SAVOR ME
KITCHEN GODS, BOOK 3
BETH BOLDEN
M/M ROMANCE
RELEASE DATE: 10.02.18
COVER DESIGN: AngstyG
BLURB
When Chef Xander Bridges leaves the warmth and safety of his car on a cold, stormy night and approaches a stranger, the last thing he expects to find is a future. He’s wanted to leave his job for a while, but with no good opportunities on the horizon, he’s been stuck in a long, painful rut. But when he befriends the stranger viciously tearing up his own vineyard, Xander discovers something inexplicable. Maybe he’s not the bitter, sarcastic man that everyone, including himself, has endured for years.
Maybe, with someone like Damon in his life, he could be something more. Something better.
Damon Hess doesn’t just want more, he demands it. With his alcoholic past, there are no gray areas for him. Only black and white. In love or not. Sober or drunk. But the chance meeting with Xander opens Damon’s eyes, and gives him a vision full of something he hasn’t experienced in years: hope.
Hope that he can expect companionship and affection, hope that he doesn’t have to grapple with his family’s questionable Napa legacy any longer, and most importantly, hope that there’s a future worth believing in. But the longer he and Xander spend cultivating that future, the more Damon realizes that the key is so much simpler than he ever imagined–it’s Xander.
Savor Me is an 80,000 word contemporary m/m romance starring an irascible man with a soft, gooey marshmallow center and another who knows he likes men, but has never been with one before. It is third in the Kitchen Gods series, but can be read as a standalone.
Of course, the marshmallows were not amazing or incredible or even the tiniest bit transcendental.
Kian peered over the side of the pan and poked at the goopy mess with an offset spatula. “What’s wrong with them?”
“I don’t know,” Xander snapped. “God, Kian, it’s like you expect me to be Miles or something.”
“They were supposed to set up, right?” Kian asked.
“Of course they were.” Xander grabbed for his phone. “I’m calling Miles.”
“I’m going to go take a shower,” Kian announced lazily.
“Wrap your hand!” Xander called after him after dialing. He hoped that Miles wasn’t filming today, but it felt like Miles filmed a lot of days now.
“Wrap my hand?” Miles answered, voice puzzled. “Did I hurt my hand?”
“Oh, that was for Kian,” Xander said. “He cut his finger pretty badly today. Twenty-four-stitches badly.”
“That explains why he’s not at Terroir right now,” Miles said. “And I know you’re not there because you quit, you smug bastard. I’m still wondering why all I got was a text message to our group chat.”
“Because you’re a busy and important man and I like to respect your time?” Xander asked meekly.
Miles laughed. “No. I get it. The days after I quit all I wanted to do was sleep and constantly fist pump because the torture was finally over.”
“You barely spent any time with the Bastard,” Xander pointed out.
“And yet, my job still sucked.” Miles paused. “So what’s the emergency?”
“How did you know?”
“You always text. You never call. Wyatt’s the actual phone-conversation friend in our group. You just send terse texts.”
“They’re not terse, they’re to the point,” Xander grumbled.
“What’s the emergency?” Miles repeated. “Apparently we’re going to some fancy LA restaurant tonight and I need to look presentable. Evan’s picking out shirts and I’m going to end up in one that’s mandarin orange if I’m not careful.”
Awhile ago, Xander would have been unavoidably jealous of the casual affection and undeniable love in Miles’ voice as he talked about his boyfriend and producing partner. Now, all Xander felt was relief that he’d never actually done anything about his crush on Miles. They were so much better as friends.
Beth Bolden lives in Portland, Oregon with her supportive husband. She wholly believes in Keeping Portland Weird, but wishes she didn’t have to make the yearly pilgrimage up to Seattle to watch her Boston Red Sox play baseball. She’s a fan of fandoms, and spends too much of her free time on tumblr.
Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She’s published eight novels and two novellas, with Catch Me, the next novel in the Kitchen Gods series, releasing in May 2018.
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