Downcast — Suzi Slade

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Alternative, Gay, MM, HEA] Guy Partridge isn’t out – but he’s not exactly in either. He’s just sort of there. Between caring for his critically ill father and working at a hardware store, he doesn’t have time for much else. He loves the idea of a boyfriend, but he doesn’t know how to go about it. When his best friend drags him to her amateur dramatics group, he goes, albeit with a closed mind. Joe Milton is out, well, he’s out of prison, and learning to navigate a new world that was so different a few years ago. Nursing the heartbreak of his late lover, he is forcing himself to get out there. Joe isn’t looking for love or sex, he’s just looking for a bit of normality. The Shakers Amateur Dramatics Society seems a good starting place. A production Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice throws Guy and Joe together in an unexpected way, but it seems that everyone has debts weighing them down.