North Star Bundle
Novels Included
Spark, Fusion, & Flare
By Posy Roberts
Genre: M/M Romance
Release
Date: August 5, 2016
USA Today’s
“Happily Ever After” Recommended Reads
North Star is a
series about second chances at love. It’s also a second chance for Hugo and
Kevin to prove themselves and for them both to become more than they never
expect. If you’ve never ventured into M/M Romance before, this is your chance.
North Star has been recommended by numerous readers as a crossover series to
gently take you into unexplored territory. Nearly three years ago, North Star
was released book by book. Now you can get the entire series as a bundle!
Hugo and Kevin were
best friends and secret lovers in high school, but a chance meeting years later
proves that the spark that drew them together before is still there. In Spark,
Hugo and Kevin must try to put together a relationship while overcoming the obstacles
of coming out, divorce, and children. In Fusion, an unexpected illness may tear
apart all they’ve been building. And in Flare, though they’ve finally settled
together happily, outside forces are working hard to upset their family.
“I'm in love with
this series, these characters, and will miss all their adventures together.
This whole series is a very worthwhile read, and a welcome addition to my
permanent collection shelf!” ~MM Good Book Reviews - Gigi
“Radiantly
Recommended.” ~The Novel Approach Tina
“I was both excited
and a little sad to read this conclusion to Posy Robert's North Star Trilogy. I
have lived through so much with the characters that have become like fictional
family.” ~Life your Life, Buy the Book – Deb
“I LOVED these
books, guys. This series is fantastic, and I fell head over heels for these
characters.” ~Mrs. Condit & Friends Read Books Jules Lovestoread
“I highly recommend
reading all the books in the series, and I applaud Posy Roberts again for
creating these subtle stories full of interesting, lovable characters and
authentic, relatable life events.” ~Prism Book Alliance Christine
Intro To Excerpt:
In high school,
Hugo and Kevin discover they are perfect for each other. Sadly they fell in
love years too early to make a solid commitment, and college and other
relationships got in the way. Fifteen years later they meet again, and all
those old feelings are rekindled.
Second chances at
such perfect love don’t happen everyday. Hugo and Kevin immediately know
they’re meant to be, but figuring out a way to combine their divergent lives
without rocking their wellestablished boats is the challenge. If that’s even
possible.
Perhaps their love
is worth upending the worlds they know.
Excerpt
Kevin laughed deep
and warm in his chest and stopped walking, pulling Hugo to a stop with him.
“God, Hugo. I missed you. You always did know what to say to make me feel
better. How the heck did we ever lose track of each other after everything we
discovered together?”
Hugo shrugged, not
knowing how to answer after their gradual drift from talking on a regular basis
during their first month in college to nothing by the time winter break came.
“We just had different lives, I think,” he said with another shrug.
“We went our
separate ways after I said goodbye to you in your driveway.”
“I still regret not
kissing you that day. I should have just said ‘screw it’ and kissed you like I
wanted to, even if my dad was right there.” Hugo looked up the few inches to
meet Kevin’s gray eyes and tried to smile, but it probably came across more as
sadness than a smile. He couldn’t believe
Kevin still thought
of that day too. He wondered if Kevin’s mind ever drifted to the kiss in the
wooded meadow when he was bored in a meeting or like Hugo’s had that very afternoon
in the car. Slowly, he felt the corner of his mouth turn into something akin to
flirty, and he asked, “Oh?”
“Yes,” Kevin said
as his warm thumb trailed across Hugo’s jaw toward his chin. “I’ve thought
about that day a lot, about our last kiss and how I wish it never would’ve
ended. Damn the rain. Would you mind if I showed you how I’ve always imagined
that moment in the driveway would’ve happened?”
“Yes, you can show
me,” Hugo stammered, his heart beating hard against his chest.
Kevin’s smile lit
up his face, and he looked so young just then, the careworn lines that had
appeared between his brows while talking about his father smoothing.
“Okay, so maybe
this isn’t exactly like I would have said things back then, but this is how I wish
I would’ve done it. Ready?” Hugo nodded and licked his lips, drawing Kevin’s
attention to his mouth.
“So pretend we’re
standing next to my open trunk,” Kevin directed as he led Hugo near the tail
end of a car parked in a driveway close to the roadside. Kevin tilted his head
left and right, shaking his hands out loosely next to his body as if trying to
get into character.
“Hugo,” he started,
somehow pulling youthful nervousness into his voice, “we should plan on getting
together in a few weeks.”
“Sure,” Hugo
answered, ready to play along with the conversation he barely remembered. He
recalled the feelings he’d had, though: excitement about leaving Austin but
sadness about leaving Kevin. “I can get a ride down to St. Peter, or you can
come up to Minneapolis. It’s not that far.”
That drive never
ended up happening for either of them because Hugo auditioned for a play in the
U’s theater department and got a lead role as a freshman, something unheard of.
He had no time to get together on weekends because he had homework to do and
lines to memorize and blocking to learn and sets to help build.
“Seventy miles or
so.”
That’s where Hugo
vaguely remembered Kevin’s dad clapping his big hands and telling Kevin he’d
better hit the road. Now there was just the sound of faroff waves and traffic
from the highway on the other side of the trees peppered with exploding
fireworks.
“I’d love that,”
Hugo said, regretful he hadn’t taken the time to find a ride and just go. “I’ll
make it happen,” he promised, and he wished he’d kept it.
Kevin looked at
Hugo with such intensity; even in the darkness surrounding them, Hugo could see
how blown Kevin’s pupils were.
“It’ll happen this
time,” Kevin whispered against Hugo’s mouth, lazily closing his eyes as he
spoke.
Hugo tasted Kevin’s
breath on his tongue, remembering it. A silvery thread of his memory seemed to
actually weave this moment to the moments in his past, pushing Hugo back into
that world, filling him with all those emotions he had for Kevin when they were
just boys. Kevin was the only man Hugo had really and truly been in love with.
He was the ruler every single boyfriend since had to unwittingly measure
himself against. And none, not a single one, had ever gotten anywhere near.
Posy Roberts writes
about the realistic struggles of men looking for love. Whether her characters
are family men, drag queens, or lonely men searching for connections, they all
find a home in her stories.
Posy is a Jill of
all trades and master of the drill and paintbrush. She’s married to a partner who
makes sure she doesn’t forget to eat or sleep during her writing frenzies. Her
daughter, a budding author and cinematographer, helps her come up with
character names. For fun, Posy enjoys crafting, hiking, and singing
spontaneously about the mundane, just to make regular life more interesting.
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