Welcome back for another round of #RainbowSnippets!

In case you didn’t know, #RainbowSnippets is a Facebook group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation.

Today I’m sharing with you an excerpt from Second Chances, which is my holiday novella that will be coming out shortly. It’s a little longer than six sentences, but it lost something. I won’t tell if you don’t 😉

“Ky? You’re here early. What are you—” But his words were stolen away as Ky crossed the distance in two long strides and kissed him. There was nothing gentle or curious or even hesitant about the kiss; his hand cupped the back of Nikolas’ neck and dragged him closer, until he could feel the heat of his body. Feel the way the other man shivered, then melted into the kiss.

And melt he did. A soft, breathy moan of pleasure escaped him when Ky pulled back. The look that Nikolas gave him, though… It took the cake. Hope and desire and need wrapped up in paper and tied with a golden bow. “Ky…”

“Don’t talk,” Ky mumbled, glancing sidelong to catch a glimpse of the clock. “We still have two minutes until we open. I don’t want to talk. I want to kiss you.