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Romantic Rescue by Blake Allwood
Romantic Series, Book 2
A nasty fall on a hiking trail represents Daniel’s crumbling life, but a handsome park ranger will rescue him in more ways than one.
Catching your boyfriend and best friend together would be bad for anyone, but being arrested for punching your best friend in the nose makes it much worse. When Daniel heads into the mountains for some alone time, things go from bad to awful as a fall leads to a life-threatening injury.
Ranger Joseph is everything Daniel has dreamed of, but his dreams never involved being carried down a mountain on a stretcher. As Daniel mends he discovers a relationship with Joseph may be his one chance for true love.
Daniel can’t seem to catch a break; just as his life starts improving, he’s attacked by an unknown assailant. With his life now in jeopardy, can the fledgling relationship survive or will everything he cherishes be lost?
Romantic Rescue is part two of the MM/gay Romantic Series. If you like instant love, hurt to comfort gay romances, and just a touch of suspense, then you’ll enjoy this heartwarming novel by Blake Allwood.
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Exclusive Excerpt for Romantic Rescue
“Daniel, you have a seat now, and I’ll get the rest of this stuff in. The boys should be arriving any moment and I don’t want you worn out before they get here.” She swept over to give me a kiss on the cheek. Yep, I was lucky to have landed in this incredible woman’s home.
Just as Beth left the room, the front door popped open. I saw luggage, and then Beth grabbed up into a bear hug as arms and bodies piled through the opening. Two men came around the corner and Beth turned and pointed to an area next to her sofa for the guys to put their luggage.
“You boys just put your stuff there for the time being. We can sort all that out later. For now, I want to introduce you to my other guest, Daniel Porter.”
She dashed into the room, and I greeted them with a smile.
“Daniel, this is Mac and Todd. Did I get that right?” When they nodded their heads in agreement, she continued, “Mac, Todd, this is Daniel. Y’all just make yourselves comfortable. Joseph,” she called out to someone who hadn’t made it into the house yet, “go on out and get the rest of the luggage. I’ll manage the refreshments.”
Mac and Todd came over and sat down on the sofa across from me after shaking my good hand. “I hear you had quite a fall over in the park.”
“Yeah,” I groaned. “That’s what I get for going on a sullen adventure without doing adequate research, I’m afraid.”
The men nodded agreement, mostly I thought to be friendly, and I was glad they didn’t dig too much more into the subject.
“We’ve been hiking and camping in and around the western part of the park. The coast is what we came up for, and the fishing, of course,” Todd said.
“Of course,” I repeated, as if I knew anything about fishing. I could have counted on the fingers of my good hand the number of gay men I personally knew who’d find fishing a fun option, much less think of it as an of course. But the two seemed friendly enough and I turned toward them to ask where they hiked when the other member of the party walked into the room.
The gut-punch of lust hit first, followed by a familiar embarrassment when I recognized him. I found myself looking into the face of the same guy who had helped carry me down the mountain just a few weeks earlier. Oh shit…
I gawked, red-faced, and what must have been an hour passed as I tried to find the composure to get myself out of the room before I passed out. Beth came to my rescue.
“Daniel, honey, are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost. Why don’t you come with me and I’ll get you back to your room.” She took me by the good hand and led me out of the room, fussing as we went. “I was afraid we’d push you too far today. I warned you.” Bless her ever-loving heart. I was able to nod an embarrassed look at the three men before escaping.
When I got back to my room, I immediately began packing. Yes, I was a coward, and yes, this coward was hightailing it out of here before I had to face that beautiful man and my utter humiliation again. I’d just turned to grab the last of my clothes when I heard a knock at the door.
“Daniel, honey, can we come in?” Shit, shit, shit! There was no way out. I owed Beth more than running away anyway.
Check out Book 1 in the series
Romantic Renovations
Bennett Jackson’s life abruptly changes when he inherits a massive real estate portfolio and is given his own home improvement show to feature the rehab of the properties. When this surprising success is jeopardized by an unscrupulous costar, his world begins to crumble until coming face to face with his new costar, the muscle-bound and ridiculously handsome Leslie Cooper.
Les is pissed. He had no intention of continuing working in reality TV, but since he still had time on his contract, he really didn’t have a choice. Les fully intended to be in charge as he walked onto the chaotic Seattle set but his temper waned as he came face to face with his handsome co-star Bennett Jackson.
Just as things begin heating up between Les and Bennett, Bennett’s abusive past emerges. But this time, it puts both their lives in jeopardy
In this hurt/comfort, suspensful romance, will Bennett’s will to survive, and Les’s inner strength be enough to keep them alive and save their fragile relationship?
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About the Author:
Blake Allwood was born in west TN, then moved to Kansas City MO after attending college in Iowa. He met his husband, Shaun, in 1995 and they officially married in 2015, once the United States legalized gay marriage.
In 2017, he and his husband sold their home, purchased an RV and began traveling the country with their two dogs. Their travels provide the inspiration and settings for many of his novels.
Typically, Blake can be found writing in the RV or by the fire with his laptop and their Jack Russell Terrier, Buddy, curled up between his legs or demanding his attention. Denver, their Siberian Husky mix is often asleep at his feet or playing tug of war with Shaun.
Aiden Inspired (Apr 2019) is his first published novel, featuring two disparate characters from New York and Washington State who meet and develop an unlikely bond.
His second novel, Suzie Empowered (Feb 2020), is a follow-up novel featuring Aiden’s sister Suzie as she overcomes her fear of relationships with straight men due to a sexual assault in high school.
Blake returned to gay romance with his release of Bobby Transformed (Mar 2020) about an Iowa farm boy and a big city publisher.
These first three novels share characters and can be read as a series or each as a stand-alone novel.
Romantic Renovations (June 2020), is a stand-alone novel that features a popular home renovation star and a large property owner in Seattle, Washington. Blake veers from his contemporary romance themed novels and dips his toes in the crime mystery troupe for this one. He is currently working on two additional books to make this into a series.
His Chance series was released in the summer of 2020, consisting of three books: Love by Chance, Another Chance With Love, and Taking a Chance For Love
The Big Bend series, based in the area around Big Bend National Park in Texas will be released over three months beginning June 2021.
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