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Love By the Hour
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 7 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He knew her smile was part of the job. He just wanted to believe his was different.
A lonely man walks into a strip club and finds something more intoxicating than desire: the feeling that somebody finally sees him.
One dance becomes another visit. Another visit becomes an obsession. Soon, he's paying for conversations, counting the days between meetings, and convincing himself that the money is only a bridge to something real.
Then the fantasy steps into daylight.
Beyond the music and neon is a woman with children, bills, a complicated past, and a life that doesn't resemble the one he imagined. As their arrangement becomes a relationship, he discovers that being wanted, being needed, and being loved can feel dangerously alike.
And the price no longer comes by the hour.
Told in a raw, confessional voice, Love by the Hour blends biting dark humor with an unflinching look at male loneliness, paid intimacy, the need to rescue, and the stories people tell themselves to keep believing.
Joe Sellers delivers a provocative work of short fiction about two imperfect people caught between desire and survival-and a man forced to ask how much of himself he will surrender to avoid being alone.
How much does love cost when you're afraid to stop paying?
Contains strong language, sexual situations, and mature themes.
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