Oblivious ... and where it fits in my universe of books
I often think of my novels as an exploration of an idea that I can’t tell any other way. I need the space of characters to be able to say what I want to say. So it’s usually hard for me to sum up my stories in a few sentences, unless I’m just letting people know the tropes.
But I got to thinking that all of my M/M books are (unintentionally) systematically exploring very definite themes.
Undone: What is sexuality?
Unmanageable: What is romance?
Ambiguous: What are labels?
Studious: What is virginity?
And Oblivious, the new one: What is friendship?
The one after Oblivious is called Curious. What is marriage?
But, more formally, here’s what Oblivious is about. It’s up for Preorder, and here’s my new cover, which is again designed by Garrett Leigh, with a Cory Stierley photo of Mikey T.
Oblivious Blurb:
My hot best friend has no idea what he’s doing to me.
He sends me naughty texts at the most inappropriate times. He lets me fall asleep on top of him when we watch movies. And his protective side comes out if I dance too close to anyone at our favorite club.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but those are things a boyfriend does. Except August isn’t my boyfriend, he’s my best friend, and those lines are drawn in permanent marker. The one time we tried to cross the boundary between friends and lovers, it failed so spectacularly that we never did it again. So … “friends” is good enough. That’s what I tell myself. Because at least I have him in my life. Without him, I’d be lost.
But after we’re dared to kiss, and that kiss reshapes reality, we agree to be friends who do things with each other. Nakey things.
That makes my life so much better. And so much worse. After all, August doesn’t want to settle down, and he never wants to get married. While I do.
Most importantly, no matter how our relationship changes, he can’t find out I’m desperately in love with him.
Oblivious is a sweet and steamy contemporary m/m romance about best friends who don’t know they’re already dating. Noah and August are always touching, finish each other’s sentences, and bristle whenever the other gets within six feet of a date, but they can’t see what’s crystal clear to everyone else. Oblivious features badly timed sexy texts, a hot kiss that rocks two men’s universes, and (unofficially, but likely) the highest number of heartfelt marriage proposals in a romance novel ever.
Preorder here! (Ignore the September date on the preorder. It will be here much sooner.)
And a PS: Where Oblivious fits in the IOU series is … it’s the yellow one (obviously). But you may not know that the covers are in rainbow order, so Curious will be green. You can see the line up below…
