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Excerpt from Coming of Age Lit Golden Boy by Freddie Braun Title: Golden Boy Author: Freddie Braun Publisher: NineStar Press Release Date: 05/19/2026 Heat Level: 2 - Fade to Black Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 207 Genre: Contemporary, Lit/fiction, non-explicit, coming of age, ensemble cast, found family, college students, Scotland, London, Paris, unrequited love, gay, lesbian, heterosexual Add to Goodreads Description At an ancient Scottish university where neo-Gothic spires claw at grey skies and fog settles thick around granite walls, eighteen-year-old Felix arrives hoping to outrun the shadows of his past. He quickly falls under the spell of five strangers who will change the course of his life forever: fierce Jess, who becomes his anchor; quiet Julian, with his cutting truths; the Sarah duo, one magnetic, one thoughtful; and Colin—golden-haired, impossible, the kind of boy who makes Felix forget his own name. https://paperphoenixink.com/2026/05/17/excerpt-from-coming-of-age-lit-golden-boy-by-freddie-braun/