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Suddenly Beck by Vawn Cassidy
Belong to Me, Book 1
A surprisingly sweet, sinfully sexy, and deliciously funny romp along the Cornish coast.
Nathan Elliott has run away from home at the age of twenty-six. His teenage rebellion may have come ten years late, but better late than never. Leaving behind a world of wealth and privilege, and a strict patriarchal family that would never except a gay son, he’s ready to embrace life and make up for lost time, but nothing’s ever that simple. A coin toss, a delayed train, and a wrong bus later, and Nat finds himself in a small bay in Cornwall being hauled out of the ocean by a gorgeous stranger and wondering how the hell his life got so off track.
Beck Ainsley lives life by a very simple ethos, don’t get attached, don’t get involved and don’t fall in love. He’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt that reads I’m a gullible idiot. Now, he keeps his life simple; all he needs is his dog, his art, his rambling sea cottage overlooking the bay and a few choice waves to surf. He’s not looking for love or commitment, but when he ends up plucking a posh boy from London with incredible blue eyes from the ocean, Cupid doesn’t just shoot him with an arrow, he clubs him senseless with the bow too.
One simple agreement. A summer fling, a chance to act on the insane attraction between them with no strings attached, and at the end of the summer they walk away.
There’s just one problem, fate is a fickle and capricious creature, and she has no intention of letting them walk away unscathed. They’re about to discover that sometimes the heart wants, what the heart wants…
From author Wendy Saunders writing as Vawn Cassidy, comes this hot and sweet, first time, MM romance that will leave you laughing out loud and singed from the heat…
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I reach the cute little white gate, but it won’t budge. Glancing down, I realise that it’s not locked, but the wood has swollen, leaving the gate firmly wedged closed. It’s not that high, only reaching up to mid-thigh, so I grasp the edges of the ornate rose archway surrounding it and climb over. I move to drop down the other side, but one of my shoelaces tangles on the latch and letting out an obscenely loud yelp, I tumble into the nearby Buddleia bush.
Ow…ow…ow, I roll off and hit the ground with a thud, pressing my face into the wet grass. That’s okay at least no one saw.
Then I hear the front door open, accompanied by a low amused voice, ‘Nat?’
‘It’s like the universe hates me,’ I mumble into the grass, breathing for a few seconds before pushing myself to my feet and brushing the damp grass from my face with as much dignity as I can manage.
I look up to see Beck leaning against the door frame, watching me with those beautiful hazel eyes, his lips curving at the edges. He’s wearing light grey sweatpants slung low on his hips and a plain white tee, his feet are bare, and his hair is loose. He looks so sexy and tempting, and my heart sinks. What would such a beautiful and confident man want with a mess like me?
‘Nat.’ Beck smiles slowly. ‘You’re getting soaked, come in.’
‘No, it’s okay,’ I say miserably, knowing the quicker I get this over with the better.
‘Nat?’ Beck’s smile fades. ‘What’s wrong?’
‘Nothing.’ I shake my head, blowing out a breath as I search for the right words. ‘I just wanted to apologise… for last night.’ I press the heels of my palms into my eyes in mortification and feel the burst of light behind my eyelids.
‘Nat,’ Beck calls again, and his voice is a soft rumble beneath the clattering of the rain, and when I look up, he’s stepped away from the door and onto the porch.
‘No, just…’ I hold my hands up and take another step back further into the rain, needing to put some distance between us. ‘I’m sorry for last night, for trying to kiss you.’ I press the tips of my fingers to the bridge of my nose steepling my hands as I breath heavily and close my eyes. ‘Oh my god, this is so embarassing,’ I mutter, ‘Where’s a stray bolt of lightning when you need one?’
As if on cue, the sky gives a shockingly loud rumble, and as we look up, a crack of electricity punctuates the heavy clouds. Beck’s eyes widen as he reaches out and grabs me, pulling me under the safety of the porch. I stumble into him, caught o balance as I stand breathing heavily, feeling his hard body pressed to me.
I pull back slightly, refusing to meet his eyes. ‘Anyway, I’m sorry. You set boundaries, friends only, and I shouldn’t have overstepped.’
‘Nat,’ he says again, but I just don’t want to hear it. I seriously don’t think my ego can take any more of a battering today. It’s already curled up in the fetal position, rocking in a corner somewhere.
‘It’s okay.’ I step off the porch into the pouring rain once more. ‘I just don’t want to ruin things between us. You’re the first person I’ve ever met that I feel like I can really be myself with, and I don’t want to lose that. I promise I won’t make things awkward again, so I’m just going to go and…’
He’s watching me intently, and as I babble, he steps closer to me, the rain making dark splotches on his t-shirt.
‘What are you doing?’ I frown. ‘It’s pissing down. You’re going to get drenched.’
‘Nat,’ he says slowly, eyes fixed on me. ‘Last night you were drunk.’
‘Yes, I know.’ I exhale loudly. ‘And I know it’s not an excuse, and I… what are you doing?’ I ask nervously as he steps further into my space until all I can smell is the heat in the air, overlaid with warm rain and a waft of coconut from Beck’s skin.
My heartbeat kicks up another notch, pounding so loudly I’m sure he can hear it over the sound of the storm as he closes the distance between us. His face hovers close, his lips a fraction of an inch above mine, and when he speaks, I can feel the small, warm puffs of breath against my mouth.
‘You’re not drunk now.’ His lip curves.
‘No,’ I whisper, swallowing hard. ‘No, I’m not.’
His hand lifts and wraps around the back of my neck, instantly sending a shiver down my spine and setting my belly dancing with nerves. He closes the distance between us, his lips pressing against mine soft and hot.
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About the Author:
Vawn Cassidy is the MM pen name of author Wendy Saunders. She lives in Hampshire in the UK with her husband and three children. She writes Supernatural and Contemporary Fantasy Fiction as Wendy Saunders and Romantic Suspense as WJ Saunders.
Suddenly Beck is her debut MM novel and was borne of her love and enjoyment of MM Romance. During the lockdown, she wanted to write something fun and light-hearted, and as a quirky and unapologetic Brit herself, she wanted to set a story back home in the UK as opposed to her other fiction which is primarily set in the states.
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