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Connor looked around as he followed Jay to the bathroom. The place was simple but elegant and he saw tropical plants in huge planters dotted around as he glanced into the rooms with open doors.

Jay left him in the bathroom. He’d provided everything Connor might need. The whole experience was surreal. The humid heat had made him sweat as he walked. Connor gratefully turned on the shower faucet. He shaved and lathered citrus shampoo onto his hair. He stood in the shower with the soothing water cascading down his back, but then instead of feeling better, sadness overwhelmed him. Tears gathered in his eyes and streamed down his face silently joining the shower sprinkles. I wish this hadn’t happened. Jay will disappear from my life and I … I fucking want him … this is so bad … I’m such a fool.

He dried himself and picked up the sarong and the T-shirt from the wooden chair by the door, wishing he had his own clothes, or clean clothes. Then he sat on the chair. He sagged against the wall and thought about how to escape. Could he make a run for it out the back of this house, maybe? He stood and went to the narrow window that ran half the length of one wall high up near the ceiling. There was no obvious way of opening it. He turned away.

The bathroom door opened.

The sight of Jay made Connor’s treacherous heart leap.

“You’re ready. I should have left you clean clothes. Well, come and eat.” Jay walked enticingly close to Connor as he showed him to the dining room.

The meal was spread out on a table for two under a large whirring ceiling fan and by an open patio door.

Connor sat on one of the chairs.

Jay offered him food and tried to get him to eat, but this time Connor couldn’t eat.

With a soft sigh, Jay stood and walked to be behind Connor. He massaged Connor’s shoulders and bent to whisper in Connor’s ear. “Two more days and then you’ll be freed. You have my word. Will it help if you can stay here with me?”

The massage was unexpected, but Jay’s words sent spikes of amazement through Connor He twisted around to look into Jay’s eyes. “I don’t know if I should believe you.”

Jay left his face close to Connor’s. Silence fell and the space between them just about sparked with sexual tension. Connor moved first. The temptation to have the comfort of Jay’s mouth on his was too great to resist. He slid his hand along the shade of stubble on Jay’s jaw and nudged his nose against Jay’s. It was enough to invite a kiss.

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Heart in Chains

When Connor Douglas takes a tropical island holiday, he hopes to leave heartbreak behind. Little does he know the extent of the danger and sexual temptation that awaits him. 

Long after Jay Levesque has closed down his operations on the very same tropical island, the memory of Connor haunts him.

Warm nights and scorching sex has someone’s heart in chains.

Erotic MM romantic suspense

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Jay grabbed him and somehow they were back in an embrace. This time Jay kissed Connor.

The passion in the kiss exploded in Connor’s mind and he grabbed Jay’s head. He kissed Jay hard, thrusting his tongue into Jay’s mouth, his hands fisting in Jay’s hair, and he tugged to keep Jay’s mouth against his.

Jay’s groan of pleasure filtered through Connor’s haze of lust as they straightened out their bodies and pressed together, each rubbing their erect cocks on the other’s stomach.

Connor’s towel had fallen off and he was naked in Jay’s arms. His cock ached it was so hard. He moaned into Jay’s open mouth. 

“I can’t believe how fucking much you turn me on. My cock’s already leaking for you. If you flipped me over and fucked me I’d ask for more when it ended.”

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Connor and Jay my heroes just gelled in my mind immediately as I considered the kind of adventure Connor might have on vacation in an exotic place such as Indonesia. Jay is a mysterious character, tough, driven, but on the verge of changing his dangerous life when he meets Connor. Connor is still getting over a relationship break up, but it’s been long enough and he’s tired of being single. His former boyfriend’s betrayal stays with him, but as soon as he sees Jay, attraction is seeded in his heart. 
These two characters are dear to me. Tenderness lies beneath Jay’s composed and tough exterior and courage lies beneath Connor’s sexual vulnerability. I think both will surprise you as you read their story. 

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Heart in Chains

When Connor Douglas takes a tropical island holiday, he hopes to leave heartbreak behind. Little does he know the extent of the danger and sexual temptation that awaits him.

Long after Jay Levesque has closed down his operations on the very same tropical island, the memory of Connor haunts him.

Warm nights and scorching sex has someone’s heart in chains.

Erotic MM romantic suspense

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He watched the play of emotions in Connor’s eyes and then he held out his arms. “If you want me, I’m yours. Take my heart and do what you need to … crush it if need be.”

Connor stood, ignoring the offered hug. “I can’t. I’m not like you. I could never hurt someone I love.”

Jason’s stomach dipped as a drench of emotion close to fear flowed over him. Connor was leaving. He’d lost the man he loved. The only man he’d ever loved. It was like a knife in his heart. He hunched over gazing at the path and waiting for the pain that would come when Connor had walked away.

