Heart Of Coal

He mined my Heart Of Coal out of the ground, then kept it safe... In His LoveJimWorking underground, buried four-hundred feet down, five days a week is pretty much my life. In the nine years, nothing crazy has happened. But that is about to change. My whole world is about to blow, and there is nothing I can do to stop it from happening.I normally keep to myself, and try to stay away from others in fear that the wrong people will find out my secret. Being who I truly am is illegal, and would lead me, at best, to be an outcast in society. At worst, I'd be locked up or most likely dead, all for who I am on the inside and what I like on the outside. Then I was tasked with training Charlie, a new worker with no experience. A nineteen-year-old kid that doesn't look like he belongs down in the mine to begin with. And not only have I been tasked to teach him, but to protect him. And by doing so, puts me in a dangerous position to not only be hurt physically, but emotionally as well. My world has already come crashing down on my head once before. This time, my Heart Of Coal is at risk of being smothered for good.CharlieI am terrified and hurting after everything I just went through, but I am trying not to show it. I am trying not to let who I am shine too much, so what happened never happens again. Now I just feel like a caged bird, trapped all alone, starved of any type of affection.My dad and I just moved to Pittsburgh, where he got me a job at The Pittsburgh Coal Company, so I can help make ends meet. And one thing everyone seems to agree on without even saying it is that "I don't belong down there!" I am not built for this type of work.I have to prove everyone wrong underground. One of the most dangerous jobs in the Industrial Industry, somewhere you are stuck with some gruff unpleasant men in the dark, that you would never want to go toe to toe with. Where the world above you could come crashing down just by swinging an axe at the wrong wall.Then I met Jim, a man that not only promised to keep me safe, but showed me there is a place for me in this world. Another place underground, and to get there you just need to follow the rainbow.Heart Of Coal is a 115,000-word, Dual POV, MM Romance, set in the 1950's coal mining industry, and when it was illegal to be gay. It is a light-historical novel, written to give you a peek at the 50's without fully submerging you in the time period. It is a story about finding the confidence to push past the fear within to feel safe, to find who in life you can call family, while continuing to hide from society, fighting dangerous environments, and the people in them. Expect real life locations and situations full of emotion, light humor, tension, and danger.

Pages: 442, Paperback, Growing Stories Publishing