Sweetwater

by Lisa Henry

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Pub Date Sep 29 2014 | Archive Date Dec 23 2014

Riptide Publishing

General Fiction (Adult) | LGBTQIAP+

Description

Wyoming Territory, 1870.

Elijah Carter is afflicted. Most of the townsfolk of South Pass City treat him as a simpleton because he’s deaf, but that’s not his only problem. Something in Elijah runs contrary to nature and to God. Something that Elijah desperately tries to keep hidden.

Harlan Crane, owner of the Empire saloon, knows Elijah for what he is—and for all the ungodly things he wants. But Crane isn’t the only one. Grady Mullins desires Elijah too, but unlike Crane, he refuses to push the kid.

When violence shatters Elijah’s world, he is caught between two very different men and two devastating urges: revenge, and despair. In a boomtown teetering on the edge of a bust, Elijah must face what it means to be a man in control of his own destiny, and choose a course that might end his life . . . or truly begin it for the very first time.

Wyoming Territory, 1870.

Elijah Carter is afflicted. Most of the townsfolk of South Pass City treat him as a simpleton because he’s deaf, but that’s not his only problem. Something in Elijah runs...

A Note From the Publisher

Reader discretion advised. This title contains the following sensitive themes:

dubious consent

Advance Praise

"There is plenty of passion and bloodshed in this story of a place and time when disagreements were settled brutally and love often never entered the picture at all. I particularly liked the ending of the book, with the dreams that may come true for Elijah and the man who loves him . . . I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys male/male romance and historical Westerns. A wonderful adventure and love story." - USA Today

"Henry skillfully portrays her hero as a young man learning to embrace his desires." - Publishers Weekly

5 Star review from Prism Book Alliance (by Lirtle)

"Can I say spectacular writing?? Because spectacular writing. And why is that? Because this author can translate emotion for the page, it wraps around me in ways I understand and absorb at a gut level."

5 Star review from The Jeep Diva

"[H]ad me reeling and cheering at the same time. From the first pages of the books, I loved and hated many of the characters.... A recommended read."