Excerpt:
“Sorry,” he said. Belatedly it struck me he was apologizing for using my razor.
“Not a problem,” I said. “Not at all. You look… You did a good job.” A bit of scruff remained, but on him it worked well. “You clean up great.”
That thought did get voiced aloud.
“Wish we could get rid of your clothes, too, but—”
And that one.
“Get new ones for you, I mean. I don’t…think my jeans would fit right.”
“Thanks,” he said. His vocabulary might not extend far past the common courtesies, but it helped that he always seemed to mean them.
About the ebook:
Two vulnerable people seek refuge with each other in this erotic story with a slow, sensual and emotional build.
She’s been alone since her family disowned her, so the end of the world doesn’t change much at first. As isolated as ever, she stays safe. Then he shows up.
There’s a lot he won’t tell her. But he’s gentle. His scars show he’s survived something horrible. Even his name seems to be a painful secret.
Trust grows between them, and desire. Intimacy risks unsettling the cozy balance they’ve built—and revealing more wounds. Can they find healing as survivors in a new world?
This 17,500-word story is for mature audiences only, featuring healing sex between a sweet wounded hero and compassionate bisexual heroine who is learning to be more than self-reliant.
“The Summer After” was originally published in the Seattle Erotic Art Festival’s 2018 Literary Erotic Art anthology. It’s now available for the first time in ebook, newly copy edited but telling the same slow burn post-apocalyptic hurt/comfort story.
Read The Summer After:
Preorder on Amazon (and read in KU starting March 12, 2026)
