Ex-boyband member Dane
Karlson is struggling to overcome an eating disorder and a body dismorphic
disorder. His fall through a glass table puts him in rehab and on the road to
recovery. Then a friend dies. When depression causes him to lose ground, he
calls for the only person he trusts--former bandmate Tommy. But Tommy doesn’t
know how to help. He begs his friend Sebastian “Bas” Axelrod to aid them
through the emotional struggle.
Bas, an openly gay high
school student who’s recently lost his grandmother, is trying to survive his
last few months of school before escaping to Stanford. Having just lost the
only person in his family to care for him, he is victim to the cruelty of the
others. His younger brother bullies him, and his parents are suing him for his
gran's inheritance. When Tommy calls, Bas can’t help but run to his side.
Together Dane and Bas
find a middle ground, supporting each other through the lows, dancing together
during the highs. They build friendships and plan for the prom and graduation,
thinking positively as long as they are together.
Categories: YA, Contemporary, m/m
Excerpt:
“So I was thinking since you and I both
care about Tommy, we have something in common. See, Tommy is stressed, and I
thought we could do something nice for him.”
Dane sat but glared at the man
suspiciously. “What sort of nice thing?”
Bas motioned to the bags. “We’re going
to make him cookies.”
Dane gulped. “I don’t like food.”
“You
won’t be eating it. Tommy will. He canceled a class to come here. Did he tell
you? He was taking a theater class at the community college back in Minnesota.
Had to withdraw to be here. And with college, you know that means giving up any
money paid. Not that money matters much to you guys. Though as young as you all
are, I hope you’re well invested.”
Bas shrugged at him and began taking
things out of the bags. Flour, eggs, sugar—both white and brown—food coloring,
butter, vanilla, and lemons.
“I didn’t know,” Dane said quietly. He’d
thought Tommy would be the least affected by his problems. Of course he’d been
wrong about that too. Couldn’t he do anything right? “I don’t know anything
about cooking.”
“That’s okay. I got this recipe online.
It’s pretty easy. We’re making unicorn poop cookies.”
“What?”
“They are sugar cookies with food
coloring in them to make them all rainbow-like. Unicorns are good luck and all
that. Supposed to be the embodiment of goodness and purity.” Bas picked up his
tablet, tapped the screen, and flipped it so Dane could see. The cookies really
did look like a big pile of rainbow poop.
“Looks tasty,” Dane grumbled.
“We shall see, right? Think you can
measure for me?” He pulled out a couple of cookie sheets and turned on one of
the many ovens. “I got permission to use the kitchen here, but we can’t get too
rowdy or they’ll kick me out.” He winked at Dane. “I’m pretty sure the
orderlies outside are to make sure I’m not burning the place down.”
Dane got up and moved around the counter
to stare at the list of ingredients. Bas plugged in a big mixer and took the
mixing bowl out of it, bringing it to the counter for them to fill.
“This is really for Tommy?”
“Sure. We can send some to Ru and Adam
too if you’d like. I heard they are only an hour or so away.”
“I don’t want Ru to know I’m here,” Dane
said immediately. He didn’t need to mess up anyone else’s life.
“No worries. We need tell them nothing other than
that they are from you.”
Author
Bio: Sam Kadence has
always dreamed about being someone else, somewhere else. With very little
musical talent, Sam decided the only way to make those dreams come true was to
try everything from cosplay at the local anime conventions to writing novels
about pretending to run away to become a musician.
Sam has a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, sells textbooks for a living, enjoys taking photographs of Asian Ball Joint Dolls to tell more stories, and has eclectic taste in music from J-pop to rock and country. All of which finds its way into the books eventually.
Sam has a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing, sells textbooks for a living, enjoys taking photographs of Asian Ball Joint Dolls to tell more stories, and has eclectic taste in music from J-pop to rock and country. All of which finds its way into the books eventually.
Author
Contact:
@parisbvamp
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
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