TITLE: Honeymoon Their Way
AUTHOR:
Morticia Knight
PUBLISHER:
Dreamspinner
Press
COVER
ARTIST: Alexandria Corza
LENGTH:
113 Pages
RELEASE
DATE: November 2, 2016
BLURB:
Chad has pined for Raudel since high school, but he’s been avoiding him ever
since Raudel caught him in an excruciatingly embarrassing moment. So when
Chad’s sister invites Raudel to join them for her weeklong prewedding
celebration at Lake Tahoe, Chad is horrified. He brainstorms his escape, until
reality crashes down and he discovers he’s bunking with Raudel in the last
available bedroom at the lakeside retreat.
Chad noted that Raudel
had made it out of his car with a messenger bag flung over one shoulder. He
glanced up the driveway. Chad ducked his head, then marched forward and within
a few long strides, skirted the front of the Suburban, placing the behemoth of
a truck between him and Raudel.
“Raudel Cruz! Is that you?” Chad’s mother called out, her
voice shrill to his ears, but he acknowledged that it might only be due to the
current state of fear assailing him. “Chad! Come here, it’s Raudel. You
remember Lindsey’s friend?”
In
ways you can’t imagine.
Chad froze, still
shielded from Raudel’s probing gaze by the heavily tinted glass his father had
had the foresight to opt for on the Suburban. Chad knew it had only been added
as protection against the searing heat of their little Nevada town, but he
fantasized that it’d actually been meant to save him. Or at least offer more in
the way of essential stalling opportunities. He let his head fall back as he
stared up at the sky. His avoidance tactics were swiftly disappearing.
“Chad? Did you hear
me?”
Yup,
I’m toast. “Yeah, Mom. Just grabbing the fountain
real quick.”
“Oh, don’t worry about
that. You can get it later. Come say hello to Raudel.”
Seriously?
Chad wrestled the
fountain loose from the backseat anyway, then wrapped his arms around the box
as he lifted it up in front of him. If he peered around the side, he could
still see where he was going. Sort of.
As he tentatively stepped forward, he used the frame of the truck to guide him.
He made it around the first headlight, then hazarded a peek.
He jerked his head back
behind the safety of the box.
Still
hot as fuck. Dammit.
His mother jabbered on
about “how long has it been?” and “your mother must be so proud” and “aren’t
you graduating soon?”
The sound of Raudel’s
smooth voice and soft laugh filled the air as he responded to his mother’s
obligatory questions and observations. Since no one had acknowledged Chad’s
presence yet, he figured he’d chance meandering to the left, around Lindsey’s
Toyota parked in front of the truck and into the safety of the house.
He’d almost cleared his
mother when she grasped his upper arm, pulling him back with surprising
strength for someone who was supposed to be recovering from a back injury.
“Chad, for heaven’s
sake. Where are you going?”
He tried to extricate
himself from her grip, but she only dug her fingers deeper into his flesh.
“Ow.” All hope of avoiding Raudel was lost, and he again peered around the
boxed fountain, his muscles beginning to strain from the effort of holding it
up for so long.
“Hi, Chad.”
Raudel flashed the same
perfect smile that Chad had once jacked off to all the time, and on occasion
thereafter. It was pure genius that he’d saved his yearbook.
And
stole the pic from Lindsey.
“Hey. How’s it going?”
Chad tossed the words out as if Raudel’s presence had zero impact on him, that
he was merely being the polite brother of his sister’s best friend and nothing more.
“Doing well. It’s great
to—” Raudel let out a small chuckle. “—almost
see you.”
Chad tried for an offhand
chuckle as well, but it came out more maniacal. Raudel extended his hand, and
anxiety wreaked havoc with Chad’s nervous system. Socially mandated touching
hadn’t been part of his Raudel-avoidance strategy. Chad was operating in the
dark. Dashed to pieces was his hope of having all possible scenarios involving
potential interaction planned out before Raudel’s arrival.
In an attempt to prevent the moment from becoming too drawn out and awkward, Chad juggled the unwieldy box onto his other hip, then reached out to take Raudel’s offered hand.
Author Morticia Knight spends most of her nights writing about men loving men forever after. Even though she’s been crafting her naughty tales of romance for more years than she’d like to share – her adventures as a published author began in 2011. Since then, she’s been fortunate enough to have several books on bestseller lists, along with two titles receiving recognition from the Rainbow Book Awards. Once upon a time, she was the lead singer and songwriter in an indie rock band that toured the West Coast and charted on U.S. college radio. Morticia currently resides on the beautiful northern Oregon coast, and when she’s not fantasizing about hot men, she takes walks along the ocean and occasionally annoys the local karaoke bar patrons.
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