Dear Heart, new release MM romance from Evernight Publishing
Aiden Flint goes on vacation with three friends to Pamplona, Spain. Seeking excitement, they will run with the bulls in the festival of St. Fermin. As the four friends enjoy the nightlife, they notice an attractive man watching Aiden in the bars they visit. In the warmth and heady atmosphere of the exotic city, Aiden takes a chance and approaches the handsome man.
Enigmatic Santiago Arista is sexy, kind, desperate for love, and achingly lonely. He’s just about given up on finding love, until one warm, summer night, sitting alone in a bar, he sees gorgeous Aiden. He’s elated when Aiden joins him at his table.
Deep attraction swirls between them. At the end of the night when they share a kiss, Aiden can’t believe the bliss that enfolds him, but have both men found someone to love just when fate is about to throw Aiden into mortal danger?
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Aiden
poured some beer into the glass and sipped at it. He assessed Santiago as he
replaced the glass on the table. He’s
fascinating, polite, maybe shy, different, cultured—and yet, sex exudes from
him. I bet he’s dynamite in bed.
Santiago’s
low voice interrupted his thoughts. “I wonder if you’d take a walk with me. The
old town is interesting, even at night.”
Aiden’s
heartbeat sped up. The lure of being with Santiago in a place he might hold him
close and taste his kiss brought a smiling assent from Aiden. “That’s a great
idea.”
On
the narrow sidewalk, when they’d left the bright lights of the bars behind,
Santiago took Aiden’s hand.
Excitement
rocketed through Aiden. He took a deep breath, and on a dimly lit side street,
he turned to Santiago and dragged him close. He molded the length of his body
to Santiago’s, breathing close to the gorgeous man’s lips. “Kiss me,” he
whispered.
Santiago
responded.
The
gentle merge of his lips with Aiden’s sent wonderful melting sensations through
Aiden’s body. He clung to Santiago, taking kiss after kiss, lingering in the
delectable embrace, pressing his hips to Santiago’s, breathing with the
gorgeous man, sighing at the same time, until his legs weakened with raw
desire.
Santiago
drew only a fraction away from Aiden’s mouth. “Your kiss is addictive. I don’t
want to stop. I feel your need against my body, and I want to ease it.” He held
Aiden’s face and kissed him again.
Waves
of exquisite feeling rolled through Aiden. He murmured softly, incoherent
sounds of pleasure onto Santiago’s lips each time they broke contact to
breathe. His thoughts tumbled in those seconds. The kisses were the best he’d
ever experienced. He’d never before felt the kind of sensations running through
and over him. He rested his forehead on Santiago’s.
“I’ve
never had such totally amazing
kisses. I’m floating in pleasure.”
“Me,
too, I want you so much.”
Santiago’s
replying whisper teased on Aiden’s lips.
His
stomach clenched. His cock grew harder. Pure sexual need zinged in every cell
of his body.
A
group of people shouting and laughing turned into the street. Their approach
forced Aiden to drop his arms from Santiago’s waist.
Santiago’s
eyes flashed silver in a sudden shower of light from a door, thrown open to
welcome the group. Regret filled his expression. He gazed with longing at
Aiden. “Dear heart, walk with me.” He turned.
Aiden
followed, his ears full of the endearment Santiago had assigned to him, his
body drifting in delight, and love seeding in his heart for the man he’d only
just met.
The
river ran in a loop close to the old quarter, and Santiago clasped Aiden’s hand
in his as they crossed a medieval bridge.
Aiden
enjoyed the gentle strength surrounding his hand. He walked closer to Santiago.
“Do
you live nearby?”
“In
the old quarter—yes.” Santiago stopped and turned in an elegant move to Aiden.
He held Aiden’s hands in his. “I wish you wouldn’t participate in the running
tomorrow, or ever … I fear for you.”
Awash
with sensation from Santiago’s palms pressed deliciously on his own, Aiden
snatched a kiss from the man whose tone held affection and concern. The kiss
brought a purr of delight to Aiden’s lips. He took another delicious kiss then
murmured, “You called me dear heart…”
Santiago
bowed his head. “You don’t like that.”
Aiden
pulled a hand from Santiago’s grasp and slipped it around his face. He gazed
into Santiago’s bright eyes. “I do
like it.” Aiden smiled gently at the man who intrigued and lit him with desire.
“Who are you really, Santiago? I feel wrapped in passion, cared for … and yet …
well, we’ve only just met.”
Santiago’s
words whispered across his lips. “Perhaps we’ve each met someone to love.”
Tingles
ran up Aiden’s spine. The words were full of portent. He’d welcome love, and
the way he felt kissing Santiago was the best ever. Yet, he couldn’t let
himself comment. It’s too soon. What if I
fall in love with him and in a week’s time, I have to go home, to work, to my
life?
He took refuge in Santiago’s anxiety about him running
with the bulls the next day.
“Santiago,
I have to join the bull running. My friends expect it. I said I would. That’s
why we’re here. I would never live it down if I didn’t do it at least once. I
confess I’m scared now, but I have to do it.”
His
handsome companion crushed him close. “Then take care.” He ran a hand down the
back of Aiden’s head, stopping to tangle gentle fingers in his hair.
E.D. Parr, Copyright 2019, Evernight Publishing
