Embrace the Fire
Through Hell and Back Series, Book 3
Felice Stevens
M/M Romance
Release: 03.24.17
Audio Release: 10.31.17
Narrator: Kale Williams
Listening Length: 9 hours and 42 minutes
Cover Design: Reese Dante
Cover Photo: Varian Krylov/ Strangeland Photography
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Brandon Gilbert has spent years in hiding, but he's finally accomplished his dream of working as a public school teacher. When offered the chance to help bullied children, there was no way he could say no. Not to mention that meeting Dr. Tash Weber, the psychiatrist who helps them, a sad yet sexy older man, ignited a spark inside Brandon he'd never had before.
Though five years have passed since the death of his lover, Dr. Sebastian "Tash" Weber has no interest in relationships or love. But young, enigmatic Brandon awakens his heart and his desire. Despite Tash's best efforts to push him away, Brandon unlocks the passion for life Tash thought he'd lost forever.
Falling in love wasn't part of the plan for either Brandon or Tash, but neither family disapproval nor self-doubts can stop them from embracing the fire that burns between them. And when Brandon returns home to fight for a future he never imagined possible, he and Tash discover that the one thing worth fighting for has been with them all along.
EXCERPT
“Care to
tell me what’s wrong?” Brandon zipped up his jacket.
“You don’t
know? All weekend I’ve been deluding myself. We were caught up in this bubble
we created, but now? Now that I have to come face-to-face with your brothers
and Gage.” Tash shook his head. “I don’t know if I can do this.”
Heart
beating madly, Brandon swallowed. “Can’t do what?” Don’t do this, please; don’t
hide yourself away.
“Us. You,
me. We’re at different places in our lives. You’re starting out, and with Ash
and Luke, you have a whole new world open to you—places to explore and new
people to meet.”
Tash
unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door but didn’t get out. “I’m the
opposite. I’m ready to settle down. I’m not interested in nightlife and the
latest scene. I can’t and won’t ask you to give it all up.” Tash climbed out of
the car and slammed the door.
The hell he
says. If Tash thought he’d simply state his opinions like God and proclaim what
Brandon should do with the rest of his life, he was in for a fight. He wrenched
open the door. “I’m not giving anything up. I was never into that.” Brandon
slammed the car door behind him with a vicious thump. “Who do you think you
are? You say you don’t want to be with me, yet you then get the right to lay
out my life in neat little puzzle pieces so it all comes perfectly together as
you see fit.”
Tash had
stopped in his tracks but didn’t turn around. Hopeful that was a sign he was at
least listening, Brandon continued.
“Sure we
were in a bubble; it was wonderful this weekend, beautiful and amazing.” He
advanced on Tash and stood before him. “Don’t think I don’t know, maybe better
than anyone, how something so perfect and magical can be ripped away with no warning.”
He put a hand on Tash’s shoulder, hoping Tash wouldn’t move away from him. “And
now the hard stuff begins—reality and all the trouble that comes with it. But
aren’t you willing to try? See where this journey takes us?”
“Brandon,
you’re—”
“Don’t say
it. I’ll tell you what I am. I’ve been homeless and hungry. I’ve lived on the
streets with rats, not knowing where I would sleep at night. Do you think I’m
looking for a man whose only interest is a twenty-dollar glass of wine and
where the next party is?”
Tash said
nothing, and Brandon had no more strength to argue. Besides, they were at the
clinic to do a job. Last time he’d screwed up by running out, and he’d be
damned if he’d do it again.
1) What are the last 5
books that you've read?
Call Me By Your Name
Manny’s Surprise Baby
Jared’s Evolution
Reawaken
The Ghost Wore Yellow
Socks
2) Who are the authors that influenced you when you started writing?
Josh Lanyon, Mary
Calmes and Cardeno C
3) What's coming up next
for you, bookwise?
Well, I’m writing
Jeremy and Blake’s story, tentaitively titled Everything Comes Back to You.
Jeremy is Noah’s brother from One Call Away and Blake was mentioned in The
Arrangement and in One Call Away. You may see quite a few characters pop up.
I’m having such a great time writing these two guys. I love them to pieces.
Today I got an idea for a Kindle World short story based on Austin, the dancer
who worked for Tyler and had a crush on him. He was mentioned at the end of
Second to None. I have lots of ideas for next year.
4) Name two scenes or two
couples (from books you've written) that stand out to you as your favorites?
Oh you don’t play fair
do you??? I love all my guys!!! Two scenes…I think the reunion scene between
all the brothers in Embrace the Fire is one of my favorites, along with Luke
confronting Ash in After the Fire. But then again….Alexi’s mother telling him
she would never stop loving him in Under the Boardwalk….or maybe the barn scene
in All or Nothing with Adam and Rico. Jude saying goodbye to Dylan in The
Greatest Gift…Forget it, I’m hopeless.
5) Do you have any plans
to write outside the m/m contemporary genre? And if so what genre?
I do! I have an idea
for an MM paranormal. And I want to publish my MF historicals that I wrote over
4 years ago I have a gay couple –two viscounts-who deserve their HEA so badly
and I want to give it to them.
Felice Stevens has always been a romantic at heart. While life is tough, she believes there is a happy ending for everyone. She started reading traditional historical romances as a teenager, then life and law school got in the way. It wasn't until she picked up a copy of Bertrice Small and became swept away to Queen Elizabeth's court that her interest in romance novels was renewed.
But somewhere along the way, her reading shifted to stories of men falling in love. Once she picked up her first gay romance, she became so enamored of the character-driven stories and the overwhelming emotion there was no turning back.
Felice lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Her day begins with a lot of caffeine and ends with a glass or two of red wine. Although she practices law, she daydreams of a time when she can sit by a beach and write beautiful stories of men falling in love. Although there is bound to be some angst along the way, a Happily Ever After is always guaranteed.
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