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Stepping Through

by CJane Elliott

Cameron Wheeler’s life is all mapped out: he’ll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He’s packed away what he really wants—a career as a musician—because he knows it’s never going to happen. But Cameron's well-planned life is turned upside down when he walks into a musty jewelry shop in LA and meets the mysterious Apollo, who tells him to “follow his soul, not his past.” Apollo's magical presence spurs Cameron to discover and follow his true path, in life and in love.

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Cover Artists:
Paul Richmond

Genres:
Contemporary, Fantasy, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, New Adult, Paranormal

Tags:
author - american, format - short story <15K, what - concept - acceptance, what - concept - internal homophobia, what - emotion - angst, what - emotion - grief, what - emotion - love, what - sex - first time / exploration, what - topic - friendship, what - topic - magic, where - city - los angeles, where - country - usa, where - state - california, who - description - college grad (recent), who - description - unaccepting parent, who - occupation - artist, who - occupation - college student, who - occupation - designer, who - occupation - healer, who - occupation - musician, who - type - spirit

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 3
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Bisexual, Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 2 Age: Ageless/Immortal
Protagonist 3 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Bodyguard/Guardian Angel, Coming of Age, Coming Out / Closeted, Fated Mates / Soul Mates, Healing Power of Sex, Hurt / Comfort, InstaLove / Love at First Sight
Word Count: 11000
Setting: USA, California, Los Angeles
Languages Available: English
Reviews:Kathleen on Amazon wrote:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully written and with just enough grounding in reality to ...
October 29, 2014

Although I am generally not interested in paranormal narratives, I've just changed my mind with CJ Elliott's stellar Stepping Through. This is a magical novella, beautifully written and with just enough grounding in reality to keep me from rolling my eyes as I usually do with this sort of work. And the cover! so evocative of the feelings of the novella -- full of light and connection and mystery. Well done, CJane!


About the Author

After years of hearing characters chatting away in her head, award-winning author CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn’t looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane writes sexy, passionate LGBTQ romances that explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.

CJane is bisexual and an ardent supporter of LGBTQ equality. In her spare time, CJane can be found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her family supports her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched over, staring intensely at her laptop.

CJane is the author of the award-winning Serpentine Series, New Adult contemporary novels set at the University of Virginia. Serpentine Walls was a 2014 Rainbow Awards finalist, Aidan’s Journey was a 2015 EPIC Awards finalist, and Sex, Love, and Videogames won first place in the New Adult category in the 2016 Swirl Awards and first place in Contemporary Fiction in the 2017 EPIC eBook Awards. Her contemporary novel All the Way to Shore was Runner Up for Best Bisexual Book in the 2017 Rainbow Awards.