The American Nightmare by Jerry Cole

Greg and Edward Jones have been together eighteen years, married for twelve. They have two beautiful children, their own home, and only Greg needs to work to maintain their lifestyle. They have it all… except satisfaction, happiness, and self-love, that is. They hadn’t always been like this, but somewhere along the lines they have lost their way chasing the ideal life, and both of them are thoroughly miserable, yet hoping that their quiet martyrdom will protect their family. To boot, Edward is haunted by an endless stream of messages suggesting that Greg is seeing other men behind his back. Could this be true?

He doesn’t want to believe it, but he is no longer sure he is desirable to anyone. And Greg himself finds his mind is slowly rotting at work, as he realizes that everyone else gets the life he wants, gets all the breaks… whereas he only gets broken. Their individual identities, and their identity as a couple, are slowly falling apart. But a marriage cannot survive on sacrifice alone. As they drift apart, Edward makes one final push to bring back the spark that used to burn so brightly between them. Will it work, can they fall in love all over again? Will they realize the lies and misinformation between them and save their marriage and their family? Will love prevail? Or is it too little too late?