This is a quieter story filled with intensity and Deacon and Julian struggle with first finding common ground and then starting to acknowledge their feelings for each other. When Deacon sees how much Julian is struggling with Rhett’s death, he reaches out and wonders how he never noticed Julian before. Julian fit into the family in ways Deacon never did and Deacon has always been internally jealous of the ease that Julian seemed to have with his own family, as Deacon always lived in Rhett’s shadow. Rhett was the favorite son and Deacon never fit in and his mother wasn’t kind to him and his father allowed it. Deacon and Julian are both struggling with the death of Rhett, who was Deacon’s brother and Julian’s boyfriend. Without You is a character-driven story that is easy to get caught up in right away. But Deacon and Julian may ultimately fit together in ways they never thought possible. Deacon has never been attracted to a man before and being attracted to Julian isn’t something he thinks he can allow himself. The men are spending more together than ever and Deacon realizes Julian is not the man he thought he was-he’s so much more.
Now, everything changes when Rhett’s cancer returns, and Deacon and Julian come together to grieve his death. Julian fit in with Deacon’s family in ways that Deacon never did, and Deacon never even thought to admit he was jealous of Julian. Deacon was close to his brother, but he and Julian never worked. Julian spent most of his time with Deacon’s brother, Rhett, and Rhett and Julian fell in love and moved in together. Julian moved in next door and spent a lot of time at Deacon’s house, but the two of them never got along. Each book can be read as a COMPLETE standalone.Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooksĭeacon has known Julian since he was a kid. UNWANTED is book one in a brand new, emotional LGBTQ+ series that follows a group of foster siblings, who are banded together by their pasts. But we were no longer the unwanted foster kids. Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were made for each other. But with only one touch, one kiss, I was taken back to where it all started. I didn’t plan on a second chance, fear of history repeating itself making it hard to forgive and even harder to forget. Not only does the pain and hurt of our mistakes linger between us, but so do our feelings. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another.īut somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system.
Unwanted ( The Unlucky Ones #1) by Marley Valentine
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