Julia McBryant has a new MM contemporary book out: “Hurricane Dreams.”
Audie Currell, the only son of one of the richest families in Charleston, runs off from his parent’s wine tasting with his father’s business associate’s son, Calhoun Chatterton, another well-off teenager from Savannah. They start dating in secret. But Audie’s abusive childhood stands in the way of an authentic relationship â as does their family’s homophobia. They have to hide their relationship while coping with Audie’s trauma. Can two naive teenagers manage such a difficult task?
Series Blurb:
The Southern Seduction series chronicles the interconnected lives of a group of well-off, high society young adults in Savannah, Georgia, most of whom have known each other since kindergarten. Their complicated relationships (and unconventional sexcapades) form the meat of the series, along with a careful attention to chronology, character, and prose. More than romantic erotica, the Southern Seduction series details a fully realized world of drama, theme, and most of all, memorable characters.
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Giveaway
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Excerpt

âGod, I fucking love your car. Youâre super hot and you come with a Porsche Carrerra. Jesus, Audie. Are you seriously real?â
âAre you?â Audie laughs and tucks Calhounâs hair behind his ears. He still canât believe the things he says to Calhoun every goddamn day. Audie never imagined using words like these with another person. You donât hand your heart to someone else. As soon as you do, you know itâs going to shatter one day. It reminds him of a hurricane slamming down the Carolina low country, Hugo or another big one: you canât stop the storm from coming. You can only close the shutters and pray the seawall holds.
Audie tries to catch Calhounâs hand when they get to the restaurant, but his boyfriend shakes his head. âWe canât.â
âNot at all?â Audie asks.
âNo. But we can go out to Tybee.â
Calhoun seems to relax with the change of scenery. Audie thinks some alcohol helps too. It helps Audie. Always has, since he was fifteen years old. He doesnât share that with Calhoun. Some things you just donât tell anyone. Like, my daddy belted me bloody. Or, his business partnerâs daughter Easter stood there terrified while it happened. And thatâs why I bought bourbon the first time.
You donât say it. The same way you donât talk about high school.
The Savannah heat slams them when they come out of the restaurant. âBeen hitting like, a hundred this week,â Calhoun says. âAt least Tybee has the sea breeze. You really donât swim at all?â
âNo,â Audie says. âBut Iâll wade.â Another thing you donât say: why you donât swim. My daddy marooned me in a pontoon boat when I was eleven because he said I had to get over my fear of bull sharks. Told me to swim over to his boat and we could go home. It took me four goddamn hours to get the courage to do it and it was the worst thing in the world and I will never get in the ocean again ever. You say: I have this shark phobia. Canât shake it, sorry. You can tell the truth without telling it. You can come close to a thing without touching it at all.
Calhoun directs him down East Bay Street onto the highway. They leave the windows down and let the wind whip their hair, Audieâs into a curly froth, Calhounâs into mermaid tangles. Audie blasts the Charleston band Jump, Little Children, who Calhounâs never heard and Audieâs seen a million times. âTheyâre really good,â Calhoun yells over the wind and the music, between bites of the black licorice he dug out of his bag. Audie had laughed when he unearthed it. âWe should go see them sometime.â
Audie snorts. âMaybe if they play Columbia,â he shouts. âNot seeing you in Charleston again. Stupid. Just have to act like friends.â
âSame in Savannah.â
âShould say we chartered a boat in Pauleyâs Island or Georgetown next time with some friends. Maybe the Outer Banks. I could even summon up some friends if we needed.â
âMe too.â
âSay we went fishing and picked up girls. Send pictures of fish and girls to our daddies.â Audie laughs even though itâs not funny and heâs not joking and Calhoun nods.
Calhounâs Tybee house sits on the water, huge and modern, all sleek lines. âI love this house,â Calhoun says as they park underneath it.
âHate that hurricanesâll always take a beach house,â Audie says. âHate it for our Folly house.â
Calhoun looks at him kind of strange. âI guess.â
They walk hand-in-hand, bags slung over their shoulders, up the stairs. Calhoun shuts the door behind them and Audie has him against the wall. âThis okay now that weâre at the beach?â he says, intentionally talking right into Calhounâs ear.
âYeah,â Calhoun breathes. âDoesnât matter in this house.â
Audie moves his leg between his boyfriendâs thighs. âBecause I want you real bad.â He knows Calhoun likes it when he talks to him.
âWant you too.â Audie feels him stiffening.
Audie kisses him hard, like before, but his time braces himself against the wall and pins Calhoun against it completely. His boyfriend thrusts against him. God, Audie loves this. He loves that Calhoun loves this. He moves slightly so their cocks rub against each other through their thin shorts. Their belts clink and itâs somehow one of the hottest sounds Audieâs ever heard. He breaks off the kiss and moves to Calhounâs ear again. âGo into the bedroom,â he says, âAnd get your fucking clothes off. I missed you and I want you.â Audieâs pretty sure Calhoun wants him to talk like this, and he wants to talk to Calhoun like this, and he thinks he can get away with it.
He knows he can when Calhoun sort of sucks in a breath and moves on him. âOkay,â he says. âOkay, Audie.â
Calhoun leads him into a big room with a king-sized bed. He strips. Audie rummages in his bag and takes out what they need, then takes his own clothes off. Calhoun watches. Audie knows his boyfriendâs watching, but when he looks up, Calhoun drops his eyes. Audie hopes he doesnât fuck this up. Theyâve only done it twice, once the afternoon in his beach house and once the next morning, which makes a total of two times Audieâs ever had sex in his entire life. Calhoun doesnât know that and Audie isnât telling.
âGet on the bed,â Audie orders. God, heâs wanted to say things like this his whole life. Every time, he gets bossier and bossier and Calhoun loves it more and more. Obediently, his boyfriend pulls down the bedspread and sheets, climbs into bed and waits for Audie. Who takes his goddamn time getting over there. Calhoun looks too good lying on his side, watching Audie with those big eyes and a hard cock. He messes with it a little, which makes everything better.
Author Bio
Julia McBryant is, as the saying goes, Southern born, Southern bred, and when she dies, sheâll be Southern dead. When sheâs not riding her horse or writing, Julia likes to play with her German Shepherds and rescued greyhounds, make all the crafts (especially those involving glitter), and hike, especially in the North Carolina mountains. She is grateful her husband tolerates both the dogs and the glitter.
However, she spends most of her time writing like tomorrow won’t arrive, like she needs it to survive, every second she’s alive, etc. (see Hamilton for details). She also lives to sing in the car, especially David Bowie.
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