Blurb
Phillip Jorgensen tried
to live the straight life and ended up divorced. But he wouldn’t trade his two
kids, Jacob and Samantha, for the world. His ex-wife has kidnapped them and
he's been searching for them for six long years. But he’s not giving up—never,
not for anything. His twin brother has encouraged him to start living again,
but how is he going to find romance with all his baggage?
When he meets Vance
Pierce at the new gym, Phillip sees a chance to find some happiness.
Phillip has to explain
the whole sordid mess to Vance and pray that he understands that he’ll never
stop looking for his children. That’s easier said than done. Telling Vance
might be risky. Is their connection strong enough to convince Vance to stay? Or
will he think that Phillip is too damaged to love? This is Phillip's chance at
the life he never thought he could have. But is it possible?
Excerpt
Phillip was still
trying to figure out where to start when Vance leaned forward, one hand resting
on the driver’s headrest, and closed the distance between them. He paused, just
inches away, but must have seen what he was looking for.
He pressed his lips to
Phillip’s.
Phillip groaned. He
wanted more and tried to turn in his seat to reach for Vance. But he growled in
frustration as the damn steering wheel dug into his side and prevented him from
moving closer.
The kiss was brief and
left Phillip wanting more when Vance pulled back.
“I’ve wanted to do that
since the day I met you.”
“Why didn’t you?”
Phillip didn’t know what else to say. He’d thought about it, more than once,
and wouldn’t have pushed Vance away.
Vance shrugged and
moved back to his side of the truck. “Didn’t want to spook you. Something about
you told me to proceed with caution. Nothing specific, just a lot of little
things.”
“Like what?”
“Mainly, you’d never
really talk about yourself. I tried a couple of times to steer the conversation
into more personal territory.” Vance stared out the front window. “You’d always
change the subject or move on to the next machine, yet you were fine as long as
it was just light flirting.”
“Yeah, about that.”
Phillip cleared his throat. “I’d like to give it a shot.” He glanced at Vance,
surprised to see his pale eyes focused on him. “If you’re still interested.”
Author
Bio
Renee Stevens first
started writing in her teens but didn’t get serious about being an author until
her mid-twenties. Since then she’s
written a number of contemporary stories, as well as delved into the
paranormal. When not writing, or
spending time in the outdoors, Renee can usually be found working on
GayAuthors.org in her capacity of admin and Anthology Coordinator.
Renee resides in
Wyoming with her wonderfully supportive husband and a menagerie of four-legged
critters. Making the most of the nearly
constant negative temperatures and mounds of snow, Renee spends much of the
winter months in hibernation with her laptop, the voices in her head keeping
her company while her husband works. When she needs a break from writing, Renee
takes to the sewing machine to design, and make, beautiful quilts.
When the snow finally
disappears, usually around May or June, Renee can be found in the
great-outdoors. She spends her time on
the mountain, at the lake, and just anywhere that she can do some camping, take
some photos, and ride the four-wheelers with her hubby. Once back at home, it’s back to writing.
And now...
Question
1: If
you were a candy bar what kind would you be and why? I don’t eat many candy bars, and not even sure what all is out there
anymore, lol. I guess maybe a 3 Musketeers, but I’m not really sure why. That’s
just what immediately popped into my head when I read the question.
Question 2: Who would you want to have as a stripper at your birthday party? David Boreanaz, as he was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Question 3: How many stories do you
work on at any one time? It varies.
Sometimes I’ll go back and forth between two or three. I try to limit it
because it’s too easy to have crossovers. It’s also too easy to neglect one of
the stories. Lately, I’m trying to stick with working on no more than two at a
time. I always have to have at least one backup in case the story I’m working
on doesn’t want to cooperate.
Question
4: If
you could snap your fingers and have an invention to do anything you want, what
would you want it to do? This is
difficult to answer. A part of me wants to say I’d want it to take me back in
time. I don’t care about going to the future, but there are some mistakes that
have eaten at me and I’ll love to change them. However, it’s those experiences
that have made me the person I am. The other part of me would say that I would
want to be able to talk to those I love that I’ve lost. It would give me a
chance to apologize for things said in anger or actions that I wish I had never
done.
Question
5:
What part of the writing process do you dread? Revising, definitely! I have a couple stories that are in need of
revision and I’m working on one of them right now, but I’ve kept putting off
another one. I sometimes let a story sit for years before I finally get to
revising it. Nothing like procrastinating!
