Our first #SpotlightSaturday is Peaches & Cream by A.D. Ellis. This is the first in the Men of Haven Grove series, and is an age-gap, friends to lovers steamy romance, which honestly sounds wonderful. Once you've enjoyed the excerpt, the book is available now.
From the blurb:
Hudson’s past left him with some baggage, but he’s happy in the small town of Haven Grove with his family and a variety of jobs to keep him busy. Not willing to touch a relationship with a ten-foot pole, Hudson sticks to quick, easy hookups.
Lance left his hometown eight years ago to take care of unavoidable responsibilities. He’s back home now and he knows himself a lot better than when he left. Hookups aren’t really his thing, but sometimes a guy has to do what he has to do.
Hudson and Lance have a long history together. Can they overcome the messy obstacles and look forward to a long future together as well? Or will they be forced to give up on the unexpected spark smoldering between them and stick with being just friends?
Peaches & Cream is a steamy, age-gap, friends-to-lovers M/M romance between a jack-of-all-trades and his dad’s best friend. This is Book 1 in The Men of Haven Grove and contains no cliffhangers.
Excerpt:
The familiar notification sound from ClickC*ck brought my phone to life on the bar. I picked it up and tapped out a reply as my brother, Henry, rolled his eyes.“What?” I asked around a mouthful of burger. “I can multi-task,” I said with a grin as I ate my lunch on a break from work.
Henry’s bar—The Riggs Family Roadhouse—had been in our family for nearly forty years, and he did a great job running it. Good food, good beer, even better cocktails—Henry was a master mixologist—and a great, easy atmosphere. I helped a few shifts a week as I could and often found myself there on weekends as well.
Although, recently, with taking over The Juicy Peach, time hadn’t been as plentiful. The family’s peach orchard and general store needed some major revitalization. Little did any of us know that our uncle, Billy Riggs, had not only drunk himself to death, but he’d also nearly run the business into the ground with no hope of recovery. But the Riggs name meant something to me, and The Juicy Peach was where I’d spent my childhood and teen years, I wasn’t going to let it go without a fight.
I maybe wasn’t an expert, but I was smart and determined. I planned to give it a thousand percent and hope the peach orchard and little store pulled through. Both were cornerstones in the small Midwestern town of Haven Grove—as was The Roadhouse—and I wasn’t going down without a fight.
“You really need some damn app to find yourself a man?” Henry asked, his usual gruff personality alive and well. He was actually one of the best people you’d ever meet—loyal, hardworking, protective, and caring, a big softie if I was being honest—but my older brother, even with his soft voice and sparkling eyes, gave off a stay back, I’m a grump type vibe on even the best of days.
Smirking at him, I said, “Yeah, you’re doing a bang-up job without an app, huh? Got a date tonight? Last night?” I knew my brother hadn’t been involved with anyone in a very long time. He was stand-offish and kept everything close to his chest when it came to anyone other than family.
“Me and my right hand are doing just fine, thanks,” Henry groused, a flare of pink splashing his cheeks above his beard. “You really think you’re going to find something serious on that thing?”
I popped an onion ring in my mouth. “Ah, see, there’s the misconception.” I pointed to my phone. “ClickC*ck isn’t for anything serious. I don’t do serious. Quick and easy is all I’m looking for.”
Henry frowned. “I just don’t get that. Why put time and effort into something you know is just going to end?”
Shrugging, I finished off my burger, washing it down with a long swig of water. “Rather put minimal energy into something I know is going to end than my whole heart into something I want to last—only to have them walk away in the end.”
My brother shook his head. “They don’t all leave, Hudson,” he said quietly.
Peaches & Cream is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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