Welcome A. Nybo joining us today to talk about new release “Three Bears”, part of the World of Love Series by Dreamspinner Press.
G’day. Thanks so much to the Love Bytes bunch for hosting me today.
This isn’t just my first novella with Dreamspinner, it is my first fiction publication ever! As you can imagine I’m both hyper excited and somewhat overwhelmed. The experience so far has been a sharp learning curve, but relatively painless. I hope readers enjoy reading Three Bears as much as I had writing it.
While I was taking a break from writing another book, I checked out some publishers and one of those publishers, Dreamspinner Press, had a “World of Love” collection. The moment I saw it, I knew I wanted to add Western Australia to that collection.
The “World of Love” collection requires the story to be tied to the unique geographical location it represents. I live in the southwest where the Margaret River Pro is part of the World Surfing League’s tour. What better thing to write about than surfing? Once I had that idea, there was nothing for it but to write about the surf spot that (in my mind) was made for a gay ménage story. A surf spot called Three Bears.
The characters, Dan, Josh & Luke are the sort of guys I like to hang out with. Dan is introspective and tends to get himself tangled in his own thoughts. Josh is a straight down the line kind of guy, who knows just how Dan’s mind works. Luke is the easy rider. He goes with the flow both in the water and in bed. Up for adventure, he likes a good puzzle and he finds both when he meets Dan and Josh.
These three are the type of guys that would be fun to hang out with. I can just imagine sitting out on the back deck of their farmhouse on a summer afternoon having a beer, wine, or whatever the poison, watching the kangaroos coming in to graze. There’d be awesome music in the background and conversation would run from through the absurd to the profound, sometimes melding to be both simultaneously. But most of all, there’d be laughs.
Cover Artist
Alexandria Corza
Blurb
At Three Bears surf break, the attraction between a group of friends is anything but “Luke warm….”
Dan goes to stay with his best friend Josh in Margaret River, the surfing capital of Western Australia, to sort out his sexual confusion. But his best friend is the source of that confusion. Having never been attracted to a man other than Josh, Dan fears risking their friendship just to discover men aren’t his thing.
Within the first few days, Dan meets Luke, a local barista who offers him surf lessons. Dan soon finds himself emotionally coveting not one, but two men. When they go to Three Bears, his hidden desires begin to emerge. As the ambiguity of Dan’s mixed signals clears, it becomes apparent both of his surfing companions want him—badly.
It is only when Luke and Josh hook up that they formulate “Operation Three Bears,” an adventurous plan that might lead to a satisfying outcome for all of them.
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When I arrived, Luke was standing on top of a sand dune looking down at the beach. He turned and waved before heading toward me. I released the bungee cords and took the board from the roof of my station wagon before going to meet him. “Hey,” he said as he neared me. “Glad you made it.”
“I said I would.”
“Not everyone does what they say they’re going to do.” He looked at my board. “A single-fin?” He was trying really hard to hide his amusement.
“It’s okay if you laugh,” I assured him. “I’m under no misapprehensions that I know what I’m doing, so go ahead. I’ve only surfed a couple of times, and they were kind of under duress.”
He did laugh as he ran a hand over the board. “Where did you get this? I haven’t seen one of these for years. Is it yours?”
“No. It belongs to my housemate.”
“Not much of a surfer then, your housemate?”
“Yeah, he is. He told me to take one of the ones out of the shed, so I just grabbed the one closest to the door.”
For whatever reason, that seemed to spark new interest in the board. “One out of the shed, eh?” He looked it over. “Who is your housemate? Has he been in Margs for long?”
I shrugged, “Josh Stern. Been here a few years I guess.”
“Josh Stern.” Luke said it like he was sifting through an interesting catalogue. “Josh,” he tried. “Does he have shoulder-length blond hair?”
“No. Black.”
“Does he work in Margs?”
“Are you a detective?”
His frown of confusion was washed away by a sassy smile. “They get paid more than coffee-swirlers, don’t they?”
“I can’t say I’m all that familiar with the pay grades of either.”
He laughed. “I like you.”
I liked him too, but if I was to say so, it would come out weird and awkward. I couldn’t get away saying things like that. It wasn’t my style.
“No, I was simply trying to place him.” He paused. “I know most of the locals, but they tend to get a little mixed up in my head.”
“That must be painful.”
“It can be. Not to mention embarrassing.”
“Sounds like a story lurks there.”
“One or twenty.” His lewd grin made it clear he was referring to something sexual, so I let the conversation drop. Since sexual confusion was circling me like a shark, the last thing I wanted to speak of was blood.
A. Nybo has tried conventional methods (a psych degree and a GC in Forensic Mental Health) but far prefers the less conventional, such as the occasional barbecue in the rain, 400km drives at 1am for chocolate, and multiple emergency naps in any given 24hr period. Favourite things to do include that which can be seen (e.g. reading, writing, drawing, walking the dogs, travelling) and that which can’t, such as dreaming (both awake and asleep).
Western Australian born, she has been spotted on the other side of the planet several times–usually by mosquitoes. And discovered Amazonian mosquitoes love her just as much as they do in her home state.
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