Embers (Common Law book 2) by Kate Sherwood Virtual tour | Spotlight, Excerpt & #giveaway @RiptideBooks @kate_sherwood

Small town—big problems. 

Jericho Crewe is back in Mosely, Montana, trying to deal with police corruption, interfering feds, his newly discovered family members, and, of course, Wade Granger.

He doesn’t really need a biker war on top of it all, but as the bodies start to pile up, it becomes pretty clear that’s what he’s got. Not only that, but Wade’s involved somehow, and as soon as Wade is a part of something, things that seemed clear become cloudy.

With the feds breathing down his neck, Jericho has to find his way through Wade’s maze of half truths and manipulations. It would all be so much easier if Jericho could think straight in the other man’s presence. So much easier if their passionate past could be forgotten, and if he could be sure he’s strong enough to resist the temptation of a passionate present.

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Excerpt...

“Get him down!” Nikki ordered Jericho.

“Great idea. Got any suggestions on how to get him down?”

“Just climb up there and grab him,” she said scornfully. “What, have you been reading child-raising books? You think you need to reason with him and give him the opportunity to correct his own behavior? Ignore that bullshit and get my kid off that garbage and back to school!”

It would be so easy to sever this relationship. Nikki was . . . difficult. That was the most charitable way to describe her. He’d helped her enough, surely. She might be his father’s widow, but she’d never been his mother. The kids were animals, wild and ungrateful and usually surly. His life would be a hell of a lot easier without any of them in it.

Then Elijah turned his head, just a half inch, enough to get a quick glimpse of what Jericho was going to do. And there was something in the movement, some mix of tentative bravado and desperate desire to be noticed, that pulled at Jericho. Something he recognized all too well. He couldn’t walk away from the kids, because they were in the same place he’d been in after his mother had died, and he’d needed someone to help him out and care about him then, although he hadn’t been able to admit it.

“I’m worried about you, Elijah,” he said. The boy slowed his bouncing, at least a little. “I really want you to be safe. I want you to have fun, but I’d hate it if you got hurt.”

“Just grab him,” Nikki said tiredly. “I swear, I’d thought a Marine would be a bit more interested in discipline.” She raised her voice. “You’ve got about three seconds to get your ass down here, boy. If I have to climb up and get you, there’s gonna be a whupping coming your way.”

Elijah turned away and bounced a bit harder. Apparently if he was going to get whupped, he’d make the crime worthwhile.

That was when a new voice entered the exchange. “Hey.” It was male, authoritative without being pompous, and even with one word, enough for Jericho’s body to recognize it and respond. “Hey, Elijah.”

Elijah swiveled his head to see the new arrival, and Jericho let himself do the same. Wade didn’t bother to look toward the adults, just stared at the boy. “That’s my pile of wreckage you’re messing up,” he said firmly. “Get the hell off. Now.”

There was a part of Jericho that wanted Elijah to respond to this new order the same way he’d responded to the earlier ones. A part of him that wanted at least one person in the world to be immune to Wade’s effortless charisma. But Elijah immediately started picking a path down off the rubble, like a tiny robot programmed to respond to only his master’s voice.

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Kate Sherwood started writing about the same time she got back on a horse after almost twenty years away from riding. She’d like to think she was too young for it to be a midlife crisis, but apparently she was ready for some changes!

Kate grew up near Toronto, Ontario (Canada) and went to school in Montreal, then Vancouver. But for the last decade or so she’s been a country girl. Sure, she misses some of the conveniences of the city, but living close to nature makes up for those lacks. She’s living in Ontario’s “cottage country”--other people save up their time and come to spend their vacations in her neighborhood, but she gets to live there all year round!

Since her first book was published in 2010, she’s kept herself busy with novels, novellas, and short stories in almost all the sub-genres of m/m romance. Contemporary, suspense, scifi or fantasy--the settings are just the backdrop for her characters to answer the important questions. How much can they share, and what do they need to keep? Can they bring themselves to trust someone, after being disappointed so many times? Are they brave enough to take a chance on love?

Kate’s books balance drama with humor, angst with optimism. They feature strong, damaged men who fight themselves harder than they fight anyone else. And, wherever possible, there are animals: horses, dogs, cats ferrets, squirrels… sometimes it’s easier to bond with a non-human, and most of Kate’s men need all the help they can get.

After five years of writing, Kate is still learning, still stretching herself, and still enjoying what she does. She’s looking forward to sharing a lot more stories in the future. 

Twitter: @kate_sherwood 

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