Revelry

By K.L. Noone

Stephen Hunt’s having a terrible holiday season. It’s mid-December, and he’s about as far from the familiar scholarly walls of his Oxford professor’s office as he can get -- Southern California, in fact, for an academic conference. Back home, his ex-boyfriend’s moved out, and Stephen’s alone and miserable in the hotel bar with his research on obscure ancient Roman holiday traditions. The bartender’s adorable, though, so at least that’s a good distraction from his thoughts.

Brian Dwyer’s a very good bartender. Good at making drinks and having holiday spirit, good at talking to customers, good at making people smile. He’s decided that the gorgeous but unhappy professor at the end of the bar definitely needs to smile. And once Stephen opens up and starts talking to him, Brian just might be in love with historical trivia, knowledge and passion, and those soft brown eyes. And if the night’s one of those decadent ancient holidays that Stephen knows so much about, even better -- they’ll just have to find a way to celebrate together.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Dec 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781634867795

K.L. Noone

K.L. Noone loves fantasy, romance, cats, far too sweet coffee, and happy endings! She is also the author of Port in a Storm and its upcoming sequel, available from Less Than Three Press, and numerous short romances with Ellora’s Cave and Circlet Press; her fantasy fiction has appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress anthologies. With her Professor Hat on, she teaches college students about Shakespeare and superhero comics, and has published academic articles and essays on Neil Gaiman’s adaptations of Beowulf, Welsh mythology in modern fantasy, and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.

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Revelry

By K.L. Noone

Published by JMS Books LLC

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For all of my professors in graduate school, who likely never suspected the uses to which some of this knowledge would be put. And also for Awesome Husband, my favorite person to spend obscure holidays with.

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Revelry

By K.L. Noone

Stephen Hunt, being just drunk enough to catch the attractive hotel bartender’s eye and mournfully inquire, "Do you even know what day it is?" was nevertheless not so drunk that he did not immediately regret the existence of words.

All words. Every word in the world. His scholarly research words, which he was nervous about sharing with others in the morning. His ex-boyfriend’s words, which hurt like broken rainbows inside his chest. Words in general.

But most specifically his own words, just now. Opening conversation. With a stranger. An adorable American