Author Name: Cate Ashwood
Book Name: Resurrecting Elliot
Series: Newport Boys
Book: Two
Can be read as a standalone, but you get
background character on Colt in book one
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover
Artist: Brooke Albrecht
Release
Date: July 20, 2015
Blurb:
Nightmares and panic attacks following a horrific
tragedy leave Professor Elliot Lawrence a prisoner in his own home. After
months of relying on his sister as his only connection to the outside world,
Elliot is desperate for a sliver of independence. But leaving the safety of his
home isn’t an option, not yet, and he reaches out in the most innocuous way he
can think of: grocery delivery.
Colton Kelly, retired porn star and recent college
grad, is struggling at two minimum wage jobs to make ends meet. During one of
his grocery deliveries, he meets Elliot. Although the attraction between them
is instant, they must first traverse the long road of putting Elliot back
together. When disaster strikes yet again, this time in Colt’s life, Elliot’s
not sure he’s strong enough to be the man Colt needs him to be.
Pages or Words: 200 pages
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay
Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
TEN MINUTES. He was going to be here in ten minutes. Maybe. The website had given Elliot a window of an hour, but with ten minutes to, he was beginning to feel anxious. His heart was racing. His palms were already sweating. No one other than his sister and Dr. Mazur had crossed the threshold of his front door since it happened.
Nothing like
throwing himself into the fire.
Elliot paced
around the house, tidying what had already been tidied. He didn’t want this guy
thinking he was a hoarder on top of being a shut-in. He double-checked that
there was no clutter on his coffee table, that the newspapers his sister
brought were neatly stacked and ready for the fireplace. The side tables had
been dusted—twice—and the blanket on the back of the couch straightened.
Pulling down the blinds on his front windows, he peered out, looking for a
strange vehicle, but the street was deserted.
He walked back
into the kitchen. Spotless. He wasn’t really sure how the whole delivery thing
worked, if the guy just left his things at the door or if he brought them all
the way into the house. Glancing at the clock again, he saw he had just enough
time to fix—
There was a loud
knock at the door. This was it. He hoped he wouldn’t puke on this guy’s shoes
as soon as the door opened. He felt like he might. As calmly as he could, he
walked to the front door and unlocked it.
Deep breaths,
just keep breathing, he reminded himself before he clutched at the doorknob,
turned it, and pulled his front door open.
He almost forgot
to keep breathing.
The man that
stood on the other side of his door, backlit by the sun, looked up and gave a
crooked smile that made Elliot’s already rapidly beating heart hustle.
“Hi, are you
Elliot Lawrence?” the man asked, his southern drawl warm and comforting
somehow.
“Yes,” Elliot
said unintelligently… and then forgot how to speak.
“I’m Colt.”
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About the
author:
Cate Ashwood
wrote her very first story in a hot-pink binder when she was in the second
grade and found her passion for writing. Her first successful foray into
romance writing came five years later when she wrote her best friend, who was
experiencing a case of unrequited love, her own happily ever after.
Cate’s life
has taken a number of different and adventurous roads. She now lives a stone’s
throw from the ocean, just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia with her
husband, her little boy, and their two cats. Her life is filled with family and
friends, travel, and, of course, books.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @cateashwood
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/cateashwood/
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