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Caught Inside
Jamie Deacon
Series: Boys on the Brink, book one
Release date: September 29, 2016
Blurb:
It should have been simple—a summer spent with his girlfriend
Zara at her family’s holiday cottage in Cornwall. Seventeen-year-old Luke
Savage jumps at the chance, envisioning endless hours of sunbathing on the
private beach and riding the waves on his beloved surfboard. He isn’t
interested in love. Though his rugged good looks and lazy charm mean he can
have his pick of girls, he has no intention of falling for anyone.
Nothing prepares Luke for his reaction to Theo, the sensitive
Oxford undergraduate who is Zara’s cousin and closest friend. All at once, he
is plunged along a path of desire and discovery that has him questioning
everything he thought he knew about himself. No one, especially Zara, must find
out; what he and Theo have is too new, too fragile. But as the deceit spirals
beyond their control, people are bound to get hurt, Luke most of all.
Categories: Contemporary, M/M
Romance, Young Adult
83,000 words
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
Cover Artist: Natasha Snow
Excerpt:
I swallow against the dryness in my throat.
“We need to talk.”
No response.
Slowly, as though wading through deep sand,
I cross the room until I’m standing right behind him. He grips the edge of the
worktop.
“Theo?”
Still nothing. Only the convulsive
tightening of his fingers shows he even heard me.
“Theo,” my voice cracks, “don’t do this.”
Theo sucks in a breath. When he replies, his
tone is even. “Do what?”
“This. Shutting me out.”
“I’m—”
“And don’t say you’re not, because we both
know that isn’t true.” I’m aware of my voice rising, and lower it with an
effort. “Just…don’t.”
Theo exhales in a long sigh. He turns to me,
his expression distant but not unkind. I wish he’d glare at me, shout,
whatever. Anything to show he gives a damn.
“Luke, I’m sorry about this morning. It was
a mistake. If you got the wrong impression—”
“The wrong impression? You kissed me. What
impression was that supposed to give me?”
He casts a nervous glance at the window.
“What’s wrong, Theo? Worried Giles might
hear? I don’t blame you. He’d probably make you bathe in disinfectant for a
year if he knew you’d kissed scum like me.” Theo starts to protest, but I shake
my head. “You know what? Forget it. So sorry I embarrassed you.”
I need to get out of here. Humiliation, hot
and clammy, coils like tar through my veins. Still, what did I expect? Theo’s
made it perfectly clear how he sees me, that he thinks I’m beneath him. I grab
for the nearest glass, intending to pour myself a liver full of whatever’s in
that jug, but my hand shakes so much it slips through my fingers. Glass
collides with oak in a minor explosion, glittering fragments flying.
“Shit.” I drop to my knees, begin picking up
the larger pieces. I fumble, a jagged shard slicing my palm. “Shit.”
“Luke?” Theo crouches beside me.
“I’m fine.” I turn away from the phony
concern in his eyes, fist clenched around the cut to hide it from view. Blood
trickles through my fingers and onto my jeans. The pain is almost a relief.
“Let me see.” Theo holds out his hand, but I
jerk away.
“I said I’m fine.”
He ignores me. With gentle firmness, he
takes hold of my wrist, uncurling my fingers to examine the wound. My body
stills. I scarcely breathe. Every nerve ending, every particle of my being is
aware of him, the pressure of his fingers on my wrist, his warm palm supporting
the back of my hand.
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Jamie lives in a tranquil spot close to the
River Thames in Berkshire, England, and has always been just a little out of
place—the only redhead in a family of brunettes; an introvert far more at ease
with dogs than with people; a connoisseur of simple pleasures in a society
intent on the quest for wealth and fame. Despite an outward cynicism, Jamie is
a romantic at heart, and, when not immersed in a book, can mostly be found
writing emotional stories where young men from all walks of life are thrust
headlong into the breathless, euphoric, often painful whirlwind called love.
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