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DIY Disaster Fun

It's a good thing dh doesn't read my stories or follow me around the blogosphere, because if he did, I'd be in BIG trouble -- a lot of the DIY disasters in Foreshockare drawn from real life. The icemaker? True. In fact, the hubs and I had been arguing about the stupid icemaker, just like Kyle and Eric, when the northeast quake hit last summer. No kidding. That's how the hamster wheel in my head started turning.

I can't even begin to tell you how many times the man has zapped himself. Mostly because he doesn't understand our circuit breakers. Why that is, I don't know. They're all clearly and properly labeled, but...The hubs keeps electrocuting himself. That isn't to say I'm all that great at DIY stuff, either. Fix the ceiling fan? Why on earth would I want to do that? That's what I have a handyman on speed-dial for. But I still lived without that ceiling fan for two years because the hubs insisted he have a go at fixing it first. Is it his fault it took two years to figure out what was wrong? (Hint: yes.)

Stubborn.

My dad's a mechanic and a damn good one. He kept our cars running without the liberal application of duct tape (no mean feat). He can tear an engine apart and put it back together (with absolutely NO extra parts leftover, heh) so that engine purrs.

I've also seen him punt kick a ten dollar toaster.

Stubborn.

The only DIY I've ever noticed from my brothers was when my older brother nailed his bedroom door shut after a fight with his wife. (That was awesome.) But he must've done a horrible job of it because she still got back in. (That was even more awesome.)

Stupid. Extremely entertaining. But also stubborn.

Kyle, in Foreshock, has even less aptitude with power tools than my menfolk, but like my dad, my brothers, and my husband, he has put on his stubborn. He's a man on a mission. He will install that icemaker.

Can Eric distract him? (YesYesYes!)

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Kari Gregg lives in the mountains of Wild and Wonderful West Virginia with her Wonderful husband and three very Wild children. Once Kari discovered the fabulous play land of erotic romances at RWA’s National Conference in 2009, the die was cast. Finally! A market for the smoking hot stories she loves!

When Kari’s not writing, she enjoys reading, coffee, zombie flicks, coffee, naked mud-wrestling (not really), and . . . coffee!

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Forshock by Kari Gregg
Riptide Publishing
http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/foreshock

Kyle Armentrout is every gay man’s fantasy in a toolbelt, but he can’t even change a light bulb without injuring himself. Twice divorced and not long from the closet, he’s found his way into a fulfilling relationship at last, but he can’t quite escape the sense that he’s left his manhood behind in the process.

When Kyle’s latest DIY project slides into predictable disaster, his lover, Eric Mulholland, wants him to retire his Allen wrench and accept that he isn’t less of a man for loving Eric.

Then the fault lines of their relationship meet the fault lines of the 2011 Northeast earthquake, and the two lovers learn not just to stay on their feet when the ground shakes, but to actually treasure the tremble.

All author royalties on sales of this title are being donated to the Trevor Project. Please consider ordering directly through our website to maximize Kari’s donation.