I love rock stars. It’s no secret. I have two different series (The Dark Angels & Made in China) and now Rocking Thin Ice. There’s just
something about a person who has the courage to stand in front of a crowd and
sing out my feelings. Of course, add the cool/bad guy appeal and well,
you’re in my happy place.
One of my gateways into M/M romance was a rock star story. It was perfectly
imperfect and threw me down the path of lustful adoration. When I was in China,
I spent hours (days… okay weeks… months) watching the Adam Lambert tour cross the USA.
I was fascinated by I could tell how homophobic the state they were
performing in was by how they handled the song Fever. Did Adam Lambert and
Tommy Ratcliff kiss? Did they makeout? How much did they play with each other?
The tour embarked on their overseas tour and I followed it again. That song was
still a good predictor of homophobia but when they headed to Malaysia and
people protested because they were afraid he’d make their kids gay. I decided I
had to start sharing my work.
The music industry is far from tolerant when it comes LGBTQIA
people. Though as we’ve seen in the last few years more out rainbow people. Lil
Nas X, who is openly gay is the rap star who went country and just won Song of
the Year at the MTV Video Music.
I believe music can help people bridge
gaps...
therefore books about musicians can really get the job done!
Rocking Thin Ice came to be
because I was enthralled with a Johnny Weir video where he skates to Lady Gaga
in an exhibition. He’s all defiant and sexy… just by showing the world exactly
who he is he fights and wins a war.
Blaze Parker from Rocking Thin
Ice skates to music that sends messages to the judges, audiences, and the
world. I struggled with who could balance and appreciate all that my skater is
and wants to become… A rock star stood up for the challenge.
Drake Keys is super laid back. He likes girls, guys, and guitars. No
biggie as long as everyone is happy… until the band’s homophobic manager
dismisses him. He finally decides to see Blaze Parker skate live. He decides
attending a skating event wasn’t stalking even if you had been crushing on the
guy since you were a teenager.
Blaze doesn’t do relationships longer than twenty minutes so his
decision to take a very high guitar player home was more about responsibility
than spending time with a hot guy. His brother is joking about Blaze and
Drake’s wedding on their first official date could easily be ignored, but even
his dog (who takes the world on teeth first) loves Drake. It’s a conspiracy! But
not a bad one.
Rocking
Thin Ice’s blurb
Can a sexy rock star show a relationship-phobic
ice skater that there’s more to life than gold medals?
When ice-skating’s bad boy Blaze first glimpses
Drake, every fantasy he’s ever had flares to life. Not only is rock star Drake
sexy as sin, his songs awaken a longing in Blaze that he’s denied for years.
But Blaze Parker doesn’t believe in relationships—at least not those that last
more than twenty minutes.
Drake Keys has dreamed about the sensual ice
skater for years. When Drake is kicked out of his band because of his bisexuality,
he drives across the country to finally see the man he’s had a crush on skate
live.
Though the attraction is instant and intense,
both Blaze and Drake have baggage that puts any relationship on thin ice. Blaze
is driven by a long-ago betrayal to prove himself a champion, and Drake,
uncertain about the future, hopes to resurrect his music career. As they take a
road trip together, Drake romances Blaze, hoping to melt his heart and show him
that love is possible… but not without some tough decisions.
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