The Bucket List
Douglas
Black
The
Bucket List is
an M/M erotic novella that tells the story of Kade, a Glaswegian accountant
recently dumped by his verbally abusive, long-term boyfriend Niall. Kade’s
friends think his relationship has caused him to become introverted and stuck
in his ways so, to try to help him, they write a bucket list. Kade isn’t
exactly convinced by this plan, but he reluctantly goes along with it, only to
discover it’s true: bucket lists really can change your life.
The
Bucket List was
released by Loose Id Publishing on August 5th.
Blurb
When Kade Doherty gets dumped, he expects sympathy
from his friends. Instead, he gets a bucket list. His friends want to help him
enjoy life again, but Kade isn’t convinced a list of outlandish leisure
pursuits will help much with that. To keep the peace he goes along with the
plan and in the process, he meets Blake.
Blake’s Australian accent and surfer-boy looks are
the stuff of sexual fantasies and Kade surprises everyone – including himself –
when he wastes no time making a move.
Kade goes with Blake into the Scottish highlands,
but just as he is beginning to get used to life with his very own Mr.
Australia, reality comes knocking. Kade’s newfound happiness falls apart when
his abusive ex demands they meet. Blake senses something is wrong and he wants
to help, but Kade knows he can’t confide in Blake.
After all, Kade hasn’t exactly been honest. He might
feel like a different man when he’s with Blake, but Kade knows he’s still just
an accountant from Glasgow with slight obsessive compulsions and a bucket list
that someone else wrote. He knows Blake won’t hang around, let alone help, when
he finds out the truth.
Or will he?
Excerpt
Kade made his way slowly over to Blake, keeping
close to the relative calm of the curving bar. He stepped in beside his Mr.
Australia. Blake didn’t turn to look at him.
Kade assumed that, even given the circumstances, it
was still acceptable to start with, “Hello.”
Blake turned his head, and Kade felt that warmth he
had felt with his back to the fish tanks in the Asian supermarket. “Hi,” Blake
said, his voice deep enough to carry against the music.
He turned, opening up his body and inviting Kade to
step closer. Kade did. He wanted to, wanted to see if that strange connection
he had felt earlier was still there between them.
“Who’s your friend?” Kade asked.
Blake just shrugged. “Don’t know. Just some kid. Art
student, apparently. He was a good dancer, though.”
“Not a good kisser?”
Blake looked Kade up and down, taking his time doing
so. Kade had always thought the idea that someone could undress you with their
eyes was a concept fit only for the cheap romance novels his mum used to read,
but he couldn’t think of a better way to describe what Blake’s eyes had just
done to him. The words needed to describe how that made Kade feel wouldn’t be
fit for polite company. Not that Kade was really in polite company.
“I wouldn’t know. Didn’t want to kiss him.” Blake
reached out and stroked his hand down Kade’s right arm, from his shoulder to
his wrist. He left it there for a few moments, holding tight, and then he
pulled Kade’s wrist toward him. Kade’s hand landed on Blake’s hip, his thumb
teasing Blake’s tight, strong stomach muscles. When Blake let go, Kade didn’t
move his hand away.
“Why didn’t you want to?” Kade couldn’t stop staring
into those bright blue eyes.
Blake shrugged and wrapped the hand that had been
around Kade’s wrist around Kade’s neck. “He’s not my type. And I was hoping I
would meet someone else here tonight. I thought it was a long shot, but I
didn’t want to take the risk and ruin my chances.”
Despite his recent drink, Kade’s throat felt dry. He
didn’t even care if that was a lie. Blake’s strong fingers rubbed Kade’s neck
just below his hairline.
“Who were you hoping to meet?” Kade asked.
Blake tugged him in close so their bodies were
pressing together. Kade’s hand slipped around to Blake’s back, holding on tight
as Blake put his lips to the side of Kade’s neck.
“You,” Blake whispered. They were so close to the
loudspeakers that the word should have been lost, but Kade heard that loaded
syllable and felt it translate like heat through his body, like he had just
stepped into a hot bath.
“Are you here with somebody?”
Kade shook his head. He felt Blake spread his legs.
There was barely any distance left between them.
“Then would you mind if I did this?”
Kade turned his head to find Blake’s lips less than
an inch away from his own. He smiled and tried for one of those winks he was so
not used to giving, and then let Blake close the distance between them.
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Biography
Douglas Black was born and raised in bonnie
Scotland. An archaeologist by trade, Douglas started writing MM erotica as a
means of avoiding starvation at university before returning to the genre in
2012.
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Great Author ... Great book! Too short!
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