TITLE: Beauregard and the Beast
SERIES: Once Upon a Vegas Night (Book 1)
AUTHOR: Evie Drae
RELEASE DATE: August 20, 2019
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
HOUSE LINE: Dreamspun Desires Book #88
GENRE: Contemporary M/M Romance
WORD COUNT: 54,846
His greatest prize can’t be won in the octagon.
BOOK BLURB:
A Once Upon a
Vegas Night Tale
His greatest
prize can’t be won in the octagon.
Champion MMA
fighter Adam Littrell needs no distractions as he prepares for the fight that
will determine whether he retires. But when he opens the door of his swanky Las
Vegas home to his new personal assistant, Bo Wilkins, staying focused becomes a
struggle.
Aware of
Adam’s surly reputation, Bo doesn't expect to like his new employer, let alone
fall for him. But Bo is pleasantly surprised when a shared love of books leads
them to study for their GEDs together and plan for a life after their current
careers. Adam won't be able to fight forever, and Bo wants a relationship on
equal footing.
But just as
their relationship is getting off the ground, the sister Bo raised needs his
help, and he drops everything. With Adam’s final match looming and Bo in a
different city, reuniting will be the real challenge.
TEASER SCENE
EXCERPT:
The smell of fresh laundry mixed
with strong cleaning chemicals assaulted Adam’s senses the moment he walked
through the garage door after his morning training. He scrunched his nose in
protest. The clean linen smell was pleasant, but what the hell kind of
biochemical warfare was Bo waging on his home? The pungent scent of corrosive
bleach and all manner of other caustic solutions burned his nostrils and left
his head spinning.
He headed for the laundry room to
drop off his gym bag and found Bo on his hands and knees in the hallway,
scrubbing at the stone tile flooring.
“Fuckin’ hell, Bo, you’re gonna
asphyxiate from all these fumes.” Adam tossed his bag down the hall in the
general direction of the laundry room. “Why don’t you take a break? We can grab
lunch somewhere and hit the grocery while we’re out.”
Bo sat back on his haunches and
swiped a wrist over his brow. “I’m almost done here any—” His eyes bugged, and
he scurried to his feet, the sponge dropping from his hand. “Holy crap on a
cracker, what the heck happened to you?”
Adam froze when Bo’s soapy
fingertips grazed his jaw. A jolt of electricity fired under his skin at the
connection. He followed the tingling path of Bo’s touch with his own fingers,
marveling at the intensity of the impression that brief contact left behind.
“Did you get jumped?” Bo’s brows
pinched, his lips turning down at the corners. “Did you call the police? Are
you hurt anywhere else?”
A laugh bubbled up Adam’s throat
at the unexpected barrage of questions and the look of genuine concern twisting
Bo’s face. When was the last time anyone cared he’d been hurt? Hell, unless they
bordered on life-threatening, even he failed to notice his injuries more often
than not. So was the life of a mixed martial arts fighter. Sparring was the
best way to train, and sparring equaled wounds. Rarely as intense as those
suffered at an official fight, but colorful and bloody nonetheless.
“I’m fine. Just a few scratches.”
Adam tried to grin, but the act tugged at his already split lip and fresh blood
trickled down his chin.
Bo gasped and clamped a hand over
Adam’s wrist. “That’s more than a scratch. Where’s your first aid kit?”
“First aid kit?” Adam cocked a
brow. He didn’t keep anything like that at home. If his injuries required
mending, Eddie, his coach, would tend to him after he hit the showers. Today,
the damage was minimal, so he’d left without patching up.
Gaping, Bo shook his head. “Don’t
tell me you get beat up for a living and don’t keep basic first aid supplies
around the house.”
Adam knuckled the blood off his
chin and shrugged. “It’s a split lip. I’ll be fine.”
“A split lip, a black eye, and a
gashed eyebrow. That is not fine.” Bo scowled and dropped Adam’s wrist with an
adorable little huff. “I’m adding medical supplies to the grocery list. If
you’re going to come home looking like roadkill on a regular basis, I’m going
to need some necessities. In the meantime, will you at least let me put some
ice on that eye?”
WHERE TO FIND
BEAUREGARD AND THE BEAST:
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ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
Evie Drae is
a registered nurse by day and an award-winning male/male romance writer by
night. She has won first place in seven Romance Writers of America® (RWA®)
competitions, including the prestigious title “Best of the Best” in the 2018
Golden Opportunity Contest. She is a double finalist in the 2019 Golden Heart®,
in both the Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense categories, and finished
as a second-place runner-up in four additional RWA contests. As an added perk,
she landed the fabulous literary agent Eva Scalzo from Speilburg Literary
following a dual win in two separate categories of the 2018 Heart to Heart
contest.
One of Evie’s
favorite things to do is encourage her fellow writers. To that end, she started
the #writeLGBTQ and #promoLGBTQ hashtags on Twitter to support and promote
LGBTQ+ authors and allies while providing a safe space to connect and grow as a
community. She is married to the love of her life, is the mother of three
wonderful fur babies, and runs almost entirely on coffee and good vibes.
Evie loves to
link up with fellow writers and readers. You can reach her directly at EvieDrae@gmail.com or find her on her social media accounts listed below. Twitter is
where she’s most active but be sure to check out her blog too. She focuses on
reviews for LGBTQ+ authors and allies with the occasional quirky advice/recommendation
post just to toss things up.
WHERE TO FIND
EVIE:
Website/Blog: https://www.eviedrae.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvieDrae
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eviedraeauthor
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/Evie_Drae
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eviedrae/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/eviedrae/
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