TITLE: Secret
Hudson
AUTHOR: K.S.
Thomas
GENRE: Contemporary
Romance / LGBT Romance
PUBLICATION
DATE: December 15, 2014
COVER DESIGN:
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LENGTH: 52,000
words
CONTENT
WARNING: Adult Content - Language/Situations
SYNOPSIS
Royce Lemmi went from being the bullied
little freak in high school to rock and roll demigod in the blink of an eye.
While playing to packed stadiums filled with screaming fans night after night
is a daily reminder of how far he’s come, most days Royce can’t help but see
that tortured soul from before, anytime he looks in the mirror.
Kieran Hudson has never spent a day of his
life questioning who he was or what he wanted. He spends his days tending to
his mother’s store, but his nights are dedicated to exploring the world through
the lens of his camera and exposing beauty in the most unexpected places.
When Royce and Kieran’s paths cross in a
twist of paparazzi fate, they both react true to form. Royce runs to hide the
weakness he fears, behind the success he now depends on, while Kieran never
wavers on what he wants or who he wants to be with. And he’s going to do what
he does best to convince Royce he’s right.
All Kieran has to do…is expose the beauty
in the place Royce least expects to find it. Himself.
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EXCERPT
There was a knock on the door almost
simultaneously to it opening.
“Royce?” It was Ava.
“What’s up, buttercup?”
“The coffee here blows. I’m going to make a
store run. Need anything?”
I stared down at my legs, fully dressed in
jeans, socks and shoes, then back over at the TV screen. I’d been awake,
showered, clothed, and watching a Gilligan’s Island marathon since five a.m.
What I needed, was to get out of this fucking hotel room.
“I’m sure I’ll think of something once
we’re there.” I pointed the remote straight at the captain’s head and pulled
the trigger. Thank God that was finally over.
She made a face at me. “You’re going to
come?”
“I’m sorry. Is that a problem?” Not twelve
hours ago she’d asked me to follow her into the bathroom to keep her company
while she showered. Now seemed like an odd time to suddenly require some
privacy.
Ava reached for the baseball cap hanging on
the doorknob and strapped it over my head. “Not any more.” She pointed at the
nightstand behind me. “Hey, grab those shades too, would ya? I really don’t
feel like getting attacked by the paparazzi pre-shower and wearing my
sweats.”
“You showered. I know. I was there,
remember?” I slid on the shades anyway. I wasn’t in the mood for a morning mob
either. I was no Blaise Nolan, but in lieu of Finding Nolan’s front man, people
seemed to be happy to settle for the lowly bass player in a heartbeat.
“Um, that shower was ages ago. Do you know
how much I’ve sweat in the meantime?” She led the way out the door, in spite of
her apparent nastiness.
“Gross. I know we’re close Ava, but I do
not need to hear about your sweaty sex with Blaise.” I reached for my wallet
and room key on the way out.
“Ew! I went for a run this morning, you
jackass! For the record, I don’t have unattractive, sweaty sex. I do it all
nice and pretty like…you know, the way they do it in the movies. All sensual and
magical.”
I nodded, even though she had her back to
me. “Yeah, I hear that all the time about hetero sex. How magical it is.” Ava
turned her head briefly and acknowledged the sarcasm with a dramatic eye roll
and her standard half-smirk, but didn’t bother to respond. We’d had the hetero
sex talk plenty of times before in the past. She knew where I stood with it.
Preferably at a safe distance where I could pretend it didn’t exist.
Vaginas didn’t scare me exactly. I mean,
they seemed innocent enough, and I could see the convenience of it all, one
piece fitting into the other. But I’d taken sex ed. I’d seen that sweet little
flower chicks claimed they were sitting on morph into monsters big enough to
spit out a watermelon on a moment’s notice. Don’t tell me there isn’t something
shady about that.
If straight dudes want to stick their dicks
in there, I say do so at your own risk. Someday that beast may decide to
swallow instead of spit, and then what the fuck are you going to do? Be fucking dickless, that’s what.
We were in the elevator going down to the
lobby when I noticed Ava was still grinning.
“What?”
She chuckled before she answered, “You look
nervous. Thinking about penis-eating vaginas again?”
“The thing drools blood, Ava! It’s clearly
carnivorous.”
The mocking grin fell from her face. “Okay,
now you’re just being disgusting. And you know I can’t keep up in below the
belt verbal combat before I’ve had my coffee, so that was an entirely unfair
attack.”
I jerked my brow in feigned shock. “What
attack? It was merely an act of self-defense. You started it. And it will
count. And we’re calling it a truce.”
“Fine.”
“Fine.”
ADDITIONAL BOOKS
K.S. Thomas has a number of beautiful
books, one as incredible as the next. Follow the links and live inside all of
her worlds.
ABOUT
AUTHOR
Dog Lover who likes her pastries full of cream and
sugar….oh…and I write some ;-)
Aside from being an
author, I am also a mom to a beautiful 5 year old little girl. I tell everyone
I named her after my great-grandmother (because that’s the mature answer), but
really, I named her after my favorite princess – just so happens I got lucky
and they had the same name…If I wasn’t a writer, I would work on a horse ranch
– I’m an animal lover (in addition to dogs, horses are at the top of my list).
I wear flip-flops pretty much everywhere I go. I would rather stay awake until
5 am than get up at 5 am (years of bar tending have left their mark), if I can,
I’m going to the beach AND I will always be nice to people who bring me
chocolate…or coffee…if you bring me both, I’ll probably love you forever.
A gypsy at heart, I write the way I live,
following the story wherever it may lead, always ready to start the next one.
This is clearly reflected in my body of work which to date includes everything
from Children’s Lit to Thrillers.
I happily reside in sunny Florida (for now)
and always enjoy hearing from fellow readers!!
AUTHOR
LINKS
KS can be found floating around the net
making new friends, chatting with old ones and providing teasers to her
upcoming books.
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