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When Connor Douglas takes a tropical island holiday, he hopes to leave heartbreak behind. Little does he know the extent of the danger and sexual temptation that awaits him.

Long after Jay Levesque has closed down his operations on the very same tropical island, the memory of Connor haunts him.

Warm nights and scorching sex has someone’s heart in chains.

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Jay grabbed him and somehow they were back in an embrace. This time Jay kissed Connor.

The passion in the kiss exploded in Connor’s mind and he grabbed Jay’s head. He kissed Jay hard, thrusting his tongue into Jay’s mouth, his hands fisting in Jay’s hair, and he tugged to keep Jay’s mouth against his.

Jay’s groan of pleasure filtered through Connor’s haze of lust as they straightened out their bodies and pressed together, each rubbing their erect cocks on the other’s stomach.

Connor’s towel had come off and he was naked in Jay’s arms. His cock ached it was so hard. He moaned into Jay’s open mouth. “I can’t believe how fucking much you turn me on.

Copyright Elodie Parkes 2016, Encompass Ink

Meet the elusive Jay Levesque:

Hi Jay, Welcome to the blog

Jay: (Smiles) Hi, It's great to be here.

So tell us a little about yourself.

Jay: Well, you understand I can't say too much, because of spoilers but more for personal work reasons.
I'm six two, I have hair that is dark, but in certain lights it shows up some chestnut color. Blue eyes that Connor says are really turquoise. Weird huh? My work's secret. I have to keep it that way for the time being. I've recently moved cities and I'm loving Boston. 

What about the story, can you tell us something about that?

Jay: It's an adventure/suspense/ love story. (Grins) Naturally, it might not be an adventure if you're on the receiving end of what I dish out during my work. It's a love story for sure. I'm bowled over when I meet Connor. I've never felt like that before. The story happens in a warm and lovely environment, pale blue oceans, palm trees, but my life there's a little dangerous. I've always been in dangerous work and I try to explain that to Connor towards the end of the story.

You mention Connor a lot. Tell us about him.

Jay: He's brave. He's hot. You know one of those guys who is really good looking and doesn't know it. He's a scientist, though not at all what you'd expect. I mean the stereotype of a scientist doesn't fit him at all. He's cool, loves music, working out, and me, thankfully. (Smiles)

What's hot about the story?

Jay: The weather. Me. The love scenes. A sarong. (grins) And Connor of course. The first time I kiss him is so moving, I have to hightail it or fall down at his feet. I have to be fierce to him from time to time, so I'm hiding how I feel then, but when I touch him, damn, it's like an electric shock right to my ... uh ... maybe I can't say where here.

I think we can guess. Do have anything else you'd like to tell us?

Thank you for inviting me to talk with you. I hope people like the story. It's really Connor's and my own journey to something we've always wanted. 

Thanks Jay. He smiles. 

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I’m a writer who is in love with happy endings, currently based in southern UK.

I love: music, art, flowers, trees, the ocean. I work with antiques by day and words by night. Like a vampire, darkness is my friend, that’s when the silence is only broken by an occasional hoot of owls in the woodlands opposite my home, and I write.

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Connor closed his eyes, shuffled down, and leaned his back on the wall of the crate. He concentrated on happy thoughts, picturing the white sand and clear seas of the islands. Sweat trickled between his shoulder blades, and down into his eyes from his forehead. He wiped it away with the back of his hand, and ran his fingers into his hair to take it from his brow.

The minutes, the outside voice had reassured him with, dragged by, until Connor had to swallow down the need to scream for help. Then with no warning, the lid of the crate lifted with a loud cracking sound as it was levered open by something like a tire iron. Connor immediately began to scramble to his feet only to be lifted off them by two men. They bundled him along to the deck of the outrigger he’d taken that morning hoping to reach Gili in peace.

They dragged him, his tiptoes scraping on the wood, until they reached the side of the boat when they threw him into the ocean.

Connor had been too stunned by what was happening, and blinded by the brilliant sunshine that he’d not uttered a word, but now he hollered, “Hey … hey,” in outrage.

He hit the sea and sank with the force of velocity, and then he surfaced spluttering and paddled to keep himself afloat. Connor swam very well and he felt stronger in the water than he’d felt in the crate. He looked around crawling to a safe distance from the turning prow of the boat from which the men had thrown him. A speedboat was heading his way at the same time as the outrigger was heading away.

The craft neared and circled him. 

Copyright Elodie Parkes 2016, Encompass Ink

Available April 23 on Amazon

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Jay’s palm against Connor’s sent a fleeting impression of huge physical strength even though his grip was actually gentle, as if he held it back.

Connor couldn’t think of anything to say and he glanced out across the ocean wondering how to prolong Jay’s presence, because it was great to stand on the deck of this boat with a gorgeous guy in a location that amounted to paradise.

