Title: Rough Love
Author: Dale Cameron Lowry
Publisher: Torquere Press
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Tags/keywords: #mmromance
#shortstory
In April, Torquere Press
released Dale Cameron Lowry’s story “Rough Love,” an intercultural m/m college romance with a jalapeño heat rating. To celebrate, Dale is hosting a Rafflecopter
giveaway. The prize is an ebook from
Dale’s Torquere backlist! Choose from Loggerhead, Mi Alma, or Born of Fire. Details below.
Summary
College
student Blake thinks his new boyfriend, Michael, doesn’t like French kissing.
Michael thinks Blake doesn’t like rough sex. Neither are virgins, except in the
art of conversation. Can they set things straight before the honeymoon’s over?
Excerpt
I swear I stopped breathing
as soon as I looked up and saw him.
Or rather, his ass. My eyes
stopped before they could go any higher. He was wearing a pair of
mustard-colored stretch jeans with a back seam that perfectly split his behind
into two succulent buns as round and steaming as a pair of dinner rolls fresh
out of the oven.
I like to tell people I fell
in love with him at first sight. But let’s be honest: it was pure,
unadulterated lust.
Author’s Note
Torquere Press put out a
call for short stories where lovers (or potential) do something foolish or have
some sort of misunderstanding. I write lots of stories about intercultural
relationships and thought it would be interesting to write something where an
intercultural couple has a misunderstanding that isn’t about those differences,
but is somehow related to them in a very roundabout way; that is, the
miscommunication happens because one or both partners make assumptions about
the other influenced by those differences.
At the same time, I didn’t
want to write something heavy. I wanted something that was raucous and super
sexy. Our boys make silly assumptions, don’t communicate those assumptions
because they don’t even realize they’re assumptions, and get into deeper
trouble until they realize that they’re being idiots. (Though one might be more
of an idiot than the other.) But ultimately, they love each other, and figuring out their
miscommunication makes for a better relationship—and better sexy times.
Where to Buy
You can buy Rough
Love wherever ebooks are sold, including:
Or mark as “Want to Read” on
Goodreads.
Giveaway
You can enter the
Rafflecopter here (it closes at end of day EDT June 4):
Author
Bio and Links
Dale Cameron Lowry lives in the Upper Midwest with a partner and
three cats, one of whom enjoys eating dish towels, quilts, and wool socks. It’s
up to you to guess whether the fabric eater is one of the cats or the partner.
When not busy mending items destroyed by the aforementioned fabric eater, Dale
is a writer and editor of queer romance and speculative fiction. Previous
careers include sign language linguist, grocery store clerk, journalist,
gardener, and camp counselor—not necessarily in that order. As for favorite
time-wasters, high on the list are Tumblr, studying anatomy, getting annoyed at
Duolingo, and reading fairy tales.
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/dclowry
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