Angels of Mercy – Volume Two: Marco
by SA CollinsPublish: Nov 28, 2015LGBTBook Overview
Volume Two picks up the same day as the climax of Volume One, only told from Marco Sforza's (Elliot's boyfriend) point of view. This is a character study series where each man in the tale takes the reader on an introspective journey of coming to grips with the horrors of homophobia in competitive sports and the consequences when those scenarios become violent. Part two of a three part series.“L'amore della mia vita, Elliot Donahey, tu sei tutto per me; morirei se mi lasciassi. I’d simply wither away. You are my life; you are my love. Tu sei le mie stelle, la mia luna, l’aria che respiro, eternamente.”
Those words become a lightning rod for Marco Sforza, the man who seemed to have it all – looks, intelligence, charm, money, a certain degree of local fame as the star quarterback of Mercy High. But when his teammates beat his boyfriend to the brink of death, Marco will have to learn what “standing by your man” truly means.
How will these boys cope with Elliot's recuperation as well as find a way to bring justice for the heinous crime committed against him? Deception, lies and intrigue begin to thread their way into the boys’ lives as they struggle to just hold onto one another. All is not quite what it seems as we reach yet another climatic ending that will turn their whole world upside-down. The hate crime Elliot suffered was just the beginning of their woes. Is Marco and Elliot’s love for one another strong enough to see them through?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: These are character study works that deep dive into the minds of the men involved in them. They are not genre romance reads but rather what I term as proper "Queer Romance" - more akin to the Queer Literary Fiction written and popularized by the Violet Quill gang of the 1980s and 90s. They are closer to the bone of how gay men live their lives and rewrite rules to support their views on what a solid happy ending may mean for them. The situations presented are culled from stories told to me over the years by my fellow gay brothers and sisters. Queer Romance - it's a thing.
