Cervena
Louise Lyons
Release date: July 22, 2016
Blurb:
When Joel Jones finds homeless Russian,
Sasha, outside his gay nightclub in Prague, he cannot find it in his heart to
turn him away, so he offers him a home and a job as a dancer and stripper.
Despite a fifteen-year age gap, romance
develops between them, but is interrupted when Joel has to return to England
for many weeks to deal with a death in the family.
Upon Joel’s return, he is horrified to
discover his business partner, Karel, has gambled away the club’s money and put
them all at risk. Joel buys him out of the club, but when Karel continues to
gamble, the people he owes pursue Joel for the debt instead—and they’ll stop at
nothing to get paid.
Suddenly Joel and those he cares
about—especially Sasha—are in danger, and Joel finds himself with no choice but
to seek the help of known criminal, Vincenc Jankovic. Ensuring a happy future
for himself and Sasha will mean a struggle and some difficult decisions, but
Joel is determined to protect what they’ve built together.
Categories: Contemporary, M/M
Romance, Gay Fiction
170 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs
Sasha’s eyes lit up as he smiled at me and
he spoke in little more than a whisper. “I want you too.”
I glanced around us, noting only two tables
close to us were occupied. Four young women surrounded one, and two guys held
hands across the other. I twisted in my seat, lifted my hand to cup Sasha’s
cheek, and guided him into a kiss. I caressed his parted lips with mine and
slipped my tongue into his mouth, just enough to taste the red wine he’d sipped
moments earlier. He whimpered softly as we kissed, and I slid my hand from his
cheek to the back of his head, gently massaging his scalp through his silky
hair. My cock swelled and pushed against the fly of my suit pants. I drew away
reluctantly and turned my attention back to my meal. I longed to touch him, and
the memory of that one brief episode in the club’s kitchen taunted me, keeping
me hard as I plowed through two courses of food and a little too much wine.
“Would you like to order dessert?” The
waiter had cleared our plates from the table and returned to take another
order. “Or coffee?”
“No, thank you. Bring the bill, please.” I
pulled out my wallet in readiness to pay for the meal. “We can have coffee at
the club,” I added when Sasha appeared surprised. “Or at my place perhaps?”
He smiled and glanced up at me coyly through
lowered lashes. “I haven’t seen your place yet.”
“Damn it, you look sexy when you do that,” I
muttered. I’d been half-erect throughout lunch and hadn’t been able to get the
thought of touching him out of my mind. I looked down, casting my eyes over the
gray and white striped shirt he wore, to the waistband of his smart black
pants. The bulge of his arousal made my erection swell a little more. I yearned
to undress him and explore him, but more than that, I wanted to hold him in my
arms, cuddle him and kiss him, let him know how much I’d grown to care for him,
despite the length of time we’d been apart.
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It’s all about the author…
Louise Lyons comes from a family of writers.
Her mother has a number of poems published in poetry anthologies, her aunt
wrote poems for the church, and her grandmother sparked her inspiration with
tales of fantasy. Louise first ventured into writing short stories at the grand
old age of eight, mostly about little girls and ponies. She branched into
romance in her teens, and MM romance a few years later, but none of her work
saw the light of day until she discovered FanFiction in her late twenties.
Posting stories based on some of her
favorite movies, provoked a surprisingly positive response from readers. This
gave Louise the confidence to submit some of her work to publishers, and made
her take her writing “hobby” more seriously.
Louise lives in the UK, about an hour north
of London, with a collection of tropical fish and tarantulas. She works in the
insurance industry by day, and spends every spare minute writing. She is a keen
horse-rider, and loves to run long-distance. Some of her best writing
inspiration comes to her, when her feet are pounding the open road. She often
races into the house afterward, and grabs pen and paper to make notes.
Louise has always been a bit of a tomboy,
and one of her other great loves is cars and motorcycles. Her car and bike are
her pride and joy, and she loves to exhibit the car at shows, and take off for
long days out on the bike, with no one for company but herself.
…and stalking them :)
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Thanks for stopping by, Louisa, and I wish you well with your book, it sounds great. I've definitely put it on my TBR pile - love books that transport me to a different country. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for hosting me :)
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