Fill the Empty Spaces
Everything was empty.
Not literally. My apartment was still filled with the remnants of my life with Austin. That was the problem.
The things were there. Austin wasn’t, and he never would be again.
Twenty years of love ended in an instant the night a drunk driver hit Del Nethercott’s partner Austin. In his grief, Del has pushed away most of his friends and is barely existing. Austin would want him to go on living, but how can he without the love of his life?
Over the next few months, Del finds his way into his new reality with the help of Austin’s drag sister Remy, a sweater-wearing cat named Charlie… and Lochlan, a man hiding a supernatural secret.
As Del works through his grief, he and Lochlan grow closer, until Del realizes he feels more than friendship for the other man. Only months after losing Austin, Del isn’t ready to love again. But maybe he’s ready to hope.
This book has a main character who has lost his life partner and depicts his grieving process. It includes discussions of child abuse and child death, suicide, and homophobia and transphobia. But it also includes an adorable cat who wears sweaters. 25% of royalties earned on this book are donated to the Kitty Cat Cafe and Adoption Lounge in Peabody, Massachusetts, in gratitude for the owner permitting me to use the names of real cats who resided at the cafe at the time I was writing this book and for granting permission for me to use one of my photos of the real-life Charlie the Sweater Cat on the cover.
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The review listed below was done for the 2023 edition of this book. No changes were made to the content of the story for the 2024 reissue.
Jay Mountney of Paranormal Romance Guild gives Fill the Empty Spaces 5 stars and says, “The book is well written and at times it tugs at the heartstrings but there is always hope in the offing.”
Snow on Christmas Eve
For the first time in his life, Tag won’t be spending Christmas with his close-knit family. Rejected by them after he announced he was moving in with a man, Tag has had no contact with his parents or brothers. And his Christmas spirit has taken a major hit, much to the dismay of his partner Darion.
On Christmas Eve, a light snowstorm leads to Darion’s assertion that Christmas Eve snow is magical and wishes made in it will come true. Taken in by Darion’s childlike belief in magic, despite his own skepticism, Tag wishes he could have his family back.
But magic doesn’t exist, and wishes don’t come true… or do they?
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