Author Name: Jamie Deacon
Book Name: Caught Inside
Series: Boys on the Brink
Book: One
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29540070-caught-inside
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
Cover Artist: Natasha Snow
Release
Date: September 29, 2016
Blurb:
It should have been simple—a summer spent with his girlfriend
Zara at her family’s holiday cottage in Cornwall. Seventeen-year-old Luke
Savage jumps at the chance, envisioning endless hours of sunbathing on the
private beach and riding the waves on his beloved surfboard. He isn’t
interested in love. Though his rugged good looks and lazy charm mean he can
have his pick of girls, he has no intention of falling for anyone.
Nothing prepares Luke for his reaction to Theo, the sensitive
Oxford undergraduate who is Zara’s cousin and closest friend. All at once, he
is plunged along a path of desire and discovery that has him questioning
everything he thought he knew about himself. No one, especially Zara, must find
out; what he and Theo have is too new, too fragile. But as the deceit spirals
beyond their control, people are bound to get hurt, Luke most of all.
Pages or Words: 83,000
Categories: Contemporary, M/M Romance,
Young Adult
Excerpt:
I swallow against the dryness in my throat. “We
need to talk.”
No response.
Slowly, as though wading through deep sand, I cross
the room until I’m standing right behind him. He grips the edge of the worktop.
“Theo?”
Still nothing. Only the convulsive tightening
of his fingers shows he even heard me.
“Theo,” my voice cracks, “don’t do this.”
Theo sucks in a breath. When he replies, his
tone is even. “Do what?”
“This. Shutting me out.”
“I’m—”
“And don’t say you’re not, because we both know
that isn’t true.” I’m aware of my voice rising, and lower it with an effort.
“Just…don’t.”
Theo exhales in a long sigh. He turns to me, his
expression distant but not unkind. I wish he’d glare at me, shout, whatever.
Anything to show he gives a damn.
“Luke, I’m sorry about this morning. It was a
mistake. If you got the wrong impression—”
“The wrong impression? You kissed me. What
impression was that supposed to give me?”
He casts a nervous glance at the window.
“What’s wrong, Theo? Worried Giles might hear?
I don’t blame you. He’d probably make you bathe in disinfectant for a year if
he knew you’d kissed scum like me.” Theo starts to protest, but I shake my
head. “You know what? Forget it. So sorry I embarrassed you.”
I need to get out of here. Humiliation, hot and
clammy, coils like tar through my veins. Still, what did I expect? Theo’s made
it perfectly clear how he sees me, that he thinks I’m beneath him. I grab for
the nearest glass, intending to pour myself a liver full of whatever’s in that
jug, but my hand shakes so much it slips through my fingers. Glass collides
with oak in a minor explosion, glittering fragments flying.
“Shit.” I drop to my knees, begin picking up
the larger pieces. I fumble, a jagged shard slicing my palm. “Shit.”
“Luke?” Theo crouches beside me.
“I’m fine.” I turn away from the phony concern
in his eyes, fist clenched around the cut to hide it from view. Blood trickles
through my fingers and onto my jeans. The pain is almost a relief.
“Let me see.” Theo holds out his hand, but I
jerk away.
“I said I’m fine.”
He ignores me. With gentle firmness, he takes
hold of my wrist, uncurling my fingers to examine the wound. My body stills. I
scarcely breathe. Every nerve ending, every particle of my being is aware of
him, the pressure of his fingers on my wrist, his warm palm supporting the back
of my hand.
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Meet the author:
Jamie lives in a tranquil spot close to the River Thames in
Berkshire, England, and has always been just a little out of place—the only
redhead in a family of brunettes; an introvert far more at ease with dogs than
with people; a connoisseur of simple pleasures in a society intent on the quest
for wealth and fame. Despite an outward cynicism, Jamie is a romantic at heart,
and, when not immersed in a book, can mostly be found writing emotional stories
where young men from all walks of life are thrust headlong into the breathless,
euphoric, often painful whirlwind called love.
Where to find the author:
Website: http://www.jamiedeacon.com
Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/jamiedeaconauthor
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamiedeacon82
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/jamiedeacon/
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