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Free Me by Beck Grey
Love in the Pacific Northwest, Book 4
A gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right.
Blake
No romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room.
It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore.
When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major life changes, like hiring a meditation and physiotherapist, whatever that is, I’m worried enough to agree.
Imagine my surprise when my practitioner turns out to be the hookup I haven’t been able to forget.
Stef
What’s a fabulously vivacious gender-fluid beauty to do when stress is high and Prince Charmings aren’t lined up at their door? Head to the club to recharge my sparkle on the dance floor. I have no intention of hooking up with anyone. Hookups are not my thing.
Then I see the slightly older hottie in the Tom Ford suit, and all my self-restraint goes up in a blast of glitter.
When it turns out he’s my new meditation client and my friend’s older brother, I’m sure the universe is messing with me.
Because mixing business with pleasure is a huge no-no.
So why does my heart keep shouting yes?
Free Me is a low-angst, opposites attract, worlds collide, LGBTQ contemporary romance. It contains no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA.
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- Are you a full-time or part-time writer? How does that affect your writing?
Let me put it this way. Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm I work for someone else. Monday through Sunday when I’m not working my “day job”, doing chores, or attending the rare social function, I’m doing something book related. That could be writing, promoting my books, making edits to a manuscript, or attending writing-related seminars. Basically, I have two full-time jobs.
- How do you approach covers for your indie stories?
I do a lot of looking at what’s popular in my genre. Right now, in the LGBTQ+ Contemporary romance genre it’s split into three main types of covers. There’s the ubiquitous bare chested guy cover, there’s the clothed guy cover, and the illustrated cover. In contemporary romance I’m a big fan of using actual models for the cover art, so you’ll probably never see my covers with the highly illustrated art you see on a lot of the YA novels. If I wrote fantasy or science fiction I’d definitely have cover model based illustrated art like you see on Natasha Snow’s or Alexandria Corza’s cover designs.
- Tell us more about your forthcoming release? What’s this book about? What inspired you to write it?
Free Me is the story of Stef Evans, an out and proud genderqueer physiotherapist and meditation coach, and Blake McCarthy, a workaholic book publisher. It’s a low-angst, opposites attract, worlds collide, LGBTQ romance about a genderfluid cutie, a slightly older hottie, and a hookup gone right. It contains no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA. It’s book four in my Love in the Pacific Northwest series. All of my books can be read as standalones, but most of the characters make appearances in other books. So we’ve met Stef before in their brother Jules’ book, and in their friend Quinn’s book. But in the time between books three and four they learned they were genderfluid. I would like to take credit for making Stef genderfluid, but they told me that in the first chapter of writing the book. They were very insistent, so what could I do? But I love it, because having representation matters. I’m non-binary and it’s nice to put some of that representation in my books. Especially with what’s going on in the world right now with people’s civil rights.
- Tell us something we don’t know about one of your heroes in Free Me.
Hmmm. Something about Blake that impacts the story but didn’t make it into the book is his last relationship was a disaster. It’s kind of hinted at, but there aren’t many details. So, here they are! We find out in the book that Blake is so much of a workaholic that he misses some pretty big details in his personal life. This plays directly into how Blake misses the connections between Tadhg’s friends and his own friend group. And how he’s never met Stef before this. But this flaw also impacted past relationships. Blake’s last relationship was over four years ago. He was in a serious relationship with a man named Peter Neill, an interior designer. They had a very large social life, attending parties and signings for authors, and art shows for some of Peter’s friends. They were very beautiful together. But things started to fall apart when little by little, Blake realized Peter wasn’t the nice man he thought he was. Peter turned out to be petty and mean, and once Blake saw that, it couldn’t be unseen. The final straw was Peter making nasty comments about Tadhg and having to learn sign language just to be included in the conversations when Blake had his family around. They broke up because of it. Also, Peter is the one who decorated Blake’s house in such a cold style. Blake’s never home so he doesn’t bother changing it.
- Where can readers find out more about you and your work?
I’m on FB, Discord, TikTok, Instagram, BookBub and Goodreads. All of those links can be found on my Langtry: https://linktr.ee/beck_grey Check out my website if you’d like sneak peeks of upcoming releases and lots of other stuff! https://www.beckgrey.com/ My Newsletter signup: https://www.subscribepage.com/beckgrey 
I walk out to the bedroom balcony and look down at the patio. Blake is lounging by the pool in swim trunks and sunglasses, reading a book. He looks incredibly relaxed, and it makes my heart happy. “Hey, handsome.” He glances up and his face breaks into a wide grin. Okay, yes, we’ve been together for a few months, but his smile still makes my insides all melty and warm. “You want to come in and eat, or should I bring the food out?” “Put on a suit and come down. This is my big plan for the day.” He gestures to the pool area and waves his book. I lean my elbows on the railing and grin down at him. “If you’re trying to seduce me, it’s working.” “Excellent. Step one in my evil plan is complete. Now come down here. I missed you.” “Be down in a sec!” I hurry inside, strip out of my work clothes, then lather myself in the sunscreen that smells like coconut. Blake loves the scent, and I love how he nuzzles my neck when I use it. I pull on my tiniest black and white print swim briefs, grab a beach towel from the closet and the food bags from the kitchen counter, and hurry down to the game room and out to the patio. “Should we eat at the table or on the loungers like heathens?” Blake glances up from his book and his eyes lock on my tiny swimsuit. I do a slow spin, giving him a good view of my ass. “Like?” He pulls his sunglasses to the end of his nose and peers over them. “That’s new.” His voice is thick with lust. Oh, yeah. Mission accomplished. “It is! And it’s so adorable!” Blake licks his lips. “And so tiny.” “I had a feeling you might like it.” I skip past him to the table and deposit the bags. Blake practically growls and grabs my hips the moment I put the bags down. “Come here.” I laugh as he manhandles me, hauling me close and inhaling my skin. He drags his nose across my abdomen and my cock stirs, eager to join in the fun, but my stomach growls with hunger. “Mmm. I’m fully on board with whatever you’re planning here, Darling, but we should eat before the food gets cold.” Blake bites my hip. “We can heat it up.” My laugh quickly turns to a gasp as his tongue teases above the edge of my suit. It’s all I can do not to press his head a few inches lower. “Blake, Darling, I have souvlaki and Greek salad.” He hums and sits back, waggling his eyebrows at me. “You know I love Greek.” I snort at his double entendre. “As do I, my darling. So let’s eat.” I wink at him. “Then we can eat.” His chuckle warms every part of me. He pushes to his feet with a sigh. “If we must, we must.” “We must.” I press up on my tiptoes and pucker up. He obliges me, but turns my expected quick press of lips into a lingering kiss that curls my toes and has me second-guessing my stance on eating first. As I’m about to give in, he lets me go and pats my backside. “C’mon. Let’s feed you so we can move on to other enjoyable things.”
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About the Author
Beck is a non-binary writer of sweet, sexy, LGBTQ happily ever afters. They live in the Northeastern United States with their two adorable dogs. Weekdays are spent working their day job, but nights and weekends are devoted to writing stories involving hot characters, favorite tropes, and happy endings. Any additional time includes reading, laughing with friends, drinking red wine, and playing D&D. If there’s cake involved at any point it’s a win!
Connect with Beck: https://linktr.ee/beck_grey
