Front Cover
Author Name: Jessie G.
Book Name: Safety In Numbers
Series: Sizzling Miami
Book: Five
Publisher: Jessie G. Books
Cover Artist: Andrew Reyna
Release
Date: October 31, 2015
Blurb:
“Bros
stick together no matter what.”
When Chris and Liam made that promise, they had no
idea how important it would become or how it would be tested in the most brutal
way. Nine years later, their bond cemented in blood, that relationship is all
they have to hold on to.
“No
matter what happens, this friendship will be the one constant we can count on.”
When Billy and Owen made that promise, they knew
exactly how dangerous the world could be. They survived prison by protecting
each other and they survived freedom by holding that promise sacred. Now they
want more than just to survive and they want it from the brothers whose bond is
as strong as their own.
“We
are stronger together than we’ll ever be apart.”
When Owen reaches his breaking point, Chris jumps at
the chance to make things right for all of them. With the future in their
grasp, will they realize their strength is in their numbers and finally become
the family they crave?
Author’s
Note: This is NOT a foursome, but the story of two
couples that needed to be told together.
Pages or Words: 76,000 words
Back cover
Categories: Gay fiction, M/M Romance,
Romance
Excerpt:
That silence hid a lot
from their friends, but Liam knew Chris was plagued with memories far worse
than his. That’s why they decided not to celebrate alone this year. Billy and
Owen were expected any minute and it was the first time they invited anyone to
join them. The anniversary was bittersweet for them and they chose to celebrate
it because becoming brothers meant that much to them. “Do you think they’ll
find it stupid?”
Chris just shrugged as
if it was no skin off his back what they thought and Liam knew that was just
bravado. Fact was, they both very much cared what the two men thought. “Liar.”
His brother sighed and
dropped his head back. As if shit wasn’t fucked up enough, they fell for two
bastards just as fucked up as they were. “I know you’re worried about Owen. The
business with Colin is growing out of their control and I’m not sure why he
thinks it’s a good thing. Is he trying to prove something? And the middle of
the night phone calls from the FTR? He’s looking more and more fragile every
day.”
Liam knew he wasn’t
stating anything new. What he didn’t know was what Chris intended to do about
it. Lately, when it came to Owen, Chris conveyed zero intent and seemed to be
waiting for Owen to read him as effortlessly as Liam did. Their brother bond
had been forged through blood and he was afraid Chris’s expectations of Owen
were unreasonable. “Do you see his face every time he thinks he’s failed to
understand you? The weight of it is crushing.”
Instead of regret, all
Liam saw was anger in Chris. It wasn’t a common emotion for Chris and Liam
could name every time he saw it. The fact that Chris knew what he was capable
of if provoked had made him extremely conscious of that emotion and he often
went to great lengths to contain it.
Owen was the very
definition of insecure. Just the type to inspire Chris’s protective instincts,
which Liam knew for a fact Owen did. Hell, he inspired Liam’s protective
instincts. Owen was stubborn though and he often distanced himself, keeping
things bottled up until they manifested elsewhere. Like in panic attacks that
felt like heart attacks, which he also tried to hide. Liam nearly lost it when
they found out that Billy was keeping Owen’s secret.
Chris nodded slowly, as
if he completely followed Liam’s train of thought and waited for him to connect
the dots. And just like that, Liam understood. “You’re pissed because he
doesn’t come to you when the panic sets in. That he hides it from you and they
hide it from us.”
It made total sense,
but he had to wonder if they were expecting too much. After all, they couldn’t
call what was going on with either man a relationship. No, they were four
fucked up bastards trying to come together in some romantic—what? Not a foursome, eww…he loved Chris, but yeah, that just
wasn’t happening. And Owen wasn’t his type any more than Billy was Chris’s
type. But—always with the fucking buts,
right?—what was happening was very definitely happening to the four of
them, and Liam now had to wonder if that was the problem, because trying to
come together was definitely not the same as being together.
Chris shook his head
and shifted in his seat. No, he was right. It wasn’t just their brother bond
that made it impossible to move forward as two separate couples. Billy and Owen
had formed their own unique friendship in prison and were no more likely to
move forward without the other one either. “Just once, couldn’t we have done
something the easy way?”
The fire door banged
open and Liam turned to see Billy and Owen, arms full of brightly wrapped
packages, struggling to pull a huge cluster of balloons through the door. It
was a shocking contrast to their dark thoughts and so uncharacteristically
sweet of both men. Billy caught their surprised stare and yelled, “Is this
where the party’s at?”
“It is now.” It might
seem silly, but it was exactly what they needed and exactly who they needed it
from. Maybe they hadn’t been expecting too much at all. Liam rose to give them
a hand and glanced down to see the look of longing in Chris’s eyes and thought
maybe it was time they all expected more.
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Meet the author:
Like
many readers, the dream of being a writer has been with me a long time. After
three decades of trying, I'd begun to doubt. Thanks to social media, I followed
my favorite authors hoping to glean some words of wisdom as I pounded out
half-formed ideas with alarming regularity. Two repetitive themes emerged: to
be a great writer you must read a lot and your butt must be in the chair every
day like it's a job. The more you write, the easier it will be to write and the
better you will be at writing. I took that advice to heart and write every day.
With six published books to date, three series in the works and a full schedule
of releases planned for the next two years, it's been amazing to have made this
dream my reality.
I am a firm believer in marriage equality, love at
first sight, power dynamics and happily ever after. I'm a lover of strong
secondary characters and series filled with families, biological or chosen. All
are themes you'll find throughout my books.
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