Exclusive Excerpt from Out of the Blue

by RJ Jones

A week after my date with Cam, I was in the kitchen preparing dinner when a huge bouquet of red roses came walking through the door of Caroline’s apartment.

“These are for you.” Caroline’s disembodied voice came from behind the largest floral arrangement I’d ever seen.

“Who’re they from?”

“Give you one guess, Mr. Oblivious,” she grumbled as she placed the flowers on the counter.

“Why would he send me roses? I’m not a girl.”

I opened the attached card and two tickets for the 49ers vs the Bears preseason game fell out onto the counter.

I know you’re not a girl. The roses are for Caroline. I’ll pick you up at 1pm 🙂

I pushed the arrangement over to her. “They’re for you.”

“Ah, the old best-friend buyoff. He’s sucking up to both of us. He’s not all that stupid, is he?” Caroline asked, looking over my shoulder at the card and tickets.

“You know what he’s doing, don’t you?” Caroline asked.

“Taking me to the Bears game?” I took a closer look at the tickets. Seats on the fifty-yard line in two days’ time.

“No, dumbass, he’s wooing you.”

“Wooing?”

“Yes, he’s dating you. He’s taking you back to the beginning. He wants you to get to know the new Cameron Cooper. You know, I never thought he’d do it this way, I just thought he’d ask you to come home and not take no for an answer.”

That’s what I’d thought too.

About Out of the Blue

When everything happens Out of the Blue…

Lt Cameron Cooper has been with the San Francisco Fire Department for fifteen years. He’s seen and dealt with a lot of horrifying situations.  He’s always considered himself mentally tough, but when he attends a multi-vehicle accident and sees a dead boy with features remarkably similar to his long-time boyfriend, his mental health takes a hit.

All Jake Montgomery wants is to propose to his boyfriend on their ten-year anniversary. He’s already bought the perfect rings, but when Cameron struggles to look at him after a tragic accident, he has doubts about their future. Cam is withdrawing, and Jake doesn’t know why.

With heated arguments and cold shoulders, Cam and Jake’s life starts to fall apart. Just when Cam thinks he can overcome his issues and finally talk to Jake, memories from Jake’s past threaten to push them apart forever.

Available at: Amazon

About RJ Jones

I started as a reader and eventually made the progression to reviewing. It wasn’t until two men pop into my thoughts, insisting on telling me their story that I started to write. It started with one scene. A hot and dirty one in the shower.

My initial thought was if I could write their scene then they’d shut up and allow me to concentrate on other aspects of my day. That shower scene was 3000 words long and three hours of work.  But they didn’t shut up.  They told me their entire story and I didn’t sleep for days.  Sometimes I couldn’t keep up with what they were telling me and I had to keep a notebook by my bed.

Whilst I was writing their story a side character decided he needed his story told too. Then other characters followed suit.

You see the problem? If I ever want to sleep again then I need to write.

I’m a wife and a mother to two boys. Even my dog is a boy.

I am surrounded by males.

Find out more about RJ on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.

As part of this blog tour, RJ is giving away an eBook copy of Out of the Blue!! To enter, just click the link below!

Rafflecopter Giveaway

Please be aware that the only way to enter the giveaway is to click the Rafflecopter link above. Any comments on this post will not count towards entering the giveaway unless otherwise stated but are still welcome anyway.

Don’t forget to check out Susan65’s review of Out of the Blue to see what she thought of it!

Good luck!