Gay Romance / M/M Romance / Romantic Comedy
Date to be Published: December 23, 2024
Publisher:
Naughty Netherworld Press
Parsifal returns home to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. As
he arrives at the airport, he is greeted by his brother Hart and his
ex-boyfriend Bobby. Bobby is accompanied by his new boyfriend Seth. As they
spend the day together, Parsifal notices something peculiar. Bobby seeks
comfort from Hart rather than Seth after a minor accident at the park.
Meanwhile, Parsifal finds himself drawn to hot nerd Seth. The more time
they spend together, the more Parsifal believes the feeling is mutual.
However, Parsifal’s Christmas holiday is about to get even crazier. His
redneck relatives are coming over for Christmas Eve dinner, and Parsifal is
dreading the chaos that is sure to ensue. Between his family’s quirky
behavior and Seth’s enticing presence, Parsifal’s vacation is shaping
up to be anything but relaxing.
This is the second book in The Shape Of Heat series. It can be read as a
standalone, but the first book, Awakening, should be read first if you wish
to know more about the background of Parsifal and his girlfriends Candi and
Luisa.
Excerpt
Over the summer, things heated beyond the boiling point between me and my
longtime friends Candi and Luisa. We grew even closer as the fall that never
looks like fall rolled into the Caribbean island where we work and play. Our
boss had nothing but praise for us as resort workers, and we were popular
writers at Climax Productions. Everyone needs to rest sometime, though, so I
was glad to be heading home to Tennessee to reconnect with family and
friends over the winter holidays.
I was especially looking forward to seeing my big brother Hart and my
ex-boyfriend Bobby. Although Bobby and I broke up after I cheated on him, we
remained close friends. Plus, I was looking forward to meeting Bobby’s new
guy Seth.
Hart was waiting in the pickup zone in his beloved 1965 burgundy Mustang.
He was a dark-haired, lanky drink of water who resembled the late, great
Hank Williams. I’m a skinny beach bum with wavy, strawberry-blond
hair. I think I look like a young Dennis Wilson. My girl Candi says I look
like an elf. My little brothers say that Hart and I look like Beavis and
Butthead. Well, what can you expect from little brothers? At least they have
great taste in cartoons.
Hart gave me a great big bear hug and put my bags in the trunk. I settled
in the passenger seat. Bobby and Seth, who had flown into Nashville from Los
Angeles, were riding in the back.
Bobby reached around the seat to hug me. He was still the same
golden-haired, freckle-faced ray of California sunshine that I remembered.
Seth was quiet and had a brooding artist vibe about him. He had shaggy
coffee-brown hair with long wedge bangs and a pale complexion. He smiled
shyly when he shook my hand.
“Seth Dinapoli,” he said, his voice cool and whispery like the
winds outside a haunted castle.
“Parsifal Matveev. Pleased to meet you.”
“The pleasure is all mine,” Seth said, unaware of how he was
killing me with his seductive gray eyes peeking from behind his dark curtain
of hair.
“Don’t even think about it, Parsley,” I admonished myself
as I felt a stirring in my loins when I gripped Seth’s pale, slender
hand. “We’ll draft a nice Gothic story about a smolderingly
seductive vampire who has his way with the innocent young prodigal son who
just returned home to Ye Olde Manor after a year away. We will have naughty
video chats with our sexy girlfriends. We will not, and I repeat, will not
seduce our ex-boyfriend’s new man.”
About the Author
Lil DeVille is a former nurse who started writing erotica after becoming
disabled in 2019. She enjoys imagining quirky characters involved in lusty
encounters anywhere from a tropical paradise or a rustic mountain village in
the present day to an all-male mining colony on an asteroid in the distant
future.
Lil likes to end her stories on a Happy for Now note with a promise of more
good things to come. Although her writing sometimes addresses difficult
subjects such as alcoholism or past abuse, she brings a note of love and
support to scenes involving these issues.
Lil lives in a remote prairie town in Northeastern Colorado with her adult
son and three cats. When she isn’t cooking up spicy stories, she
enjoys baking and crafts.
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