Release
Date: January 30, 2015
AJ Thomas
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Bree Archer
Blurb(s):
A night of drunken confusion at nineteen
resulted in Patrick Connelly fathering a child. Determined to be there for his
son, Patrick walked away from a sport he loved and forever hid his sexuality.
After Patrick's brutal divorce and a vicious hate crime, his son, Jay, has
become obsessed with graffiti. Hoping for a fresh start, Patrick moves Jay to
his childhood home in Seattle. Within two weeks, Jay is arrested again. On his
way to pick Jay up, Patrick stops an assault, then finds himself in handcuffs
too. Thinking things canŹ¼t get any worse, heŹ¼s confronted by the sexiest man
heŹ¼s ever seen—his sonŹ¼s new probation officer, Ken Atkins.
The hardest part of KenŹ¼s job is working
with difficult parents, and the undeniably handsome Patrick Connelly is going
to be a difficult parent. A chance encounter and steamy hookup with Patrick
leave Ken blindsided. As they work together to try to keep Jay on the right
path, the passion between them proves impossible to resist. When the assault
Patrick prevented comes back to haunt them and Jay gets into trouble again, Ken
must convince Patrick that ensuring his sonŹ¼s happiness doesnŹ¼t have to mean
sacrificing his own.
Categories:
Contemporary, Erotic (light), Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
Ken shook his head,
the motion making his entire body sway again. “I can’t believe you,” he said in
disgust. “You have a child home alone right now, who needs an actual fucking
role model in his life and actual supervision, and you’re here.” He
gestured around at the dusty office. “I would have figured you’d be a bit old
and butch for most of the clientele at this place.”
Patrick opened his
mouth to deny that he was there selling himself, then stopped. “I’m not that
old. And I am an employee of Corbin’s Attic.”
Ken chuckled. “You
work for the club?”
“Yes. I had a shirt,
but some vicious little drama queen insisted I dance with him, and he wouldn’t
take no for answer.”
“You should have
called one of the bouncers. They’re serious guys.”
“Uh….” Patrick
scratched the back of his head. “I am pretty sure none of the other bouncers
here would have come to my rescue.”
“Other bouncers?”
“Yeah. Which reminds
me, I need to steal another shirt.” The security T-shirts were in a small,
tumbling stack on top of boxes in the corner, next to five bigger stacks of
black aprons and towels. He sorted through the T-shirts to find his size, then
held it up so Ken could see the stenciled yellow “SECURITY” on the back.
“You’re a bouncer?”
“Just until I get my
first check from the Port. And until Jay gets in trouble again and has to pay
another fine. And maybe until the owner finds someone else to use as eye candy
when he wants to make the guy who refuses to go out with him jealous.”
Ken choked. “That
was the owner? The blonde guy you were wrapped around out there?”
“That was Corbin
Hollis, yes. Which is why none of the other guys would dare help me. He’s my
best friend. He’s letting me pick up some hours here because I’m broke.”
Ken looked at him
again, just for a moment, before he dropped his gaze to the floor. “I should
let you get back to work, then.”
Patrick caught Ken
as he stumbled toward the door. “Hang on, now. I told you why I was here.
Shouldn’t you be fair?”
“No,” Ken said. “I
shouldn’t be here at all. Not if one of my parents works here, that’s for damn
sure.” Patrick wrapped his arms around Ken’s waist and tried to hold him steady
while Ken squirmed. When he slumped back against Patrick’s chest, the hard cock
straining against the denim of Ken’s jeans made Patrick freeze and nearly drop
him.
Tour Dates: January 30, 2015
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Author
Name: A.J. Thomas
Author
Bio:
A.J. Thomas writes romantic
suspense. She’s earned a Bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of
Montana and worked in a half-dozen different jobs, from law enforcement officer
to librarian, before settling down. Life as a military spouse has tossed her
around the country so many times she doesn’t know how to answer when people ask
her where she’s from, but she delights in living as a perpetual tourist,
visiting new places and discovering amazing things.
Her time is divided between
taking care of her three young children, experimenting with cooking and baking
projects that rarely explode these days, and embarrassing her husband with
dirty jokes. When she’s not writing, she hikes, gardens, researches every
random idea that comes into her head, and develops complicated philosophical
arguments about why a clean house is highly overrated. Her work has won
multiple awards, including the 2013 AMB Ovation Award for Best LGBT
Inter-racial Romance, and the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Contemporary
Fiction.
Where
to find the author:
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AJ.Thomas.Romance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJThomasRomance
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