Title: Tow Trucks & New Year's Kisses
Series: Cupcakes & Brews, #1
Author: Lila Leigh Hunter
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release
Date: November 21, 2016
Heat
Level: 1 - No Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 10,100 words
Genre: Romance, Gay, Pansexual, Cisgender
Synopsis
A Jag with out-of-state plates is
the last car Scott DeLaney expected to find when answering a tow call as a
favor to his drunken godson. But, the tall man in the fedora seems like a nice
reward until Scott finds out the stranger’s destination. Yes, he’d take care of
the brooding man, but he has a selfish reason for it.
Finding himself in a ditch after
dodging a deer is the least of Patrick Samuels’s problems when his rescuer
arrives, wearing a tuxedo and driving a hot pink flatbed. Perhaps his older
brother’s scheme will benefit Patrick after all.
Who knew that a New Year’s kiss is
far more efficient than any boardroom strategy to seal a deal?
Excerpt
The rumble of an engine brought him
back to his cold predicament. He adjusted his fedora and covered his mouth with
his scarf as he moved closer to his brother’s Jag to signal the newcomer. It
had been thirty-nine minutes. At least they had arrived before he froze his
balls off. The truck lights illuminated the area, making Patrick cover his
eyes. It took him a moment to readjust to the dark night after moving out of its
reach. The flatbed was better than he had expected in a small town in the
Valley. He did a double take when he realized it was hot pink, not exactly your
everyday color. Well, that’s what he could see without being blinded again,
anyway. The driver’s door opened, and Patrick moved closer. Before he could
acknowledge the driver, Patrick ran out of words. A tall man in a well-tailored
tuxedo stepped out of the truck, the lights reflecting on the shiny tips of his
dress shoes. Patrick continued to gawk since the man was putting on some type
of dirty work coat. He moved even closer, wanting to examine his savior’s
features. They seemed to be about the same height, but the trucker had broader
shoulders. Patrick was mesmerized by the geeky glasses and the long beard that
concealed a hint of a smile. He wanted to run his tongue over the man’s thin
upper lip and feel the coarse hairs partially hiding it.
The thwack of the closing door
startled him back to reality, and the knowing smirk on the other man’s face
made his body warm up for the first time that night. “About time,” he said,
trying to cover his discomfort. He followed the trucker’s movements as he
checked the time.
“I quoted you forty-five minutes,
Mr. Samuels. I arrived with three minutes to spare.”
“Yeah, whatever,” Patrick said over
his shoulder as he made his way back to the car. “You know you’re a little
overdressed to respond to a tow call, right?”
“You’re correct, Mr. Samuels, but my
superhero cape is at the dry cleaners. The tux will have to do for now.”
Patrick turned to berate the
smartass but collided with him instead. The trucker held Patrick’s biceps,
preventing him from falling, and once again, Patrick stared at the man’s lips.
He shook his head to break the connection and winced at the pain instead. The
cold and the bruises were getting to his brain.
“You need to be careful, Mr.
Samuels. You don’t want to hurt yourself any further.” The tow driver released
one of Patrick’s biceps and traced Patrick’s bruised cheek with a long, cold
finger.
Patrick shivered and immediately
pulled away from the wanted but unnerving touch. “If you’re done manhandling
me, Mr…”
“You forgot my name already? It’s
Scott, baby face,” Scott said before tapping Patrick’s fedora.
The vibration traveled all the way
to Patrick’s cock and back up to his nipples. The cold had been forgotten too.
Even so, Patrick couldn’t believe his traitorous body’s response to the man’s
forwardness. Yeah, if they were anywhere else, he’d be the one propositioning
Mr. Scott, but they were in the middle of the boonies, for God’s sake. He
couldn’t be that desperate. After looking into those hazel eyes again, he might
have to change his opinion.
“No matter how much I’m enjoying
this, we need to get moving before we have to ring in the New Year inside the
truck.”
©2016 Lila Leigh Hunter
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Meet the Author
Lila Leigh Hunter is the pen name of
a Puerto Rican author with a hyphenated surname. Born and raised on the island,
Lila grew up making up stories her siblings pretended to like. But no matter
what they say, as the youngest of six, she’s still their mom’s favorite.
According to the dusty diplomas on her wall, she’s an architectural designer
living in Southern Texas with her husband and four military brats.
She spends most of her free time
writing homoerotic romances about middle-aged men finding happiness and the
rest hiding from pesky house chores. When outside of her cave, she likes to
observe people and try to guess their stories. Sometimes she wishes the voices
in her head were real; going out with the boys in her books sounds like a plan
made in heaven.
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