

It’s an touchingly beautiful story of an enduring love that spans over a period of sixty years.

This story was originally written from a prompt and photo submitted as part of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s Love is Always Write event in 2012. And, if they survive the war, they will need even more luck to keep their love alive through the years to come. Their relationship is measured in stolen moments and rare days of precious leave, with no guarantee there will be a tomorrow. But from the moment Daniel meets Jacob’s eyes across a battle-scarred deck, he knows he has to try.īeing together requires figuring out what it means to be gay in an era when they could be discharged, imprisoned, or worse for admitting the desires of their hearts. Only a special kind of love is worth taking that chance. Not only the risks of injury and death from Japanese planes and submarines, but the risk of discovery. A complete list with links can be found on my website Books page at https: ///books/.For Jacob and Daniel, two young gay men aboard a US Navy ship in WWII, the risks are high. I now have a good-sized backlist in ebooks and print, both free and professionally published, including Amazon bestseller The Rebuilding Year and Rainbow Award Best Mystery-Thriller Tracefinder: Contact. I was delighted and encouraged by the reception Mac and Tony received. I have a weakness for closeted cops with honest hearts, and teachers who speak their minds, and I had fun writing four novels and three freebie short stories in that series. My first professionally published book, Life Lessons, came out from MLR Press in May 2011. I've been writing far longer than I care to admit (*whispers - forty years*), mostly for my own entertainment, usually M/M romance (with added mystery, fantasy, historical, SciFi.) I also have a few Young Adult stories (some released under the pen name Kira Harp.) My husband finally convinced me that after all the years of writing for fun, I really should submit something, somewhere. Minnesota's a kind, quiet (if sometimes chilly) place and it's home. I was born in Montreal but I've lived for 30 years in Minnesota, where the two seasons are Snow-removal and Road-repair, where the mosquito is the state bird, and where winter can be breathtakingly beautiful. Kaje is pronounced just like cage - it's an old nickname, and my pronouns are she/her/hers.
