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    The Tattooed Heart
    The Tattooed Heart
    The Tattooed Heart
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    The Tattooed Heart

    By J.M. Snyder

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    Chris and Lee have been best friends since the fourth grade. Now in their thirties, Chris rents a booth at Tattoo 804 where he makes a living as a tattooist. His own art is hidden in a portfolio behind his desk-his clients always want him to copy a design or character someone else has drawn, and none ever ask for any custom ink. To satisfy his artistic cravings, Chris coerces his friend Lee to stop by after hours for free tattoos in exchange for letting Chris design whatever he wants.

    Lee's body is a shrine to Chris's artwork. Every tattoo he has is a custom creation from his friend, whom Lee has loved for years. Though both are gay, Lee has never had the courage to let Chris know how he feels, and it pains him to watch Chris flit from boyfriend to boyfriend in search of Mr. Right when Lee would gladly claim that title.

    Chris's latest boyfriend, Barry, is in a local band and sounds absolutely wonderful ... Lee hates him already. But when all Chris can talk about is Lee's latest tattoo, Barry feels like a third wheel and their budding relationship sours. What will it take for Chris to realize the lover he's looking for has been sitting in his tattoo chair all along?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateFeb 6, 2011
    ISBN9781611520668
    The Tattooed Heart
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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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      The Tattooed Heart - J.M. Snyder

      The Tattooed Heart

      By J.M. Snyder

      Published by JMS Books LLC

      This story is included in the print book

      Hard at Work by J.M. Snyder.

      Visit jms-books.com for more information.

      Copyright 2008 J.M. Snyder

      ISBN 978-1-61152-066-8

      Cover Credits: James Kelly

      Used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      Cover Design: J.M. Snyder

      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.

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      The Tattooed Heart

      By J.M. Snyder

      To my own tattoo artist at Lucky 13

      When Lee enters Tattoo 804, Chris is just finishing up with a client. Though it’s less than thirty minutes to closing time, April’s behind the counter and knows Lee’s a friend, so she waves him back to Chris’s booth. Hey, man, Chris says, glancing up from the ornate Celtic knot armband he’s been coloring in for a while now. The client, a pretty woman in her late twenties, grins at Lee with gritted teeth. Chris motions to a nearby chair. Have a seat. I’m almost through.

      Lee’s two years older than Chris but they go way back. The first day after winter break when Chris had been in the fourth grade, to be exact; Lee had been a burly sixth grader, scary as shit, patrolling the playground at their elementary school with the other tough boys in his class. Chris, always on the small side, often fell prey to the bullies. When Lee came over to pick on him that cold January afternoon, Chris was sitting on the frozen ground, one pant leg pulled up to expose an intricate pattern he’d been drawing on himself with a ballpoint pen. He expected to be laughed at, jeered, maybe even punched if he couldn’t dodge fast enough. The last thing he’d been ready for was to find the older boy hunkering down beside him as Lee pulled up the leg of his own jeans. Great tat. Think you can do one on me?

      Funny how life turns out. At thirty, Chris rents a booth at Tattoo 804, an up-and-coming tattoo parlor in Richmond located less than a mile from the

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