An epic motion picture! A gay Napoleonic War love story! Ballrooms and battles at sea! Romantic happy endings on the silver screen! And a film that’ll change everything for its stars ... Jason Mirelli can’t play adrenaline-fueled action heroes forever. He’s getting older, plus the action star parts have grown a little thinner since he came out as bisexual. This role could finally let him be seen as a serious dramatic actor, and he needs it to go well -- for his career, and because he’s fallen in love with the story and the chance to tell it. The first problem? He’ll be playing a ship’s captain ... and he hasn’t exactly mentioned his fear of water. The second problem? His co-star: award-winning, overly talkative, annoyingly adorable -- and openly gay – box office idol Colby Kent. Colby’s always loved the novel this film’s based on, and he leapt at the chance to adapt it, now that he has the money and reputation to make it happen. But scars and secrets from his past make filming a love story difficult ... until Jason takes his hand and wakes up all his buried desires. Jason could be everything Colby’s ever wanted: generous and kind, a fantastic partner on set, not to mention those heroic muscles. But Colby just can’t take that chance ... or can he? As their characters fall in love and fight a war, Colby and Jason find themselves falling, too ... and facing the return of their own past demons. But together they just might win ... and write their own love story.

Seaworthy

Leo tossed a chip into his mouth. “Good taste in food, Jill, I approve.”


“That is, as always, my only goal. Jason, if you see Colby, tell him I do want to meet with all of you before you leave today. Just checking in about tomorrow and the schedule. How are you feeling about that, by the way? Getting ready to dive off a boat?”


“Um,” Jason said. The discomfort was back. “Yeah.”


“Great,” Jill agreed, “I’ll see you back on set in a few,” and took half of Leo’s chips and went off to talk to some of the lighting crew and the director of photography.


Jason swallowed. Clutched his plate. Suddenly carnitas seemed less appetizing. Clouds whipped in overhead, thick and weighty as boulders. The sun ran and hid. The day gloomed.


He took a breath, let it out. Mole caught his eye.


Chapter 28