The Deep of the Sound
by Amy Lane

A Bluewater Bay Novel

Cal McCorkle has lived in Bluewater Bay his whole life. He works two jobs to support a brother with a laundry list of psychiatric diagnoses and a great-uncle with Alzheimer's, and his personal life amounts to impersonal hookups with his boss. He's got no time, no ambition, and no hope. All he has is family, and they're killing him one responsibility at a time.

Avery Kennedy left Los Angeles, his family, and his sleazy boyfriend to attend a Wolf's Landing convention, and he has no plans to return. But when he finds himself broke and car-less in Bluewater Bay, he's worried he'll have to slink home with his tail between his legs. Then Cal McCorkle rides to his rescue, and his urge to run away dies a quick death.

Avery may seem helpless at first, but he can charm Cal's fractious brother, so Cal can pretty much forgive him anything. Even being adorkable. And giving him hope. But Cal can only promise Avery "until we can't" --- and the cost of changing that to "until forever" might be too high, however much they both want it.

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Bluewater Bay stories can be read in any order --- jump in wherever you'd like!

Word count: 82,000; page count: 308

Other Books by Amy Lane

Assassin Fish
Desert Fish

Running Scared
Princeton Royals Book 2

Devil and the Deep Blue Fish
Fish Out of Water Book 8

Under Cover
Covert Book 1

Fish in a Barrel
Fish Out of Water Book 7

School of Fish
Fish Out of Water Book 6

Fish on a Bicycle
Fish Out of Water Book 5

Hiding the Moon
Fish Out of Water Book 4

A Few Good Fish
Fish Out of Water Book 3

Red Fish, Dead Fish
Fish Out of Water Book 2

Fish Out of Water
Fish Out of Water Book 1

Amy Lane's Bio

Amy Lane has two kids who are mostly grown, two kids who aren’t, three cats, and two Chi-who-whats at large. She lives in a crumbling crapmansion with most of the children and a bemused spouse. She also has too damned much yarn, a penchant for action adventure movies, and a need to know that somewhere in all the pain is a story of Wuv, Twu Wuv, which she continues to believe in to this day! She writes fantasy, urban fantasy, and gay romance—and if you accidentally make eye contact, she’ll bore you to tears with why those three genres go together. She’ll also tell you that sacrifices, large and small, are worth the urge to write.