Author Name: CJane Elliott
Book Name: There You Are
Series: Wild and Precious
Book: Two
Series should be read in order to best
appreciate this book
Release
Date: December 23, 2015
Blurb:
Bisexual musician Cody Bellstrom is a free spirit, easygoing
and unattached. On a cross-country trip, Cody befriends young Sandy Nixon and
gets him safely to Portland and his uncle, Phineas MacDonald. Beautiful Phineas
turns Cody’s life upside down, and Cody learns he's not as unattached as he
aspires to be. With the hard-won knowledge of what lies underneath his need to
be free, Cody wins a chance at real freedom and true love.
Ever since his longtime lover Allen died, Phineas MacDonald
has lived a circumscribed life. He stopped performing as fierce drag queen
Phanny Hill and works part-time in a bookstore. Phineas never expected to find love
again. But when sexy and caring Cody Bellstrom turns up, Phineas feels his
orderly life slipping out of his control. Cody brings him alive again, but now
Phineas must find the courage to let go of his grief over Allen and give love a
second chance.
Pages or Words: 33,000 words
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary, Gay
Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
“YOU
SURE about this?” Bette’s pointed glance packed a world of meaning as she
maneuvered the car through the DC traffic and Union Station came into view.
Cody
shifted, touching the door handle to ready his escape. “Yes, I’m sure. Didn’t
we go over this?” In excruciating detail, he added silently but didn’t
dare say aloud. Not with the mood Bette was in.
“I’m
giving you one more chance to come to your senses.” Bette pulled up outside the
train station, frowning, and turned off the engine.
She
looked so unhappy, Cody wanted to change his mind. I can’t, he thought.
Won’t,
you mean,
said the Bette in his head. He reached over and laid his hand on top of hers.
“You’ll get along fine without me.”
“That’s
not the point.” She nailed him with a baleful scowl. “We don’t want to get
along without you. Dang you, Cody Bellstrom, you have no idea who you are to
us.” At his puzzled expression, she turned away and stared stonily through the
windshield.
“Well…
I guess this is it.” Cody waited, but she didn’t respond. “I love you, girl,
you know that, right? You and Aurora.” He meant it. He, Bette, and Aurora had
been friends since they were college freshmen ten and a half years ago. Cody
sometimes found it hard to believe that he’d known them since before Bette and
Aurora had become a couple. It seemed like they’d been together forever.
A
barely perceptible nod.
“Come
on, Bette, don’t be mad. I’ll be back. I swear.”
“Sure
you will.” She sighed and turned a softer face toward him. “Goddammit, you
better. We love you. If you gotta do this, of course we can’t stop you. All we
want is for you to be happy.”
A
car honked behind them, and a uniformed officer motioned them to get moving.
“Shoot,”
Bette muttered. “All right, babe. Get outta here.”
Cody
leaned over and planted a kiss on her cheek. “I’ll text. And call. And Skype.”
“Okay.
Send us a postcard from every stop, and take a picture of yourself in Powell’s
Books when you get to Portland.”
“Will
do.”
Cody
opened the door and unfurled himself from the passenger seat, then hauled out
his luggage, such as it was. He traveled light; always had. A knapsack, one
rolling suitcase, and his guitar, and he was good to go.
He
stood on the curb and waved as Bette pulled away, then strode into the station,
his spirits lifting, while Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” played on a loop
in his mind.
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Meet the author:
After years of hearing characters
chatting away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper
and hasn’t looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane enjoys
writing sexy, passionate stories that also explore the human psyche. CJane has
traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too,
traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy
ending.
CJane is an ardent supporter of LGBTQ
equality and is particularly fond of coming out stories.
In her spare time, CJane can be
found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her husband and son
support her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched
over, staring intensely at her laptop.
Where to find the author:
E-mail: cjaneelliott@gmail.com
Website: http://www.cjaneelliott.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CJaneElliott
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjane.elliott
Goodreads
Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27919852-there-you-are
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
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ALPHA BOOK CLUB REVIEW
“Cody appeared behind him, barefoot and shirtless - sexy and lanky and all man - and snaked his tattooed arms around Phineas’s waist. ‘What a beautiful fox you are,’ he murmured, blue eyes twinkling.”
5 beautiful stars! This book has so much heart! I was so engrossed with this book it was heard to tear myself away from it!
I don’t want to give too much away with this review! I will say this is such an eye opening book and so well put together!! It touches on sensitive subjects and you are drawn to these characters as you read them!! If you haven’t read this book already, not sure what you’re waiting for, go read it now!
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by Melissa from Alpha Book Club
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