Getting His Man
A love story worthy of an old movie… with a new twist.
Artie needs a hero, a man like those he’s always revered in Golden Age films. His drug-dealing jerk of a roommate got him arrested, and since his savior isn’t likely to sweep in and save the day, Artie calls a bail bondsman.
August has always imagined himself a hero from a black-and-white movie, but he’s never found a man willing to let him play that role—at least not until he gets the call from Artie.
Both of their dreams might come true, but not before August must use his skills as a bounty hunter as well as a bondsman. Artie is on the run for his life, and August must protect him and help him clear his name. Only then can they both finally get their man.
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Cat gives this one 4 Meows with a 3 Purr heat index...
Artie is a sweet young man that has never been in trouble in his life. That all changes one night when he comes home to his roommate with a pile of Marijuana on the coffee table. To make things worse he eats a brownie e was offered not knowing it was a magic brownie. He gets arrested and has to get a bail bondsman,
August is taken immediately by the sweet, innocent, boyish-looking man he comes to see about bailing out of jail. The young man ticks so many boxes on his type list. When he leaves he sees the young man sitting outside the jail, still high from the brownie and offers him a ride. Things escalate and they find themselves not only attracted but tangled in trouble.
I loved this story, but I haven't read a B.G. Thomas book that I haven't. I fell in love with Artie immediately because I have a thing for sweet and innocent and heroes to the rescue.
August is quite the hero. manly, but not too alpha. It is pretty sweet but the Dreamspun desires mostly are. The suspense was good but light as well. There were lots of old movie references throughout the books and I will admit, though I love some classics I didn't know them all and it sort of threw me out of the story at times.
If you like sweet romances, instalove, suspense, bounty hunters, and an allover fun story you will like this one.
Excerpt...
FOR ARTHUR Bailey, aka Artie, the evening started in heaven and ended in hell.
The evening was heaven because he’d gotten to see Electric i in concert. He’d scored incredible tickets on KUTE and spent a couple of hours in the third row with his best friend and a bunch of screaming teenaged girls. He even managed to get to the edge of the stage and get his hand touched by Connie “Jax” Jacques, his favorite member of the band.
“I’ll never wash my hand again,” he joked with Ross, his “date,” who laughed and asked him if he needed a rubber glove. He was a CNA—a Certified Nursing Assistant—at St. Luke’s and would have no trouble providing Artie with a lifetime’s supply.
Artie sometimes wished that Ross was more than a friend, but Ross didn’t feel the same way about him. That happened a lot to Artie, or at least it felt that way. He’d go out on a date and quickly realize that the potential boyfriend really wanted nothing more than to screw him. He was twenty-four but looked no more than eighteen at most, and apparently, a lot of men liked that. But then, when pressed about why a roll in the hay was all they seemed to want, they told him that they wanted someone more “manly” for a husband.
“Who wants a boyfriend that’s going to get carded every time we go out and ask for wine with our dinner” was how one succinct and not so subtle ex-potential boyfriend had put it.
The evening was heaven because despite his love life—namely, that he didn’t have one—he had come to see that in Ross’s case, a true friend was better than a boyfriend. Ross was funny, sweet, fun, loyal, thoughtful, and there when needed. Who else would go to an Electric i concert with him?
Electric i was what had become, over the last couple of years, the new and rising boy band, biting at the heels of Justin Bieber. Because of that they were both loved and reviled. There were those who scoffed at their songs, voices, hair, and dance numbers, but the pop group had six hits already—two number ones—and sold albums in the millions.
Ross even helped him pay for a T-shirt, although Artie wasn’t sure when he’d actually wear it. He’d be teased unmercifully by friends and workmates if he did, and who knew what Willie, his stoner roommate, would say.
And finally, there was the heaven of singing Electric i songs with Ross on the way home, even if it was silly. Who else would do that?
B.G. Thomas lives in Kansas City with his husband of more than a decade and half, and that marriage has been legal since 2014! They share their home with their fabulous dogs, Sarah Jane and Oliver. He is lucky enough to have a lovely daughter as well as many extraordinary friends.
B.G. loves romance, comedies, fantasy, science fiction and even horror—as far as he is concerned, as long as the stories are character driven and entertaining, it doesn't matter the genre. Since he’s gone conventions since he was fourteen years old, he's been lucky enough to meet many of his favorite writers, many of whom inspired him to pursue his own writing dreams.
Excited about the growing male/male romance market, he decided to begin writing for the first time in years. Gay men are what he knows best, after all. He submitted his first story in years and was thrilled when it was accepted in only four days, and since then has had over thirty short stories, novellas and novels published.
“Leap, and the net will appear” is his personal philosophy and his message to all. “It is never too late,” he states. “Pursue your dreams. They will come true!”
Visit his website and blog at http://bthomaswriter.wordpress.com/. You can contact him there and he is always happy to hear from his readers.
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