She continued to swear a steady stream of invective as the helicopter landed, dust blowing toward them in a wave. Taylor ignored her, ignored the Fish and Game wardens piling out of the copter. He gazed across the sea of grass and spotted Orrin standing there, swaying, one arm cradling the other — and a few feet to his left, Will.
And Taylor relaxed. At last.
Feeling Taylor’s gaze, Will looked across to him. He nodded. Taylor nodded back. And then Will’s face broke into a grin. Taylor returned his grin.
Yeah, they were back. Back on solid ground.
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About the Author
Bestselling author of over sixty titles of classic Male/Male fiction featuring twisty mystery, kickass adventure, and unapologetic man-on-man romance, JOSH LANYON has been called “arguably the single most influential voice in m/m romance today.”
Josh’s work has been translated into nine languages. The FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Harlequin Mondadori, the largest romance publisher in Italy. The Adrien English series was awarded the All Time Favorite Couple by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group. Josh is an Eppie Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads All Time Favorite M/M Author award.
Josh is married and lives in Southern California.
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Also by Josh Lanyon
Novels
The Adrien English Mysteries
Fatal Shadows
A Dangerous Thing
The Hell You Say
Death of a Pirate King
The Dark Tide
Stranger Things Have Happened (A Choose Your Own Damn Story)
The HOLMES & MORIARITY Mysteries
Somebody Killed His Editor
All She Wrote
The Boy with the Painful Tattoo
The All’s Fair Series
Fair Game
Fair Play
The Art of Murder Series
The Mermaid Murders
Other novels
This Rough Magic (A SHOT IN THE DARK Series)
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks
Jefferson Blythe, Esquire
Mexican Heat (with Laura Baumbach)
Murder in Pastel
Strange Fortune
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Stranger on the Shore
Winter Kill
Novellas
The DANGEROUS GROUND Series
Dangerous Ground
Old Poison
Blood Heat
Dead Run
Kick Start
The I SPY Series
I Spy Something Bloody
I Spy Something Wicked
I Spy Something Christmas
The IN A DARK WOOD Series
In a Dark Wood
The Parting Glass
The DARK HORSE Series
The Dark Horse
The White Knight
Snowball in Hell (Doyle & Spain Series)
Winter (HAUNTED HEART Series)
Mummy Dearest (XOXO FILES Series)
Other novellas
A Case of Christmas
Baby, it’s Cold
Cards on the Table
The Dark Farewell
The Darkling Thrush
The Dickens with Love
Don’t Look Back
A Ghost of a Chance
Lovers and Other Strangers
Out of the Blue
A Vintage Affair
Lone Star (in Men Under the Mistletoe)
Green Glass Beads (in Irregulars)
Blood Red Butterfly
Everything I Know
Short stories
A Limited Engagement
The French Have a Word for It
In Sunshine or In Shadow
Until We Meet Once More
Icecapade (in His for the Holidays)
Perfect Day
Heart Trouble
In Plain Sight
Wedding Favors
Wizard’s Moon
Fade to Black
PETIT MORTS (SWEET SPOT Collection)
Other People’s Weddings
Slings and Arrows
Sort of Stranger Than Fiction
Critic’s Choice
Just Desserts
Merry Christmas, Darling (Holiday Codas)
Dangerous Ground (Dangerous Ground 1)
Revised edition, May 2016
Copyright (c) 2012 by Josh Lanyon
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