HUG IT
OUT
DAVIDSON
KING
M/M
ROMANCE
RELEASE
DATE: 03.29.18
BLURB
Riordan Darcy has spent
the last fourteen years building a name for himself as a notorious assassin. He
travels the world taking the lives of some of the worst humanity has to offer,
leaving his signature on every victim.
Riordan becomes unhappy
and withdrawn from the world after a job goes horribly wrong and he makes the
decision to get out of the life he was forced into, so long ago. When his
meddling, older sister gives him a birthday gift that’s impossible to refuse,
his plans to leave his life of crime take a backseat when he’s forced to
protect the life of a veritable stranger.
When professional hugger
and TLC provider, Teddy Harris, is offered a month-long companionship contract,
he’s hard pressed to turn it down. Cuddler by day and a video game reviewer by
night, Teddy’s need to make people feel loved and cared for is what drives him.
When he meets Riordan Darcy, professional challenge and personal temptation
collide, making it nearly impossible for him to endure a whole month with the
gorgeous, enigmatic man without falling head over heels in love.
When a mole is discovered
within Riordan’s organization, relationships are compromised, and people’s
lives are in danger. Time isn’t on their side, and they discover answers can’t
always be found by hugging it out when someone is hell-bent on eliminating each
and every one of them. Can Riordan and Teddy survive long enough to fall in
love, or will they die trying?
EXCERPT
“Cupcakes?”
Riordan asked. I’d been unable to sleep the night before and found myself in
the kitchen at 3:00 A.M. baking.
“Yep.
Chocolate vanilla swirl. The frosting is blue because it’s what I had left over
after Delly’s birthday cake.” I placed them on the kitchen table and searched
for plates.
“I see.
But why cupcakes?” He sat at the table and I laughed when he poked at the
cupcakes like they were foreign objects.
“It’s a
birthday present. Birthdays are best when there’s cake of some sort. I like
cupcakes better than cake because they portion my intake.”
Riordan
chuckled. “I imagine sugar would have you climbing the walls.”
“I don’t
eat a lot of sugar for many reasons, but I always make exceptions for
birthdays.” Riordan watched with interest as I plated the cupcakes.
When his
was in front of him, he dipped his finger in the frosting and sucked. Sweet mama mia.
“You
okay, Teddy? You froze there for a minute. You also didn’t answer my question.”
Question? Oh.
“I’m good. Just tired. What’s your question?” Sitting down, I began nibbling my
cupcake, desperate for something to occupy my thoughts other than Riordan’s
lips, tongue, and sucking.
“I said
it’s not my birthday today so whose are we celebrating?” Riordan devoured half
the cupcake in one bite.
“Yours. I
realized I didn’t know exactly what day your birthday was on, so I thought I’d
celebrate it today.”
He nodded
as he ate the rest of the cupcake. “You could have just asked me.”
The blue
frosting on Riordan’s lips taunted me. I wanted to kiss them clean. I had to
stop. “I could have, but where’s the fun in that?”
His smile
was mischievous. “So, you don’t want to know?”
I wasn’t
sure what he was up to. I had quickly come to realize he could be sneaky at times.
“I like mystery. I think it’s…”
“August
tenth,” he interrupted.
“God
dammit!” I slapped the table in mock frustration. “Now I’ll have to make more
cupcakes on your birthday.”
Seeing
Riordan laugh made me happy. I could tell he didn’t do it a lot. Or he hadn’t
done it in a while.
“You’re
off the hook, Teddy. Thank you for the cupcakes.” He gestured toward the door
where I knew the box I had brought was sitting. “Are those your consoles?”
“Yeah.
Let me take them up to the guest room. It won’t take long to set them up. I had
a great idea for after.”
Riordan didn’t look like this was exciting
news, but I imagined most of his life was balanced between being paranoid and
being cautious. “What sort of idea?”
“A
surprise, of course.”
“You and
your surprises,” he grumbled, but I didn’t think he minded.
Davidson
King, always had a hope that someday her daydreams
would become real-life stories. As a child, you would often find her in her own
world, thinking up the most insane situations. It may have taken her awhile,
but she made her dream come true with her first published work, Snow Falling.
When
she’s not writing you can find her blogging away on Diverse Reader, her review
and promotional site. She managed to wrangle herself a husband who matched her
crazy and they hatched three wonderful children.
If you
were to ask her what gave her the courage to finally publish, she’d tell you it
was her amazing family and friends. Support is vital in all things and when
you’re afraid of your dreams, it will be your cheering section that will lift
you up.
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