Even on the darkest of days, there is hope. They say bad news comes in threes. For Jake Sheraton, bad was the understatement of the century. Learning that his husband had been cheating on him for years was a hard enough a pill to swallow. Worse was being divorced for a younger man. But even that paled compared to the incurable parting gift his husband left him with. Alone, bereft, and facing a future he'd never imagined, the last thing Jake expects to find is bliss in a West End coffee shop. When a haunted-looking man wanders into Bliss Beans, owner Blair Blissett knows he needs to help however he can. Even if it's just with a hot, sweet beverage and an encouraging smile. But when he learns they have more in common than he suspected, he goes out of his way to give the beautiful man hope. And Then Came Bliss is a short 8300-word story about hope and was originally published in the Say Their Names charity anthology project in support of The Names Project, the organization which oversees, maintains, and displays the AIDS Quilt. It has been lightly reedited but the story remains unchanged. Cover artist by day, author by night, L.C. Chase is a hopeless romantic, free spirit, and adventure seeker who loves hitting the open road just to see where it takes her. When not writing sensual tales of men falling in love, she can be found designing romance novel covers, taking photos, drawing, horseback riding, or hiking the trails with her goofy four-legged roommate.L.C. is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist for Pickup Men and Pulling Leather; an EPIC eBook Awards winner for Pickup Men; a nine-time Ariana eBook Cover Art Awards winner, and Bronze winner in Sinfully's 2014 Reader's Choice Awards for Cover of the Year. She also won runner-up for Best Gay Contemporary Romance and Best Gay Book in the 2016 Rainbow Awards for A Fortunate Blizzard; honorable mention for Best Gay Contemporary Romance in the 2015 Rainbow Awards for Pulling Leather; and Best Gay Mystery/Thriller in the 2012 Rainbow Awards for Riding with Heaven.You can find L.C. on her website, www.lcchase.com, and subscribe to her totally sporadic, no spam newsletter works in progress, new releases, newsletter exclusives, and more.
