Title: Backward
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Bronco Boy’s #3
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Feb 2015
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook & Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
Club owner Harry Klinger has had his eye on
Tristan Martin for months, but never had the nerve to approach him. He’s
watched as Tristan dated Eddie and then reluctantly sat on the sidelines during
the emotional breakup when Tristan discovered Eddie was dealing drugs. Now that
Tristan seems to be healing, Harry hopes to get his chance.
When Eddie sends his men into Harry’s club
to harass Tristan, Harry steps in to help. Tristan is reluctant at first since
he admittedly has terrible taste in men, but Harry seems genuine, and Tristan
can’t help but think Harry’s sexy as well and begins to hope for happiness for
both of them.
Unfortunately, Eddie isn’t behaving
rationally, sampling too much of his own product. With his determination to take
Tristan back, it’ll take more than Harry’s help to keep Tristan safe as Eddie
ratchets up his attempts to get what he wants.
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Excerpt:
Harry Klinger stood just outside the
doorway to his domain at Bronco’s. He managed the business end, while Bull was
the real face of the place. He was also head of security and someone none of
the patrons wanted to deal with. Bull had been his friend for years, and he trusted
the man completely. They had had each other’s backs often enough, and he had no
doubt they would again. A friend—no, brother—like that was worth more than gold
in Harry’s opinion.
“We’ve got trouble,” Bull said as he
somehow materialized next to him. Harry had no idea how a man as huge and
distinctive as Bull could possibly go anywhere unnoticed, but he managed to
pull it off quite often.
Harry turned and followed Bull’s gaze. At
first he wasn’t sure what he was looking at. It was a table crowded with men,
like every other one in the packed club. The music pounded and throbbed through
the seductively lit space, the energy of the place pulsing through him. That
was what he loved about this business—the energy and vitality he felt when he
was out here.
“Watch the man at the far side of the
table,” Bull said.
Harry turned, taking his gaze off the place
it always seemed to wander of its own accord. For almost two years now, he had
watched Bull’s partner’s friend Tristan, one of the fabulous four, as he thought
of them. “What am I looking for?” he asked absently.
“Just watch,” Bull said.
Harry shifted so he could see better across
the crowded club and noticed a man he hadn’t seen before: dark hair, eyes, and
beard, smoldering good looks. If Harry were closer, maybe seated at that table,
he figured he’d smell the raw scent of masculine sexuality over the alcohol,
sweat, smoke, and musk that pervaded the club. Harry pushed that out of his
companionship-, gratification-, and love-starved brain and returned to the task
at hand. Men shifted around the table, almost like the dance the men did on the
floor of the club. It wasn’t until one of the men on the right side moved back
for a few seconds that Harry saw what Bull meant. The man on the left side of
the dark-haired man at the center clasped his hand. Harry knew in that instant
what he was seeing. Money was placed in the dark-haired man’s hand, and the
hand disappeared under the table. He couldn’t see it, but he knew what was
going on. The hand reappeared again, another touch, and then the man moved away
and another took his place.
“What do you want to do?” Harry asked. “He
needs to go, and be taught a lesson.”
“I know.” Bull stepped forward, and Harry
placed his hand on his shoulder to stop him. Tristan approached the table.
“What the hell is he doing?” Harry asked
Bull. “Do you think he knows him?” Fury rose inside to the point he could
barely think. “I wonder if that guy is some associate of that scumbag ex of
his.”
Tristan approached the table but didn’t sit
down, which was a relief. He stood at the end, partially blocking Harry’s view.
“I’m going to break this up and put the
fear of God into that bastard,” Bull said. He took two steps, just as Bull’s
partner, Zach, made his way over to Tristan. Bull stopped, and Harry heard him
swear under his breath. The two of them were inseparable, and Harry saw the
tension in Bull’s body ramp up to unbelievable heights. Bull would move heaven
and earth to protect Zach; he’d done it before.
Zach took Tristan’s arm and pulled him
away. He turned and appeared to say something. The swarthy man’s expression
changed to a lusty leer, and Bull was halfway across the floor before Harry
could say a word. He followed behind Bull, signaling to the other bouncers that
they had better get their asses over there. Bull was usually coolheaded and
generally thought things through, but when it came to Zach, he was as growly as
hell and could be vicious if he thought anyone would hurt the man he loved more
than life itself.
Zach moved away from the table, with
Tristan in tow, as Harry hurried to catch up with Bull. The big man stormed
toward the table, the tide of men in the club parting like the Red Sea.
“Excuse me!” Bull boomed over the music as
he reached the edge of the table.
“Can I help you?” the Hispanic-looking man
asked as he leaned back, looking completely unconcerned. This guy was either
really cocky or as stupid as they came. Bull leaned over the table and grabbed
the men to either side of the man, lifted them off their seats, and pulled them
away.
“You two, get out of the club now before I
take you out of here in a trash can.” Bull’s growl stopped both of them from
reacting.
“It’s all right. He and I will just have a
little talk,” the man said to the other two men, who looked like bodyguards.
“Okay, Carlos,” said one of the two men
Bull was still holding on to. Bull released them, and they walked off toward
the front door, with bouncers following them.
“The rest of you—beat it,” Bull said to the
other customers at the table.
The boys who had gathered around for their
chance to do “business” bade a hasty retreat, and soon it was just the three of
them: Bull, Harry, and Carlos. The man didn’t seem surprised or nervous in the
least.
“So what can I do for you gentlemen?”
Carlos asked. Bull placed both hands on the table and leaned over it but said
nothing. Harry stood back and watched. Carlos blinked, the first sign of
nervousness, and Bull pulled the table away, swung around, and set it down
before stalking into the vacated space. “I was only doing a little business.”
“Not in my club you don’t,” Bull said.
“Your club? I hardly think—”
Bull reached out and yanked Carlos to his
feet, then pulled him into a nearby corner. “Yes, my club. I own it, and your
kind of business is never welcome here.” Bull shook him sharply. “And don’t you
dare insult me by making an offer to cut me in on your action, or I’ll shake
you until your head flies off. You got me? This is a clean club, and people
like you are not welcome here.” Carlos tried to pull away. Bull shifted,
grabbed Carlos’s arm, and wrenched it behind his back. “Try anything, and I
won’t just break your arm, I’ll make sure you never use it again. Am I making
myself clear?”
“Yes,” Carlos gritted out. Bull released
him, and he staggered slightly. Bull shoved him, probably to keep him
off-balance.
“Good. My bouncers are all over this club,
and nothing happens here without me knowing about it. So I suggest you leave
while you can still walk, and tell your friends not to show their faces in
here.”
Carlos straightened his shirt, most likely
to hide the fact that he was trying not to shake in his shoes.
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Author Information:
Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell
stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout
the country and traveled throughout the world. He has a master’s degree from
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and works in information systems for a
large corporation.
Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving
his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing) He considers himself blessed with an
accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving
partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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