Fade to Blue
Blue Series #3
By DP Denman
Genre: M/M Romance
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Brady Halverson
is a self-made man with his life under control. He has the money. He has the
man. He has it all. When an international scandal pits brother against brother,
he realizes how quickly he could lose it.
While Brady is
learning the truth behind his brother’s lies, his boyfriend Blue is learning
another lesson about loyalty and the fragile bonds of friendship. A careless
moment divides Blue’s circle of friends, threatening to tear it apart.
Putting things
back together forces them to test the bonds of friendship and family. For one
of them, things will never be the same.
Brady walked
barefoot down the hall of his condo, tan carpet cushioning his steps, his mind
on the golf course. He looked forward to Wednesdays at the country club,
working on his game and chatting with fellow golfers. They celebrated their
morning on the green with cognac at the clubhouse, bragging about better days
and better scores.
He strode past
the office he'd learned to ignore, the career that used to define him downgraded
to a lucrative hobby. The trill of the phone on his desk lured him to the open
door. It didn't make that sound often anymore. He stepped into the sunlit room,
a muted version of summer pouring through the full-length tinted windows. He
paused within reach of the receiver, tempted to let the call go to voice mail.
It wasn't an emergency. It couldn't be.
There were no
emergencies in investing. Only a slow-rising panic that took days to peak and
gave people ulcers in the process. That phone produced headaches. His cell
dealt with calamity, and it hadn't made a sound.
A glance at the
caller ID challenged his certainty, scattering the casual curiosity and denting
his mood.
Why were the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police phoning his office?
A spike of fear
drilled into his gut at the thought that his boyfriend, Blue, had tripped over
something and done a face plant into trouble. It wouldn’t be the first time,
though Blue's brand of trouble didn't warrant the RCMP’s attention. At worst,
it attracted the Vancouver police and a couple of paramedics.
He picked up on
the third ring, pushing aside the explanation. If they were calling about Blue,
they wouldn't be on his landline.
"This is
Sergeant George with IMET," a man said in his ear. "I'm trying to
reach Brady Halverson."
"This is
Brady. You're with what?"
"The
Integrated Market Enforcement Team. Do you have a moment to answer some
questions?"
He wasn't
familiar with that division, but the name was enough to launch dread down a zip
line through his intestines.
"Sure."
He stood behind his desk, cringing at the thought of something unpleasant
crashing into his life.
"You work
as a hedge fund manager. Is that correct?"
"Not anymore.
I'm a part-time investment advisor."
"And you
have a brother named Terry Bernard Halverson?"
That question
didn't make any sense. The topics weren't related. "Yes. What's this
about?"
"Would you
mind coming down to our office to discuss a few things?"
He didn't like
the way the sergeant stepped around his question. Neither did his blood
pressure.
"Can you
tell me what this is about?" he repeated, suspicion inching toward dread
and puddling under his arms.
"It regards
your brother."
"I figured
that." His heart pounded through scenes of kidnappings by professionals
who specialized in compound interest and compound fractures. "Is he all
right?"
"To my
knowledge, he's fine. I'd rather ask the remaining questions in person if you
don't mind. It's not urgent, but it is important."
He breathed out
the tension in his stomach. "Yeah, I guess. What's the address?"
Sergeant George
gave it.
"Does it
need to be today?"
"No.
Anytime this week will be fine."
They agreed to
meet the next morning, and he hung up, questions crowding his head. The biggest
was what Market Enforcement in British Columbia wanted with a concert violinist
from Toronto.
Award winning
author DP Denman writes character-driven contemporary romance about gay men.
Her stories are real and intense, but resolve in endings that make people want
to read the book all over again. She lives among the moss and trees of the
Pacific Northwest with a rambunctious pair of fur babies.
In her spare
time, she is a dedicated LGBTQIA rights activist with a special focus on the
thousands of rejected and abandoned kids who end up on the street every year.
To support the cause, 25% of the royalties from every book go to LGBT
charities.
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