On the Ledge

Shale Malloy was ready for something easier than a painful, pathetic existence. Each time he failed to find a way out; he tried to live better. He wasn't very good at it. Not after being violently assaulted and left for dead. He survived, but his boyfriend didn'tThe wound his death left behind festered. Sent off to college, away from small-minded, small-town folk, his family didn't want the trouble he'd brought into their lives.
He was on his own, despite a whole new world of people and possibilities. His plans remained the same despite the distractions until they were derailed by his dead boyfriend and the new man in his life. Living wasn't easy after so much loss but Shale had to learn to step off the ledge-with a little help.