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Author Name: Patricia Logan

Book Name: The Brat

Series: Marine Bodyguard

Book: Three

Can be read as a standalone

Release Date: February 10, 2016

Blurb:

Charles Fordham III has been expelled from Oxford and sent home with his tail between his legs. The self-professed “brat” has always gotten away with things because of his father’s influence and money. Poor Chas is in for the surprise of his life in the form of a tall, well-muscled, former Marine bodyguard… but even more daunting days may lie ahead. Have his years abroad prepared him for the expectations of his father when he’s forced to live up to his legacy?

Tate Heston returns home from Iraq when his beloved career is cut short by an IED. He’s used to turning boys into men and then leading them into battle where sometimes the good guys lose. This makes him even more hesitant about taking on a job guarding a spoiled brat, but he believes he can probably do what he does best… make young Chas a man.

Not everyone wants to see the brat succeed in his father’s place. Things have been running just fine for years and the return of Charles Fordham III and the shake up his arrival causes, has his family’s enemies in a panic. But as the boy assumes his rightful place, Tate understands sometimes a man must take his fight to the enemy… regardless of battlefield… or boardroom.

Pages or Words: 96,000 words

Categories: Contemporary Crime Fiction, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Thriller

Excerpt:

Chas whirled on Tate, stalking up to him, probably having decided that he was the whole problem. Hell, Tate was totally fine with that. Better he hate him than his father. Hate was easy to handle but he was really surprised when he stopped right in front of him and shouted at him.

“You have no right to tell me how I should talk to my father, you… you cretin!” he screamed.

Tate was only slightly surprised as spittle flew out of Chas’s mouth when he spoke and he raised his hand. Is he gonna…?

Tate reached up and stopped Chas’s slap inches from his cheek as he viciously swung his hand toward him. Tate managed to grasp Chas’s wrist, stopping the blow and the action brought the young man flush up against his body. For a few seconds their faces were inches from each other and with all of Chas’s rage, the way his chest heaved with anger, Tate inexplicably felt his cock harden in his jeans. His fury is magnificent. Tate didn’t know whether he should stop the kid or just bend him over his father’s desk and fuck him right then and there and get it over with. He let the thought slide through his mind for a few seconds as he stared into Chas’s magnificent angry amber-colored eyes. It’s probably not the right time… more’s the pity.

Tate hesitated only a second and then tore his gaze away from the man’s, bringing Chas’s arm down and then around the man’s side so that he was forced to turn his back on Tate. Chas cried out as Tate deftly brought his hand up between his shoulder blades, causing him to bend forward to take the pressure off or have his arm snapped in the process. A second later, Chas’s knees gave out and he dropped to his knees on the thick carpet to relieve the pressure on his arm. Tate bent over him, still holding Chas’s fingers up behind his back with one hand. He laid his hand on the back of the young man’s neck, pushing his forehead firmly to the floor with the other hand.

“Ah! You’re hurting me!” Chas gasped out, drooling down toward the carpet beneath him. His body was shuddering but all the fight had gone out of him and he suddenly went boneless as his body relaxed.

Tate leaned down to speak softly at his ear. “No hitting. No slapping. No getting physical of any sort. That clear?” Go ahead. Fight me, you little fucker. I’ll have your jeans around your ankles and my dick up your ass so fast, you won’t know what hit you.

A second later Chas gave an almost imperceptible nod. His chest was heaving and Tate thought he heard a sob come out of the man as he grunted in pain again.

“Okay,” Chas finally ground out through gritted teeth, “Let me up.”

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Author Interview:

Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Patricia Logan author of The Brat.

Hi Patricia, thank you for agreeing to this interview.

Q: What book do you wish you could have written?

A: Zero at the Bone, my favorite all time MM book. The characters are surprising and real to me, conflicted, fallible men who I love even now after reading the book numerous times.

Q: How important are names to you (in your books)? Do you choose names based on liking the way it sounds or meaning? How do you choose your names?

A: They are incredibly important to me. I keep a list of my favorite names (firsts and lasts) on my desktop which I add to all the time. When I start a new book, I open that page and pick a name. I have a hundred or more so there’s always a name to use which I won’t duplicate. I’ve only duplicated one name that I know of and it was accidental. It was Michael and he’s three different characters. He’s a Dom, a cop’s partner to one of my reader’s favorite characters (Cassidy), and a super model. I don’t even like the name that much so I have no idea how Michael showed up three times. lol

Q: Were you already a great writer? Have you always enjoyed writing? How long have you been writing?

A: Like everything else, I learned to be a halfway decent writer and still know there’s so much more to improve on. That said, I think I’m a heck of a lot better now than I was 5.5 years ago when I was first published. That happened by having great editors whom I listened to and lots of practice writing. I’ve been writing since I was young, middle school, but only published since my late 40s. I may have gotten a late start, but I am a fast learner so I think I’m a pretty good writer by now. At least I don’t give away the villain in the first chapter anymore. lol

Q: Which character, from any of your books, do you consider your greatest work?

A: Cassidy Ryan from Silver Ties has appeared in more than any other character. He is a main character in Silver Ties and the sequel, Silver Linings, but he’s also a secondary character in the Master’s Boys series, and a half dozen other books. He’s an LAPD cop so every time I have a mystery set in Los Angeles where Cassidy lives, he gets called out to work on the case. My fans love Cass here and abroad. The Italians especially. LOL

Q: What hobbies do you enjoy?

A: I am a really good cook so I think that’s my favorite hobby aside from watching/reading mysteries.

Meet the author:

International bestselling author Patricia Logan, resides in Los Angeles, California. The author of several #1 bestselling erotic romances in English, Italian, French, and Spanish lives in a small house with a large family. When she’s not writing her next thriller romance, she’s watching her grandchildren grow up way too soon, and raising kids who make her proud every day. One of her favorite tasks is coaxing nose kisses from cats who insist on flopping on her keyboard while she types. Married to a wonderful man for 30 years, she counts herself lucky to be surrounded by people who love her and give her stories to tell every day.

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Blog http://authorpatricialogan.blogspot.com/

Amazon author page http://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Logan/e/B007RESZJA/

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2130526.Patricia_Logan

Publisher: Patricia Logan