Title: Holiday House Swap
Author: Sarah Madison
Genre: M/M Romance
Release: December 21, 2016
Blurb:
Reclusive writer Noah Kinley is facing a dilemma: how to
confess to the world he’s really the author of a best-selling romance series.
For years, his friend Julie has been the face of his brand, but she wants her
life back now. Fast running out of ideas for his popular series, Noah wants to
break out into other genres. Not that he’s writing much of anything at the
moment anyway, thanks to paralyzing writer’s block. With his publisher
breathing down his neck for the next installment, he hopes a change of scene
will get his writer’s juices flowing again. Desperate enough to try anything,
during the holidays Noah swaps his isolated cabin in the woods for a gentrified
horse farm.
USAF Major Connor Harrison has chosen forced retirement
over facing charges for an unauthorized mission to rescue a buddy from behind
enemy lines. No one expects him home for the holidays, and he certainly didn’t
anticipate finding a stranger in his house, much less Noah Kinley with his acid
tongue and a wry sense of humor that pierces all of Connor’s defenses.
Both men need to figure out what the next chapter in their
lives will be—and whether it will include each other.
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Author Bio:
Sarah Madison is a writer
with a little dog, a big dog, an even bigger horse, too many cats, and a very
patient boyfriend. An amateur photographer and a former competitor in the horse
sport known as eventing, when she's not out hiking with the dogs or down at the
stables, she's at the laptop working on her next story. When she’s in the
middle of a chapter, she relies on the smoke detector to tell her dinner is
ready. She writes because it’s cheaper than therapy.
Sarah enjoys placing hot men
in hot water to see how strong they are—like teabags, only sexier. This motto
allows her to play in a wide variety of genres, from FBI guys to shifters, with
some WW2 fighter pilots and space adventurers tossed in for good measure.
Sarah Madison was a finalist
in the 2013 and 2015 Rainbow Awards. The Boys of Summer won Best M/M Romance in
the 2013 PRG Reviewer’s Choice Awards. The Sixth Sense series was voted 2nd
place in the 2014 PRG Reviewer’s Choice Awards for Best M/M Mystery series, and
3rd place in the 2105 PGR Reviewer’s Choice Awards for Best M/M
Paranormal/Urban Fantasy series.
If you want to make her day,
e-mail her and tell you how much you like her stories.
Social Media Links:
E-mail:
akasarahmadison@gmail.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4057853.Sarah_Madison
Excerpt:
To his delight, a wall switch
within arm’s length turned out to be for a sound system. He fiddled with the
dial until he found a radio station playing Christmas music. He sank down into
the bubbling water until just his toes and head were sticking out. Bing Crosby
sang a rousing rendition of “Mele Kalikimaka.” Obviously another indication the
station was getting desperate for different Christmas songs already. Then the
playlist segued into one of many versions of “Santa Baby,” all of which Noah
hated. Still, the sheer bliss of soaking in a steaming tub without having to cross
a snow-covered porch to get there had him humming along when “The Twelve Days
of Christmas” came on.
Noah had just belted out
“five go-old rings” when he opened his eyes to see the bathroom door slowly
swinging toward him. His jaw dropped in horror when he saw a soldier dressed in
desert camo standing in the entranceway. The man had a 9mm in his hand and had
used the barrel to open the door.
Noah couldn’t help it. He
shrieked and flung the Kindle aside, ducking down into the Jacuzzi. It didn’t
take him long to realize this wasn’t a workable escape plan, and he burst up
out of the water, gasping for air. Blinking soapy water out of his eyes, he
grasped the wine bottle by the neck and swung it overhead with the intent of
throwing it.
To his surprise, while he’d
been underwater, the soldier had holstered his gun. The man had also taken off
his cap to reveal a shock of short brown hair practically sticking up on end.
He was leaning against the sink with his arms folded across his chest. The
overhead light made his eyes gleam like a cat’s, almost amber in color. His
two-day stubble made him look like an extra from Miami Vice. Although he no longer acted as though he planned to
shoot Noah, he gave off a dangerous vibe just the same.
“Calm down.” He was unimpressed
by Noah’s defensive posture. “I’m guessing you’re not a burglar after all.
Unless you’re the kind of thief who enjoys breaking into other people’s houses
to take bubble baths.”
“I’m not a thief!” Fear
sharpened into anger. “Your first clue should have been the Ford Fiesta sitting
in the driveway. A real thief would drive something more impressive, like a
black Hummer or something. The second tip-off should have been the fact there’s
no evidence of a break-in, and the third should’ve been, I don’t know, perhaps
my luggage sitting in the guest
room?” Rage made his blood pressure go up like a rocket. “Whereas you came
busting in here with a gun in your hand, so tell me, Lieutenant Soldier Man,
why the hell I shouldn’t call the police right now?”
Noah noted his hand holding
the wine was trembling, and he hastily set the bottle down. Awareness of his
naked state, damp and only thinly covered by soap, made him ooze back down into
the bubbles. He swept some toward him to cover strategic areas, all while
glaring at the soldier.
“Well, I don’t know,” the
military man drawled in a lazy manner that sent a little chill down Noah’s
spine, even though he was hunkered down in the steaming water. “Maybe because
I’m between you and the phone. Maybe because I still have a gun and you don’t.
Or maybe—” The man pushed himself off the sink and took a step closer to the
tub, pressing his fists into his hips as he leaned over to speak with emphasis.
“Maybe because I live here.”
Noah gasped. “You do not!”
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