PATIENT LOVE — Limited Edition (paperback)

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. IT MIGHT TAKE AT LEAST A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE IT'S SHIPPED DEPENDING ON MY PRINTING PARTNERS.

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This is the limited edition from 2023, in paperback version. It features an all-new cover by artist @Ish7ar, a revamped typeset and new exclusive illustrations.

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PATIENT LOVE

"Castiel Novak is 27 when he suddenly loses his twin brother Jimmy, and his whole world turns to ashes. How do you deal with losing half of yourself when your whole life always revolved around the two of you, like yin and yang and black and white? How do you deal with a broken soul and old demons looming over you with no one to hold you back anymore?

After 10 years as a Navy Special Warfare Operator and more than a dozen deployments in both Afghanistan and Iraq, a battlefield injury forces 28-year-old Chief Petty Officer Dean Winchester to choose between being stuck behind a desk for the rest of his career or going back to civil life. When he learns about his friend Jimmy’s death, Dean makes his way back to Kansas with his heart in his throat and broken pieces at his feet.

Things are already complicated and painful enough as it is, but when former lovers Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak meet again after 10 years of radio silence and a galaxy of wounds and scars solidly standing between them, it feels like both a curse and a blessing has been placed on them both. Is there any hope in putting back their broken pieces together after a decade, and how do you deal with grief and broken dreams?"

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I wrote this story in-between December 2020 and the end of April 2021 as a way to cope with my own personal story. Nothing about Patient Love is simple: it deals with grief, addiction and broken-up people, but it does so in a way that I personally view as cathartic. It's probably forever going to be the most personal story I ever wrote.

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531 Pages
Print Book: US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)
Colored interior w/ artwork
Printed on 90GSM white paper
Paperback, Matte Cover

Due to issues with my printing partner, I am not able to sign books anymore. If you want them signed, you can purchase a bookplate in the store and they'll be sent to you separately.