The Writing's on the Wall

When the strikingly handsome but mysterious Icarus Zeek arrives in town, Deven Yoder befriends him over a love of punk music and shared feelings of seclusion. But Deven's impulse to protect Icarus from a troubled life of abuse develops into feelings he isn't ready to confront, and their friendship is thrown into chaos when Icarus's advances force Deven into a spiral of sexual confusion and self-denial.


A simple high school friendship rapidly evolves into a tumultuous college relationship rife with passion and sexual discovery. Just as the two men embrace their true feelings for one another, a past mistake threatens to unravel everything. Can true love survive even the harshest realities of the follies of youth, or are two lost souls destined to forever wander?





The Writing's on the Wall is a standalone novel focused on the long-term evolving relationship of two men from high school to adulthood. It deals with issues like physical/emotional family abuse and self-harm and includes emotionally-charged love scenes of a hot heat level.