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Between the Shadow and the Soul
Thirty-year-old Greg Beaumont is still fleeing the ruin of his life fifteen years ago. Now he's sharing a new home with his best friend Nate Sawyer, pouring himself into his work, and avoiding romantic entanglements while claiming he's just taking his time. But when he meets Kyle Wakeham, a fifteen-year-old neighborhood boy, he'll not only face the wreckage of his past but he'll also discover he's not defined by the torments and tragedies of history.
Rated Mature for graphic sexual discussions, casual marijuana use, casual underage marijuana and alcohol use, flashbacks to the grooming and sexual assault of a minor, and explicit sexual activities.
Includes mentions of intimacy between high school students but otherwise contains no underage sex. Nope, not even a kiss.
This is a tale of healing, coming of age, self-discovery and romance.
There are no reviewers or editors, so all errors are my own.
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- 12/17/2018 (Updated: 04/18/2019)
- 36 Chapters
- 209,009 Words
- 86,341 Views
- 218 Comments
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Story Recommendations (3 members)
- Action Packed 2
- Addictive/Pacing 3
- Characters 3
- Chills 0
- Cliffhanger 2
- Compelling 0
- Feel-Good 0
- Humor 0
- Smoldering 2
- Tearjerker 3
- Unique 3
- World Building 2
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Moving in, Moving on
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Basketball Boy
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First Interlude - The Fiend Arises
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It's a Survival Trait
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Mothers and Intuitions Part 1
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Mothers and Intuitions Part 2
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Mothers and Intuitions Part 3
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Second Interlude - Mothers and Intuitions Part 4
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Aiding and Abetting a Stalker
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From Failed Anger to Failed Relationship
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Flirtations Both Gross and Subtle
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Making Progress Is Overrated
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Relationships Plus One
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This Has to Stop
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A Tale of Constant Sorrow
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Reflections
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Third Interlude - I Can Teach You
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The Fix
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Doomsday Clock
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The Nuclear Option
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Fourth Interlude - For His Son, Disappointment
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Snapshots from the Hereafter
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Vestiges of The Fiend
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All Good Things End
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Not Even Close
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Hellos and Goodbyes
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Potential Isn't Immortal
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The Intervention and the Key
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Birthday Bash Part 1 - Forerunners of Fate
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Birthday Bash Part 2 - The Shadow
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Birthday Bash Part 3 - The Soul
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Fifth Interlude - Vengeance
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The Road Not Traveled
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Glimpses
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Epilogue - Make Me a Beaumont
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Afterword
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