Title: Teresias Bound

Author: Rebecca James

Publisher: Rebecca James

Release Date: July 29

Heat Level: 4 – Lots of Sex

Pairing: Male/Male

Length: approximately 81k

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, mpreg

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Synopsis:

Aiden is a man in a woman’s body. His dream is to fly to Aquarix where the elusive Fluens–the only species capable of changing his life record and physically making him a man–reside, and for years he’s been working at a seedy brothel in Solarias to save enough money to make that dream a reality.

Lydo, the prince of Teresias, has spent his youth leading his father’s army and avoiding his responsibilities on his home planet. On brief leave during a dangerous mission, he stops at a brothel and acquires the services of a feisty young prostitute who insists Lydo refer to her as a boy. Amused by the girl, the prince pays her way to Aquarix.

Aiden is euphoric at his transformation, but Lydo is more than a little disconcerted by the fact he is attracted to Aiden as a man.
When it’s time to part ways, Aiden fulfills his second dream by taking a job on a spaceship. Resigned to step into his expected role on Teresias, the prince returns to his homophobic planet. But as the king parades princesses before his son in hopes of a betrothal, Lydo finds his heart remains with a certain adventurous boy somewhere out in space.

Excerpt:

“Good to know now you’re not a man of your word, before I start to trust you in any way,” Lydo said, face tight.

Aiden feigned ignorance. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“We had a deal.”

Aiden crossed his arms over his chest, still a little surprised at the feel of the taut, muscular pectorals rather than the soft breasts he’d lived with for so long. “You never believed me in the first place.”

Lydo bent close to Aiden’s face, and Aiden straightened his spine, refusing to be cowed. Tilting his head back, he looked at the big man face-to-face, heart rocketing into overdrive on multiple levels. Lydo was threatening, sexy, and unreadable, and if Aiden wasn’t careful, he was going to do something incredibly stupid like allow his crush to deepen into something much more dangerous.

“Are you able to get me out of here?” Lydo’s warm breath brushed Aiden’s face. “Or was it all a lie to get into my pants?”

“Answer me.”

Aiden sighed. “I could do it. The question is, is leaving what you really should do?” He put his hand on Lydo’s arm and touched the corded muscle of bulging bicep before snatching his fingers away again.

“There’s so much you could do here if you ruled as king. You saw those people, Lydo. The Konnics. They live a miserable existence on a barren wasteland because they have no other choice. If you were king, you could fix all that.”

Lydo’s eyes burned into Aiden’s for a long moment before the prince stepped away, putting some space between them. Inwardly, Aiden sagged with relief.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Lydo grumbled.

Aiden considered that perhaps Lydo didn’t have it in him to be a good ruler. Remembering the sharp disappointment not an hour earlier when he’d realized it wasn’t Lydo giving him pleasure, followed by the twist of the knife when the Pusari female reported Lydo had been the one to send her, Aiden reminded himself only an acute sense of self-preservation had gotten him this far in life, and right then that sense was flashing a red light of warning.

Aiden’s desire for Lydo was blooming into something that threatened to throw him off course. The demanding, arrogant man who had come into the brothel had turned out to be more complicated than Aiden had at first thought. After managing to crawl beneath Aiden’s defenses, Lydo continually ran hot and cold. He seemed perfectly willing to give his body in payment for the favor he desired, yet he obviously had a problem with the concept of sleeping with a man.

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Conflict

You can’t have a plot without conflict. Aiden’s conflict lies mainly with the fact that he’s always felt male but was born with a female body. Fortunately, with monetary help from Lydo, Aiden has a way to change his body to the one he should have been born with.

Lydo’s conflict is more complicated. The prince of the planet Teresias rebels against his father, who is trying to force the prince to remain on the planet to rule. Aiden helps Lydo realize that his father gave Lydo a warped idea of what a king should be.

EXCERPT: Early in the book, before Aiden’s physical transformation into a man, Lydo and Aiden eat in a diner.

“You know more about me than I do about you,” Lydo said. “Care to even the playing field?”

Aiden shrugged. “Nothing to tell. I’m completely alone in the world.”

