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Is it hot in here, or is it just these guys?

You gotta admit, these boys are pretty smokin’, but what’s behind the cover is even hotter. Temperature’s Rising is a red-hot collection of gay romance stories, coming out IN PRINT this Tuesday, May 27th. Follow me deeper into this post for a taste of my own contribution to the hotness, Catching A Buzz…

Can a straight-laced business student and an indie boy with a thing for extremely personal electronics turn one night’s wild ride into a trip to last forever?

(A Midsummer Night’s Steam story)

Adam Holderman isn’t your typical twenty-something college boy. He prefers jazz to Goth, shuns body piercings and street-waif clothing, and despises the lack of vocabulary among his peers. Some call him uptight, but Adam doesn’t see it that way. Just because he prefers his men articulate and well-groomed doesn’t make him a stick-in-the-mud. He simply has standards, unlike most guys his age.

The new employee at Wild Waters Park, where Adam works, single-handedly throws a monkey wrench into Adam’s orderly world view. Buzz Stiles wears eyeliner and black clothes, listens to emo bands, and talks like a teenage skate punk. He’s the polar opposite of Adam’s avowed “type”. So why can’t Adam get him out of his head?

When Adam finally agrees to go out with Buzz, he finds there’s much more to Buzz than a hot body, a sharp wit, and a Goth fashion sense. Buzz is someone Adam can see himself being with for the long haul. But you need more than mind-melting sex to make a relationship last. Can they keep their hands off each other long enough to find out if they have what it takes?

(Warning, this title contains the following: graphic language, explicit male/male sex, inappropriate use of personal electronic devices, and gratuitous disco dancing.)

Read a PG excerpt here.

Read a spicier excerpt here.

Read excerpts from the other stories in the anthology here.

And be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the book’s release on Tuesday! Trust me, if you like your manlove hawt, you don’t want to miss this one :D