About Between A Fox and a Hard Place
by Misa Izanaki
212 pages / 48900 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-026-8
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Aoi is an exotic dancer and an elf with a kitsune lover, which makes his
life pretty unique to begin with. He's looking forward to some needed time
along with his lover Itsuke, but problems arise in the form of Aya, a young
man who claims Aoi is his father.
Aoi knows he can't possibly be the young man's father, but he feels sorry
for the kid, so he and Itsuke take Aya in. While the three of them begin to
explore their new relationship, problems arise from both Aoi and Itsuke's
families. Between familial obligations, curses and injuries, will the three
of them ever find the time they need to bond and grow together?
Previously published as a Chaser series, Between a Fox and a Hard Place.
Sample
Aoi tipped his cowboy hat and tossed it aside, letting
his dark, knee-length hair tumble down his bare shoulders and back. He
tossed his head and slinked to the center of the stage, moving to the heady
beat of the music. First the chaps came off in one quick pull, then the tiny
denim shorts were pushed down over his long, sleek legs, revealing a snug
leather g-string. With a low purr, Aoi ran his fingers over the weighted
steel rings in his nipples, arching into his own touch.
Amber eyes closed as his hands gripped the brass pole anchored to the stage.
He leaned back and swung himself around gracefully. Each movement was
perfectly timed and dripping with sex. He loved to dance, especially in
front of an eager audience. Something about having all those people watching
him, wanting him, made it all worthwhile. Aoi knew there would be offers
tonight along with the tips. Most people assumed that stripper went hand in
hand with whore, which just wasn’t true. Well, not anymore, at least...
The song ended all too soon and Aoi took a quick bow before heading into the
audience to collect his tips. Eager patrons tucked one- and five-dollar
bills into his g-string as he walked through the crowd. Oh, a twenty... it
was going to be a good night. A couple of guys offered to buy him for the
evening. Aoi smiled and turned them down as gently as he could. It was
tempting. Hell, five years ago he would have taken them both even if there
wasn’t money involved, but that was in the past. There was only one person
he wanted to fuck, now, and that man was in Japan until tomorrow. Once his
rounds were done, he slipped past a few more groping hands and headed to the
bar.
Dante, the pretty, blue-haired bartender flashed him a sexy grin. “Lookin’
good, Aoi.” He set an ice-cold bottle of water on the bar. “You made one
sexy cowboy.” Dante was apparently going for the demon look, with the little
horns that peeked through his hair and the lion’s tail, but that innocent
face made him look more like a fallen angel than anything really demonic.
Dante was such a sweet boy that the whole demon thing didn’t really fit, but
it did look good on him. Aoi sighed. He worked with so much temptation. The
Body Shop always did pride itself on hiring only the prettiest boys... It
almost made him regret having a steady lover. Almost.
“Thanks.” Aoi grinned back as he twisted the cap off his water. “I like the
horns, they suit you.”
“You think so? I just got ’em. Doc charged me an arm and a leg but it was so
worth it.” The bartender smiled back at him. “I might try for wings next...
little ones, just for the effect.”
“You should try for feathered ones if you do... it would be prettier.”
“Yeah, too bad I couldn’t get interchangeable ones so I could switch them
depending on my mood. Now that would be cool.”
Aoi chuckled as he pulled the bills out of his g-string and stuffed them
into the tip jar. “You and your body mods... I remember when people just got
piercings and tattoos, not horns and tails.”
“That’s because you’re an old man, at least compared to the rest of us...”
The bartender stuck his pierced tongue out. “You’re what, fifty, sixty?”
“Fifty-two, not that I’m counting...”