This weekend, my awesome publishers Dreamspinner Press are are running a great promo of selected books celebrating libraries and library heroes. One of the books available for just $1 is my novel ‘Bear Among the Books’ . Yes really! You can download the whole ebook for less than the cost of a cup of coffee!
I loved writing this novel since it pulled together so many of the things which make me happy. Firstly it contains a wonderful healing romance. Since it is set mostly in a local library with a librarian MC it is also a declaration of love towards libraries and, maybe more than anything else it’s an ode to words, books, stories, writing, and reading.
I had always felt sorry for people who didn’t read and never experienced the joy of getting lost in a well-written story. – Ben
Amongst the various other themes of the story we meet chosen family, May to September romance, past abuse, wisdom which comes with age, Care for the elderly, physical love and even gardening!
Forty-eight-year-old Ben Thompson is a librarian, a passionate book lover, and a man who embodies the definition of a bear. He’s also lonely after the loss of his long-term partner. Young ex-gymnast Jason Barnes piques his interest, but Ben quickly realizes there’s more to Jason than his good looks. While Jason visits the library almost every day, he never checks out a book.
It’s like being inside the biggest, richest treasure chest in the world. It’s like a bank vault for people’s dreams and experiences. – Jason
With gentle persistence, Ben befriends Jason and learns the nineteen-year-old’s tragic secrets. After years of mental and sexual abuse at his father’s hands, Jason was kicked out of his family home for being gay. Despite his apparent love of books, Jason never learned to read. Ben offers to teach him, and the two men bond over their lessons. Ben can’t deny his attraction to Jason, but he wonders if Jason is too young and too handsome to return his interest. With the help of the close-knit library team and Jason’s growing self-confidence, they move beyond the books and into the bedroom, where their own story is just beginning.
If you love libraries, romance, HEA stories and/or Beary men, then pop along to Dreamspinner before 26th and download your copy.
