Please welcome Lucy Felthouse to my blog today with her awesome, fabulous, sexy book (can you tell I loved it!) -
A DIFFERENT KIND OF COSPLAY.
Blurb:
Zachary has a dilemma. His
girlfriend, Reese, has a special birthday coming up soon and he has absolutely
no clue what to get for her. It doesn’t help that Zach does not share or really
understand Reese’s biggest hobby—comic books, superheroes and everything that
goes with them. Zach raids Reese’s DVD collection for inspiration, and what he
finds there gives him an idea…possibly the best one he’s ever had.
Sure, Reese has fantasized
about her favorite superheroes. All those muscles and rakish smiles are to die
for. She didn’t think Zach would ever really understand, though. But he proves
her wrong in the best way possible.
Note: This book was previously
published elsewhere. The title and content remain the same.
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Excerpt:
Zachary sighed at the calendar entry in
his phone, which was reminding him for the third time about Reese’s upcoming
birthday. And it wasn’t just any birthday—she was going to be thirty.
There were perks to dating a doctor—the
uniform was pretty hot, for example—but when that doctor had no particular
fondness for jewelry, flowers or chocolates, buying her presents was nigh-on
impossible. And because of her work schedule, a surprise weekend away was out
of the question. He’d long since learned to always
keep the receipts.
Most people get their partners something
to do with their hobbies or interests. However, Reese was even awkward in that
regard. Her main hobby was so complex that Zach didn’t have the first idea what
to get her to do with it—Reese was an uber-geek. Films, graphic novels,
collectibles, all that jazz.
Obviously he could just ask what she
wanted, then go out and get it, but then it wouldn’t be a surprise. And it was
too easy—he wanted her to know he’d really made the effort.
Snoozing the calendar reminder once more,
Zach threw the phone onto the sofa, then walked over and started rooting
through their combined film collection for something to watch after dinner,
which was almost ready. Reese was on shift at the hospital until silly o’clock,
so he had the house to himself and could watch whatever he liked. An action
movie it was, then.
Running his fingers along the spines of
the DVDs and Blu-rays, he suddenly paused. The
Avengers leaped out at him, for some reason. He’d seen snippets of it
before, as Reese watched it pretty frequently. The parts he’d seen hadn’t
looked too bad, actually. It was essentially an action film, but with
superheroes in it.
He pulled the case off the shelf, an idea
beginning to form. Maybe if he watched it beginning to end, he’d see what drew
Reese into that world so much, why she was so fascinated by the films, the
graphic novels and so on. Even if he didn’t get it, though, maybe it would
still give him some inspiration for a gift. He had nothing better to do that
evening, in any case, so it was certainly worth a try.
After putting the disc in the player, he
headed into the kitchen to see how his dinner was coming along. A meal in front
of the television was the order of the day, it seemed.
A few minutes later, he settled onto the
sofa with his lasagna and garlic bread, a bottle of beer on the table next to
him. Time for some Avengers action.
Within half an hour, he’d ascertained that
the film wasn’t just for geeks. In fact it was easy to see why it had such a
wide appeal—the cast was supremely attractive, whatever gender you were into,
the plot was interesting and the dialogue seriously witty. He’d already
developed quite the crush on the Black Widow, and Nick Fury’s right-hand woman
had a lovely pert backside.
Trying to put himself in Reese’s shoes,
Zach looked at the male characters. Okay, when it came to this film, straight
women clearly had more eye-candy than they knew what to do with. He vaguely
remembered a bunch of crazy stuff going around on the internet about Loki—even
the villain of the piece had sex appeal, for heaven’s sake! So much so that it
had spilled over into even Zach’s limited social media presence. He barely used
Facebook, and he’d never gotten the hang of Twitter. And yet he knew about the
rabid fangirls. That was another score for The
Avengers, then—truly mass-market appeal. If only there were mass-market
gift-buying options.
Sighing, he tried to empty his mind and
concentrate on the film. The more he tried to force an idea to present itself,
the less likely it would be to happen. He’d just enjoy the entertainment and
keep his fingers crossed that his subconscious provided something useful.
Once he’d made the decision, it wasn’t
difficult to get sucked back into the narrative. It was engaging, easygoing and
fun. Zach surprised himself by thoroughly enjoying the entire thing. Reese
would be pleased—not to mention surprised—when the next film came out at the
cinema and he offered to go along with her.
He’d keep his new found admiration quiet
for now, though. He didn’t want to arouse her suspicions, although she was
bound to know he was planning something for her milestone birthday.
The question remained—what the hell could
he do or buy to blow her away?
Author Bio:
Lucy Felthouse is the
award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately Pleasures (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100
Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of, and an Amazon bestseller), Eyes Wide Open (winner of the Love
Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award, and an Amazon bestseller) and The Persecution of the Wolves. Including
novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 150 publications to her name.
She owns Erotica For All, and is one
eighth of The Brit Babes. Find out
more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk,
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