Length: 46,000 words approx.
Cover Design: Lou Harper
With A Kick Series
Blurb
Three men, one
love—and a passion he only ever dreamed of.
Karel Novak is
content with his busy job in hotel refurbishment, enjoying the social scene in
Soho, London and the company of new friends he met through working at With A
Kick. All he’s missing is a special man in his life. Or maybe two.
His first meeting
with the mercurial pole dancer Leroy and his socially anxious partner Griff
isn’t impressive, but none of them can ignore the sexual spark that flares
between the three men.
Their relationship
builds in steps of passion, frustration, and finally love. Both Leroy and Griff
have complex issues in their lives to work through, and at first Karel brings a
new dynamic that both settles and supports them.
But although he
loves his men, Karel gradually realises the issues are still present. His
partners struggle with living individually as well as together. His heartfelt
wish is for them to create a lasting bond as a trio—but that means putting
others first, all too often.
And will that mean
sacrificing his own joy and dreams?
Excerpt
Karel needed to stop
this conversation. Not that the guys weren’t perfectly entitled to talk about
whatever they chose, in their own home. But he didn’t want to get drawn into—
“There are several
sculpture exhibitions in the arts festival, one at the local school.” Griff
opened the booklet, as if ready to search the index.
“Karel?” Leroy was
looking at him curiously. His hand squeezed Karel’s, his thumb distracting,
massaging Karel’s wrist. He threw a comment to Griff, over his shoulder. “Let’s
talk about something else.”
“Huh?”
Leroy rolled his
eyes. “Man, it’s too late tonight for chatting about art and stuff. Isn’t it?”
The question was aimed at Karel.
“I… don’t mind,” he
said.
But Leroy laughed.
He swept the brochure from Griff’s hand, dropped it on the far end of the
counter, then turned fully to face Karel. “Yeah. Talk about something else,
Griff. Something just for fun. Like the time you made chilli frozen yoghurt and
burned my mouth at the same time my tongue froze to my teeth—”
“—or the time you
bought kids’ dance tights by mistake, fell over trying to put them on, and
nearly strangled your balls?” Griff countered.
Everyone laughed.
The awkward moment had passed. Karel was relieved he hadn’t been led astray by
his own worries. The kitchen was suddenly full again of amused banter, with
Griff leaning over the counter to gossip, and Leroy’s soothing yet stimulating
touch on Karel’s skin.
And underlying all
of it, a thread of fizzing, humming desire growing between them. Karel wondered
how he would have coped if the conversation had gone a more cultural route,
when all he could think about at the moment was energetic, obscene sex with
these men.
He didn’t think he
was presuming anything, either.
Finally, Leroy
collected their empty plates, placed them in the dishwasher, then sauntered
back to where Karel sat. He didn’t sit back down again, but stood there, his
hip nudging Karel’s. Griff wiped the counter briskly but thoroughly with a wet
cloth, placed it neatly on the side of the sink, took off his glasses, then
came to stand beside him.
The dance was moving
into its second set.
Karel stood, as
steadily as he could. His skin prickled as if electricity sparkled over it, and
his limbs felt almost too weak to respond. But when Leroy leaned in to kiss
him, he was more than ready. He cupped Leroy’s cheek, thumbing the gentle bed
of stubble, enjoying the brush of Leroy’s hair on the back of his hand. Karel
pushed his tongue gently at Leroy’s mouth and the lips parted quickly, eagerly,
for him. They kissed in near silence, the only sound their panting, the soft
slick of their mouths.
Clare currently has several novels sulking at that tricky chapter 3 stage and plenty of other projects in mind . . . she just has to find out where she left them in that frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home.
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