He didn’t have to wonder for long. A huge racket erupted, a burst of gunfire, screams, shouts, more gunfire, and Connor whirled around from the rail of the boat. He was about to set off in the direction of the noise, when, from behind, he was caught in an iron grip against Jay’s chest.

“Leave it, you’re safe with me.” The dark voice whispered in his ear, but Connor struggled.

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Look for Heart in Chains on Amazon, April 23 

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I write romance, erotic, contemporary, sometimes with a twist of suspense, mystery, or paranormal themes. Usually, I write romance between heterosexual couples, but a couple of months ago I started to write MM romance—gay male romance.

What happened to set me on this path?

Some time ago, a guy at work ‘came out’ to me after I saw him meeting his boyfriend after work. Of course, I took no notice at all as I’ve known several LGBT people and so what, but somehow he felt he had to bring me into his ‘secret.’ He invited me to have drinks with his boyfriend and the small group of gay guys they were going to hang out with.

Now I don’t get many invitations (smiles), what with my day job and trying to find time to write I’ve just about given up on a social life, (sad but true,) so, I accepted the invitation.

The group was made up of three other gay couples and my work colleague with his guy.

These guys were outstandingly dishy. Well groomed, beautiful men, and without exception, they treated their lovers like treasure. The tenderness and loving behavior between them struck me. I can honestly say I haven’t seen it in the heterosexual couples I know. For the most part, they seem to have abandoned tenderness in favor of games, control, or even enmity.

It’s not that I didn’t expect the gay guys to be loving toward their partners, it’s just that it was so lovely to see, so evident, so tender and sexy, that it contrasted hugely with the male/female stuff going on around me. I watched and it warmed my heart.

That’s what set me writing MM romance.

I hope you enjoy the snippet and cover reveal for April 23, Encompass Ink release, Heart in Chains, an erotic, MM, romantic suspense.

When Connor Douglas takes a tropical island holiday, he hopes to leave heartbreak behind. Little does he know the extent of the danger and sexual temptation that awaits him.

Long after Jay Levesque has closed down his operations on the very same tropical island, the memory of Connor haunts him.

Warm nights and scorching sex has someone’s heart in chains.

“Beauty as far as the eye can see, no?”

Connor straightened from leaning on the rail and turned to face the speaker. The impact from seeing the man beside him was so strong Connor couldn’t answer for a moment. He faced probably the most attractive man he’d ever seen face to face, because he couldn’t include the TV and movie stars he sighed over. They were unattainable and designated to daydreams. This man gave him an instant rapid heartbeat. An emotion close to fear slithered down Connor’s back. He’d never felt such immediate consuming attraction to any man before. As he choked out a few inane words, he soaked up the sight before him. Dark hair, cut in an ultra-fashionable style with darts shaved into the sides by his ears, eyes the color of turquoise, only they glistened with promise, his angular jaw rivaled Connor’s favorite TV actor’s, and his body—well, that made Connor’s cock stir.

“Yes, it’s all breathtaking,” and so are you, Connor added in his mind.

“Jay Levesque.” The hunk held out his hand to Connor as he spoke his name.

Connor hesitated to shake hands for a second. Somehow, he instinctively knew that touching this man would start him on some dangerous path. 

Copyright Elodie Parkes 2016, Encompass Ink

ABOUT ELODIE

I’m a writer who is in love with happy endings. Currently based in the UK.

I love: music, art, flowers, trees, the ocean...

I work with antiques by day and words by night.

Like a vampire, darkness is my friend, that’s when the silence is only broken by an occasional hoot of owls in the woodlands opposite my current home, and I write.

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 Heart in Chains

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Connor watched stunned as Jay approached with a smile.

“I’m sorry, Connor. You see, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s necessary for you to be our guest for a short time.” He stood before Connor in a pair of faded jeans, bare foot, and bare chested, his muscular torso on display.

Connor sighed inwardly. Despite his situation, he couldn’t help gazing at the delicious man.

Jay bent and unlocked the handcuffs. He slipped them into his back pocket.

“That’s not good, Connor. Have you been trying to get them off?” He took Connor’s wrists in his hands one by one, and caressed the livid bracelets left on Connor’s skin.

The effect on Connor was immediate and unwelcome. His stomach clenched as he enjoyed the stroking along the inside of his wrists. In the back of his mind, he railed against himself. Don’t enjoy his touch you fool. It brought back his voice.

He wrenched his wrists away from Jay. “What’s going on? At least tell me what happened on board the boat. At least tell me why this is happening.”

Elodie Parkes Copyright 2016 Encompass Ink

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Heart in Chains

When Connor Douglas takes a tropical island holiday, he hopes to leave heartbreak behind. Little does he know the extent of the danger and sexual temptation that awaits him.

Long after Jay Levesque has closed down his operations on the very same tropical island, the memory of Connor haunts him.

Warm nights and scorching sex has someone’s heart in chains.

Erotic MM romantic suspense