We’re unmasking Tom, the
hero from, ‘Love Unmasked, At the Candy Apple,’ today.
Hi
Tom, welcome to the blog
Hi, thank you for inviting me to talk
with you and your readers today.
Tell
us a little bit about yourself
Well I’m the bar manager in the Candy
Apple. I also serve there. That’s fun, actually.
What’s
the club like ... who goes there?
The club caters for a wide cross
section of society and every so often, Charlie, the owner and my boss, holds
special events. The story features an event.
How
would you describe yourself?
You mean looks? Well—tall, dark hair,
blue eyes. I like to work out. If you mean personality, I’m a happy person in
general, tolerant, accepting...
What
do you like in a man as a boyfriend? (He smiles.)
Huh, now I’ve met Scott I won’t be
looking for anyone else, but he’s exactly what I do like. He’s around the same
height as me, muscled, dark hair, a little longer than mine, gray eyes that are
so sexy, and in fact, he’s completely sexy.
Since
you’ve fallen into describing Scott, tell us about him
He’s great. He’s loving and caring.
He’s clever and works hard. He loves music like me, and working out. He’s
special. Scott will always work things out and talk about stuff. I love him.
What’s
hot about the story?
Hell, just about every love scene and
then there’s the twist. It’s our story, Scott’s and mine ... our journey to
love, but even I didn’t see it coming. I guess deep down I wanted love and I
didn’t know how much until a few things happened.
Okay
let’s have some quick questions
Lights
on or off? (Tom starts laughing.)
Either and both.
Jeans
or a suit?
Of course that depends on where I’m
going. I wear both, doesn’t everyone, but if you’re asking what’s my favorite,
it’s jeans.
Vanilla
or chocolate?
Can I say strawberry?
Boxers
or briefs? (He grins)
I own both styles. Commando’s a
favorite in summer.
Favorite
color
Really? Er ... blue
Favorite
music
Not even a chance of answering that
because I love so many styles of music, wait not jazz. My dad used to listen to
jazz, old stuff. I couldn’t like it.
Sum
up being gay in a sentence. (He looks surprised)
Never been asked to do that before.
Okay, here goes. I was born like it and I’m cool with it. Does that sound
familiar?
He’s
laughing now and I know he’s quoted the book, but then again it’s Scott’s and
his love story so they’re probably his words in the first place...
Thank
you for being here today, Tom.
Thank you for talking with me. It’s
been a lot of fun. I was nervous about what you’d ask, but yeah, it’s been
good.
Love Unmasked, At the Candy Apple
Handsome Tom Wells sets lonely Scott Palmer’s heart racing as he watches Tom come and go from his apartment across the street. Scott longs to meet Tom, and when he scores a new job delivering goods for a local distributer, fate hands him the opportunity.
Tom works in a nightclub—the Candy Apple, and in the sultry environs, a masked stranger seduces Tom. The seeds of passion are sown, but just who has ignited Tom’s passion?
Scott’s longing to know Tom leads him to join the elite nightclub. On his first visit, the club holds a masquerade event.
Who is kissing who? Who’s under the black velvet mask?
An erotic MM romance, with a twist, and an HEA.
Read
a teaser, 18+, from Love Unmasked, At the Candy Apple
The club opened and filled to bursting
within half an hour. Tom served and danced along behind the bar to the music.
He chatted with customers and other servers. The bass thumped, people swayed
and spun on the dance floor. Lights glinted on the sequined and glitter
sprinkled masks. A man beckoned to him from the end of the bar and Tom went to
get the order. The guy wore a half mask. The black velvet covered his
cheekbones and his dark hair curled over the forehead giving him a rakish look.
“Vodka and you.” The man leaned forward
to speak so that Tom could hear above the music.
A spike of excitement mingled with
surprise. This was a new pick up line and from a guy too. Tom took in the width
of the man’s shoulders and his muscled chest beneath the white dress shirt. A
black tie hung unfastened around the unbuttoned collar of the shirt and the man
held his jacket in one hand.
“Ice?” Tom asked and flashed his eyes
at the customer. That look was one he used on guys at the gay bar he went to
sporadically.
“Mmm—if I can take it from your lips.”
Heat traveled up from Tom’s balls to
his stomach. His cock stirred and lifted. This was a definite proposition and
against all his usual rules, desire to risk saying yes filled him.
“Coming up.” He turned to get the
drink. His heartbeat quickened as he picked up an ice cube and fit it between
his lips. It wasn’t straight from the freezer so it didn’t stick, but the cold
sent a shiver over him as he brought the vodka to the customer.
He leaned over the bar counter. Tom
expected the guy to take the ice with his fingertips and that would have been
sexy enough, but he met Tom halfway across the bar in an open-mouthed kiss to
suck the ice cube from Tom’s lips.
A sweep of heated desire flew through
Tom’s body and his cock hardened. His eyes closed instinctively and a low sound
escaped him as his nose touched the man’s cheek just below the velvet mask. A
light woody-citrus scent from the man’s after shave filled his head, and the
man’s lips touched his sexily. Their masks rubbed together. A shiver went down
Tom’s back. His ass clenched. He wanted this guy’s cock in his hands. If the guy asks to meet me, I’ll break my
rules and agree. He drew away.
The guy gazed into Tom’s eyes as he
crunched the ice.
Mesmerized by the scorching look, Tom
waited, unable to tear himself away.
Copyright
Elodie Parkes 2016, Encompass Ink an imprint of CHBB publishing house
Available
June 23 on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
About
Elodie:
I’m a writer who is in love with happy
endings, currently based in southern UK.
I love: music, art, flowers, trees, the
ocean. I work with antiques by day and words by night. Like a vampire, darkness
is my friend, that’s when the silence is only broken by an occasional hoot of
owls in the woodlands opposite my home, and I write.
