Publisher: Total-E-Bound
ISBN: TBA
Genre: Contemporary; LGBT (M/M);
Length: Novel
Release Date: TBA
For six months, Danny has lusted after the gorgeous police officer, David Pearce, who patrols the building where he works. He doesn’t imagine, however, for a second that the attraction is mutual. However, when he’s mugged one night after leaving work, the cop who tries to apprehend the mugger turns out to be that same sexy David Pearce. Danny knows the man who attacked him was only hungry and needed food, so he prevents Dave from pursuing him. But in the aftermath of the attack, Danny sees that life is giving him an opportunity to spend time with the man he desires.
Dave is floored by the way Danny steps in between him and the vagrant who mugged him, showing compassion for his attacker. Danny is quiet and strange…and incredibly handsome. He’s been fantasizing about him for almost six months. This quiet act of strength draws him even more strongly to Danny. And even though Danny wouldn’t let him arrest his attacker, he does let Dave drive him home and bring him comfort. That one night of pleasure leads to more – searing passion and incredible mind-blowing sex.
Until Dave’s painful past looms up…then it’ll take more than simmering lust to save the bond they share.
Publisher’s Note: This book contains homoerotic sex acts (male/male intercourse and other sex practices) that may be offensive to some readers.
Dave stared at him. “You know all of them, just like that?”
Danny nodded, bowing his head in that modest way again. “Yes. I learned them with Master Chen, Meg’s grandfather.”
“What do you do once you’ve painted all of them?”
Danny smiled. “I paint over the walls and start again.”
He shook his head. “Amazing.” He fell silent and studied Danny’s face again. “You’ve got a lot going on in you, don’t you?”
Danny gazed up at him and Dave wondered if he realized the effect his eyes had on him. “Not any more than you do.”
A strange tingle of warmth traveled through his chest. Something in the way Danny had said that moved him, as if he understood something about him that no one else in his life ever had. “I don’t think so. I’m just a cop. There’s nothing complex about that.” He was reluctant to share more details than that about his life, which, true to Danny’s words, was complex below the surface. If Danny knew about his life, about the past and what had happened.
“I don’t see you that way,” Danny said softly. “You’re being unfair to yourself.”
The heat in his chest moved up his neck into his cheeks. It had been forever since he’d blushed. “Well, I suppose. How do you see me, if I may ask?” He couldn’t help the sudden, overwhelming curiosity to know what Danny thought.
Danny’s eyes softened more, appearing almost to melt. “I see that you’ve suffered a lot and that you’re basically kind.”
The heat in his cheeks increased several degrees. Danny’s voice felt like it was caressing him on the inside. The rawness and beauty of it was both exhilarating and terrifying. For the first time in a long time, he didn’t know what to do. If Danny were anyone else, they would have already been in bed, devouring each other, not talking about their inner lives. “I never thought of myself as kind,” he said, “But I appreciate that you feel that way.”
Danny gazed at him a moment longer before a gentle smile curved his lips. He reached up and touched Dave’s cheeks, his fingertips brushing his skin gently. The touch was electrifying, sending fingers of tingling heat through his entire body. How a touch could be so sensuous and comforting all at once he didn’t begin to know.
“You can rest here,” Danny said.
Dave stared at him, his gaze lingering on Danny’s full soft lips, at the dark hints of moustache. Like the night before, he couldn’t wait any longer. He had to taste him again. “Thank you,” he managed to say. His voice was nearly a whisper, catching in his throat, trapped by the sudden swirl of emotions.
He reached up, slipping his fingers into Danny’s hair. The sleekness of his against the pads of his fingertips sent another thrill of heat down his arm. The nearly overwhelming impulse to crush his mouth down onto Danny’s rose up, but he didn’t act on it. He couldn’t. Something made him cautious with Danny, respectful in approaching him. He didn’t want to scare him away, yet he also wanted to.appreciate him. He leaned in to him, moving his face closer. Danny’s clean scent filled his nostrils. He could hear the soft rise and fall of Danny’s breath. The quiet gentle sound was oddly comforting.
Danny’s hands still rested on his cheeks, his thumbs brushing back and forth across Dave’s skin. He lifted his face closer to Dave’s, making it clear he wanted to kiss him too.
Dave’s fingers moved deeper into Danny’s hair, savoring the smoothness, cradling his head. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips to Danny’s, a tiny sigh escaping his throat from the contact.
Danny’s lips parted slightly and his tongue brushed tentatively across the seam of Dave’s lips. He seemed to be exploring the feel and taste of him.
Dave let him in, meeting him with the tip of his tongue. The moist heat of their mouths melted together and Dave pulled him closer, relishing the smooth taste of his lips and tongue, appreciating the way Danny’s scent heated him deep inside. He let his other hand caress Danny’s back over his sweater, longing to feel his bare skin and lean muscles against his fingertips and palm.
Danny’s hands slid down Dave’s cheeks, the fingertips brushing the sides of his throat and coming to rest on his chest. His kiss was still gentle, yet Dave heard Danny’s breath rasping more heavily and felt his back rising and falling deeply under his hands. His tongue slid in rising strokes of hunger against Dave’s and his hands pressed more firmly on Dave’s chest.
Gently, Dave pulled away from their kiss and looked at Danny’s face. Danny’s golden skin was flushed a darker shade and his eyes smoldered. His already full lips were slightly swollen from the kisses.
Dave’s heart and body surged with joy at the physical evidence that Danny wanted him as much as he did. But that same sense of caution and respect stayed with him. He knew Danny was inexperienced and he wanted to make it good for him. “I don’t want to push you, you know,” he said, even though his arousal made speech difficult.
A tiny smile tugged at Danny’s lips. “I know. You’re not pushing me.”
Dave continued to look at him, a simple act he was finding very pleasurable. From where he stood, Danny was handsome enough to be a model or a movie actor. His hands remained splayed on Danny’s back, caressing him in small circles. An erection swelled uncomfortably against his long underwear bottoms and he wanted nothing more than to release it and stretch the length of his naked body against Danny’s. He just wasn’t sure how to take the next step that would bring them there.
Fortunately, and to his surprise, he didn’t have to figure it out. In the next moment, Danny picked up his hand and started leading him toward the back of the apartment.
Dave’s stomach fluttered, along with his heart. Damn, he felt like the luckiest guy on earth.
Then he remembered that Danny had been making tea when he came out and found Dave looking at his painting. He grinned as they went through the doorway of a bedroom.
Screw the tea. The tea could wait. All night, if his good fortune held out.