I am so excited that HOLIDAY IN HIDING by Lily Michaels is available now
and that I get to share the news!
If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out
all the details below.
This blitz also includes a giveaway for a self-care box courtesy of Lily
& Rockstar Book Tours.
So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.
About The Book:
Author: Lily Michaels
Pub. Date: December 6, 2022
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Formats: eBook
Pages: 181
Find it: Goodreads,
https://books2read.com/Holiday-in-Hiding-A-Secret-Santa-story
FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE LILY MICHAELS
A Secret Santa story
Hiding from his past may wind up leading Liam to the merriest Christmas
of his life.
Constantly looking over his shoulder has become Liam Carlson' s norm
after five years in witness protection. Living with his new identity has
come with a major downgrade in lifestyle and a lack of any meaningful
connections. But when he loses his minimum-wage job and the rundown
apartment he called home, he finds himself in the middle of a Texas state
park waiting for the marshal in charge of his case to help with
relocation. A sudden, ferocious storm destroys many of his belongings,
including the tent that offered him some protection, but it also heralds
in a sexy-as-hell park ranger, Jax Gallagher, who taunts Liam' s
long-neglected libido.
Jax and his wife, Megan, have had an unconventional relationship from the
beginning, with a military romance that blossomed into marriage. Their
mutual desire to share their love with a third member resulted in several
blissful years with another man that ended when they left the service and
took on civilian careers. An unexpected visitor in the form of a drenched
Liam is the first glimmer of hope since then that they can reclaim the
happily-ever-after they thought they' d lost. Their attraction grows with
every second they spend together. While they become closer, another
lifesaving rescue also manages to open the door to a career Liam never
fathomed.
But the truth of the criminal world Liam grew up in threatens to destroy
the still-tenuous bond the three are forming and the bright future Liam
never believed possible.
Excerpt:
Prologue
Nate—Liam
A perfect circle of cold steel penetrated through my thin cotton dress
shirt. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and fought to keep my
hands from shaking. They’d found me…again. It was only a matter of
time. I’d known that.
Fuck.
“Don’t move.” The gravelly voice behind me uttered the completely
expected command.
I rolled my eyes toward the inky sky, barely noticing the full spectrum of
stars. “Exactly how predictable are we going here, Joe? Full-on
cartoon villain or just generic mobster? I want to make sure I keep my
expectations realistic.”
A laugh, roughened undoubtedly by decades of smoking, was the
response. “Name ain’t Joe, but I know exactly who you are, Nathaniel
Cogliano.”
“Left off the middle name there, Joe. That’s how you really strike
fear into the hearts of your prey. Take a tip from my ma, since she’s
the one paying you to be here.” I sucked in a lungful of air. “And
I call all you guys Joe. No need to learn your name, since you pass
through soon enough.”
The barrel pressed harder into my back and the man behind me
growled. “You think you’re something special? I’ll have you back
to the boss man, collect my money and send your ass to the bottom of the
river before breakfast.”
That was the moment I knew I could smile. The banter had bought me
enough time to center myself and call my nerves under control—a sad fact for
ole Joe. I was exactly the protégé my mother had always hoped I’d
be. “The river? Really? Can’t we do something just a little
more creative? Maybe a warehouse in midtown or a cabin somewhere
upstate that you set on fire to cover the evidence? Work with me here,
Joe. Bring something to the table so I remember who the fuck you are
five years from now.”
“I’m about done with your ‘Joe’ bullshit, and you ain’t gonna live to see
another day, much less another year.”
My grin widened. Irritating the latest thug who’d been hired to kill
me was almost too easy. Getting the other man frustrated and off his
game was the first step to controlling the situation. “Give me your
real name or give me a reason to remember you—otherwise I’m just gonna keep
calling you Joe, right up until I don’t need to call you anything
anymore.”
I wished to every higher being I knew that I could see the man’s
face. It was certain to be mottled and reddened from
frustration. Fucking with these guys—the ones who were always hiding in
the shadows waiting to deliver me into the hands that would destroy me—was
one of the few pleasures I could find in my world these days.
Even a night at a strip club didn’t hold the same allure as it once had,
which was a damn shame. But surgically enhanced tits shoved in my face
weren’t enough to hold my attention when I was looking over my shoulder,
literally and metaphorically.
The goon pushed the metal deeper against my spine and I counted to three in
my head. As soon as my internal voice whispered, ‘one’, I spun
around, grabbing the man’s wrist and twisting it behind his back until he
let out a piercing scream and the firearm clattered against the
pavement. I might be trying to claw my way out of the life of crime I’d
been born into and live a more normal, law-abiding life, but the insidious
part of my soul relished his painful cry.
The dark beast within me threatened to trample over all my good intentions,
and a list of ways to break the hitman now kneeling before me in agony
trickled through my mind. I tightened my hold on his arm just a
fraction more and wrenched it back a little higher before I pulled my phone
from my back pocket with my free hand and hit the number one contact on my
speed dial.
Another anguished scream tore from the man’s mouth before I could utter a
greeting. “Quiet, Joe. This is important business.”
“Fuck, Nate, what the hell did you get yourself into this time? You’re
supposed to be lying low until the trial.” Deputy Xavier Brower’s
frustrated and exhausted voice echoed across the line and managed to
irritate my nerves that were still pulsing with adrenaline at the latest
attempt on my life.
The nearly animalistic howls ramped up another octave, and I
sighed. He was going to wind up attracting a hell of a lot of attention
that I wasn’t in the mood to deal with. I released his wrist, brought
my knee up to his face and slammed it into his nose. Once he was flat
on his back, I lowered my hand in a perfect slice against his carotid artery
and he passed out before I’d even straightened my stance, grabbing my phone
from the ground where it had fallen in the brief mêlée.
“Still there, Deputy X?” Although the assault had been brief, the
events leading up to it combined with the actions to make my breathing
slightly labored. It had been a long-ass time since I’d done any
hand-to-hand combat, either in training or out in the world. I was
clearly getting too soft.
An annoyed exhale was his first response, punctuated by a weighted
silence. “Yeah, I’m here. Send your location and restrain the
guy. If you’re going to live long enough to testify against your mother
and her crew then we are going to have to hide you away.”
They were words I’d known were coming for a long time, but I’d deluded
myself into believing I wouldn’t have to hear them until after the trial
came, right on the heels of that statement. “Pack your bags,
Nate. You’re going into witness protection.”
About Lily Michaels:
A medical professional by day and writer by night, Lily is a huge believer
in love being available for everyone. Her novels always include an over the
top happily every after for her characters.
If you want to connect with Lily, find her on Twitter or Facebook and check
out her website and book blog.
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