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Today’s theme is: Evening.
From my co-writing work-in-progress, Rumble (#ownvoice, #contemporary romance) with R.L. Merrill.
| “The evening tasted metallic. Beni had fought against the nostalgia, given vent to his resentment & worn out all the excuses for why he couldn’t have this. He’d had enough. He lifted his face, found Tor’s mouth, & melted into the spun candy of his kiss.” |
About Rumble:
Torrance Gallagher made a choice to leave Florida—and the love of his life—ten years ago to earn an advanced degree from Stanford University and land a coveted spot on the R&D Team of a lucrative electric car company. Now he’s come home an educated and wealthy man, no longer the nobody from Daytona, and he’s on a mission. Part of his mission involves confronting his past, including his secret affair with his best friend’s younger brother, Beni Soto, the man he left, but never got over. Rumble Custom Cars, the shop owned by the Soto family, is losing money—fast. Torrance has a plan that could save the shop, but it means working alongside Beni—the one person he’s never stopped loving, and the one person who is determined to keep him at arm’s length.
Benicio Alexander Soto has always gotten along better with machines than with people. After a bad breakup with the only person outside his family that he ever connected with, Beni lives solely for the satisfaction of making cars do what he wants them to do. It’s a safe passion, one that burns bright without risking the kind of heartbreak that once brought him to his knees. But the commitment to keeping his heart safe comes under fire when Torrance returns, dredging up feelings he thought long extinguished.
Rumble Customs needs a lifeline and Torrance’s business plan might be the answer. Beni doesn’t trust him—not when it comes to his business and certainly not when it comes to his heart. They say you can’t change the past, but can Tor and Beni find a way to alter course and drive into the future together?