Rekindled Trust: A New Beginning is the longest chapter of Extra Innings yet — a double-length dive into intimacy and turning points. Jake and Logan’s weekend in the city reaches its peak: suits, dinner, a limo, and a night that leaves nothing between them but skin and trust. At the same time, Bryce and Ryan cross their own threshold back on campus. What begins as teasing over Xbox becomes heat, laughter, and the weight of a first kiss that lingers. This chapter is full, expansive, and raw — a new beginning written across two storylines, bound by the same question: what happens when you finally let someone in?
In This Chapter
Jake and Logan’s penthouse escape carried to its fiercest edge
Suits, fine dining, and intimacy that breaks past fear
Steam, sex, and the quiet tenderness of aftercare
Bryce and Ryan’s Xbox banter turning into charged touch
A first kiss that shifts everything
One chapter that reads like two — and leaves no one unchanged
Chapters drop in real time. Expect slow burn, fast hands, and emotional fallout.
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Through the Winter Fields is a queer rural romance told in dust, rain, and the hard quiet of Kansas seasons.
Book One — Beneath the Harvest Sun
In the heat of late summer, Colt Carter carried his family’s farm while burying every part of himself that didn’t fit the small-town mold. Mason Brooks showed up with sharp edges, restless eyes, and a past he didn’t talk about. What began with fences and chores grew into something neither could deny: stolen touches in the barn, laughter that broke through silence, and a love that had to stay hidden in a place where whispers could ruin them.
Book Two — Through the Winter Fields
Now the seasons have turned. Winter settles heavy, frost edging every window, silence sharper than sermons. Colt and Mason have crossed the line into intimacy, but the cold months bring new weight: town suspicion, financial strain, and the daily fight to hold onto each other when everything else threatens to pull them apart. Snow falls, fences splinter, and the choice to love becomes risk and salvation at once.
This is a story for readers who crave emotional slow burn, intimacy rooted in trust, and love that feels as raw and unyielding as the land itself.
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About the author:
Riley Thorne writes emotionally intelligent queer erotica focused on intimacy, character growth, and the power of restraint. His stories blend heat with heart — built for readers who want more than just a quick release.
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