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description: Ezra Cook is sole caregiver to older brother Tray who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers in his forties. They live outside the small town of Drop Oregon on property Tray bought with his Microsoft settlement money. For years Ezra has been going on and off low doses of testosterone to maintain a comfortable level of androgyny. Ezra spends most days juggling Trays needs and the work required to survive in rural Oregon on a small income ignoring their own needs especially companionship and sleep.Ellred Red Long escaped Drop at seventeen but returns to his hometown in disgrace after his band dumped him on the streets of LA. Coming back doesnt seem like such a dead end though after he sees a guy walking along the side of the road in the rain and gives him a lift.Ezra and Reds chance meeting begins an uncomfortable friendship neither had expected and both allow fear to keep it from escalating into a hookup or worse a romance. Red never meant to return to Drop and doesnt want to get stuck there again while Ezras protective walls may be too strong to breach from either side.
language: English
title: Speedbump
publisher: NineStar Press