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Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover
Artist: Anna Sikorska
Series: Moments In Time
This book is a 'Moments in Time Novel'. It takes
place in the same world, but can be read separately.
Release
Date: December 18, 2015
Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5170527.Karen_Stivali
Blurb:
Growing up, Jason Stern led a charmed
life complete with devoted sisters, a father who was one of Brooklyn’s most
respected rabbis, and a mother who made the world's best babka. He headed to
NYU ready for anything—except falling for the wrong guy, coming out, and
getting disowned by his once-loving family. In spite of that, Jason managed to
graduate with honors. He's got friends who treat him like family, and he's
proudly running the largest LGBTQ teen shelter in Manhattan. Life is good, but
he's still falling for the wrong men.
When charming, sexy Quinn Fitzpatrick begins work at the shelter, Jason falls hard and fast. Quinn is tall, blond, funny—damn near perfect. Only if Quinn’s gay, even he doesn't seem to know it. If he does, he's not telling anyone. And he's about one ceremony away from becoming a Catholic priest.
Long hours of work turn to long nights of talking and laughter, and Jason dares to hope this time he's falling for the right guy. But Quinn's got a past to deal with and major decisions to make about his future. When Quinn leaves for a silent retreat, Jason knows the silence may change everything.
When charming, sexy Quinn Fitzpatrick begins work at the shelter, Jason falls hard and fast. Quinn is tall, blond, funny—damn near perfect. Only if Quinn’s gay, even he doesn't seem to know it. If he does, he's not telling anyone. And he's about one ceremony away from becoming a Catholic priest.
Long hours of work turn to long nights of talking and laughter, and Jason dares to hope this time he's falling for the right guy. But Quinn's got a past to deal with and major decisions to make about his future. When Quinn leaves for a silent retreat, Jason knows the silence may change everything.
Pages or Words: 76,000 words
Categories: Contemporary, M/M Romance
Excerpt:
Pierogi were just what the evening required. We got two
orders, potato with fried onions, and cheese doused in butter. To round things
out, we added a gigantic link of kielbasa and finished it all off with
blueberry blintzes. By the time we were done eating, I was so full I could
barely move.
“This was awesome.” Quinn licked a purple streak of
blueberry off his fork before setting it down and pushing his plate away.
I was too mesmerized by the sight of his tongue to speak
right away.
The waitress stopped at our booth. “All set?”
“Yeah, thanks.”
She placed the paper check between us, and Quinn reached for
it, but I grabbed it first. “I’ve got this one. Make up for the popcorn you
gave away.”
“You don’t have to do that.” He pulled out his wallet and
put a twenty on the table.
“You can’t let anyone do anything for you, can you?”
Quinn’s eyes bugged, then softened. “Yeah, I guess I do have
a problem with that sometimes.”
“Sometimes?”
“Okay, most of the time.”
“You know what they say. The first step is admitting you
have a problem. And the second is letting me pay for dinner.” I stuck the check
and enough money for the meal and tip under the glass sugar shaker, then
grabbed Quinn’s twenty, folded it in half, leaned over, and tucked it into his
shirt pocket.
My fingers were in the pocket before I fully realized what I
was doing. Then the whole universe condensed into the drag of my fingers on
that two-inch-square area of his chest. His rock-solid chest that tightened the
instant I made contact. My own chest froze, devoid of air. I’d forgotten how to
breathe. All I could do was think about the fact that I had my hand on this man
who’d consumed my waking and sleeping hours for weeks. And I had to let go.
Literally.
I pulled my hand away, trying to turn the rush of breath
that returned to my lungs into something resembling a laugh. “Ready to get out
of here?”
Quinn nodded.
Shit.
He’s silent again. Did he notice that moment of fantasy lust I just played out?
What the fuck is wrong with me? Way to make him uncomfortable. Fuck—My
monologue of self-criticism was interrupted by his hand on my shoulder.
His hand was probably a normal temperature, but given the
heat it generated in my body, he might as well have been the Human Torch . Great. I’m not only in love with a straight
priest, he’s also a superhero.
Quinn chuckled, and for a second I worried I’d said my crazy
thoughts out loud. My face flushed to match the heat that coursed through the
rest of me. “What?”
He handed me my keys. “You left these on the table.”
“Oh.” I took them, heat flaring through me in another rush
when his fingers brushed mine as he placed the keyring in my hand. “Thanks.
Geez. That would have sucked if I’d left those here.”
“Yeah.”
My phone buzzed in my pocket, and I nearly tripped over the
step as we left the restaurant. It was a text from Campbell. I laughed.
“Apparently my roommate’s having an orange juice crisis, as in we’re out of
orange juice. I need to stop at the bodega on the way home. I feel like we’re
married sometimes. In a weird, sexless way.” Stop talking. Now.
“It’s good you get along so well.”
I gestured to the store on the next corner. “You need
anything?”
“Nah. I’m too full to even think about eating or drinking
anything.”
“The power of the pierogi.”
He grinned. “See you tomorrow?”
“Get some sleep. Tomorrow we’ll work on those shelves.
Unless you think we need to run the math one more time.”
“Just triple-checking your skills.” The teasing sound in his
voice made me want to stay on that corner and talk to him all night. Anything
to keep hold of the pleasant hum that was vibrating through my body. But then
he turned away, heading toward his place, hand in the air in a backward wave of
sorts. “Good night.”
It was indeed. “Night.”
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About the author:
Karen Stivali is a prolific writer, compulsive
baker and chocoholic with a penchant for books, movies, and fictional British
men. She's also the multiple award-winning author of contemporary and erotic
romances. She writes novels about love...like real life, only hotter.
Karen's
lifelong fascination with people has led her to careers ranging from hand-drawn
animator, to party planner, to marriage and family counselor, but writing has
always been her passion. Karen enjoys nothing more than following her
characters on their journey toward love. Whether the couples are m/f or m/m,
it’s guaranteed that Karen's novels are filled with food, friendship, love, and
smoking hot sex—all the best things in life.
When
Karen isn’t writing (and often when she is), she can be found on Twitter
attempting witty banter and detailing the antics of her fruit-loving cat,
BadKitteh. She loves to hear from readers (and other writers), so don't
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