At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere

Blackjack dealer and stripper Adrian West has lived in Las Vegas long enough to be numb to beggars on the Strip. Their destitution is a sad, ugly part of reality in a city where people win or lose it all at the tables every single day.So he’s at a loss to explain why the homeless man in the suit catches his eye. Why he can’t just keep on walking like he always does.Former advertising executive Max Reynolds is a Las Vegas cliche. After a run of bad luck costs him his boyfriend, his job, and his home, he’s decided to go out with a bang—a week of high-rolling capped off with a peaceful overdose in a luxury hotel room.When a last second epiphany keeps him from finishing the job, he’s ready to live again… but he doesn’t have a dime to his name. He has nothing.That is until a stranger takes him in off the street. Max may have hit rock bottom, but now he has a glimmer of hope and an unexpected friendship.A friendship that just might turn into everything neither man knew he was missing.This novel is approximately 51,000 words.