Even if the diamond was flawed, it was the first diamond he’d ever grasped so tight it left edges imprinted on his palm, and he would clutch it to his chest until his heart bled, sure nobody but Grant Adams, his brother’s best friend and the kid he’d grown up with, could give him that feeling. Years later, when their lives turned out very differently, Mackey would remember that moment, the freedom at his face and the safety at his back, and it would be the diamond in his mind, the one clear moment that taught him what love was all about. He would be Mackey’s one good thing, his one shining light in an otherwise harsh and soul-crushing life. Grant would become the anchor and lifeline that held Mackey in place. More than slightly homophobic, Kell made it painfully clear how much he despised “fags” and so Grant and Mackey hid their five-year-long affair from everyone. Unfortunately, Grant and Mackey both feared not only their parent’s reactions, but also the loss of Kell and his friendship as well. When his brother Kell’s best friend, Grant, gave Mackey his first kiss, he knew that he was feeling love for the very first time.

Music was his life, his soul, and it was also the thing that tied him to Grant. The band was the one place someone else’s opinion mattered, and the one thing he could put in his pocket during the day with the shit-for-brains kids who couldn’t just read the fucking books and stay out of his face… Coming from a life that could only be described as worse than “living on a shoestring and a prayer,” Mackey’s entire life was about survival. I may have to go purchase this in its original format just so I can prolong the delightful experience of reading this tour de force by the remarkably talented Amy Lane.įrom the tender age of 14, Mackey determined that somehow the music inside him must be released and his three brothers and their closest friend were going to be the band he so desperately needed to make that happen. I have been informed that I may have missed some of the treasure trove that came with being patient and reading this novel over the weeks it was released. Rather than have to endure the delicious dollops that others had to when they waited to receive this incredibly gorgeous novel in the intended serial format, I waited until it was released in total. I have read numerous comments and reviews of her work, as well as reading much of it myself, but I am fairly certain nothing prepared me for her latest serial release, Beneath The Stain.

You often hear how Amy Lane is the queen of beautiful angsty stories. Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK

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