Ann Marie James has a new contemporary gay romance out: The Way to a Man's Heart. And there's a giveaway!
The heart wants what the heart wants…
Christian Diaz grew up as the best friend and unofficial bodyguard to the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Corazón. After an incident left him questioning his place in the castle, Christian joined the military and didn’t return for ten long years.
Now he’s been assigned to the castle as Royal Military Liaison to investigate the source of some recent threats against the crown. The annual Midsummer’s Ball is the perfect place for the anti-monarchy group to make their next move, so that’s where Christian will be too. If it gives him a chance to reconnect with his friends in the castle and make a play for the man he has compared all others to, it’s even better.
Max Ramirez is now the head chef for the castle. He started as a sous chef at age twenty when Christian was just an awkward teen. Now that Christian’s back at the castle, all grown up and interested in Max, the chef is determined not to let an opportunity with Christian pass him by.
When someone tries to sabotage the Midsummer’s Ball, Max and Christian need to work together to track down the people determined to make this event their last.
Warnings: This book contains mentions of drug use, obsession, references to parental abuse, drink spiking, violence, attempted rape, and attempted murder.
About the Series:
There’s evil brewing on the Island of Corazón. While the ruling monarchy is almost universally well loved, both at home and abroad, there are rumors of a group who believe the monarchy needs to be eliminated, by any means necessary.
Publisher | Amazon | First for Romance
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Excerpt
Unique Excerpt
This scene is a run-in between Max
and Christian’s estranged father Castle Commander (head of security for the
castle), Juan Diaz.
After dressing, he made his way to the castle kitchen. Once there, he grabbed one of the muffins their in-house baker had made that morning on the way to his office. Opening the door, he was startled to find someone already in there. He quickly masked his expression when he saw that it was Christian’s father and made his way as calmly as possible over to his chair to sit behind the desk.
“Good morning. What can I do for you,
Mr. Diaz?”
“You can tell me what you know about
the incident last night with the cake.”
“I have already given my report to
Lieutenant Diaz. My understanding is that he is point on this investigation.”
Max watched in fascination as the man’s face turned interesting shades of red
and a muscle began to tick in his jaw. The man was obviously furious at not
being in the know.
“I am the Castle Commander, which means
I am in charge of castle security—not my son,” he bit out.
“I’m surprised you could even say all
that with the way you are clenching your teeth. Careful. That’s how teeth get
broken.”
Diaz stood and towered over Max’s desk
in an obvious attempt to intimidate him. “You dare to mock me?”
Max crossed his arms and leaned back in
his chair. “Not mocking. Just stating facts. Christian is lead on this. He
advised me not to speak to anyone about what I know until he tells me it’s
okay. As he has not told me it’s okay to talk to you, you will have to take it up
with him.”
Diaz glared at him for a few more
seconds before straightening with a huff and storming toward the door. “I will
remember this, Max. Don’t think I won’t. You are impeding my duties and I will
be reporting you to the king.”
“You do that. Let me know how that
works out for you.”
Diaz gave him one more glare before
turning to leave and slamming the door behind him. Max found himself staring at
the door in disbelief. He had never seen the Castle Commander so unhinged in
all his time at the castle. A tentative knock at the door a few moments later
broke his focus. “Come in.”
His assistant James poked his head into
the office. “Everything okay, boss?”
Max waved James in and pointed at the
recently vacated chair, indicating for him to take a seat. “It’s fine. I would
have liked a little notice Diaz was in here before I walked in, but what’re you
going to do?”
“None of us knew he was in here until
he stormed out. I’m sure that was disconcerting as hell to walk in and find him
just here.”
“You know it. How are things going?
Anything I need to know about?”
“Nope. Running smoothly. You and the
team on finish work and clean up did an excellent job last night. Some
enterprising soul even did some of the morning prep work for us.”
“Huh. Probably Williams, the new sous
chef. He was the only one still here when I left last night.”
“Yeah. Probably. He is certainly hungry
to make his mark.”
“Yep, and has the skills to back it up.
He’ll be gunning for my job here at some point.”
“Probably.” James looked at him expectantly.
“What?”
“I heard you were talking to Christian
last night and that you looked pretty cozy. Rumor has it he was seen coming out
of your apartment at eight this morning too.”
“We had something happen that he is
investigating. He needed my report.” Max could feel himself blushing, even as
he spoke the truth.
“Which explains last night. What about
this morning?”
“Well, it was late when we finished,
and he had an early morning meeting. There was no sense him having to drive to
his place so late, when he could just leave from here.”
James raised a skeptical eyebrow. “And
did Lieutenant Diaz sleep in your guest room?”
Max couldn’t make eye contact as he
answered this time. “Uh, no. He slept with me.” He held one palm up to stop
James’ next comment. “But nothing happened. All we did was sleep. We were both
exhausted.”
“And will he be coming back to see you
again?”
Max banged his head on the desk and
directed his next response to the space under it. “Yes, he’s coming back
tonight.”
“Good.”
Author Bio
Ann Marie James is fluent in two languages, English and sarcasm. She believes that you will never learn anything new if you don’t read as much as you can, and/or talk to every stranger you meet. She always looks for the best in people and to treat people the way she wants to be treated. Above all Ann Marie believes in love, whatever form it takes. Relationships are hard, love is the glue that keeps it together.
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