In the present day I’m so happy to welcome Susan Mac Nicol to Joyfully Jay. Susan has come to speak to us about her newest launch, Rubbing One Out. She has additionally introduced alongside a fantastic giveaway. Please be a part of me in giving her a giant welcome!
Excerpt
Ben has simply invited his greatest good friend Hemingway over for dinner. In fact he has a houise visitor that he doesn’t need to know who Dae really is……
“Certain, however can’t keep up too late. A few of us need to work within the morning.”Ben waved a hand. “Oh, and so you realize, I’ve obtained somebody staying with me quickly. He’s a—” Ben winced, “cousin from Scotland. His identify’s Daniel. He gained’t be round lengthy, however he wanted someplace to remain.”
Hazel stared at him appraisingly. She raised one completely manicured finger to her lips and tapped them thoughtfully.
-Shit, have I ever instructed them I don’t have some other household aside from Dad? I don’t assume I did.-
Hemingway grinned. “Wow, I didn’t even know you had a cousin. That’s cool, man. The extra, the merrier. What’s he doing staying with you?”
Ben stalled. “Erm, he’s taking some go away, a sabbatical of some kind.”
Hazel seemed intrigued. “That suggests he’s some type of scholar or one thing. What does he do?”
-Shit, this lie is rising uncontrolled. Hold it easy.-
“Not a scholar, he’s a advisor within the vitality subject taking a while out from a busy 12 months.”
Hazel winked. “Is he single and seeking to date? I’m on a strict man food plan in the mean time, not via selection, and perhaps you might introduce us?” She did a bit of swirl round. “I imply, who wouldn’t need to faucet this?”
Ben’s throat dried up. “Okay, I wasn’t anticipating that. TMI, Hazel. And, er, no,” he babbled. “Dae-Daniel is taken. His boyfriend is an influence bodybuilder from Russia, and he’s the jealous kind.” He emphasised boyfriend so Hazel would get the image.
-Fuck the place the hell did that come from? An influence bodybuilder from Russia?-
His boss pouted. “That sucks. Oh properly, I assume it’s Tinder once more for me.” She frowned thoughtfully. “Perhaps it’s time to name again the final man I used to be with. He was cute, even when he was into toy voyaging. I’m positive one in every of my teddy bears went lacking after the final time we attached.” She waved a hand at Ben and Hemingway. “Anyway, it’s getting late. Go dwelling, you two. I’ll see you on Monday.”
Hazel flounced out of the room. Ben and Hemingway stared at one another.
“Toy voyaging?” Ben requested warily. “I don’t assume I even need to know what that’s all about.”
Hemingway pursed his lips. “I out of the blue have an plain urge to seek out out all about it.” He pulled out his telephone, and after a minute, he laughed. “It isn’t as unhealthy as you assume it’s, my good friend. Have a look.”
Ben wasn’t so positive, however he seemed on the display anyway. “Severely? Individuals do that? Ship their stuffed toys on holidays to satisfy different folks?”
“Appears so.” Hemingway wriggled his eyebrows. “Say, perhaps we should always take part? You’ve obtained that stuffed penguin in your mattress, haven’t you? Perhaps Little Toes desires to go on vay-cation.”
Ben flushed. “His identify is Peppermint, and no, I’m not sending him wherever. He was given to me by one of many children on the zoo. It might be disrespectful to not hold him.”
“Oh, you don’t want to clarify your bizarre penguin fetish to me, accomplice.” Hemingway winked. “I’ve seen you within the pool swimming with them, and I’ve to say, I don’t need to know what goes on underneath the water.” He cackled loudly as Ben threw a punch at his arm. “Ow. Am I tickling a nerve there?”
“Shut up,” Ben muttered. “I don’t why I put up with you.”
“As a result of I convey Chinese language with me once I come to go to—speaking of which, I’ll see you round seven, like regular?”
Hemingway picked up his rucksack and swung it over his shoulder.
Ben nodded grumpily. “Sure, that’s high-quality. Be sure to convey Kung Pao hen and beer. And ice cream. Pistachio or Cookie Crumble.”
Hemingway rolled his eyes as he moved over to the door. “I’ll bear in mind, oh bossy one.” He flashed a smile. “Goodbye. I look ahead to assembly Daniel.” He disappeared out the door.
For a second, Ben had forgotten his home visitor, and the considered Hemmy and Daeliel being in the identical room was giving him hives.
-I’ll need to forewarn Dae to be on his greatest behaviour and never act out. The very last thing I want is him revealing who and what he really is.-
***
Dae stared at Ben, who fidgeted underneath his glare. The pair have been seated on the cozy lounge suite at dwelling, every of them sporting a drink. Ben was having a beer, Dae a glass of crimson wine.
“Let me get this proper. You’ve a good friend coming over tonight to look at tv, and I’m presupposed to be your cousin Daniel? Do I appear like I may very well be your cousin? From Scotland? How the hell do you count on me to placed on an accent?”
Ben winced. Dae, in his tight blue leggings (he’d been doing yoga) and a figure-moulding darkish inexperienced tee-shirt, seemed extra like one in every of Ben’s hook-ups. One Ben would do in a heartbeat. The person exuded sensuality and primal emotion.
“I’m additionally an vitality knowledgeable? Precisely what does an vitality knowledgeable do?” Dae didn’t look amused. “I do know I’m a powerhouse of intercourse and mysticism, however I doubt that’s the form of vitality he’s anticipating.”
Ben puffed out his cheeks. He hadn’t even instructed Dae about his Russian bodybuilder boyfriend but. Small steps, he instructed himself. “I panicked a bit, okay? Can’t you do a few of your mojo and, you realize, make your self into one thing else?”
Dae pursed his oh-so-edible lips. “Hmm, my mojo? You assume I can merely flip it on and off like that?” He smiled, however it didn’t fairly attain his eyes. “The final time somebody requested me to cover who I used to be, it didn’t prove so properly for me. I used to be banished from my dwelling, my household, and all the things I held pricey, and ended up in there, alone.” He waved on the lamp. “So forgive me if I don’t appear too obsessed with your suggestion.”
Blurb
Ah, There’s The Rub
Zoologist Ben Sinclair has a factor for quirky antiques. The brass lamp he bought was presupposed to be ornamental. Attention-grabbing. A dialog piece. It wasn’t presupposed to include an individual.
Now he’s obtained an annoying but tantalizing man residing with him who is aware of nothing about private boundaries. Plus, Ben has needs to make earlier than his genie disappears.
Besides, Ben doesn’t need Daeliel to vanish. Lithe, unique, and other-worldly, Ben’s by no means met anybody like him. It doesn’t take lengthy for the boys to confess – and act on – the attraction between them.
When the zing turns into one thing deeper, they’ve to determine methods to get what they each want for earlier than Dae should go away.
Bio
Bringing lovers collectively, one guide at a time…
Susan writes steamy, horny and enjoyable up to date romance and romantasy tales, some suspenseful, some gritty and darkish and hopefully at all times entertaining. She’s additionally Editor in Chief at Divine Journal, a web based leisure e-zine, and a member of The Society of Authors, and the Authors Guild within the US. Susan is an award-winning script author, with scripts primarily based on two of her personal revealed works.
Sight Unseen has garnered at least ten awards up to now and her TV pilot, Reel Life, primarily based on her debut novel, Cassandra by Starlight, was additionally a winner on the Oaxaca Movie Fest.
She loves going to the theatre, reside music live shows (particularly if it’s her man crush Adam Lambert or the divine Cumberbatch) walks within the countryside, G and T, lazing away afternoons studying guide, and watching re-runs of Grimm.
Giveaway
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