For this week's blog hop, I guess I'll start with one of the books I already have published, One Two Three, Shatter. It's the prequel to my upcoming novel, One Two Three, Salvation. I've decided I'm going to do this with excerpts from both Kaleb's story-- Shatter-- and Kay's-- Salvation-- up until the release date.
BLURB: Life was harsh and cruel to Kaleb Xander from very early on, and he was never given a moment's rest to breathe and recover from the misery. Once freed from years in a cage of wrath and perverted lust, he found the real world to be a mere step up from what he was used to. Abuse was simply coming in different guises and through new avenues now.All it should take is one person to reach out their hand and save this lost soul--but Kaleb is more complicated than that. It'll take a miracle, and he's banking on someone to be just that for him before he gives it all up.
EXCERPT:
"I'm assuming you're the new bouncer Jeff keeps talking about?" Kaleb asked, quirking an eyebrow again as he wiped down the bar, and he watched Trent nod in affirmation. "Thought so."
"Do you not like me or somethin', dude?" the bouncer asked, and Kaleb scoffed, looking up incredulously.
"Dude, I barely know you," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, starting to straighten out glasses for the next rush. "It's not like I'm gonna be your best f*ckin' friend right off the bat. I'm not like that. Sorry if you thought I was."
"Fair 'nough." Trent nodded and folded his hands on the bar top. Kaleb noticed they were worker's hands, calloused but long and rather elegant for a male of the man's size. He looked away quickly, up into Trent's eyes.
"So what can I do for you?" he asked, assuming his normal position of leaning forward on the bar, keeping their eye contact.
That seemed to be an important part of customer service. It'd taken him a while to force himself to look up into people's eyes, to keep them there even when he felt like he was being totally analyzed and picked apart from the inside out. The very thought made him shift his shoulders.
"Yeah, just a beer. Sierra Pale Ale," Trent said with a nod.
"Don't get many orders for that particular draft," he remarked as he turned to draw the beer. It took a minute to get the liquid out, but it poured frothy and pale as the name promised.
"I don't like the heavier stuff," the bouncer explained as Kaleb slid him the glass.
"Makes sense, but I'm fond of the heavier stuff myself. Then again, I'll drink any beer as long as it's not light. That sh*t makes me f*ckin' gag like nobody's business."
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