Blurb
Handsome
Luke Kirby loves books, so when he finds boxes of old and beautiful
tomes in a dusty shop, he can’t resist buying them. To his delight
one of them contains what he hopes will bring an end to his
loneliness and heartache. As he prepares to cast an ancient prayer
spell to the god of love, across town Ethan Goss decides that moving
to a new apartment will ease his broken heart.
With
the help of an eccentric real estate agent, gorgeous Ethan goes to a
viewing in the block where Luke lives.
When
Luke meets Ethan in the lobby, it’s the start of a passionate love
affair.
Fate
hasn’t finished with the two handsome men—will true happiness
evade them both?
Excerpt
In
the lobby, Victor stopped walking. “I should show you the garden,
but I need the key for the gate. It’s in my car. Wait here a
moment.” He strode rapidly out of the front doors.
Ethan
checked out the table in the foyer where mail sat in three neat
stacks. One stack had a lot, the others not much at all. Ethan
couldn’t help reading the names on the envelopes. As his gaze
traveled over the addresses, someone clattered down the polished
hardwood stairs.
Ethan
turned to the footsteps.
A
young man glanced up from watching where his feet fell. His blue eyes
locked with Ethan’s stare.
Ethan
gazed at him, and his stomach lurched. His heart pounded. Not one
word would form in his mind other than, Wow.
The
young man smiled, approaching the table. “Hi. I’m collecting my
snail mail—yeah, not much as usual.”
Through
a daze of attraction, Ethan watched the man pick up the two envelopes
in his stack. He looked the young man up and down, taking in his hard
body and fashionably cut dark hair. He held back a sigh of
appreciation as the man turned to him.
“Are
you the new tenant?” He waved a hand at the apartment door.
His
low voice traveled over Ethan like a glaze of melting honey. Ethan
stared at the man’s handsome face. He is gorgeous. About my age,
too. “I haven’t taken the place yet, just…just viewed it.”
The
young man moved closer. “You should take it. There aren’t many
places as good, big, and with a garden this close to the city.” He
held out his hand. “Luke Kirby. I live on the third floor, but
that’s my patch of garden next to yours, if you take the place. It
might seem odd to have to trundle down the stairs to sit in the sun
with my coffee, but I’ve grown used to it.” His eyes sparkled at
Ethan. He held Ethan’s gaze as he talked.
Butterflies
filled Ethan’s stomach. He couldn’t stop his heart hammering and
wondered if he could actually speak, meeting Luke had such an effect
on him. “Ethan Goss.” He shook Luke’s hand. What he felt like
doing was pulling the guy close and kissing those perfect lips that
moved again.
“Pleased
to meet you.” Luke held on to Ethan’s hand. His eyes held
something unspoken.
A
wave of longing rose through Ethan. His loneliness and need for sex
put an ache in his stomach, replacing the butterflies. He glanced
down at the strong hand gripping his, wondering if he could hold on a
little longer, despite how weird that might be. Better not, that’s
kinda creepy. All the same, it wasn’t Ethan who abandoned the
handshake.
Luke
let go but trailed his fingertips along Ethan’s palm as he withdrew
his hand.
With
his skin tingling from the touch, Ethan gazed into Luke’s blue eyes
and knew. He’s gay. He somehow knows I am, too—probably the
way I’m ogling him. He’s interested in me. Thank you, god.
Ethan flashed his eyes at Luke with a flirtatious expression he
usually reserved for cute guys he met in the gay bar.
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2 comments:
Sounds sweet and hot, Elodie!
Hi Lisabet,
Thank you so much for hosting me :-)
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