RAINBOW SNIPPETS 2023/11/25 ~ In celebration of “National Play Day with Dad” #RainbowSnippets

November 25, 2023

Hello Rainbow Snippeters! 😁

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I’m snipping from When Are You? this week. Once again, I went looking at online lists of obscure “holidays” for inspiration, and “National Play Day with Dad” was the only one that I could reasonably tie in with one of my books. So here’s a fitting snippet to celebrate this day!

No context needed (and not ominous at all 😬)…

From Leo’s 3rd-Person POV:

THIS WEEK'S RAINBOW SNIPPET:

“High-five!” Leo knelt for Oscar’s soft hand slap against his palm after the boy successfully kicked the ball through Leo’s legs. “Go get it, big guy.”

Leo grinned at the ungainly gait of Oscar’s run. Over on the bench, Vinnie’s hand flew across the paper, no doubt creating action images capturing both Leo and Oscar mid-run or kick, in complete living color, with an amazing attention to just the right details to bring the image to life while still appearing understated and effortless.

Leo’s chest expanded with a deep breath of fresh air. With talented, kind, gentle yet intense and protective Vinnie by his side, he could succeed at fatherhood…a daunting undertaking he never would have thought likely for himself prior to meeting his husband. Now, he couldn’t imagine life without their son in it.

BOOK INFO/LINKS:

They have to find him, but how?

Release Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020

Publisher: JMS Books, LLC

Length: Novel / 50,139 Words / 155 Pages (PDF)

Genre: Gay Time Travel w/ Romance

Pairings/Orientation: M/M, Gay

Tropes: Accidental Time Travel, Family

Themes: Sacrifices we’re willing to make for family

JMS Books

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In Kindle Unlimited, and at Distributors Everywhere!

The BONUS SCENES include a bonus prologue told from the perspective of one who will become an interesting side character, the published story’s opening scene retold from the other MC’s POV, and a number of extra what-happened-next scenes for the aforementioned interesting side character.

BLURB

They have to find him…but how?

A former member of an elite military special forces unit, Leo Bailey can handle anything life throws at him. Except maybe approaching a certain gorgeous, purple mohawk-wearing, heavily pierced artist. Not without his three eye-rolling wingmen along to push him in the right direction.

One look at the mouthwateringly muscled, military buzzcut-sporting man with the endearing blush, and Vincent Noland is in love. Or at least in lust. Love comes later. Then marriage…and sweet, adorable Oscar.

Life is perfect—the stuff of fairy tale happily ever afters—except for Arthur Fletcher, whose unsettling reactions to them threaten to upset the happy balance of their lives. But it isn’t Arthur who throws their lives into turmoil.

A freak event causes Oscar to go missing and leaves both men frantic to rescue their son. As they piece together the clues, they discover that Oscar isn’t somewhere. He’s somewhen. And Arthur Fletcher holds the key—or rather the glass beads—to their one chance of finding Oscar.

Will Leo’s training, Vinnie’s determination, and Arthur’s knowledge help them rescue Oscar, or is the little boy doomed to spend the rest of his life at the mercy of a primitive civilization? Could there be a third possibility?