"They walk in artificial enlightenment, and it's so limiting, so miserable, and they can't even see it. It's so bright around them that their shadows cover everything, and it's so dark in their shadows that if you find yourself there, it's very hard to know where to go to be able to see again."Monty and Walter are an unlikely couple who meet under the most extraordinary circumstances. They dive into a passionate secret relationship, and though they appear to be polar opposites in personality and lifestyle, they discover that they have a lot more in common than they realise.Their love changes both of them as they navigate the rough and rocky terrain of sharing a home with Walter's judgemental stepmother. No matter what tries to tear them apart, they come to the painful conclusion, again and again, that they are soul mates.Book Two of 'The House on Glass Beach' (all stories are stand-alone). Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22 A series of stories and novels by Laura Susan Johnson
