Book Name: The Librarian
Release Date: Re-release February
24, 2015
Author Name: Lee Brazil
Publisher: Lime Time
Press
Cover Artist: Laura Harner
Blurb:
A
rash vow of celibacy puts Valentine Michaels in the path of seduction.
Val is at a crossroads
in his life. A college dropout, he's gone as far as he can in his career as a
cosmetologist, owning his own style salon. He no longer finds satisfaction in
it, though he's put years into proving to his bigoted parents that a college
degree and the veneer of straightness aren't the only roads to success. They'd
turned their backs on him, and he proved he didn't need them to make it.
His love life is no
better than his working life. His relationships always start with a bang and
fizzle into boredom, or worse, anger.
Adrian Grey has his own
agenda for helping Val: he's been in love with Val since they were freshmen.
The intervening years of listening to Val's gossip about his lovers and
relationships have taught Adrian just what it was he did wrong all those years
ago, and he thinks this time around he now knows exactly how to get—and
keep—his man.
Categories:
Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
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Excerpt:
Impatiently,
Val flipped his powder-blue locks over his shoulder, tapping the little whisk broom
against the counter where his supplies were arranged neatly. "Derek, you
left me standing around at Paul's for an hour, a place I totally hate by the
way, without even a phone call to say you weren't coming, and then I walk past
you playing ball in the park with your friends on the way back here. I'm not
overreacting!"
He
ran a swift eye over his supplies. Scissors, combs, spray bottle with water,
gel, mousse. Everything in order. While he prepared his workstation, he
listened with half an ear to the deep voice on the other end of the phone,
trying to explain or rationalize or whatever, but he wasn't into hearing what
Derek had to say. The guy was an immature jerk who put his own wants ahead of
everything, even if it meant leaving Val standing in a group of young college
kids he barely knew, in a bar he usually avoided like the plague. He'd gone to
the party in the first place for Derek. Being stood up while doing something so
selfless pissed him off. Just once in a relationship, Val wanted to find a guy
who put him first, who loved him more than sports, friends, and all the other
temptations the wicked world offered. "Just forget it, Derek. You don't
get it. It's not just last night; it's the whole last few months."
More
rumbling and babbling in his ear. He ran a dust cloth over the client's chair
and then adjusted its height. Prepping his station at the salon was second
nature and required little of his attention. Kind of like listening to Derek. Why the fuck do I listen to this shit?
Derek had all the emotional understanding of a two-ton truck. Cute as hell, but
clueless about what would melt Val's heart. In fact, Derek might accurately be
called dense altogether. A little consideration, a romantic gesture or two,
would go a long way. Hell, an apology instead of an excuse would probably have
gotten him a second chance even this morning. Eh. Who are you kidding? Derek is a symptom, not the illness itself.
"Fuck off, Derek. It's over. Do me a favor and lose my number, okay?"
Flipping
the phone shut, he shoved it into the pocket of his smock and busied himself
cleaning up his workspace. A quick spray of glass cleaner to the mirror, a
swipe or two with a rag, and he was done. Done with Derek, done with men, done
with romance and love and sex, and fuck it all. He could be celibate.
Masturbation didn't count as sex, did it? He'd need something if he wasn't
getting any.
Pages or Words: 22,000 Words
Author Bio:
Somewhere in a small town in up-state New York are a
librarian and a second grade teacher to whom I owe my life. That might be a
touch dramatic, but it's nevertheless one hundred percent true.
Because they taught me the joy of reading, of escaping into
worlds crafted of words.
Have you ever been nine years old and sure of nothing so
much as that you don't belong? Looked at the world from behind glasses, and
wondered why you don't fit?
Someone hands you a book, and then you turn the page and
see… There you are, running from Injun Joe in a dark graveyard; there you are
fencing with Athos; there you are…beneath the deep blue sea- marveling at
exotic creatures with Captain Nemo.
I found myself between the pages of books, and that is why I
write now. It's why I taught English and literature for so many years, and it's
why my house contains more pounds of books than furniture.
If I'd had my way, I'd have been a fencer…or a starship
captain, or a lawyer, or a detective solving crimes. But instead, I am a writer,
and I've come to realize that's the best thing in the world to be, because as a
writer, I can be all those things and more.
If I hadn't learned
to value the stories between the pages, who knows what would have happened?
Certainly not college…teaching…or writing.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @leebrazil
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/leebrazil/
Q & A with Author Lee Brazil
Q – What’s your favorite color?
Lee Brazil - Green.
I find it soothing and tranquil.
Q
– Favorite of your books?
LB - My
favorite book that I wrote has to be Keeping House.
Q – Favorite of your characters?
LB - Er…
that's like choosing your favorite child. I don't think I can choose.
Q
– What is the best gift you’ve ever received?
LB - My
first kindle was the most awesome gift. I had way too many physical books, and
couldn't imagine squeezing in another book shelf.
Q
– Best gift you ever gave?
LB - Ahhahha.
I couldn't tell you that. I mean I could, but I'd be single if a certain person
found out, and I'm too old to be thrown back in the dating pool.
Q
– What’s your favorite cookie?
LB - Chocolate
chip with walnuts at the moment. Though I do love those thumbprint cookies with
jam in the centers.
Tour Dates: February 24, 2015
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Mmm - a librarian MC? *slightly in luuurve already*
ReplyDeleteKeeping House is my favorite of Lee's as well. XD
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