In His Kiss by Neil S Plakcy @NeilPlakcy #RLFblog #NewRelease #MMRomance #YA
The sun shone on a beautiful country meadow. I walked across luxuriant green grass, wearing a pair of Bermuda shorts and my favorite T-shirt, the one that read “Brains are awesome—everyone should have one.”
Michael Torani is an average seventeen-year-old —not the smartest nor the most popular boy in his school. So he has no clue that his crush on the super cute but nerdy new guy Daniel Florez will soon result in their sharing a deep soul kiss — a kiss that will change Michael’s life forever.
Neil, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your hero, but first, tell us about In His Kiss.
In His Kiss by Neil S Plakcy
Genre Young Adult MM Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
Just one kiss from hot new boy Daniel Florez turns Michael Torani’s world into something from the Sci-Fi Channel — have Daniel’s brain cells been leaking into him? How’s that possible? And yet he’s reading faster than he ever has before, scoring higher on school tests, and even helping his parents understand what’s wrong with his brother, the Big Mistake.
Michael’s wry, funny attitude about growing up, falling in love and getting away from his parents will make you want to be his new best friend. Fans of Richelle Mead and Stephenie Meyer will fall in love with Michael and Daniel as they depend on their brains and their deep emotional connection to survive– and maybe even graduate from high school along the way.
Know the Hero from In His Kiss
Here are some fun questions to help us know your hero.
It’s late, he’s bored. What does he do?
Michael sneaks out his bedroom window to the home of his neighbor and BFF Brie, where they listen to emo music and gossip about high school, teachers, and boys.
What kind of food would he impulse buy if hungry?
What any teen his age would eat—pizza, burgers, chocolate.
Describe the kind of clothes he prefers to wear.
If he could get away with it, Michael would live in faded denims and jewel-toned polo shirts. But occasionally he’l change it up with khakis and button-down oxford cloth shirts.
Does he know how to fix things?
Michael is much better at breaking things than fixing them. Just ask his father.
He tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
Michael needed cash to buy himself a new iPad touch. So he got a part-time job watering plants in the greenhouse at the back of the florist’s. No brainer, huh? Only you had to figure out all these complicated mixtures of fertilizer to put in the water. The rose bushes got one kind of food, the succulents another.
He loved that word, succulent. It represented the whole experience, the way the job totally sucked.
After he nearly killed a whole rack of orchids by giving them too much water and too little food, he got sacked. Conveniently, just as he earned the money he needed.
How does he act around children he doesn’t know?
Well, at seventeen he’s barely out of childhood himself, so he pretty much ignores them unless they have chocolate to offer.
What is he like first thing in the morning?
Grumpy. His parents say he’s too young for coffee, and his mother only prepares gluten-free food because his brother, the Big Mistake, has food issues. So his breakfast is limited to tough pancakes or gluey oatmeal. Neither of which makes him happy.
Can he use chopsticks?
That would imply that his family was allowed to eat food from unusual cultures. Because of the Big Mistake, that’s a Big No.
Does he drink coffee? If so, how does he take it? If not, what does he drink instead?
His mother insists on milk, which he doctors with chocolate syrup.
What apps would he have on his phone?
What wouldn’t he have? Tik-Tok, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, GroupMe, and a few that his parents don’t know about like Grindr, which he downloads, checks out, then deletes almost immediately.
Android or iPhone?
iPhone. He has as many iProducts as Apple makes.
Beard or clean-shaven?
Clean-shaven, though he wishes he could grow a sexy beard, but maybe in time.
Earrings/piercings/tattoos or unadorned skin?
His parents would FREAK OUT if he had piercings or tattoos. Which might be fun, if he wasn’t afraid of them and the places you get them.
Personal vehicle or public transport?
His personal vehicle is a bicycle, though he is learning to drive.
Recycle or toss?
He loves to harass his parents if they accidentally toss something that could be recycled. He’s going to inherit the planet, you know. And for extra guilt, pollution could have a bad effect on the Big Mistake, and you know, as good parents, his wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt their child.
Thanks for helping us get to know your hero!
Where to buy In His Kiss
Amazon because it’s free for a while, I had to de-list it from Amazon.
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Author of over fifty cozy mystery, gay mystery, and MM romance novels, Neil S Plakcy lives in south Florida with his husband and two rambunctious golden retrievers. During the great lockdown of 2020 he honed his skills as his own barista.
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