Sexy saves the day! What a great theme! I hope you check out all the blogs this weekend, because there'll be all kinds of heroic action. The list is at the bottom of this post, so check 'em out, okay?
Today's 7-paragraph snippet is from Aqua Follies, my historic m/m romance that'll be published in June. Russell and Skip are both pretty sexy, and in this bit, the gang's gone out to hear a band play but the cops break up the party. Russell's college degree pulls Skip out of the fire...
(Murphy is a cop, and he & Skip have history. This snippet is from Skip's POV.)
Murphy flashed the light around the
car again. Skip kept his gaze out the passenger window. The light passed him,
then came back.
“Oh, this is good,” Murphy laughed.
“Mr., um…” Murphy took another glance at the license, “Mr. Haunreiter, what are
you doing with a pervert like Skip Johansen?” Another laugh, meaner, nastier.
“And who you got back here? Are you two lezzies?”
“Russell.” Another plaintive cry
came from the girl in the back.
“Excuse me, Officer, but as Mr.
Johansen’s legal counsel,” Russell spoke with more poise than Skip could ever hope
for, “may I remind you slander is a crime, and unless you want to charge us
with anything, I suggest you go back to your car and let us go.”
Murphy’s look of surprised dismay
made Skip’s lips twitch.
“You really a lawyer?” Murphy
clearly didn’t believe what he’d heard.
Russell met his gaze squarely. “Yes
sir.”
(He's not, but he will be when the summer's over and he gets a job....lol.)
The 1950s. Postwar exuberance. Conformity. Rock and roll.
Homophobia.
Russell tells himself he’ll marry Susie because it’s the right thing to do. His summer job coaching her water ballet team will give him plenty of opportunity to give her a ring. But on the team’s trip to the annual Aqua Follies, the joyful glide of a trumpet player’s solo hits Russell like a torpedo, blowing apart his carefully constructed plans.
From the orchestra pit, Skip watches Poseidon’s younger brother stalk along the pool deck. It never hurts to smile at a man, because good things might happen, but the timing has to be right. Once the last note has been played, Skip gives it a shot.
The tenuous connection forged by a simple smile leads to events that dismantle both their lives. Has the damage been done, or can they pick up the pieces together?
~*~
That's all for this week. Thanks for checking out my post, and keep your eye on my blog, because the cover reveal and other details are coming right up. Me and my writing partner Irene Preston have a giveaway for a $10 gift card. We're choosing a winner 5/1/17 and you may as well enter, because somebody's gotta win.
Finally, don’t forget to check out Author Central where we’ll be sharing even more from our authors besides Saturday’s snippets.
