Lyncoln Ryland always saw himself as an ordinary man with an ordinary job, working maintenance in an ordinary mall. The only thing about him that isn’t ordinary are his feelings for the man who’s renovating the mall, but any kind of relationship with such a sophisticated man is highly unlikely.<br><br>Adam James is the wealthy man who owns the mall. He’s secretly been yearning for Lyncoln, a man he doesn’t see as ordinary in the least. But Adam’s family has plans for him, and they don’t include a relationship with a blue-collar worker.<br><br>All this is about to change when the sirens go off, signaling the possible end of the world. When the two men realize this isn’t a drill, they take shelter in the mall that isn’t quite as ordinary as everyone believes. What will the outcome be when two such disparate men must survive the apocalypse together?

Surviving the Apocalypse

He got out, pleased Adam was on his heels and hadn’t wasted time closing the hatch. A quick glance showed the carts they’d moved to the side were still in place and hadn’t moved, so things must have been quiet up here. They crossed the space to the stairs, jogged up them, and hurried to the doors. Lync turned on the Geiger counter, shoved the doors open, thrust out the wand, and held his breath, but the amount of radiation the machine ticked off wasn’t much more than it had recorded in the shelter.


Lync stepped out into the mall and waited for Adam to join him. The security gates were still locked down, and the amount of light they let in was minimal, even though it was early morning. The glass section of ceiling wasn’t letting in as much light as usual either, but Lync didn’t know if that was because of debris, a result of fallout, or if it was just cloudy because it was a rainy day.


“Okay.” He touched Adam’s arm. “Come on.”


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