Part of the Naughty Escapes Boxed-set – Available July 1st
Blurb: Andrew didn’t want to spend the Fourth of July long weekend with the
people from the office so he goes to Lake Superior instead. There he sees Luke,
a blond Viking who arouses every craving for love and lust inside him. But can
he overcome his low self-esteem from when Rory rejected his love and open his
heart to another man?
M/M
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Copyright © Berengaria Brown, 2015
Andrew
had spent most of the afternoon trying not to stare at the blond Viking
stretched out on a lawn chair with the ripples from the lake running up and
over his toes. The blond had removed his T-shirt and placed his Stetson over
his face, but not before Andrew had seen the intense blue of his eyes and the
sharp ridge of his nose. Since then Andrew had spent his time appreciating the
Viking’s muscled arms and shoulders, his ripped abs and the long, long line of
his legs—right down to the toes currently buried under an inch of water. Long,
narrow toes, a fitting ending to the long, lean legs that disappeared inside
baggy, knee-length shorts.
Likely,
his view of the Viking was going to be the most exciting part of his Fourth of
July weekend this year. Still, life wasn’t too bad. In fact, it could have been
a hell of a lot worse. A bunch of the people from the office had planned to
spend the day at a cookout in a city park. Andrew didn’t mind working with
them, but he wasn’t ready to spend his vacation days with them as well, which
was why he’d decided to come here to the lake for the three-day Fourth of July
weekend.
Originally
he’d planned to stay on the shore until the nine o’clock “family” fireworks
display, then head back into the small tourist town for a meal before the
midnight lakeside fireworks. But now his plans were liable to change. If the
Viking stayed here, he’d stay. If the Viking went off with friends, that would
be the end of his happy thoughts of getting to know the man. The only problem
was, he hadn’t quite worked out how to get to know the blond yet.
Part of
Andrew wanted to just sit and wait. The Viking had been lying there for a
couple of hours already, and unless he planned to get quite wet, he’d have to
move his lawn chair soon, as the tide was coming in. Likely when he stood up,
Andrew could catch his gaze and say hello. Or something. On the other hand, it
seemed rude to keep staring—or pretending not to stare—and not speak. But then,
perhaps it would be safer to do nothing at all and just wait and watch. So
Andrew waited and watched and tried to make up his mind what to do. Part of the
problem was that his relationship with Rory had damaged his self-confidence.
He’d
loved Rory passionately, far more passionately than Rory had ever loved him.
Andrew had wanted them to live together, to settle down, to be a real couple,
but Rory had never agreed to that. Gradually Andrew had realized that they were
drifting apart, no matter how hard he’d tried to keep them together. Finally
he’d understood that although Rory had been the man for him, he couldn’t
fulfill Rory. After that had come a time of intense pain and anguish. A time
when he’d wondered if he’d ever be enough to make another man happy. But that
was last year, and Andrew was ready to try again. But only with someone who at
least thought he might be able to love Andrew back.
Andrew
stared at the Viking. He knew nothing about this man except that the blond was
delicious eye-candy. However, something strong and powerful drew him to the
Viking. Could this be his chance at happiness? Or would it be just another Rory
who couldn’t return his love?
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