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Part Eleven: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Eleven

Teo hunched his shoulders and stared at the regret on Reggie’s face. “He can’t have disappeared, Reggie. His car is still here. His…” He shook his head. “I don’t—” The panic was crippling him.

Tommy was gone, vanishing in an instant, and Teo didn’t know where else to look. He’d called everyone he could think of. Tommy was just gone. Night bled into morning with no news. Normally they’d use someone’s phone or car GPS to find them, but Timmy did that. Tommy was the genius who fucke...

Part Ten: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Ten

Teo couldn’t speak. He had no words big enough, powerful enough to erase the heartbreak in Tommy’s eyes. So he sat there and took it, the slaps to his face. He should beg, plead, make Tommy understand why they were where they were, but he couldn’t do it.

Tommy sank to the floor, face red and awash with tears. And the sight killed Teo, slayed him. He grabbed Tommy’s hands finally, caught both of Tommy’s wrist in his and held on. Just held on and watched as his husband cried.

“You lied...

Part Nine: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Nine

The Storm…

Teo reclined on the bed with a sleeping Tommy on top of him. He’d carried Tommy upstairs after their scene in the basement. His arms cramped, but he couldn’t make himself stop hugging Tommy, stop touch him. He hadn’t expected Tommy to take the decision out of his hands, to demand to be flogged.

Teo’s heart had been in his throat the entire time, and he’d tried damn hard to make sure he read every line of Tommy’s body. Every sound his husband made he’d analyzed. He didn’t...

Part Eight: NOT MY SINNER

Just a quick note to my peeps who aren’t on social media with me: SO FAR GONE will be released next Sunday, July 20th. It’s on Pre Order over at All Romance, but not at Amazon, sorry.

Sinner’s Fall is nominated for Best M/M romance in Ellora’s Cave Golden Ankh Awards. Please consider voting for the boys if you feel like it. You can vote multiple times, but not from the same device. Thanks! Read on.

Chapter Eight

“T, you better answer me.”

The words were slurred, sounding far away. Tommy shifted,...

Part Seven: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Seven

“Yow, wha dis??”

Teo grinned. Israel Storm’s voice boomed over the loud dancehall thumping throughout his fenced-in backyard. Teo glanced over to make sure Reggie was with Tommy before he waded through the crowd to get to the other sideto meetIsrael.

“Is.” Teo didn’t know if the other man heard him, but as he drew closer he held out a hand in greeting. Is grasped his palm and pulled him into a hug, slapping him on the back before stepping back. “Looking good, Is.” Teo glanced aroun...

Boundaries + Comfort Zones

I saw an ad for a new TV show the other day. Provocative. Modern. Sexy. Maybe even taboo. Definitely taboo. I had the usual physical and mental response I always do regarding something like that. Butterflies in my belly and a mental reminder to ‘Not watch that show’ and to look away or quickly change the channel when that ad comes on.

I knew right away that I’ll never watch it. It’s a threat to my comfort zone. To the mental list I have in my head of things that violate my safety buffer.

It was...

#AuthorSpotlight: Kendall McKenna w/ Strength of the Mate + Giveaway

Thank you to Avril Ashton for letting me visit today. Also, all of you have my thanks for indulging your curiosity about me. My name is Kendall McKenna, I write m/m erotic romance novels, and I was the MLR Press Best Selling E-book Author for 2013. My specialty is writing novels that feature authentic U.S. Marines, and realistic suspense, action, and combat.

My latest title, Strength of the Mate, is book #3 in my series, The Tameness of the Wolf. The Strength of the Matem used to MLR making my...

Part Six: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Six

Tommy lay atop Mateo, his head on Mateo’s hip. Shit. He couldn’t recall how they came to be on the couch. The rush of anger and fear that had washed over him was faded. Not gone entirely, though. He’d needed something, anything, to wipe away the scene he’d witnessed between Mateo and that Russian dude.

Even in the midst of him proving himself he’d recognized there wasn’t any need for it. Rationalthought had long deserted him. He shifted and realized the thick blanket that normally d...

Part Five: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Five

What the actual fuck? Teo gritted his teeth and stared up as the numbers on the elevator display blinked in and out. Seeing Dima again was… God, he didn’t know what it was to him. It meant something to Tommy and that meant it had to mean something to Teo. It had to matter.

The elevator doors opened and Tommy charged out, using the key on his keychain to open the penthouse door.

“T.” Teo went after him, kicking the door closed. He reached out for Tommy, but the other man swung around...

Part Four: NOT MY SINNER

Chapter Four

Teo kept his head down, focusing on the food on his plate despite the stares he felt coming from his mother. She sat on the opposite side of the table next to his father while Tommy sat next to Teo. They’d all four made small talk, but Teo knew soon his mother would start with whatever it was that was riding her this time.

He loved the woman, but God knew, she was exhausting sometimes. He spread butter on the homemade rolls then forked some omelet into his mouth. One thing about hi...