Book Name: Brick by Brick
Release
Date: June 29, 2015
Blurb:
They say that time heals all wounds, but losing
Parley, his one true love, left Zach with a hole in his heart that no one else
can fill. After forty-eight blissful hours alone together as teens in an
abandoned house, Parley disappeared. Parley is what he is, and the
pray-away-the-gay camp his parents ship him to won’t change that. However,
finding the balance between accepting his true nature and not losing his family
means tough sacrifices.
Sixteen years later, Zach is thunderstruck when
Parley stands on the front doorstep of his house—the house that had been their
refuge, which Zach restored. But Parley isn’t alone, and Zach wonders if he’s
found Parley only to lose him a second time. If they can overcome the terrors
of the past and the situation of the present, maybe they can build a new
relationship just as Zach rebuilt the house—brick by brick.
Pages or Words: 62,000 words
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay
fiction, M/M Romance
Excerpt:
ZACH FELT as if
he was floating. He’d been planning this escape for weeks, but now that it was
actually happening, it didn’t seem real. He chanced a quick look at Parley as
they merged onto the highway. What could possibly be better than running away
with his best friend?
He’d had his
doubts that Parley would actually come with him. After being turned down the
first time, Zach had prepared himself for disappointment, but now they were
leaving together and Zach couldn’t have been happier.
“Where should we
go?” Zach asked. He had some vague ideas in mind, but he wanted his friend’s
input more than anything.
“I don’t know.
Somewhere we can’t be found?” Zach was right on board with that.
“That’s a good idea.
We’ll go for a bit on this highway, then we’ll exit and take some back roads,
maybe head toward the interior.”
Parley dropped
his head back against the seat. “Perfect.” After a time, he said, “I still
can’t believe we’re doing this.”
“I still can’t
believe you came with me,” Zach countered.
“I can’t either.
I must be insane.”
“Or brilliant.
It’s usually a fine line,” Zach teased.
“My parents are
going to have an absolute meltdown once they’ve found out what I’ve done.
They’re going to be so upset.”
Parley’s voice
was quiet, barely above a whisper. Zach had seen him like this once before when
he’d thought he’d lost his weird CTR ring with the spinner chain in the band.
“It’ll all be
okay.” Zach tried to soothe him, to bring him back to the present, and rested a
gentle hand on Parley’s knee. “Everyone flies from the nest sooner or later. We
just did it in an unconventional way. I really do think this is what’s best,
though, for both of us.”
Zach’s reassurance seemed to work. Parley blinked
slowly a few times and then a somewhat disheartened smile crept onto his face.
“I know, but my family is just… different.”
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About L.J.
LaBarthe:
L.J. LaBarthe is a French-Australian woman, who was
born during the Witching Hour, just after midnight. From this auspicious
beginning, she went on to write a prize-winning short story about Humpty Dumpty
wearing an Aussie hat complete with corks dangling from it when she was six
years old. From there, she wrote for her high school yearbook, her university
newspaper, and, from her early teens to her twenties, produced a fanzine about
the local punk rock music scene. She loves music of all kinds and was once a
classical pianist; she loves languages and speaks French and English and a
teeny-tiny smattering of Mandarin Chinese, which she hopes to relearn properly
very soon. She enjoys TV, film, travel, cooking, eating out, abandoned places,
urbex, history, and researching.
L.J. loves to
read complicated plots and hopes to do complex plot lines justice in her own
writing. She writes paranormal, historical, urban fantasy, and contemporary
Australian stories, usually m/m romance and featuring m/m erotica. She has won
a Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention and another award for Best Historical Gay
Novel.
L.J. lives in
the city of Adelaide, and is owned by her cat.
Where to find L.J LaBarthe:
Twitter:
@brbsiberia
About Cate Ashwood:
Cate Ashwood wrote her very first story in a
hot-pink binder when she was in the second grade and found her passion for
writing. Her first successful foray into romance writing came five years later
when she wrote her best friend, who was experiencing a case of unrequited love,
her own happily ever after.
Cate’s life
has taken a number of different and adventurous roads. She now lives a stone’s
throw from the ocean, just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia with her
husband, her little boy, and their two cats. Her life is filled with family and
friends, travel, and, of course, books.
Where
to find Cate Ashwood:
Twitter: @cateashwood
Cover
Artist: Bree Archer
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