The Romantic
MM romance from eXtasy Books
Handsome Luke Kirby loves books, so when he finds boxes of
old and beautiful tomes in a dusty shop, he can’t resist buying them. To his
delight one of them contains what he hopes will bring an end to his loneliness
and heartache. As he prepares to cast an ancient prayer spell to the god of
love, across town Ethan Goss decides that moving to a new apartment will ease
his broken heart.
With the help of an eccentric real estate agent, gorgeous
Ethan goes to a viewing in the block where Luke lives.
When Luke meets Ethan in the lobby, it’s the start of a
passionate love affair.
Fate hasn’t finished with the two handsome men—will true
happiness evade them both?
Warning this story contains MM sex in the love scenes. HEA
Read a teaser
In the lobby, Victor stopped walking. “I should show you
the garden, but I need the key for the gate. It’s in my car. Wait here a
moment.” He strode rapidly out of the front doors.
Ethan checked out the table in the foyer where mail sat in
three neat stacks. One stack had a lot, the others not much at all. Ethan
couldn’t help reading the names on the envelopes. As his gaze traveled over the
addresses, someone clattered down the polished hardwood stairs.
Ethan turned to the footsteps.
A young man glanced up from watching where his feet fell.
His blue eyes locked with Ethan’s stare.
Ethan gazed at him, and his stomach lurched. His heart
pounded. Not one word would form in his mind other than, Wow.
The young man smiled, approaching the table. “Hi. I’m
collecting my snail mail—yeah, not much as usual.”
Through a daze of attraction, Ethan watched the man pick
up the two envelopes in his stack. He looked the young man up and down, taking
in his hard body and fashionably cut dark hair. He held back a sigh of
appreciation as the man turned to him.
“Are you the new tenant?” He waved a hand at the apartment
door.
His low voice traveled over Ethan like a glaze of melting
honey. Ethan stared at the man’s handsome face. He is gorgeous. About my age, too.
“I haven’t taken the place yet, just…just viewed it.”
The young man moved closer. “You should take it. There
aren’t many places as good, big, and with a garden this close to the city.” He
held out his hand. “Luke Kirby. I live on the third floor, but that’s my patch
of garden next to yours, if you take the place. It might seem odd to have to
trundle down the stairs to sit in the sun with my coffee, but I’ve grown used
to it.” His eyes sparkled at Ethan. He held Ethan’s gaze as he talked.
Butterflies filled Ethan’s stomach. He couldn’t stop his
heart hammering and wondered if he could actually speak, meeting Luke had such
an effect on him. “Ethan Goss.” He shook Luke’s hand. What he felt like doing
was pulling the guy close and kissing those perfect lips that moved again.
“Pleased to meet you.” Luke held on to Ethan’s hand. His
eyes held something unspoken.
A wave of longing rose through Ethan. His loneliness and
need for sex put an ache in his stomach, replacing the butterflies. He glanced
down at the strong hand gripping his, wondering if he could hold on a little
longer, despite how weird that might be. Better not, that’s kinda creepy. All
the same, it wasn’t Ethan who abandoned the handshake.
Luke let go but trailed his fingertips along Ethan’s palm
as he withdrew his hand.
With his skin tingling from the touch, Ethan gazed into
Luke’s blue eyes and knew. He’s gay. He somehow knows I am, too—probably the
way I’m ogling him. He’s interested in me. Thank you, god. Ethan flashed his
eyes at Luke with a flirtatious expression he usually reserved for cute guys he
met in the gay bar.
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