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Illumination

By: Rowan Speedwell
Narrated by: Mark Royse
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Summary

Adam Craig is burned out. Lead singer of the hard rock band Black Varen, he’s tired of the empty life of groupies, paparazzi, and hotel rooms. Worse, a life in the closet. After the final concert of their latest tour, he flees the afterparty, pursuing memories of lost summers and carefree days, until he passes out on the patio of a shuttered lake resort.

Miles Caldwell is a brilliant artist, tied by agoraphobia and social anxiety to his family’s lodge. Alone but for his parrot, he spends his days illuminating manuscripts and hiding from the complexities of life. When he discovers Adam asleep in a deck chair, he’s furious but intrigued.

Adam soon charms his way into Miles’s bed, and they lose themselves in a summer idyll, safe from the compromises and claims of reality. But Adam’s life, with all it demands, is waiting for him. And Miles, uncertain of Adam’s true feelings, is battling demons of his own. Somehow, the man who’s never home and the man who never leaves it must find the strength to fight for a future together.
©2013 Rowan Speedwell (P)2024 Riptide Publishing
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  • Categories: Romance
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Great story, average narration.

I love this story and think it is great the mental health issues don't magically disappear when falling in love. The details abouy Miles's art are very depicting. The narrator is a reader. His voices are limited and he does not perform everything the text prompts.

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