts of millions. He and his bandmates have toured the world, lighting their fans on fire with their music. Numbed by drugs and fueled by simmering anger, Nicky feels completely alone. When Vespertine is forced to get sober, Nicky returns home to where it all started.
Jasper and Nicky’s careers have ruled their lives since they parted as teens. When they come face to face again, they must choose between the past’s lingering ghosts or the promise of a new future.
Standalone
ANY GIVEN LIFETIME
by Leta Blake
He’ll love him in any lifetime.
Neil isn’t a ghost, but he feels like one. Reincarnated with all his memories from his prior life, he spent twenty years trapped in a child’s body, wanting nothing more than to grow up and reclaim the love of his life.
As an adult, Neil finds there’s more than lost time separating them. Joshua has built a beautiful life since Neil’s death, and how exactly is Neil supposed to introduce himself? As Joshua’s long-dead lover in a new body? Heartbroken and hopeless, Neil takes refuge in his work, developing microscopic robots called nanites that can produce medical miracles.
When Joshua meets a young scientist working on a medical project, his soul senses something his rational mind can’t believe. Has Neil truly come back to him after twenty years? And if the impossible is real, can they be together at long last?
Any Given Lifetime is a stand-alone, slow burn, second chance gay romance by Leta Blake featuring reincarnation and true love. This story includes some angst, some steam, an age gap, and, of course, a happy ending.
Book One in the Heat of Love series
SLOW HEAT
by Leta Blake
A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past.
Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-thirties, he’s long since given up hope that he’ll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He’s fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends.
When Jason Sabel, a much younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings are ignited that can’t be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges, Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can consummate their passion.
But for Vale, being with Jason means giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an untested alpha—as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past. He isn’t sure it’s worth it. But Jason isn’t giving up his destined mate without a fight.
This is a gay romance novel, 118,000 words, with a strong happy ending, as well as a well-crafted, non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.
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Other Books by Leta Blake
The River Leith
Smoky Mountain Dreams
The Difference Between
Heat for Sale
Stay Lucky
Stay Sexy
Omega Mine: Search for a Soulmate
Bring on Forever
Angel Undone
The Home for the Holidays Series
Mr. Frosty Pants
Mr. Naughty List
The Training Season Series
Training Season
Training Complex
Heat of Love Series
Slow Heat
Alpha Heat
Slow Birth
Bitter Heat
’90s Coming of Age Series
Pictures of You
You Are Not Me
Vespertine
Cowboy Seeks Husband
Co-Authored with Alice Griffiths
The Wake Up Married serial
Will & Patrick’s Endless Honeymoon
Gay Fairy Tales
Co-Authored with Keira Andrews
Flight
Levity
Rise
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About the Author
Author of the bestselling book Smoky Mountain Dreams and the fan favorite Training Season, Leta Blake’s educational and professional background is in psychology and finance, respectively. However, her passion has always been for writing. She enjoys crafting romance stories and exploring the psyches of made up people. At home in the Southern U.S., Leta works hard at achieving balance between her day job, her writing, and her family.