Studs & Steel Series by Heather Mar-Gerrison (#2, 5-8.5)
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Overview: Heather lives in Nottingham, England with her husband, two daughters and their two cats – Bella and Romeo… When she isn’t writing she’s either reading a book or planning the next plot line.
Genre: Romance, MM
2. River… Redeemed – I stared at him. He might just have been the person I’d been waiting for my whole life – and he belonged to my best friend – and that really sucked but it was the way it was… River is a podium dancer at the swanky Studs & Steel gay club – as such he has the pick of the bunch when it comes to getting a guy… River’s never been fussy about who he’s slept with and doesn’t really believe in relationships – just having a good time… until he meets Jodie – his best friend’s boyfriend… They have an immediate connection that they try their best to control but their feelings get the better of them – finally ending in disaster… Can anything be salvaged from this dangerous love triangle?
5. Stake Out… – People were always mistaking me and Denny for a couple. They assumed we were boyfriends. It always made me laugh, although Denny was always apologising for looking too girly and giving people the wrong impression about us – something I thought was utterly ridiculous. He wasn’t girly. He was perfect.
“Pay them no attention,” I said, “You’re ripped, man – they just wish they had a body like yours.”
He always blushed like a tomato when I paid him compliments. I’d always put it down to the fact that his dad was always giving him a hard time about being a faggot. I’d never taken his banter seriously before. I’d just put it down to his dad being the type that found it hard to pay his son a compliment. And to be fair his dad was well weird. He was really chuffed when Denny got into the police force but for some bizarre reason, he was really annoyed when he got partnered with me. I’d have thought he’d have been pleased that I was there to protect him. I’d always been there to protect him. He was my best friend. Of course I’d protect him…
Dangerous Love Novella – Hendrix wants out of his murky underworld lifestyle but wanting something and getting it are two different things altogether as he soon finds out. He tries faking his own death, which lands him straight from the frying pan into the fire – and at the same time, panics his boyfriend, Mason into launching a manhunt for him.
Will the police’s net close in on those who don’t care if Hendrix lives or dies in time – or is he doomed to the life he was born to?
6. Simon… Spellbound – Sitting in my booth at the club I rarely frequented, while nursing my glass of cola, just to be doing something rather than being at home on my night off where it was becoming more than unbearable to be, I couldn’t help overhearing a conversation going on in the booth right next to me.
Some guy was having a drink with another guy – but the arsehole of the two of them seemed to be under the impression that the other one wanted to go home with him – and that really wasn’t what it sounded like to me…
“Let go of my arm, dude.” His voice had gone up in volume and he sounded kind of annoyed as opposed to scared, but you know how you get a feeling sometimes?
That was it. I’d heard enough… I shot out of my seat and rounded the corner, “You heard him.” I snarled, “Let go of my friend’s arm.” I’d acted on instinct and well before I’d even had a good look at the aggressor. I wasn’t unduly worried – being built like a rugby player (I played at school but I really didn’t fancy ending up with cauliflower ears or a broken nose and missing teeth and gave it up before I left for university) I was pretty well built and strong enough to take on pretty much anyone – that said, I wasn’t a street-fighter kind of guy and I wouldn’t dream of carrying a knife – but I knew nothing of this guy… At this point I still hadn’t even looked at the guy being manhandled. As much as I knew, he might have been totally able to take care of himself for the notice I’d taken before wading in. It was a terrible weakness of mine…
I decided to check at that moment and I’m not gonna lie to you, my knees about buckled when he looked around at me with a slightly surprised look on his beautiful face. Holy shit, Date Guy was the most beautiful guy I’d ever laid eyes on – and since he was on a date with another guy, I was pretty confident that he must also be gay…
The bully decided it was time for a sharp exit as he looked up, and up again (six feet five – what can I say? I’m huge) and Date Guy smiled up at me, “Thanks.” He said, “I was handling it – but thanks anyway.”
7. Seth… Saved – I woke up. For a second, just like every morning, I turned over, expecting to see her next to me – for a second I forgot that my life was over…
Then, as it did every single day, it all hit me again. My chest ached with the overwhelming feeling of loss. My skin started to tingle, and I was almost able to feel the burning through my clothes.
I was reliving the car accident. Hearing her screaming again, as loud as if we were right there, going through it all again and then finally the gut-twisting, ominous silence. And even though her screams of pain were quite possibly the most awful sound I’d ever heard in my life, the silence was worse – because that meant she’d gone. And she was never coming back…
Seth has lost the love of his life and he’s drifting, unsure of his future and never expecting to find love again.
Joel, however, has other ideas and bursts into his life, bringing with it a whole lot of confusion, fun and apples…
8. Thai. Troubled – "Has anyone ever told you that you look just like Q from James Bond?"
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. I’d heard this about a million times over the last five years or so, since Ben Whishaw first played Q in Skyfall. I couldn’t deny it. I did look quite a lot like him – I had glasses and dark unruly hair that never sat flat no matter what I did with it – and as nerdy as it sounds, I was kind of chuffed that my name could be shortened to Q…
I would never describe myself as handsome though – not like Ben Whishaw, who I thought was absolutely stunning. I looked up and sucked in a sharp breath. It was the tall, dark, exotic-looking dancer that I’d been crushing on for weeks. I was quite sure he was called Thai… And he was speaking to me! Was he actually hitting on me? Nah… probably not – but he thought I looked like Q! For once it wasn’t annoying me to be compared to a super-geek.
I grinned at him. The music was pumping, the beat vibrating through my body and I was feeling really kind of mellow. I fucking loved coming to this nightclub and tonight was no exception. Raising my voice so I could be heard over the music, I replied, "Uh, yeah – I’ve heard that once or twice."
He chuckled, his deep, almost musical laugh making my insides feel a little mushy. "And are you a mad, gadget-creating genius on the quiet – or do your talents lie elsewhere?" He shouted.
Oh, my God – he really was flirting with me! Flirting! With me! Where were all my mates to witness this amazing event?
Oh, yes – Franz was snogging the face off his boyfriend in the foyer – and all the others were no doubt in the bathrooms getting their rocks off with unsuspecting punters…
"I’m more your artistic type." I said back as loudly as I could. I might be studying physics but I really did love to draw and paint. I had about twenty sketches of him that I’d done from memory. Looking into those incredible eyes now, though, with his super long and curly eyelashes – it was more than obvious that I hadn’t done him justice. I’d have to have another go when I got home…
8.5 The Retreat – Dylan is a wedding planner. A very good wedding planner actually and his business is doing exceedingly well. He isn’t quite so successful in finding love for himself though and being somewhat of an entrepreneur, decides to expand the business into a dating agency for guys looking for serious relationships with other guys. Who knows? Maybe by using his own app, he might one day find his Prince Charming among all the frogs he’s managed to meet so far in his life…
Nathan is a builder. He’s just been dumped by his wife of only five months and is feeling rather hurt and confused by the whole incident. He thought he and his wife were happy – turns out she was cheating on him the whole damned time…
When Nathan and Dylan first meet they don’t think they have anything much in common, but time spent together sees all that change and Dylan finds that Nathan might just be what he’s been looking for his whole life.
And Nathan? Well, Nathan finds that a guy who wears make-up and pink sparkly converses might just be what is missing from his life too…
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