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Ongoing, First published Oct 27, 2019
Matthew Aldridge has a problem. Correction: he has a lot of problems.

In his last year of college, his usually impeccable grade point average is off to a rough start. He doesn't know the last time he ate a vegetable and claims his dishwasher is broken just because him and his roommate don't want to empty it. All of his friends are getting married or having babies, while he uses any time he isn't cramming at the library to get drunk at the bars and stumble home. His grandmother would beat him with her rosary if she knew the sorts of things (or types of people) he got into there.

And that's where the real problem starts. Premarital sex? Unheard of in his family. Getting wasted? Absolutely not. So on top of those two transgressions, Matthew's absolutely sure, even despite his age, that if his family knew he spent half his nights kissing boys, they'd try to send him away "to be saved". Again. 

He struggles with what his family preaches is right but giving into the temptations is so much fun.

[This is a spin-off from my Sparked & Stung series featuring Matthew Aldridge. You do not need to read those books to read this.]
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