Title: Unfettered
Author: Kate Hawthorne
Genre: M/M Romance, Adult, BDSM
Release Date: November 21, 2019
How can Heath find happiness again when he's terrified of the things he loves?
After a reckless scene gone wrong, Heath is floating alone though life, unable to trust anyone enough give up control. Everything changes when he accepts a dinner invitation from a handsome younger man.
Beau is a twenty-four year old student with a strong personality who he knows exactly what he wants in life. And right now, he wants Heath. It doesn't matter that Heath has a traumatic past, and it definitely doesn't matter when they find out Heath is one of his professors.
The reemergence of someone Heath used to know sends their relationship into a tailspin, and leaves Beau questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. To save his relationship with Heath, he has to turn to the support system he's never had before...his long lost brothers.
Heath has finally rediscovered the liberation in restraint, but now Beau needs to find the freedom promised from being truly unfettered.
“Come on.” Heath clapped his hands together twice and pointed toward the door. “Go get your books and come back, then we’ll get started.”
Everyone filed out, leaving him alone with Beau and a heavy and awkward silence.
“You never said you were a student,” Heath whispered, resting his ass against the corner of the desk. Beau didn’t move from his seat near the door.
“You didn’t ask.”
“I didn’t think to.”
In reply, Beau smiled.
“We obviously can’t see each other anymore.” Heath turned his back to Beau and stared at the trails of chalk dust that arced across the blackboard.
“We’re actually going to see each other every Tuesday and Thursday from eight to ten.” A chair screeched across the floor and Heath didn’t dare turn around to look.
“I mean like last night. Tonight.”
“Why not?” Beau’s words were hot against his ear and his fingers gentle against Heath’s waist.
“It’s improper.”
“But I want to see you.” Beau turned his head just so, so that his lips dragged across the shell of Heath’s ear.
“I could lose my job. You could get expelled.”
“We’ll have to be careful,” Beau whispered. He stepped closer to Heath until the fabric of their shirts rubbed together. “Don’t you want to see where this can go?”
Beau’s hands slipped around to Heath’s stomach and up toward his chest. His fingers were splayed wide and he brushed the tips of his fingers against Heath’s bottom lip.
“We can’t,” Heath pleaded.
This was awful. What had he done to deserve such a cruel twist of fate? Finally finding someone capable of pulling him out of his post-Mac funk and it was a student? He groaned, and Beau’s finger slipped through the part of his lips.
“I can do whatever I please,” Beau promised. “And I’ll be by at seven to pick you up. I hope that you’ll be ready.”
Everyone filed out, leaving him alone with Beau and a heavy and awkward silence.
“You never said you were a student,” Heath whispered, resting his ass against the corner of the desk. Beau didn’t move from his seat near the door.
“I didn’t think to.”
In reply, Beau smiled.
“We obviously can’t see each other anymore.” Heath turned his back to Beau and stared at the trails of chalk dust that arced across the blackboard.
“We’re actually going to see each other every Tuesday and Thursday from eight to ten.” A chair screeched across the floor and Heath didn’t dare turn around to look.
“I mean like last night. Tonight.”
“Why not?” Beau’s words were hot against his ear and his fingers gentle against Heath’s waist.
“It’s improper.”
“But I want to see you.” Beau turned his head just so, so that his lips dragged across the shell of Heath’s ear.“I could lose my job. You could get expelled.”
“We’ll have to be careful,” Beau whispered. He stepped closer to Heath until the fabric of their shirts rubbed together. “Don’t you want to see where this can go?”
Beau’s hands slipped around to Heath’s stomach and up toward his chest. His fingers were splayed wide and he brushed the tips of his fingers against Heath’s bottom lip.
“We can’t,” Heath pleaded.
This was awful. What had he done to deserve such a cruel twist of fate? Finally finding someone capable of pulling him out of his post-Mac funk and it was a student? He groaned, and Beau’s finger slipped through the part of his lips.
“I can do whatever I please,” Beau promised. “And I’ll be by at seven to pick you up. I hope that you’ll be ready.”
What is the biggest influence/interest that brought you to this genre?
Years ago, the almighty Amazon led me down the path to reading gay romance, which I didn't even know was a thing to be honest. It was a refreshing change from MF romance, but there was still a lack of BDSM books available in KU, which is what I was most interested in reading. My decision to begin publishing MM was driven solely from my desire to share the kind of content that I couldn't find on my own.
When writing a book, what is your favorite part of the creative process(outline, plot, character names, editing, etc)?
I am a total pantser, so I don't know anything about outlines! Haha. My favorite part is getting to know my characters. I always have a general idea of how I think things are going to go, and sometimes the book goes according to plan and sometimes it doesn't. I really enjoy learning about the people I'm writing about.
When reading a book, what genre do you find most interesting/intriguing?
I really enjoy historical romance, especially if it's a little anachronistic. I'm just reading the occasional paranormal, too, because I love seeing what sorts of worlds authors create when they're given that flexibility.
If you could co-author with any author, past or present, who would you choose?
Aaah! I write with my best friend EM Denning, and she's wonderful and I'm spoiled by how easy it is to write with her. I have a couple other collaborations coming in 2020 with authors off the dream list, but I can't spoil that yet.
Have you always wanted to write or did it come to you "later in life"?
It's something I really loved as a child, but not something I was told I could make a career out of, so I never pursued it. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, but publishing is something relatively new to me, but I can't imagine going back now.
Years ago, the almighty Amazon led me down the path to reading gay romance, which I didn't even know was a thing to be honest. It was a refreshing change from MF romance, but there was still a lack of BDSM books available in KU, which is what I was most interested in reading. My decision to begin publishing MM was driven solely from my desire to share the kind of content that I couldn't find on my own.
When writing a book, what is your favorite part of the creative process(outline, plot, character names, editing, etc)?
I am a total pantser, so I don't know anything about outlines! Haha. My favorite part is getting to know my characters. I always have a general idea of how I think things are going to go, and sometimes the book goes according to plan and sometimes it doesn't. I really enjoy learning about the people I'm writing about.
When reading a book, what genre do you find most interesting/intriguing?
I really enjoy historical romance, especially if it's a little anachronistic. I'm just reading the occasional paranormal, too, because I love seeing what sorts of worlds authors create when they're given that flexibility.
If you could co-author with any author, past or present, who would you choose?
Aaah! I write with my best friend EM Denning, and she's wonderful and I'm spoiled by how easy it is to write with her. I have a couple other collaborations coming in 2020 with authors off the dream list, but I can't spoil that yet.
Have you always wanted to write or did it come to you "later in life"?
It's something I really loved as a child, but not something I was told I could make a career out of, so I never pursued it. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, but publishing is something relatively new to me, but I can't imagine going back now.
Born and raised in Southern California, Kate Hawthorne woke up one day and realized she had stories worth sharing. Now existing on a steady diet of wine and coffee, Kate writes stories about complicated men in love that are sometimes dirty, but always sweet. She enjoys crafting hard-fought and well deserved happy endings with just the right amount of angst and kink.
From estate sale shopping to shoe worship, there's something in at least one of her books that'll tickle your fancy. Visit her website.
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