Hey everyone! Today for my author in the spotlight I'm highlighting Chris T. Kat, another DSP author I met through another DSP author, lol.
Title: Silver Lining
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Bittersweet Dreams, Ghosts/Spirits
Buy link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3240
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Lining-ebook/dp/B009GWI802/
A Bittersweet Dreams title: It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless
of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire
against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending,
but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you
to tears.
Blurb:
Riley doesn’t
understand why his relationship with Scott went downhill overnight. For weeks,
he’s been trying to get the other man to talk to him, but Scott is distant—most
of the time he just ignores Riley completely. It isn’t until a mutual
acquaintance arrives at their home that Riley understands the pressure Scott
has been under—and the danger they’re both in.
“I'm not going to leave you and the same goes for you. You're it for me.”
He said
it with so much conviction, so much compassion, that I burst into tears. Scott
was all I'd ever wanted. He was fun to be around, had an easygoing attitude,
and it didn't hurt that he had a body to die for. I never got what he saw in
me. I was a whole head shorter than him, skinny, and never found the time to
get a haircut, which naturally led to my curls growing into a barely tamable
mane.
“You can't say something like that,” I whined. “We're only nineteen. All nineteen-year-olds promise each other to stay
together forever. It never works.”
“That's
not true and even if it were, then we'll be the exception to the rule.”
“You
can't just―”
He
silenced me with a kiss. He deepened the kiss and the whole incident ended in
us doing more fun stuff. I still flipped from time to time, but after a few
months I stopped running. Scott told me he was proud of me when I stayed for
the first time. I jumped him for that, muttering, “I don't get why you put up with me.”
“I have a thing for drama queens,” he deadpanned.
For a
fleeting second his comment hurt, then I discovered the mischievous twinkle in
his eyes. “Asshole.”
He grinned at me
before he lavished my asshole with
attention.
I got better at the not-flipping thing, though
I never got the hang of the not-being-jealous thing. To be fair, Scott never
gave me a reason to be jealous. It was merely the way other guys or girls
looked at him, the open hunger in their eyes. The man was mine and mine alone.
I never failed to make this clear to whoever dared to sidle up too close to
him.
“Ri, cut it out, it's not a pretty sight,” Scott always said in those moments.
I made a
show of batting my lashes at him, all fake innocence. “I don't know what you're talking about, Scotty. Aren't you the one who
always tells me I'm the prettiest thing you ever saw?”
“You're a scamp.”
I gasped
in shock, put my hands above my heart, and widened my eyes before I gazed up at
him. “Me? You're wounding me.”
“I am? Hmm, would it help if I tell you that
you're the prettiest scamp I've ever seen?”
“I
don't know, big guy, I really don't know.”
Scott
pulled me into his arms, kissed me thoroughly, and asked, “You made up your mind now?”
“Yeah, I'm keeping you even if you suck at
giving compliments.”
That was
how we worked. Scott was the calm one, grounding me, loving me in a way I never
fathomed anyone would. If anything, we grew closer over the years. We forged a
bond that nothing could ever destroy. Or so I thought.
Bio:
Chris T. Kat lives
in the middle of Europe, where she shares a house with her husband of almost 15
years and their two children. She stumbled upon the M/M genre by luck and was
swiftly drawn into it. She divides her time between work, her family—which
includes chasing after escaping horses and lugging around huge instruments such
as a harp—and writing. She enjoys a variety of genres, such as
mystery/suspense, paranormal, and romance. If there's any spare time, she
happily reads for hours, listens to audiobooks, or crafts.
Visit her blog at
http://christikat.blogspot.com/
or add her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/christi_kat
You can contact her at christi_kat25@yahoo.com
