Here is one story from the Duty and Daring collection. I’ve been a rail fan for most of my life and my brother, with whom I now share a home, was in the maintenance side of the industry for most of his career. My first serious love was also in that business so of course I had to come up with a story in that setting. It was part of a running series Amber Quill featured in its Amber Allure line about blue collar guys called Working Stiffs (pun intended!) I mean what is sexier than a muscular, good looking, hard working man?
Workin’ on the Railroad by Deirdre O’Dare,
http://www.amberquill.com/store/p/1315-Workin-On-The-Railroad.aspx
Blurb:
Roane Wellman only intends to work one summer on railroad maintenance to pay for his next semester of college after his party-guy ways cause his grandfather to stop supporting his schooling. In a summer of hard work, adventure and danger, he matures and finds a new course for his life. Before the season ends, he knows he’s meant to be workin’ on the railroad as he fights to build a career and a partnership that just might last for the rest of his life.
Alden Prescott is a loner, content to operate his big crane and shrug off the added responsibilities of being a gang foreman. His current foreman, however, is a drunkard and so close to worthless that Alden ends up doing a lot of the functions he has tried to avoid. Although Alden’s strongly drawn to the handsome new summer hire, memories of a past tragedy make him afraid to pursue the relationship.
What will it take to convince Alden that Roane is not going to let him repeat past mistakes? And what will happen when the current foreman winds up busted for illicit drug use? Workin’ on the railroad packs a lot of danger, challenge, and some very hot times””days at work and nights at play…
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