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    Just Guys
    Just Guys
    Just Guys
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    Just Guys

    By B.G. Thomas

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    When a new couple moves in next door, the two gay men capture Grant's fascination immediately. Mark and Tony are guys, just guys, and clearly in love. Grant finds it appealing enough that he begins to question not only his marriage of twenty years, but the direction of his entire life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamspinner Press
    Release dateJun 23, 2010
    ISBN9781615815142
    Just Guys
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    B.G. Thomas

    B.G. Thomas lives in Kansas City with his two husbands—which yes, is different, but amazingly rewarding and wonderfully romantic. They have two sweet rescue dogs named Oliver (who the breed name Dorkie applies perfectly) and Frodo (who is just learning to be a dog). He is missing his soul dog Sarah Jane very much, but she will live on forever in several of his books and in his heart. He is also blessed to have a lovely daughter and they love to hang out. B.G. loves to read romance, comedy, fantasy, thrillers, mystery, science fiction, and even horror—as far as he is concerned, as long as the stories are character driven and entertaining, it doesn’t matter the genre. He has gone to literature conventions his entire adult life, where he’s been lucky enough to meet many of his favorite writers. He has made up stories since he was a child; it’s where he finds his joy. In the nineties, he wrote for gay adult magazines but stopped because the editors wanted all sex without plot, and edited his setups right out. “The sex is never as important as the characters,” he says. “Who cares what they are doing if we don’t care about them?” Excited about the growing male/male romance market—where setup and cute meets is where it’s at—he began writing again. He submitted a novella and was thrilled when it was accepted in four days. Since then the romantic tales have poured out of him. “It’s like I’m somehow making up for a lifetime’s worth of story-telling!” “Leap, and the net will appear” is his personal philosophy and his message. “It is never too late,” he testifies. “Pursue your dreams. They will come true!” You can read about whatever he’s working on right now or whatever he’s rambling on about at his website/blog at: bthomaswriter.wordpress.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/bgthomaswriter Twitter: twitter.com/BGThomasBooks He is always happy to hear from his readers!

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      Just Guys - B.G. Thomas

      Just Guys

      DARLING, did you hear? Helen asked me over her eggs Benedict and my newspaper.

      Hear what? I asked, trying to find the few comics I still found amusing.

      The place next door sold.

      I lowered the paper, Non Sequitur forgotten. Really?

      The house was a lovely little Craftsman bungalow, but the previous tenants hadn’t kept it up, and in my opinion, its asking price had been a little too high, especially in this economy. It had been empty for at least a year

      Helen nodded. She loved good gossip, and after twenty years of marriage, I could tell she wasn’t done yet. And guess what?

      Tell me, honey.

      "Two men bought it!"

      I am not a morning person, and for some reason, I had missed her implication. Two men?

      Helen’s eyes were wild. "Daisy told me at the beauty parlor yesterday. Can you believe it? A gay couple! In this neighborhood!"

      Gay couple? Oh! I was surprised. Sherman Oaks wasn’t exactly conservative, but it wasn’t liberal, either. A gay couple? Next door? Holy shit… visions of swishy men in pink boas filled my head.

      "Daisy said they’re ‘sweet’."

      Would the Village People and the Bee Gees be filling the air all day and night?

      What’s the world coming to? Helen said. Daisy says the gays will be allowed to get married before we know it.

      I shook my head and tried not to laugh. The gays? This had to be a nightmare for her. She hated Will and Grace; said she couldn’t get the vision of Will having sex with a man out of her head. Now, Jack, I could have understood, all swishy and loud. But Will? He was almost one of the guys.

      A week later, and I had forgotten all about new neighbors. Helen was out of town on one of her endless urban missionary retreats, helping poor underprivileged children. I was so grateful she did all that on her own. As long as I went to church with her on Sundays and wore a nice suit, she was happy.

      I woke that Saturday morning to the noise. I peeked out our bedroom window at the driveway of the house next door. There was a big moving truck in front of the house with the ramp down and men moving furniture up the drive.

      I dressed quickly and joined the Treachers, the couple from across the street, in watching the spectacle. I couldn’t tell whether the new homeowners were around; all the men I saw were manly. Not a flashy outfit or feather anywhere. After a moment it occurred to me that there were only two men who weren’t wearing overalls. But could they…? The two men who were helping the movers were certainly not what I was expecting.

      Both wore tank tops and shorts and were lifting and carrying like pros. They looked to be in their forties, like me, and were sweating up a storm. It didn’t seem possible. Neither was like the guy I knew back in college. They were, well, just guys.

      When one stopped for a moment and popped open a beer, I realized how I must look. I abandoned the Treachers, took up my courage, and walked up to introduced myself. Good morning, I said, stomach jumping, I’m Grant. Are you one of the…. I stopped, suddenly embarrassed and unsure. What had I been about to say? One of the new fags?

      He grinned. Not exactly morning, he said in a deep voice. "I wait till noon to have a drink and it is exactly 12:01. He held out his hand. I’m Tony. Mark was here a minute ago. Probably making sure they don’t break the china."

      Ah, I thought. Mark must be the woman of their relationship. That made sense. They might both look like men, but

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