In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder

He’s a busboy at Toolies, a local bar that serves the best beer around and is a stop over for people passing through from two major business hubs.

Morgan Kade is twenty four, he is gorgeous to look at, funny, intelligent, direct, stubborn, creates beautiful kinetic glass sculptures … and he’s autistic. Over a period of time, as Durstrand weaves its magic, as he really sees Morgan, the Seychelles dream seems to shimmer off in the distance. But, and there’s always a but, beneath the best laid plans of mice and men theory, Durstrand, its people, and a special person by the name of Morgan slowly start to get under Grant’s skin. The Seychelles looks nice and he’ll be out of US jurisdiction. Hating the way business is going, Grant gets out, moves to Durstrand, buys the old Anderson house, starts renovating it and dreams of far off beaches where he’ll retire when the heat is off. They particularly wanted Grant’s “black book” of contacts, which Grant had no intentions of coughing up. Business began to become complex and there was no longer honour amongst thieves. Stolen coin collections, cars, and various other goods were overtaken by people-smuggling/trafficking, drugs, and nasty thugs behind it all who’d shoot you as soon as look at you for a buck.

Jeff, however, turned out to be FBI and in on a sting to bring Grant and fellow import/export ‘businessmen’ down.

He was also romantically involved with a man he thought he loved, Jeff. Thirty six year old Grant Kessler lands in the small town of Durstrand to lay low after being in a questionable business of importing/exporting goods. And once Grant opens his eyes, he loses his heart to the beautiful enigma of a man who changes the course of his life. Like the rest of the world he can’t see past Morgan’s odd behaviors Then Morgan shows Grant how light lets you see but it also leaves you blind. While the attraction is mutual, Grant pushes Morgan away. And when Grant Kessler moves into town Morgan isn’t a bit shy in letting the man know how much he wants him. Yet he’s beaten every obstacle life has thrown his way. Severely autistic, Morgan cannot look people in the eye, tell left from right, and has uncontrolled tics. But his real plan is to wait a few years and let the FBI lose interest, then move on to the distant coastal life he’s always dreamed of. When business turns in a direction Grant isn’t willing to follow he decides to retire and by all appearances he settles down in a nowhere town called Durstrand. Tags: ASD MC, Contemporary, FBI, Criminal Past, Love Story, Quirky Small Town, Family is Who You Make Itįor years Grant Kessler has smuggled goods from one end of the world to the next.

In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder