#TeaserTuesday this week is a debut novel by Logan Sage Adams. Our Own Light is historical romance, with two very different men coming to terms with their pasts and finding a way forward together. I love this excerpt, with a ton of romantic tension between the two. Once you've enjoyed that, the book will soon be available from August 22nd.
From the blurb:
Floyd Bennett, a sweet and mild-mannered coal miner, entered a platonic marriage with his best friend Effie when she needed his help to start her life over somewhere new. For years, Floyd has sworn off love, too heartbroken from a tragic event in his past to let himself fall, but when Oliver comes to town, their friendship rekindles the smoldering embers of Floyd’s yearning for closeness.
As their relationship heats, Floyd starts to push Oliver away, their emotional closeness unearthing Floyd’s long-buried pain and threatening to obliterate their future together. For their love to last, Oliver must conquer the urge to run from perceived rejection while Floyd learns to open up about everything that was lost to him all those years ago.
Set in 1921, Our Own Light is an m/m historical romance with a lot of sweetness, a smattering of humor and heartache, and a well-deserved happily ever after.
Excerpt:
Ollie brought up the rifle and Floyd came up behind him. Floyd helped adjust Ollie’s positioning, lifting the butt a little higher so it would rest closer to his shoulder, rather than the fleshy part near his armpit, where he’d been steadying it before. Next, Floyd pressed Ollie’s elbows in and instructed him to keep them that way.
All the while Floyd’s heart was hammering ferociously in his chest again, and the intensity of it – the pure energy of it – made him think of an old Model T. It was like every touch between the two of them was one more turn of the hand crank, each one building upon the other ‘till a spark of fierce yearning had roared to life inside of him. Desire continued to rumble, the force of it nearly causing Floyd’s body to shake.
“Alright, now you need to relax your body,” Floyd said, as much to himself as to Ollie. Backing off, he said, “Try to control your breathing. Slow and steady.”
Ollie fired. And missed. He lowered the rifle.
Before Ollie could protest, Floyd came up behind him and forced Ollie to lift it by raising his arms.
“Ollie, you can do this,” Floyd said close to Ollie’s ear, his voice low and stern. “I want you to try one more time.”
Ollie turned his head slightly, locking eyes with Floyd, and the two of them were close enough that Floyd could feel the warmth of each of Ollie’s exhales. He fought to keep his expression neutral, though on the inside, he was feeling two hundred crazy emotions at once.
“Alright,” Ollie finally said. “One more time.”
Floyd nodded curtly and backed away. Ollie took his time readying himself for this one. Floyd could feel a change in him, a tiny flame of determination, one that hadn’t been there before. He prayed to God that Ollie would succeed. Golly, how he wanted the two of them to celebrate together.
Ollie pulled the trigger and then one of the bottles exploded.
“Holy Moses!” Ollie looked excited enough to leap out of his skin. “I hit one!”
“Nice shot,” Floyd responded with a proud smile.
“Thank you,” Ollie said before holding out the rifle. “Can we head back now? I’m starving. All that success really worked up my appetite.”
“Yeah, we can. Go fetch the rest of them bottles. We can use ‘em next time,” Floyd said, taking the rifle from him. “Be careful not to cut yourself.”
And Floyd’s still-hammering heart was happy that Ollie was happy too.
Our Own Light will be available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription. The book is released on August 22nd
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