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    V: The V in Valentine's
    V: The V in Valentine's
    V: The V in Valentine's
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    V: The V in Valentine's

    By J.M. Snyder

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    Book 6 in the Vic and Matt: V Series

    Vic Braunson has learned to live with the many and varied superpowers he receives from his lover, Matt diLorenzo. Most of the powers come and go, and Vic can take them or leave them. It’s Matty he loves, not the abilities his lover gives him.

    Officer Kendra Jones is determined to talk Vic into joining the police force. With his powers, he would make a formidable cop. But Vic doesn’t want to put anyone in danger, least of all himself.

    For Valentine’s Day, Matt has the perfect evening planned. But Kendra interrupts, soliciting Vic’s help in finding an autistic boy who wandered away from his family campsite days earlier. A wintry storm is set to plunge outside temperatures into the teens. If the boy can’t be found before the weekend, chances are he won’t survive.

    The timing couldn’t be worse -- Vic’s arsenal of superpowers are nowhere in sight, other than his default telepathy and strength. Despite all the odds, can Vic save the boy as well as the romantic evening with Matty?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateFeb 9, 2014
    ISBN9781611525618
    V: The V in Valentine's
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    J.M. Snyder

    An author of gay erotic romance, J.M. Snyder began self-publishing gay erotic fiction in 2002. Since then, Snyder has worked with several e-publishers, most notably Amber Allure Press and eXcessica Publishing.Snyder’s short fiction has appeared online at Ruthie’s Club, Tit-Elation, Eros Monthly, and Amazon Shorts, as well as in anthologies released by Alyson Books, Cleis Press, and others.For more book excerpts, free fiction, and purchasing information, please visit http://jmsnyder.net.

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      V - J.M. Snyder

      V: The V in Valentine’s

      By J.M. Snyder

      Published by JMS Books LLC

      Book 6 in the Vic and Matt: V series.

      Visit jms-books.com for more information.

      Copyright 2014 J.M. Snyder

      ISBN 9781611525618

      Cover Design: Written Ink Designs | written-ink.com

      Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America.

      NOTE: Readers can learn more about Vic and Matt’s super-powered relationship online at vic-and-matt.com.

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      V: The V in Valentine’s

      By J.M. Snyder

      The calendar might have said early February, but the city of Richmond, Virginia, was experiencing a mini-heat wave four days before Valentine’s Day. For city bus driver Vic Braunson, the warm weather was a pleasant respite—the snow that had fallen at the end of January was melted now, and dark rivulets of water gurgled into gutters along the city streets. There were still a few dingy piles of black snow pushed into the center of parking lots, left there by snow plows when the lots were cleared, and they probably wouldn’t melt before Easter. But the roads were clear and the ice was gone, and Vic’s long days behind the wheel didn’t end with tension headaches from the way he hunched his shoulders as he tried to navigate the lumbering bus through the wintry mix.

      No, the sky was clear and, so far, his day had been relatively headache-free. After four hours tracing a circuitous route around Willow Lawn, down Monument Avenue, into downtown Richmond, and back again, Vic had turned on the Out of Service sign and parked at the bus stop just outside the Willow Lawn Shopping Center. Hazards flashing, door firmly shut, the bus was far enough back from the stop so another driver could pull in front of Vic if needed. But for the next half hour, he was officially off-duty.

      Locking up the bus, he crossed the street to Jason’s Deli, where he ordered a six-inch club, a bag of chips, and a large soda. Time-wise, it was almost four in the afternoon, so technically Vic’s break was more dinner than lunch, but whatever he called it, he was famished. The eggs and toast he’d had for breakfast seemed years away now. Before that, there was a faint memory of waking with his dog Sadie snuggled up beside him in bed, and the faint kiss his lover Matt diLorenzo had given him on the way out might have happened eons ago. If Vic had more than thirty minutes, he would’ve parked at the bus stop outside the gym where Matt worked instead, but it was close to quitting time for his lover, and a half hour wouldn’t allow for much of a visit.

      But when his shift ended, Vic would go home and show Matt how much he really missed him.

      Back on the bus, with the door firmly shut to keep out any potential fares, Vic stretched out on the long seat directly behind the driver’s perch. He had his sandwich and the bag of chips on one side, his drink on the other, and a newspaper he’d picked up at the garage after he clocked in that morning. Now he opened the paper, unwrapped the sandwich, and settled in for a relaxing lunch break before he had to battle the rush-hour traffic.

      Just as he took his first bite of the sandwich, though, someone knocked on the door to the bus.

      Out of service. Read the sign, Vic growled. He didn’t say it loud; there was no way his voice could carry outside. But he pushed the words out mentally, as well, aiming the thought for whoever it was bothering him.

      For a moment, silence. He took another bite of the sandwich and turned to the sports page to check the scores when

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