Today we shine the spotlight on AJ Rose and Kate Aaron and their new novel
Loose Lips And Relationships
Flaming, Missouri is the perfect place for police officer Marc Warren to heal his battered heart after a broken marriage. The tourist town is an easy beat and he finds sanctuary in his beautiful cabin on the Lake of the Ozarks. So when Grant “Good Time” Taylor shows interest, Marc is in no hurry to let Flaming’s resident bad boy rock his boat.
Grant has no interest in dating locals. Tourists are plentiful and don’t want more than he’s willing to give. But a bar bet turns personal when Marc hands him a humiliating public rejection. If Grant wants to get under the mysterious officer’s skin, he’ll have to offer more than a temporary port.
The small town rumor mill gets a jumpstart as Marc and Grant realize what they’ve been missing all along—each other. But not everyone is happy for them. Someone will stop at nothing to sink the budding relationship. Can Marc and Grant overcome their fears to fight for each other, or is their happiness destined to drown?
Award winning authors AJ Rose and Kate Aaron have teamed up to welcome you to Flaming, MO, a cozy thriller series with feel-good themes, charismatic characters, and a small town with a big heart.
Excerpt:
I crowded into Marc’s personal space, nearly straddling his thigh to get close enough to speak into his ear. “You know, I’m a little tired of the mixed signals. You just cockblocked me. Why?” No way was I telling him I hadn’t been all that into Ryan.
“I did no such thing.” Marc challenged me with the words and the jut of his chin. “I sent you a beer. What you and your evening’s entertainment decided to do after had nothing to do with me.”
My dick plumped as he pushed his leg directly against my crotch. “You knew exactly what you were doing. I said I wanted any drink you bought me to be something more.”
“You did.” His easy agreement surprised me.
“So I ask you, Officer Warren, what the fuck?” I punctuated the question with a tiny rotation of my hips against his leg so he could feel my hardness.
Our mouths were an inch apart and his breath fanned across my lips. “Uh-huh.” I said it breathily to return the favor.
“I didn’t want you leaving with him.”
“Why’s that?” I lowered my face like I was inviting him to kiss me. He didn’t pull away, but there was still a heartbeat of space between us.
“I can’t explain it. I just didn’t want that.”
“So you send me a beer, a clear signal that I shouldn’t write you off completely, after telling me earlier you didn’t want to buy me a drink if it meant something more. Do you enjoy stringing me along?”
“That’s not my intention.”
“But it’s the consequence of your actions.”
“I’m sorry.”
“How sorry?” I narrowed my eyes and inched still closer. My bottom lip feathered across his in the lightest of touches. Electricity zipped along my body, like I rode a lightning bolt.
Marc swallowed, his eyes full of heat but also regret. He was about to turn me down again. I took a healthy step back and jammed my hands in my pockets, clenching my teeth so hard they ached.
“That is the last time, Warren. You don’t get to flirt to get what you want, then shut me down when I react to you.”
“That is the last time, Warren. You don’t get to flirt to get what you want, then shut me down when I react to you.”
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About the authors:
AJ Rose
It began with a Halloween themed short story assignment from a second grade teacher, and from then on, AJ Rose fell head over heels in love with writing. Time has seen the beginning and end of many things, college and graduation, a finance career, and a marriage, and through it all, writing has been their first love. Now, AJ is also head over heels for their wife, fellow author Kate Aaron, who gets it, the twitchy fingers when word counts are low too many consecutive days, the thousand-yard stare when an idea turns AJ's vision inward, and the jitters when the word-babies go out to meet the world. Nothing could stop the tall tales about imaginary people that refuse to be ignored. With a life full of this much passion, it's no wonder AJ chose romance. The voices in their head are mostly of the male persuasion, so m/m romance was an excellent fit. But don't be surprised if the occasional ghost still pops up.
It began with a Halloween themed short story assignment from a second grade teacher, and from then on, AJ Rose fell head over heels in love with writing. Time has seen the beginning and end of many things, college and graduation, a finance career, and a marriage, and through it all, writing has been their first love. Now, AJ is also head over heels for their wife, fellow author Kate Aaron, who gets it, the twitchy fingers when word counts are low too many consecutive days, the thousand-yard stare when an idea turns AJ's vision inward, and the jitters when the word-babies go out to meet the world. Nothing could stop the tall tales about imaginary people that refuse to be ignored. With a life full of this much passion, it's no wonder AJ chose romance. The voices in their head are mostly of the male persuasion, so m/m romance was an excellent fit. But don't be surprised if the occasional ghost still pops up.
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Kate Aaron
Born in Liverpool, Kate Aaron is a bestselling author of the #1 LGBT romances What He Wants, Ace, The Slave, and other works. Kate swapped the North West for the Midwest in October 2015 and married award-winning author AJ Rose. Together they plan to take over the world.
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