It’s Gun’s n’ Boys release time again! In Swamp Blood, Domenico and Seth are in hiding after successfully deceiving the mafia family that’s after them. The stay in a small Louisiana town was meant to aid Seth’s recovery, but trouble is always closely following the path of our MCs, and soon enough, they find each other surrounded by more danger than they bargained for. How will they survive?

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Swamp Blood

K.A. Merikan

— Faking their own death was the easy part. —

After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together. When Domenico’s jealousy pushes them into the spotlight of a biker gang with connections to their former mafia family, Seth decides to step up, and make his own decisions, no matter what risks they might entail.

Domenico Acerbi can’t trust anyone. Nightmares of Seth’s torture are still haunting his dreams, and if he and Seth are to leave the country quietly and disappear off the mafia’s radar, he needs to stay in charge and keep everyone under control. What he doesn’t need is Seth giving him attitude, keeping secrets, and distancing himself for no reason. And as if Domenico didn’t have enough on his plate already, Seth forces him to help some hooker. Being stuck in the swamp with a kid hunted by a bunch of bikers is not Domenico’s idea of laying low.

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Themes: mafia, homophobia, assassin, organized crime, outlaw bikers, human trafficking, runaway, trust issues

Genre: Dark, twisted erotic romance / crime thriller

Erotic content: Explicit gay sex

Length: ~117,000 words

WARNING: Adult content. If you are easily offended, this book is not for you.

‘Guns n’ Boys’ is a gritty story of extreme violence, offensive language, abuse, and morally ambiguous protagonists. Behind the morbid facade, there is a splash of inappropriate dark humor, and a love story that will crawl under your skin.

Excerpt

Domenico screamed out, grabbing at nothing as thick air, drenched with the coppery scent of blood, poured into his lungs. It was dark. Something was holding him down, and he fought it until he managed to get his numb hands free. Only now, his senses were fully kicking in, and he realized the air wasn’t thick with a metallic aroma. All he sensed now was the damp smell of cotton, mold, cologne …

Seth’s hot, beloved body was alive next to him, sleeping soundly in a T-shirt despite the heat of Louisiana in July.

“Dom? What is it?” Seth muttered groggily and slowly turned his face to Dom, but kept his eyes closed. Even with the messy beard he had grown in the past months, he was still the sweetest image Dom wanted to always wake up to.

Domenico took a deep, hollow breath and let his body fall down to the bed, straight into the permanent dip the previous occupant of their apartment had left in the mattress. He slid his arms around Seth and pushed his face against his furry neck. He was hardly suppressing the shaking in his limbs as he traced his lover’s warm skin with his fingertips. He slowly calmed down, recognizing its softness, the familiar scent of fresh sweat, and the sea that somehow always clung to Seth’s skin at night.

“Must be a dog outside,” he lied, not daring to look up, like a little boy afraid of staring death in the face. As if this all turned out to be a dream, and he’d wake up holding a lifeless corpse.

About author

K.A. Merikan is the pen name for Kat and Agnes Merikan, a team of writers, who are mistaken for sisters with surprising regularity. Kat’s the mean sergeant and survival specialist of the duo, never hesitating to kick Agnes’s ass when she’s slacking off. Her memory works like an easy-access catalogue, which allows her to keep up with both book details and social media. Also works as the emergency GPS. Agnes is the Merikan nitpicker, usually found busy with formatting and research. Her attention tends to be scattered, and despite pushing thirty, she needs to apply makeup to buy alcohol. Self-proclaimed queen of the roads.

They love the weird and wonderful, stepping out of the box, and bending stereotypes both in life and books. When you pick up a Merikan book, there’s one thing you can be sure of – it will be full of surprises.

e-mail: kamerikan@gmail.com

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