Sub-Culture by Sage
Marlowe
MM
erotic romance / BDSM / contemporary, novel (sequel to Sub-Mission)
Published
by Total-E-Bound
Heat
rating: Total-e-melting
Blurb
When life gets on top,
delving into a sub-culture may be just what it takes to keep a sinking
relationship afloat
Five
years after the bumpy start to their relationship, Noah and Pierce have settled
well into their lives as a happy couple. The arrival of a new child should have
made their matrimonial bliss complete, but the strain of raising a baby and a
teenager, combined with a lot of pressure in their jobs, is beginning to take
its toll.
In
the midst of what already is a potentially explosive situation, Noah’s younger
brother Jonah comes to stay with them, forcing Noah to face the issues he still
has regarding his homophobic parents and adding to the emotional pressure he is
under.
When
Noah starts behaving oddly and Pierce just can’t seem to put his jealousy to
rest, the cracks in their relationship become too severe to ignore any longer.
They struggle to keep their sinking love afloat but as Noah craves the comfort
a certain sub-culture can offer, Pierce finds himself wondering just how far he
is willing to step out of his own comfort zone to save their love.
Story excerpt
"Fuck,
not again!" Shifting, Noah snatched the duvet under his arm, turned around
and buried his head in the pillow.
"Uh,
it’s your turn, love," Pierce reminded him, struggling a little to recall
how to work his voice, if only he wasn’t so incredibly, mind-numbingly tired.
He dragged an eyelid open and glanced at the clock on the nightstand, but only
because it was there anyway, straight in his blurry line of vision. Otherwise, he
wouldn’t have bothered.
An
assembly of cool, greenish dashes informed him that it was half past two. That
meant he would have three more hours of sleep until he had to get up. Noah
would have four—in theory.
"No
way!" Noah’s protest was muffled by the pile of pillows and duvet he’d
buried himself under, but was nonetheless vehement. "It was my turn last
night already."
"Sorry,"
Pierce mumbled, half apologetic, half relieved and completely anaesthetised
with fatigue. "That was the night before last."
"Fuck."
He felt the mattress bounce as Noah sat up. There was a noisy inhalation of
breath—Noah yawning. "Shouldn’t he be able to make it through the night
without another feed by now anyway?"
Right
on cue, another long, heartbreaking and ear-splitting wail sliced through what
was left of the night’s peace and quiet.
"Try
telling him that," Pierce retorted.
"Pheebs
stopped needing night feeds—"
"When
she was six months old. I know. But Phinneas just isn’t Phoebe. He is who he is
and he happens to need his milk at night so we have to give it to him. You have
to give it to him."
"Yeah,
right," Noah grunted but pushed to his feet. "Coming," he
grumbled on the way out into the hall, then, seconds later, his voice sounded
much gentler as he said, "Well, hello, you little sleepless gremlin. Got
the munchies again, haven’t you?" More words followed, but they were too
low for Pierce to make them out. Knowing Noah, it was a mix of sweet little
nothings and good-humoured insults, which was his usual way of dealing with the
baby whenever he was overtired and needed to vent some of the resulting
grumpiness. Noah would never allow himself to let the fiery side of his temper
show around either of their two children. It was what made him a wonderful
dad—part of it, anyway. He was patient, generous, funny… Pierce found it
increasingly hard to focus on the noises Noah was making in the kitchen while
he was preparing the baby’s bottle.
No,
they weren’t in the kitchen any longer. Already, Noah’s light-hearted chatter
was growing louder as he approached their door on the way back to Baby Phin’s
bedroom. Listening to the soothing, familiar tone of Noah’s voice, Pierce let
the sweet melody of the faint accent in it lull him back to sleep.
The
peace didn’t last long. Thirty minutes, according to the cool, greenish dashes
on the alarm clock.
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About the
author
Sage
is a multi-published author of gay erotic romance and loves taking romance to
the edge. The edge of passion, the edge of pleasure, the edge of propriety.
Hopelessly
in love with books from a very early age on, Sage has dreamt of writing one for
years while working on the day job instead. It took a very persistent character
in the company of a much-adored Muse to finally get the first novel going. The
fact that this gorgeous guy was gay came as a bit of a surprise, but it explained
a lot.
Ever
since, Sage has been the willing slave to all the fascinating guys who just
keep queuing up and want their stories told. This has resulted in several published
books and countless manuscripts at various stages of completion, so there's
always something to work on—preferably at night when the rest of the house is
asleep.
Sage’s
characters often have a dramatic and sometimes traumatic past and need to
battle some demons to be with the one they love. But don’t worry, they get
quite a lot of naughty action along the way to keep them happy and there will
always be a happy end!
Contact and
buy links
Sage’s website & blog: www.sage-marlowe.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sage.marlowe0
e-mail: marlowe.sage@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @SageMarlowe
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/SageMarlowe
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