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Now onto Buchanan House by Charley Descoteaux
Book Name: Buchanan House
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
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Artist: LC Chase
Release
Date: August 19, 2015
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Blurb:
Eric Allen, thirty-three-year-old line cook, moved in with
his grandmother, Jewell, after a disastrous coming-out when he was in middle
school. She raised him, and he cared for her when she fell ill. When Jewell
died she left everything to Eric—angering his parents and older brother. The
inheritance isn’t much, but Eric and his bestie Nathan pool their money and buy
an abandoned hotel on an isolated stretch of the Central Oregon Coast. The
hotel isn't far from Lincoln City—a town with its own Pride Festival and named
for a president—so they christen it Buchanan House after James Buchanan, the
“confirmed bachelor” president with the close male friend.
Eric and Nathan need a handyman to help them turn Buchanan
House into the gay resort of their dreams. Eric finds Tim Tate in the local
listings and over the months leading to opening weekend Tim reveals himself as
a skilled carpenter with many hidden talents. Eric falls hard for Tim, but
before he can see a future with the gorgeous handyman he has to get over twenty
years of being bullied and shamed by his birth family. It would be much easier
if Eric’s brother Zach weren’t trying to grab part of the inheritance or ruin
opening weekend.
Pages or Words: 45,000 words
Categories: Romance, Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction,
Gay Fiction, M/M Romance
Excerpt:
Timothy Tate knocked on the front doors at eight o’clock sharp. Eric had barely been up long enough to start coffee, and Nathan had yet to emerge. They’d slept in one of the rooms on the first floor. The official reason was to avoid having to clean two rooms, but the unofficial reason was to talk into the night like they had back in middle school. Slumber parties for thirtysomethings. Somehow that didn’t make Eric feel any better about meeting this Tim person.
Timothy Tate knocked on the front doors at eight o’clock sharp. Eric had barely been up long enough to start coffee, and Nathan had yet to emerge. They’d slept in one of the rooms on the first floor. The official reason was to avoid having to clean two rooms, but the unofficial reason was to talk into the night like they had back in middle school. Slumber parties for thirtysomethings. Somehow that didn’t make Eric feel any better about meeting this Tim person.
But opening the door sure did.
Tim Tate was as tall as Nathan, so six one, and he had curly
black hair and eyes so dark you could get lost in them.
“Morning.” He wasn’t much for smiling, though.
“Good morning. Please come in. I’m Eric.”
Tim nodded and seemed to be looking at something behind
Eric’s right shoulder. As soon as Eric remembered to step aside, Tim came in.
“You bought this place?”
“Yes. Isn’t it lovely? The inspector said the bones are
solid, and someone did amazing work on the rooms. Right now, we need help with
the kitchen and some reno on the public areas.”
“Should tear it down and start fresh.”
“I beg your pardon. That’s a horrible thing to say. You
don’t discard something just because it’s not perfect. With a little love—maybe
this isn’t going to work out.”
Tim shrugged and looked around the room. His face seemed to
soften into… nostalgia? It held a wistful quality, of that much Eric was
certain.
“Have you been in this room before?”
Tim had turned away a little, so the left side of his face
pointed toward Eric.
Is that
his best side?
He didn’t answer, so Eric repeated the question, a little
louder.
“Huh? Oh, yeah. When I was a kid. Sometimes the local clubs
would use it for summer camps. It’s been empty for over ten years.”
“Why? I mean, did something happen here?”
“No. The owners died, and their kids didn’t want to live out
here. Can’t blame ’em. Entertainment isn’t easy to come by.”
Nathan chose that moment to enter, in his pink robe with the
ostrich-feather trim. He spoke quickly, almost dancing through the room and
toward the aroma of coffee. “Good morning. You don’t mind I borrowed your robe?
And this must be Tim. Lovely to meet you, sweetheart. Coffee, then business.”
He flounced into the kitchen.
Eric and Tim watched him go. The silence in his wake
stretched out a little too long for Eric, mortified by the thought Tim might
believe the robe belonged to him.
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Tour
Dates & Stops: August 19, 2015
Parker Williams, Havan Fellows, Bayou Book Junkie, Bike Book Reviews, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Inked
Rainbow Reads, BFD
Book Blog, Elin Gregory, Christy
Loves 2 Read, Prism
Book Alliance, Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews, Molly Lolly, Amanda
C. Stone, Dawn’s Reading Nook, MM Good Book Reviews, Two
Chicks Obsessed With Books and Eye Candy,
Velvet Panic, Tara
Lain, Full Moon Dreaming, The
Blogger Girls, Michael Mandrake, It’s Raining Men
About the author:
Charley Descoteaux has
always heard voices. She was relieved to learn they were fictional characters,
and started writing when they insisted daydreaming just wasn’t good enough. In
exchange, they’ve agreed to let her sleep once in a while. Charley grew up in
the San Francisco Bay Area during a drought, and found her true home in the
soggy Pacific Northwest. She has survived earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods,
but couldn’t make it through one day without stories.
Where to find the author:
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/CharleyDescoteauxAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharleyDescote
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/charleydescote/
Blog: http://cdescoteauxwrites.com/blog/
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