Thank you for joining me to celebrate the rerelease of my second chance romance novella, The Play of His Life, and thank you to Love Bytes for having me today.
I’m sharing an exclusive excerpt from The Play of His Life. Check it out below!
“I thought you were giving me booze,” Christian said.
Riley merely turned and grabbed a brown bottle off a shelf behind him. Tall and thin, it had a yellow label and the words Kahlùa splashed on the front in bold, red letters. Riley yanked out the stopper and poured a generous amount into both mugs.
Christian perked up. Spiked hot chocolate. Was there anything better?
Sex with Riley.
Quit it, brain!
Riley set one of the mugs closer to Christian, picked up his own, clinked it against Christian’s and said, “Cheers.” Then he took a healthy swallow, ocean eyes never leaving Christian’s.
Yeah, Christian knew a dare when he saw one. Determined not be outdone, he raised his mug in a silent toast and took a large gulp.
“So?” Riley said.
“It’s good. Rich.”
“Yeah. Thought you’d like that. Unless you’ve lost the taste for hot chocolate over the past six years.”
The reminder of how long it’d been since they’d seen each other brought a halt to their conversation. Christian looked away from Riley and fiddled with the label on the bottle. The weird mix of apprehensiveness, hopefulness, and happiness combined with the alcohol in his belly was making him feel…surprisingly mellow.
He cleared his throat. “The chocolate’s really good.” It was almost bittersweet but not quite, sitting thick on his tongue. It was magic in his mouth. “What kind do you use?”
“I can’t give away all my secrets,” Riley said with a wink.
Whatever. Christian couldn’t bring himself to care anymore. The Mysterious Case of the Delicious Hot Chocolate would have to wait another day. His drink was awesome and that was all that mattered.
And Riley. Riley definitely mattered. Christian was feeling so relaxed all he wanted to do was crawl into bed and cuddle with his boyfriend forever.
Ex-boyfriend. Who he smiled at like a dope with his first crush.
Man, maybe he should’ve eaten more than the pretzels on the flight over. Two sips and he was already at that stage of buzzed that made him sleepy. The one that came right before being drunk off his ass and unable to walk.
Although, in his defense, Riley was grinning stupidly at him, too. The wings in his stomach turned dragon-sized. The only times he’d ever felt this strange feeling of anxious excitement also had to do with Riley. Their first kiss. Graduating from hand jobs to blowjobs. The first time they had sex.
The last time. The last time that Christian had thought meant so much. Only to wake up the next morning to find Riley gone.
Book Blurb:
The last person Christian wants to run into on a visit home to spend time with his mom over the holidays is his former best friend-turned-lover-turned-ex. But there Riley is, in all his tall, chiseled, blondness. The same guy who walked out on him six years ago, breaking his heart in the process. Who knew he’s still in love with the jerk?
Two years ago, Riley was injured out of the NHL, but he’s got his own bakery now and a quiet life selling quiches and cupcakes to his customers. Then Christian unexpectedly walks back into his life, forcing Riley to question his choices. Especially that one choice he made six years ago that walked him out of Christian’s life. Now if only he had the courage to tell a boy how he really feels about him…
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Amy’s lived with her head in the clouds since she first picked up a book as a child, and being fluent in two languages means she’s read a lot of books! She first picked up a pen on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class had to stay inside for recess. Tales of treasure hunts with her classmates eventually morphed into love stories between men, and she’s been writing ever since. She writes evenings and weekends—or whenever she isn’t at her full-time day job saving the planet at Canada’s largest environmental non-profit.
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