Author Name: Rodd Clark
Book Name: Torn and Frayed
Series: Gabriel Church Tales
Book: Two
Can be read as a standalone, but better
read as a series
Release
Date: E-Book: January 9, 2016/Paperback: February 9, 2016
Blurb:
“Conscience isn’t something all
people are born with...”
Gabriel Church is a portrait in
contrast. It would be easy to get lost in his pale-blue eyes, ache with the
need to feel the strength of his masculine frame. He appears to be nothing but
animal and instinct. The only people who know the full depth of that truth are
dead, murdered, or two thousand miles away.
Gabe is a serial killer. For
the first time in his life, he has more on his mind than his own survival. This
time he is running from Seattle to protect the only person he thinks innocent
in his laundry list of crime and murder: Christian Maxwell, his biographer and
unexpected lover. Drawn to a place he never thought to return, Gabe finds new
and different realities. Realities that insist he let go of his tragic past,
those incredible perceptions of God, and his own divinity. He must open his
eyes to what the love of a good man can do to heal a broken soul.
But when the killer is
confronted by his own willingness to love and sacrifice, he is forced to
ultimately ask the question: Just how far will he go to save a life . . . when
all he’s ever done is take them?
Pages or Words: 100,000 words
Categories: Bisexual, Crime Fiction,
Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Excerpt:
The
relationship that Gabriel Church and Christian Maxwell shared was based on a
period that overshadowed any real emotional bond. If the situation had been normal,
Christian might’ve learned that Gabriel used gallows humor far too frequently,
or that he had a cruel streak buried under his handsome exterior. As much as
they thought they cared for each other, neither looked closely enough at the reasons
and the whys regarding the draw each one felt for the other. Gabriel was
a serial killer running on an uneasy apprehension of arrest, and he’d never
allowed himself to get closer to anyone, particularly a stranger like Maxwell.
But paramount to that, he was a man who hadn’t had a friend in nearly more
years than he could count. They’d somehow formed a connection, and the end
result had been greater than Gabriel could’ve ever thought he’d achieve. Their
friendship had turned sexual, but it had more to do with the evolution of
simple human contact and a desire to have something neither man could have
guessed would become their future.
The
allure that bound them had been based on something bent and unconventional. It
was this distinction that outshone all else, and was the only thing that
might’ve remained standing. It was a Romeo and Juliet tragedy in the making; two
souls who’d shared a single foxhole, yet neither could see that clearly enough
in those earlier days.
Christian
had all the “tells” of someone who was distrustful of Gabe from the beginning.
Maybe it was his bent smile and the shadow of a killer underneath such an
attractive façade. Or maybe it was the blossoming of the writer’s sexuality and
the heat that was generating between them, unbeknownst to him. Theirs had been
a strange relationship, more parasitical than not. Chris wanted to learn all he
could about the mind of a serial murderer, and Gabe hungrily fed off the man’s
undeniable devotion. Even before they’d fucked the first time, Gabe had felt
the odd stirrings in his jeans. He’d disregarded the titillation at the time,
and later he wrote it off as some type of control, knowing that whatever he had
the writer wanted in spades. Christian’s eyes had told the truth, his crystal
gaze lapping up the image of the man across the room. It was in some twisted
satisfaction that Gabe likened the writer to a puppy, trying desperately to
please a stern owner and the clearly visible desire to lick at the stubble on
his cheeks.
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Meet the author:
Rodd lives in Dallas, TX at the
moment but hails from the sticks of Oklahoma. Check out his web presence at RODDCLARK.COM.
Interested in the M/M Mystery, Romance and Thriller genres but has a varied
interest in many books. It has been written that his writing has a very dark
and distinctive voice with a need for deep exploration and analysis. “Torn and Frayed” is the sequel to his
popular romantic thriller, "Rubble and the Wreckage." The third
chapter of the series should be released later in the year and give readers a
chance to see how their wicked story is resolved
Where to find the author:
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/RoddClark/e/B00KGDSYSQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Publisher: Driven Press
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