The words, spoken so carelessly, stirred Lydo’s heart. “How did you come to work in a brothel on Solarias?”

“I met someone who told me he had a way for me to make more money than I was making creating jewelry from the stones in the desert caves and selling them at the local market. And he was right; Earth women are popular on Solarias. The madam was thrilled to get me.”

Lydo frowned at the thought of some man taking advantage of a young girl like that.

“You can stop looking all protective,” Aiden said. “I can take care of myself. I knew what I was getting into, and I wanted to do it.”

“You wanted to sell your body to any disgusting person who would pay for the pleasure?” Lydo asked sharply. Somehow the fact that he’d frequented brothels himself completely passed him by. He’d never considered the prostitute’s side before—how absolutely revolting their profession must be. Had he ever even bothered to wash his cock before shoving it into their mouths? Unsettled, he returned his attention to his food while Aiden proceeded to tell him off.

“Of course, I didn’t, but it was a means to an end. The fastest way I could make the money I needed. Don’t you fucking judge me. I shouldn’t be surprised; whore mongers rarely take the time to think with anything but their dicks.”

Lydo wasn’t sure why he was so insulted, but he was. He tossed his fork onto the table. “I’m not a whore monger. I simply don’t have time to form relationships.”

Aiden rolled his eyes. “You seemed pretty used to the drill.” He lowered his voice an octave. “‘Take off your clothes. Get on the bed.’”

Lydo leaned forward over the brown Formica table and lowered his voice. “Yeah, well, somebody had to tell you what to do. And as I recall, you enjoyed yourself quite a lot.”

“I was paid to enjoy myself.”

“Bullshit. Are you telling me you got your rocks off with every customer who came in there?” Two dots of pink appeared on Aiden’s cheeks, and Lydo smiled triumphantly. “I didn’t think so. And you were very eager to get into my pants on Teresias. Oh, don’t be embarrassed; you aren’t the first to beg for more.”

Aiden’s lips firmed and anger flashed in his eyes. To Lydo’s annoyance, he was getting hard. What was it about Aiden that he found so stimulating? Surely if it came down to having sex with the kid as a male, Lydo’s erection would wilt.

A memory, long-buried, stirred in Lydo’s mind. Two Teresian men who had dared to love one another. Jamec had caught them, and a five-year-old Lydo had been forced to watch along with the rest of his father’s subjects as the lovers were executed. Trussed and gagged, the two men had been siphoned. Worst of all in Lydo’s mind was the look on the second man’s face as he’d watched his lover slowly die. He wished he could forget it.

“Lydo?” Aiden’s touch brought Lydo back to the present. “What’s the matter? Where’d you go just now?”

“I feel sick.” Lydo pushed his plate away and stumbled out of the diner, barely making it to a patch of tall grass before he lost the contents of his stomach. Gasping, he straightened and took the disposable cup Aiden pushed into his shaking hand.

“Drink,” Aiden said. Lydo spit out the first mouthful of water, and then greedily swallowed the rest. The cool drink settled in his empty belly like a stone.

“Thanks,” he rasped, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

“Was this your way of making sure I paid for our meal?” Aiden teased.

Lydo sucked in a couple deep breaths of air. Zarta was known for its even temperatures and beautiful scenery, and Lydo ran his gaze over the lush plains and distant mountains until his nerves settled. “Food must not have agreed with me,” he finally said.

Aiden looked doubtful but didn’t reply.

Lydo turned and put a smile on his face that he hoped wasn’t too shaky. “Ready for your lesson?” The look of joy that transformed Aiden’s features was enough to sweep the prince’s mind of any lingering horror.

“Now?”

Lydo grinned and nodded.

Aiden bounced on his feet. “Let’s go, then!” Grabbing Lydo by the hand, Aiden tugged the prince toward the docking area.

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Meet the Author:

Best-selling author of contemporary and paranormal gay romance, Rebecca James is an English major with a life-long love of reading and writing who found her niche in M/M romance.Rebecca will be a supporting author at GayRomList 2017 this October in Denver. Let her know if you’ll be there and if you’re one of her newsletter subscribers, she’ll have a special gift set aside for you!