Lovesick Gods
By Amanda Meuwissen
Genre: Gay Romance,
Urban Fantasy, Superhero
Heroes
aren’t meant to act like their villains—or fall in love with them.
The elements touch everyone on Earth—Fire, Water, even
Light—but every so often someone becomes more attuned to their elemental
leaning and develops true power. When an evil Elemental known as Thanatos arrived in Olympus City, it saw
the rise of its first hero—Zeus. But
the death toll caused by defeating Thanatos changed Zeus, who by day is young
detective Danny Grant.
It’s been six months since Thanatos terrorized the city at the
start of Lovesick Gods. Danny should
be used to his duty behind the mask, but the recent past haunts him. His
girlfriend left him, he snaps at the barest provocation, his life feels
empty—he needs an outlet, any outlet to pull him out of his depression.
Enter notorious thief Malcolm Cho, the Ice Elemental Prometheus. There was a time when Danny
welcomed a fight with Cho, filled with colorful banter and casual flirtations
that were a relief compared to Thanatos. Even as a criminal, Cho had recognized
the threat Thanatos posed and promised to help Danny stop him, but the day
Danny needed Cho, he never showed. Cho was the reason so many people died that
day—including Danny’s mother.
Danny decides to teach the man a lesson and fan the fire of
their attraction into something more. At worst, he’ll get some
no-strings-attached sex out of the deal and finally blow off steam; at best,
he’ll get Cho to fall in love with him and then break his heart to spite him.
Danny doesn’t expect to fall for Cho in the process, and he certainly can’t
predict the much darker threat on the horizon.
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Excerpt
The long game, Danny thought as he
accepted the hand Cho held out to help him from the sofa. Cho couldn’t have any
fun with a blubbering mess, so of course he’d want to cheer Danny up. It didn’t
mean anything. It just felt nice that Cho didn’t pry the way the others did.
He’d never look down on Danny. He was a liar, a criminal, a scoundrel—he was
the reason Danny had been forced into
that position with Thanatos to begin with—but while the rest of his life felt
like an open wound, somehow Cho was a balm.
Danny made a show of changing out of Cho’s clothes and into his Zeus
costume right there in the living room. Leaving the sleep pants and T-shirt
folded on the sofa, he started to put on his boots at the door.
“Interesting choice of work clothes.” Cho crossed his arms with an
amused eyebrow raise.
“I’ll change when I get to the precinct. And next time I’ll call. Or
text. Promise. Thanks for breakfast.” Danny made to walk toward Cho off the
rug, then gave an abortive gesture like oops,
stuck now with my boots on.
Cho rolled his eyes, but he still moved closer to accept the kiss Danny
pulled him into. And let linger. And linger...
Maybe a little longer than necessary.
“Have a nice day at work, dear,” Cho said, sickly sweet in his familiar
drawl.
Danny found himself smiling—and meaning it.
Cho was a bad man. He was. He…he
was. But he made things lighter. And easier. And even though Danny knew
that soon he’d have to end this or risk getting in too deep, for now he could
enjoy the lie for just a little longer.
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ReplyDeleteLovesick Gods (and the recently released second part, Lovesick Titans) is very dear to me as both a comic book geek who always wanted to dabble in heroes and villains, and as someone daily dealing with bipolar depression, which this book tackles as well.
I've had reviewers tell me that it is the epitome of ANGST with a HAPPY ENDING, but warning, you will need to make it through book two to see everything come to fruition.
Thank you so much again and happy reading to all!