Author Name: Becca Burton
Book Name: Something Like a Love Song
Release
Date: November 19, 2015
Blurb:
One tragic night left Landon and Dylan’s dreams
of happily ever after in apparent ruin. Forced to overcome physical and
emotional trauma, the young lovers turn to a network of family and friends as
they attempt to rebuild their lives. But can their one constant—their
love—survive the changes both undergo on the road to recovery?
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction,
M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
Landon's bed is in the center of the room, and Dylan’s heart
begins to pound in his chest as he takes a step forward, hesitates. Landon
looks so small, tucked into the middle of the bed, and everything about the
scene is unnatural and wrong. His head is wrapped with thick bandages, for
which Dylan is grateful—he isn't sure he could handle that. Just the thought of what's happening to Landon, to his
fiancé, is enough to make his throat constrict, his chest tighten.
A ventilator tube parts Landon's lips, and his
chest rises and falls in equal, rhythmic whirrs. IVs line his arms; the wires
snake from under his hospital gown. His freckles stand out starkly against the
unnatural pale hue of his skin, except where the deep purple of a bruise creeps
from under the bandages and swells down to his left cheekbone. It seems
impossible that only hours ago they were laughing in the park, holding hands
and eating ice cream from the small corner stand; it’s like some distant
memory, a fading dream. But the ache deep in Dylan’s chest, the way his stomach
is knotting itself, the too-clean smell of the hospital burning his nose,
Landon's face, battered and bruised—Dylan can't look away—all this is too real
to be a dream, no matter how badly Dylan wants to just wake up, wants all this
to go away and everything to be okay.
"You can touch him, if you want,"
Brittany says, her voice soft. "We need to make sure to reduce extra
stimulation, to allow his brain time to recover, but it's okay to hold his
hand."
Dylan looks up at her. Her smile is kind and
understanding. Then he turns back to Landon and takes a small step forward.
Landon's hand is right there, resting above the covers, and Dylan doesn't know
why he's so nervous; he's held Landon's hand more times than he could begin to
count. But, surrounded by machines and tubes, Landon has never looked so
utterly fragile, as if he could shatter at the lightest touch.
"It's okay," Brittany says from
behind him, and Dylan squeezes his eyes shut, tears pricking behind his
eyelids. "You won't hurt him."
Landon's skin is cold; his hand is unnaturally
still. Even in sleep Landon's hand would always find Dylan's, their fingers
would curl together like a reflex.
Not now.
"I'm so sorry," Dylan whispers,
holding on a little tighter. "I'm so..."
His voice catches, the words bottling up in
his throat, unable to escape. Landon's chest rises, falls, in, out.
In, out.
"You're so hurt, and it's my fault,"
Dylan manages, his voice barely audible above the machines keeping Landon
alive. "It's all my fault and I'm..." He exhales slowly. "I'm so
sorry."
He swipes his thumb across Landon's knuckles,
over the dips and grooves, and vaguely notes that Brittany has left them alone.
He sinks down into the small chair beside the bed, not letting go of Landon's
hand.
"You need to fight, okay? I need you here, with me, and I
can't..." There's nothing left inside him except an empty, hollow feeling
and the knowledge that Landon can't hear him. Landon’s engagement ring is in a
dish on a table beside the bed, along with his watch, and Dylan fishes them out
and tucks them into his pocket.
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SOMETHING
LIKE A LOVE SONG:
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Meet the author:
Becca Burton
penned her first Nancy Drew fan fiction at the age of nine and has been an avid
writer ever since. Currently working as a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse, Becca
is a recent Oregon transplant from the Midwest. Becca has a weakness for
coffee, the smell of old books, rainy days and her cat, Luna. Something Like a Love Song is her first
novel.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @missbeccaburton
Publisher: Interlude Press
Cover
Artist: C.B. Messer
Tour Dates & Stops:
19-Nov:
Lee Brazil, Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh
My, Velvet
Panic,
It’s Raining Men, Cheekypee Reads and Reviews, Hearts
on Fire
23-Nov:
Jessie G. Books, Sinfully Addicted to All Male Romance, Michael Mandrake, Boys
on the Brink Reviews
2-Dec:
Gay Media Reviews, Just Love Romance, Inked
Rainbow Reads,
Two Chicks Obsessed With Books and
Eye Candy
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Becca here - thank you so much for the feature!
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