by Tanya Chris
“If you really are hitting that, you sure as hell don’t want to fuck it up. It’s like that saying about the bird in the hand.”
“That’s a terrible analogy.” He stopped moving so he could concentrating on making his point. “In that metaphor, you have a bird in your hand. If Jordan won’t acknowledge me in public, then he’s not in my hand, is he? He’s the bird in the bush. Or the closet, as it were.” Point made, he started walking again.
Dave held onto his shirt harder. “OK, how about the one about killing the goose who lays the golden eggs? Be glad for what you’re getting.”
Archer stopped again to consider. “That’s closer. You’re suggesting that my tapping Jordan’s ass is like getting a golden egg and that if I walk over there and kiss him, the eggs will stop.”
“Wait, you’re tapping his—?”
Archer shook him off.
“But, here’s where the analogy falls down,” he explained. “Jordan’s ass isn’t the golden egg. Jordan himself is the golden egg. And if I can’t walk up there and kiss him, then he’s never coming out of the bush and I didn’t have a bird in my hand in the first place.”
“You’re mixing your metaphors.”
“I’ll clean it up later. Right now I need to drag a golden goose out of a bush and make him lay some eggs.”
Since Dave wouldn’t let go of his shirt, he let it slip off his shoulders, which made him shiver. Jordan only had a t-shirt on himself, but he was more muscular and muscles, despite common misconceptions to the contrary, retained warmth better than fat, not that Archer had any fat to keep him warm either.
The thing about them both being in t-shirts was how apparent the contrast in the size of their arms was. Those were Jordan’s arms, and these were Archer’s. And there was Jordan standing up to greet him, the smile dropping from his face as Archer stalked closer, and those were his friends, standing up too, as though Archer might be an actual threat.
Archer didn’t know what was going to happen, but there was no point in theorizing what could easily be determined so he didn’t stop until he was directly in front of Jordan.
“Kiss me,” he commanded.
“Anytime, anyplace,” Jordan said, just before he did. Then he turned Archer around and introduced him to his friends.
“So this is the legendary Archer,” one of them said.
“Thank God you took pity on this lovesick fool,” another one chimed in.
“He had it bad.”
“Still does have it bad,” Jordan said into his ear.
Archer smiled and beckoned Dave over. He had it bad too, but in this case bad was good. The English language was funny that way.
The END
Merge Ahead
Will doesn’t know that his safe but unfulfilling life as a Call Center Supervisor is about to be turned upside down. Or that the man responsible is sitting next to him waiting for the same delayed flight. Adam Summers is confident, successful, gorgeous, and about to sign the contract that will cost Will his job.
Corporate policy says they should keep their hands off each other, but they can’t. Is their growing affection worth the risk to Adam’s career? And what will Will’s future look like when their companies, and their lives, have merged?
Merge Ahead is a full-length, standalone MM romance. Available on Kindle and in paperback.
When It All Falls Down
Maybe Charlie should have waited until he graduated high school before coming out, because since that revelation there’s been a growing distance between him and his friends. Charlie’s tough, though. He doesn’t mind eating lunch alone or watching his former gang interact with their new best buddy. What he does mind is seeing Drew Lavoitt suffer the same fate.
Drew didn’t come out. As far as he, or anyone else knows, he’s straight. What Drew did is accidentally hit and kill a little girl. Now the boy who was voted Most Popular, and who Charlie has maybe had a crush on since eighth grade, faces financial ruin, expulsion, and the fear that if he’s not everything, he’s not enough.
Popularity, wealth, acclaim—these things are easily lost. In each other’s arms, Drew and Charlie find something that can’t be taken from them. Together the two build a foundation on which they can re-create their lives.
When It All Falls Down is available on Kindle and in paperback.
Predestination Unknown
Luther is almost enjoying a rainy day in Salem, Massachusetts on All Hallow’s Eve when his pursuit of a light-haired, light-skinned guy in a Pilgrim costume sends him crashing back in time to Salem 1692 and the start of the Salem witchcraft trials.
Ezekiel was only going about his chores when a gay, bi-racial man from the future dropped into his life. He doesn’t know Luther is from 2017, not from Boston. He doesn’t know that it’s OK to feel about a man the way he’s coming to feel about Luther. And he has no idea that the wealthy, white men running Salem are about to hang twenty people for the trumped-up crime of witchcraft.
Ezekiel has a lot to learn, both in bed and out, and he’s going to have to get up to speed fast if he and Luther are going to prevent a Colonial American tragedy, one that has already kind of happened. Is our future predestined? Or can Luther and Ezekiel change the course of their country for the better?
Predestination Unknown is a time travel M/M romance
Content warning: Some unsympathetic secondary characters hold and express racist views. Most of these are immediately refuted by other characters, but a few comments go uncorrected.
Giving Chances
‘Tis the night before the night before Christmas and there’s only one Bright Light Beauty Shoppe left in all of Connecticut. When Mitch and Jackson make a simultaneous grab for it, they make a connection that goes deeper than a brush of hands over a gaudy pink-and-purple box.
Mitch is shopping for his youngest sister, who he hasn’t seen since he came out to his parents a year and a half ago. This will be his first Christmas back with the family he’s not sure he can forgive.
Jackson is shopping for a new boyfriend. No! Bad Jackson. He’s supposed to be on a relationship break. His ex-boyfriend only moved out a month ago and his best friend tells him he’s too quick to jump into commitments. The plan is to enjoy some uncommitted sex, so why not enjoy it with Mitch?
As the final days of Christmas count down, Mitch and Jackson find that all they have to do to get everything they want this year is give love a chance.
Giving Chances is a Christmas-themed novella that can be enjoyed all year round.
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