Title: Transform
Series: Crossing Nuwa, Book Four
Author: Sean Ian O’Meidhir, Connall Braginsky
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 12/19/2023
Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 58600
Genre: Paranormal, cyber mage, demons, vampire, established couple, interspecies, magic users, mythical creatures, psychic ability, shifters, road trip, vacation, weddings, Hawaii, puzzle
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After a harrowing rescue, Theo and Robbie take Kat to Maui to recover, only to be swept into another intrigue. Robbie comes into his own and learns to appreciate who and what he is while Theo comes to terms with his family. But a greater prophecy is at play—one that may draw the couple into things they are not yet ready for.
Transform
Connal Braginsky & Sean Ian O’Meidhir © 2023
All Rights Reserved
Meet his father? I felt a little flutter in my chest.
“Of course,” I said evenly, trying to keep myself from gushing.
First off, I’ve read enough stories to know meeting a boyfriend’s family is a big deal. And even though I had met and been living with (some of the time) Kat for the last year…this was his Dad! I’ve never met anyone’s father before. In my family, many of the Nüwa chose artificial insemination and their bodies rejected any male embryos. I’m the anomaly. It happens in very few cases. I’m not too sure how many male Nüwa have existed. But apparently the male Nüwa have always historically been treated like stud stock. Slaves. Because every one of the children we impregnate a Nüwa with will be a full-blooded snake shifter, as opposed to those just carrying the genes. Fewer and fewer full Nüwa are being born, and I was taught since I was thirteen that it was my “duty” to well…you know.
But as irony would have it, I’m gay. The thought of meeting Theo’s dad, even though Theo didn’t think too highly of him, gave me such joy I grinned.
Theo and Kat had continued talking, making plans to head out after lunch so Kat would have more time with her books. I was wrapped up in the terrified exhilaration of wondering what Theo’s dad would be like, if he would like me, how I could impress him—I’m not very impressive. A nineteen-year-old who hasn’t actually been anywhere Theo hasn’t taken me, who went to college for accounting, which I’m told is really boring to most people; still, I’ve always found numbers fascinating. I can play the piano and violin; however, I won’t play the violin again if I can help it. Theo says I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to ever again so that’s something I’ve chosen to leave in my past, having had to play almost nightly for Mother and my aunt throughout my childhood. But Theo’s dad is a musician. Maybe I could talk to him about the piano.
After lunch we cleaned up, and Theo took Kat and me on a brief tour of his gorgeous home. I’ve seen three of his homes so far—his penthouse in Tribeca, New York, where we went for Christmas and New Year’s last year, the one in Santa Rosa, California, where we normally live, and now this one in Wailea, Maui, on the beach. The home’s open floorplan downstairs allowed everyone to see the gourmet kitchen, small dining room, and living room that overlooked the hot tub, porch, and sweeping views of the bluest water. I was thrilled to see the kitchen where I was going to cook my first Thanksgiving dinner. That is, if my cousin Abi didn’t take over. A bedroom with en suite and a secondary half-bath were downstairs, and three bedrooms with two baths were upstairs. There was an attached garage that had Theo’s SUV in it, and he set the thumbprint readers for Kat and me so we could get in and out of the garage if needed.
After Kat went to snag her purse, I asked, “Theo, why aren’t we staying in the bedroom downstairs?”
“Still worried about all the noise you make?” He knew the most provocative things to say and just chuckled that low sensuous laugh of his when he saw me blush. “The bedroom upstairs has the master bath, which I like better, but if you want to move downstairs, sugar, we can. I don’t really care.”
I quickly shook my head, understanding. Theo loves showers and baths. He claimed it was because he’s a big guy, six foot four and over three hundred and fifty pounds and needs to work harder to stay clean. I love his smell, which is quintessentially male, whether fresh out of the shower or having gone the day without. And when he wraps me in his huge arms, I never feel safer. I’m also quite enamored with the tickle of his chest hair and his long coarse black curls, which he usually wears loose, but for some reason, that day he had caught it back in a low ponytail. I don’t have very much body hair myself, and it’s really nice to run my fingers through his.
Another thing I adore is bathing with him. He makes even the most routine things so much fun. In my whole life, a shower was just a place to get clean. But with him, it’s a sensuous and sometimes playful adventure with both of us lathering each other up, shampooing each other…and bubble baths! I noted the master bath was enormous. It was a room unto itself with a double-sized tub next to a custom shower, which took up the back wall, with several nozzles and a built-in ledge that gave me many rather creative ideas.
“Okay, boys, you ready?” Kat asked, and I had to fight the urge to immediately separate from Theo’s embrace.
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Connal Braginsky is a software engineer who lives in San Diego, California. Diagnosed with high functioning autism, Connal sometimes struggles in social situations, but has an inner world that is always incredibly rich. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge about many esoteric things, Connal brings a lot of personal philosophies and interests to writing.
Sean Ian O’Meidhir is a psychologist who lives in San Francisco, California. Sean is a hedonist who believes in living for today, living every day to the fullest, and enjoying as much as possible. Sean has been gaming since adolescence and has written about and played hundreds of lives, reveling in the chance to take on new personalities, dramas, even disorders.
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