Title: Taste on My Tongue
Author: Beth Bolden
Release Date: August 15th 2017
Genre: MM Contemporary Romance
BLURB
Almost pop-star Landon Patton has just turned a corner on the worst two years of his life: dropped by his label and dumped by his ungrateful ex-boyfriend. However, his new agent's brilliant plan for Landon's superstardom doesn’t have anything to do with his music – it’s called Kitchen Wars, and it’s the hottest new reality show on TV.
Landon wishes he could have nothing to do with it.
Since the first morning he mixed flour and water, Quentin Maxwell knew he wanted to be a baker. After becoming the pastry chef at a popular LA bakery, anyone else might be satisfied. But Quen wants to call his own shots. Going on Kitchen Wars to win the money for his own bakery seems like a huge risk, but maybe it's worth it.
They’re an unlikely pair. Landon can’t even figure out how to turn an oven on, while Quentin makes his living with one. But with each passing week on Kitchen Wars, they discover what a great team they make – on set, off set, and between the sheets.
Winning should be everything, but what happens when the tastiest pairing is their own?
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT
Landon takes a deep, unsteady breath and focuses. “Okay.
What do I need to do first?”
Quentin leads him through cutting the brie into chunks,
then forming the ground beef around the cheese. The ground beef feels gross,
and Landon can’t bear to look down at his hands. Out his periphery he can see
the cameras looming down on them as he makes one disgusted face after another,
giggling through the slime sliding between his fingers and the responding
fondness in Quentin’s eyes as he leans down to get closer to Landon.
Landon hopes the cameras catch how sweet Quentin’s smile
is as he runs to the sinks to wash his hands the literal second the last burger
patty is finished.
When Landon returns to their station, Quentin’s waiting
there with an expectant expression. “Ready to chop?” he asks with a sly twist
to his lips.
Landon makes a face. “I hate chopping.”
“Chop, chop, baby,” Quentin teases. And Landon is pretty
sure at least one of the cameras has been focused almost exclusively on them
since the thirty minute countdown started. He knows they’re cute, knows they’re
flirting with each other, almost unconsciously at this point, and realizes they
are making really excellent television.
So it’s not like he plays up the flirting for
extra effect, but well, if he bats his eyelashes a moment longer while he wipes
and carefully chops the mushrooms and washes the arugula, then nobody can
really blame him. The public isn’t actually voting for them, but Landon knows
how this all really works. If they become crowd favorites, the producers will
make sure they stick around.
Quentin cottons on as he moves to set the burgers
carefully onto the stovetop grill. “What are you doing?” he asks quietly,
leaning in and letting the sizzling of the cooking meat prevent the cameras
from picking up on his words.
Landon leans in further. If the cameras catch any of
this, it’ll just look like two boys who seem very much into each other—which is
technically true. “What I can to make sure we win,” he says and rises up
on his tiptoes and presses a quick, fleeting kiss to Quentin’s cheek.
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About the Author
Beth Bolden lives in Portland, Oregon with her supportive husband and their beloved cat. She wholly believes in Keeping Portland Weird, but wishes she didn't have to make the yearly pilgrimage up to Seattle to watch her Boston Red Sox play baseball. She's a fan of fandoms, and spends too much of her free time on tumblr.
Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn't a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She's published two novels, The Lucky Charm and Getting Lucky, and a short story, Eye of the Storm. Her next novel, Summer Attractions, will be released in August 2016.
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