I wanted to take a few minutes to bring everyone up to date on where MM5 stands, as well as the direction the series will take in the next three books.
We were with Alex and Jared as they met, fell in love and became a devoted couple. We've seen the affect of their love one one another and those closest to them as the first half of the series focused on the beginning of their relationship.
Still to come is the second half of this incredible love story. The last half of the series will tell the story of a more mature couple. You'll meet our boys as men, grownup and facing the challenge of keeping love alive through the struggle of every day living and barely averted tragedy.
I never planned to spend a lot of time writing the years Alex was away at college. The main reason being that so many of the struggles would parallel what they suffered when Alex was away at high school. While I didn't anticipate the interest you, my lovely readers, would have in those years, I still feel my best plan is to stick with my original blueprint. However, I'm not completely insensitive (actually I'm a sucker as you guys should have figured out by now) and I have a compromise.
Every few weeks I'll post a free read focused on the years Alex spent at college and Jared stayed home building the foundation of their lives together. I've stretched my imagination to the limit and entitled the series of stories "Alex and Jared: The College Years" (how clever am I?) I hope you enjoy them.
I'm currently writing MM5 (my author shorthand for The Making of a Man Book 5) entitled A World of Our Own. Capturing the guys in their thirties is a different challenge for me, and at 31 and 36 you will see they are beyond the "happy ever after" beginning and ending of the first three books. Lest you worry too much, rest assured the books will continue to share a peek into the future for Alex and Jared and their love burns with the same passion and devotion at the ages of 51 and 56 as it did at 15 and 20.
I'll announce the release date for the fifth book as soon as I have it, I promise.
For now…please enjoy (a slightly late) Valentine Love story. I give you…Alex and Jared: The College Years.
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