Can he put grief and anger aside to pick up the pieces of a shattered heart?
Ex-surfer-turned-businessman Liam Mallaney moved back to Holkham,
Norfolk, to mourn the loss of his husband. Grief and loneliness keep him a
solitary figure, and he likes it that way. There’s no room in his broken heart
for anything else.
Rentboy Zac Payne left London and most of his demons behind, but he
still only knows one way to make a living. When he spots Liam in a club one
night, it seems he’s found his mark. But Liam proves nicer—and their connection
far deeper—than he’d bargained for.
Their arrangement quickly becomes too complicated for Zac, who has
other things on his mind: namely his BFF and wayward flatmate, Jamie. Zac owes
Jamie the world, and even as Jamie’s drug addiction destroys all they have, Zac
won’t leave him behind.
Besides, Liam knows nothing of Zac’s home life, too caught up in his
own head to think much beyond the crazy heat he and Zac share. But when trouble
comes to Zac’s door, putting his life in danger, Liam must set his grief and
anger aside to pick up the pieces of Zac’s shattered heart and his own.
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Not someone. Anyone. But this bloke didn’t need to know that. “Maybe I got stood up.”
“Maybe we both did.”
“Yeah?” Now Zac was the curious one. “What happened?”
“My mate dragged me out. Thinks I need to get laid.”
“And do you?”
The blond shrugged. “Doesn’t everyone?”
Zac couldn’t argue with that. Fucking was like breathing to him, especially when he had a good partner, something he’d yet to find in the rural monotony of eastern England. Shoulda gone to Newquay.
“What’s so funny?”
“Hmm?”
The blond raised an eyebrow. “You’re smirking.”
“Speculating, actually.”
“Yeah? About what?”
“About how you need to get laid.” It was a reckless move, but Zac didn’t care. It had been a long night with no work, like the night before, and the night before that. No work tonight meant no food tomorrow, and he needed to eat almost as much as he needed to get fucked.
If the blond was taken aback by the bluntness, he didn’t let it show. He took a moment to consider his response, before he treated Zac to another lopsided half grin. “If you’d said that a few hours ago, I’d have said I could live without it, but I’ve drunk my body weight in Jäger since then, and I reckon it might be the only thing that will sober me up.”
It was as good a reason as any. “What’s your name?”
“Liam. What’s yours?”
“Zac. Wanna come back to mine?”
“Where do you live?”
“In town. The new flats on the high street.”
Liam pulled the latest iPhone from his pocket and studied the screen before he seemed to make a snap decision. “Why the hell not? Looks like I’ve got nothing better to do.”
“Then let’s go.” Zac held out his hand and wrapped his fingers around Liam’s smooth, warm palm. “Oh, and by the way, it’s a hundred for the fuck . . . three if you want to stay all night.”
To read this excerpt in it's entirety or to learn more about the Author, visit Riptide Publishing.
Garrett Leigh is a British writer and book designer, currently working
for Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, and Black Jazz Press. Her
protagonists will always always be tortured, crippled, broken, and deeply
flawed. Throw in a tale of enduring true love, some stubbly facial hair, and a
bunch of tattoos, and you’ve got yourself a Garrett special.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on
Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as
possible. That, and dreaming up new ways to torture her characters. Garrett
believes in happy endings; she just likes to make her boys work for it.
Garrett also works as a freelance cover artist for various publishing
houses and independent authors under the pseudonym G.D. Leigh. For cover art
info, please visit blackjazzpress.com.
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