Hi Everyone,
Different is now available from Amber Allure. It's a short M/M, BDSM stand alone.
Here's the blurb:
Matthew and Stuart have been dating for over five months and Stuart thinks things are going well — right up until the moment Matthew suggests that they try something different — the kind of different that involves bondage, spanking and leather.
Matthew’s been building up to making this suggestion for weeks, dropping subtle hints and hoping Stuart won’t completely freak out at the mention of kink. Now, with his desires out in the open, all Matthew can do is hope that introducing something different will make their relationship perfect rather than destroy it completely.
And a quick excerpt:
...“Stuart?”
“Yes?” Stuart turned to the next page in his
menu, but he didn’t look up.
For a moment, Matthew considered making a
bland little comment about the weather but, no. They’d been dating seriously for
over five months. There was waiting for the right moment, and then there was
acting like a coward and completely avoiding the issue.
He lined the words up carefully in his mind,
determined that they would come out sounding entirely casual. “How do you feel
about us doing something different one night?”
Stuart glanced up from the menu.
“Different?”
Matthew nodded and tried to look as if they
were talking about nothing more interesting than the annoying new computer
system they’d installed in the car dealership where he worked.
Stuart glanced across the restaurant table at
Matthew. His expression was entirely blank, as if he wasn’t familiar with the
word. “Any particular kind of different?”
The kind where I tie you up and spank
you. Matthew set aside his menu and took a sip from his glass of wine and
decided that probably wasn’t the best response. “Whatever kind you want to
answer about,” he suggested instead.
Stuart tilted his head slightly to one side,
but if he thought Matthew had lost his mind, he didn’t seem unduly concerned by
the possibility. “Well… I can’t claim to be in a rush to try nude bungee over
the Severn. On the other hand, there’s a sushi place that I wouldn’t mind trying
out if the raw fish thing doesn’t bother you. How different do you want to
get?”
Matthew listened politely until Stuart ran
out of words. “What about—”
“Good evening, gentlemen. Are you ready to
order?”
Matthew ground his teeth together. He’d never
been more tempted to tell a waiter to leap off a cliff in his life—and that
included the guy wearing a “One man, one woman. One definition of marriage.”
badge, who’d served him at a business lunch a few weeks ago.
Stuart caught his eye and Matthew motioned
for him to order first.
“Sounds good, I’ll have the same,” Matthew
said when the waiter finally turned to him. Did his words sound rushed? Had it
been obvious he wanted to get rid of the waiter? Would Stuart realise they were
discussing something really important to him? God help him, he was losing the
plot.
Matthew forced a smile. “Thanks.” He handed
the menu to the waiter and waited impatiently until the man was out of
earshot.
As soon as they were alone, Matthew leaned
forward and set one elbow on the table. “A minute ago—”
“You don’t usually eat—” Stuart
began.
Silence descended, as each of them waited to
see if the other would push forward with his sentence.
Eventually Stuart nodded for Matthew to go
ahead. “Before the waiter came over,” Matthew said, carefully. “We were talking
about trying something different.”
Stuart nodded, just once. Did he look tense
or just bored? And when the hell had Matthew stopped being able to tell the
difference between the two?
Matthew took a deep breath. “What do you
think about the kind of ‘different’ that involves handcuffs or a
paddle?”...
You can find the book here.
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In other news, the reason I haven't been blogging much is because I've been working a few different things out, and making some decisions about where I, and my writing, needs to go from here.
Hopefully I'll have answers to those questions and some news for everyone soon.
*Hugs*
Kim Dare
