Meet Dirk Greyson’s Day and Knight
by Dirk Greyson
Hi, This is Dirk and its great to meet you all. I first got the idea for Day and Knight over a year ago at Rainbowcon and then continued thinking about it at the Dreamspinner author conference in Portland. I’m nit exactly sure where exactly the characters came from. I think since I spent so much time churning them over in my head that they really took shape gradually. I wanted both men to be the same, yet different. I know that sounds weird, but both Day and Knight are strong, in control guys. They have a number of things in common including the fact that they are deeply closeted and have spent much of their lives dedicated to jobs and careers. Day worked for National Security and Knight is a Marine. They both now work for a government shadow agency. Day is an intense, smart, computer nerd who longs for field work. Knight has been broken after the death of his family, crawled into a bottle, and is now being given his final chance. He’s closed off and doesn’t talk much about himself. When Day and Knight are given a join assignment, its anything but hearts and roses. Knight views Day as a rookie and Day most sees Knight’s general assholeness, as he calls it. To make matters worse, they need to stop a terrorist plot and decide to use a cruise as cover in order to get in and out under the radar. The this is that the one cruise available that gets them where they want is a gay cruise and they need to remain under cover. With these two, the sparks fly between them from day one and they might get together if they don’t kill each other first.
In the end I had an amazing time writing these two characters and they really got under my skin, so definitely expect to see more of them in the future.
About Day and Knight
As former NSA, Dayton (Day) Ingram has national security chops and now works as a technical analyst for Scorpion. He longs for fieldwork, and scuttling an attack gives him his chance. He’s smart, multilingual, and a technological wizard. But his opportunity comes with a hitch—a partner, Knighton (Knight), who is a real mystery. Despite countless hours of research, Day can find nothing on the agent, including his first name!
Former Marine Knight crawled into a bottle after losing his family. After drying out, he’s offered one last chance: along with Day, stop a terrorist threat from the Yucatan. To get there without drawing suspicion, Day and Knight board a gay cruise, where the deeply closeted Day and equally closeted Knight must pose as a couple. Tensions run high as Knight communicates very little and Day bristles at Knight’s heavy-handed need for control.
But after drinking too much, Day and Knight wake up in bed. Together. As they near their destination, they must learn to trust and rely on each other to infiltrate the terrorist camp and neutralize the plot aimed at the US’s technological infrastructure, if they hope to have a life after the mission. One that might include each other.
Available at: Dreamspinner, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
An Excerpt from Day and Knight
“Are you going to knock off for the night or sleep at your desk, newbie?” Knight asked, breaking Day’s concentration. “I have our travel arrangements all set, and the company even sprang for a decent stateroom.”
“We’re only going to be on the ship a few days. It seems like a waste to—”
Knight cut him off with a wave of his hand. “You’ve been busy and haven’t heard the latest. The sailing we’re on is a gay cruise, so you and I are playing the part of lovers on a vacation together.”
Day’s stomach did a flip and he tried his best to keep his discomfort off his face. “Sounds… interesting.” God, what in the hell did he say to that?
“Don’t worry, we don’t have to take it too far, but it was the easiest way to get us on the ship we need, and it will help us blend in with the other passengers.” Knight handed him a set of papers. “Put this someplace safe. That should be all your travel arrangements.”
Day nodded, reading through the details.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Knight said. “And you’re welcome.”
Day looked up from the travel documents and opened his mouth to say thank you, but Knight was already leaving the office with the grace of a panther on the prowl. Day was transfixed, his mind instantly stripping away the dress shirt and pants, imagining what might be hidden beneath. Probably acres of rich, olive-toned skin with just enough short dark hair on his chest to make things really interesting. Day’s mind conjured up a scent that made his head swim.
“Practicing for the cruise?” Knight asked from the doorway, and Day blinked once as he fell back to reality.
“Just wondering if being an ass came naturally to you or if you actually worked at it?” Day flashed a smile, thankful he’d been able to come up with something to cover his little daydream. Shit like that had to end. He needed to keep things together. He could do this.
“It’s a talent gifted by the gods,” Knight countered and left the room before Day had a chance to respond.
Day ground his teeth for a few seconds. That guy was going to drive him insane. He wished he had someone else as his partner for his first assignment. Day closed the transmission files he’d been working on and saved them onto a USB stick so he could take them home. A grin formed on his face as he opened a window into the Scorpion internal systems and went to work, searching for information on Knighton. If he was going to be working with the man, he was going to find out everything there was to know about him. Fuck if he’d stumble around like some newbie and let Knight get the better of him all the time.
About Dirk Greyson
Dirk is very much an outside kind of man. He loves travel and seeing new things. Dirk worked in corporate America for way too long and now spends his days writing, gardening, and taking care of the home he shares with his partner of more than two decades. He has a Masters Degree and all the other accessories that go with a corporate job. But he is most proud of the stories he tells and the life he’s built. Dirk lives in Pennsylvania in a century old home and is blessed with an amazing circle of friends.
Find out more about Dirk on his Website, Facebook and Twitter or email him at dirkgreyson@comcast.net.
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