Secret Fire Excerpt Tour
Author Bio:
M/M Erotic Romance author Morticia Knight enjoys a good saucy tale – after all, who doesn’t? Since she loves several genres, you may find your heroes in a contemporary, historical, paranormal or sci-fi setting. One of her passions is bringing people’s fantasies to life on the page, because life is too short for even one boring moment. Her stories are volcanic in heat, deep in emotion, and sprinkled with doses of humor.
When not indulging in her obsession for books, she loves the outdoors, film and music. The Pacific Northwest is the ideal spot to enjoy both hiking and beachcombing. Once upon a time she was the singer in an indie rock band that toured the West Coast and charted on U.S. college radio. She now resides on the northern coast of Oregon, where the constant rain and fog remind her of visits to family in England and Scotland when she was a child.
She is currently working on the Gin & Jazz series about the glitz and glamour of 1920’s Hollywood and additional installments of the Uniform Encounters series, with a new series about those luscious men in uniform coming out later this year.
Author Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorticiaKnight
Cover Artist: Posh Gosh
Publisher: Totally Bound
Blurb:
Police officer Zach and Fire Marshal Daryl would be perfect together—if they would ever quit fighting long enough to find out. A devastating fire and the secret behind it almost keeps them from getting what they really need—each other.
Mesa police officer Zach is a fun-loving guy. Now that he’s hit the big three-oh, he’s looking to stop the hook-up train and find someone he can get serious about. When a mutual friend suggests Fire Marshal Daryl, Zach assumes he must be joking. The surly marshal has given cranky a new meaning. It’s unfortunate, though, since he is one fine-looking man.
Daryl has sworn off relationships ever since he caught his ex-partner cheating. He’s always taken everything in life seriously—from jobs to relationships—and is afraid he might be alone in that regard. Certain he can’t risk love again, he panics when he sees his secret crush Zach approaching him at a police versus firemen softball game. He’s nervous, as he is socially challenged with a tendency to blurt out the wrong things. It gets worse when he realises their shared buddy gave Zach a push. He assumes that Zach is only talking to him out of pity.
Zach has been pissed off at Daryl ever since they got into a verbal sparring match at the park. Yet, when Daryl comes to his aid during an explosive fire, Zach wonders what secrets might be hidden beneath the layers Daryl has built to protect himself from the world—and love. A night of passion turns into the possibility of something more as they struggle to find their way to one another. But all of that is threatened when there is a devastating fire that causes many people to lose their lives. As they work together to uncover the truth, someone thinks they’ve asked too many questions—and plans to stop them before they can ask any more.
Excerpt:
Arriving at the picnic table, he had a brief moment of awkwardness where he felt he had no idea how to start a conversation. Typically, he was a laid-back, social kind of guy, so it unnerved him a bit. He cleared his throat. Daryl turned his head slowly, regarded Zach then turned back to the game, a can of pop in his hand.
“This cake any good?”
Cake. That’s brilliant.
Daryl shrugged, not even bothering to look his way. He took a swig of his soda.
“So that means what exactly? It was okay? You’ve had better? You don’t give a shit?”
Daryl whipped his head around, angling his body towards Zach.
“The last one.”
A snort of laughter burst out of Zach. His reaction seemed to garner some interest from Cranky Pants. Daryl looked him up and down so quickly that if Zach hadn’t been paying such good attention, he would have missed it. Daryl also had the slightest curl at the corner of one side of his mouth.
That’s probably a huge grin in Daryl’s book.
“Yeah. I guess this whole birthday thing caught you off guard, huh?”
“I don’t get caught off guard.”
Zach resisted the urge to frown. And possibly throw cake at him.
“So you showed up anyway to prove to everyone that you aren’t frightened of birthday celebrations?”
Daryl faced Zach. He made a sound that Zach could almost interpret as a chuckle. Either that or he was in pain—it was hard to say.
“Zach, right?”
“Yeah. Daryl, right?”
“Well, we know each other’s names. Why aren’t you playing today?”
“Oh, I fucked up my shoulder last week chasing a suspect. Asshole ran off with the cuffs on, and when I tackled him I hit the ground the wrong way. It’ll be all right. I just need to take it easy for a couple weeks.”
“Too bad. You’ve got the best pitching arm between the two teams.” Daryl kept his gaze trained on Zach.
Not sure. Could be flirting.
“I’m resilient. I’ll be throwing balls again in no time.” Zach had to work extra hard to keep a straight face.
Daryl tipped his soda back and finished it off, while continuing to stare at Zach. He set the can down on the table, then crossed his arms in front of him.
“Good to hear.” He glanced in the direction of Tom and Eric. “But I doubt you came all the way over here to ask me about cake.
Tour Dates: 6/9/14 – 6/27/14
Tour Stops:
June 9: Parker Williams
June 10: The Blogger Girls
June 11: Amanda C. Stone
June 12: Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves, Wake Up Your Wild Side
June 13: Elisa Rolle, Kimi-Chan
June 16: LeAnn’s Book Reviews, Hearts on Fire
June 17: Dawn’s Reading Nook
June 18: Love Bytes, My Fiction Nook
June 19: MM Good Books
June 20: The Hat Party
June 23: Fallen Angel Reviews
June 24: Velvet Panic
June 25: Jade Crystal
June 26: Prism Book Alliance
June 27: Two Men Are Better Than One
Sales Links:
Totally Bound: https://www.totallybound.com/secret-fire
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-fire-morticia-knight/1119435620?ean=9780857156891
0 Comments