Title: Br0th3rly
Author: Alina Popescu
Series: Famous on the Internet, Book One
Genre: Gay Romance, Contemporary, M/M Romance
Length: Novella
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Start your journey through the new techie/geeky gay romance series by Alina Popescu—Famous on the Internet—with the first book, Br0th3rly.
Synopsis
Fighting his relentless love for Trevor, the guy he was raised to consider his brother, has been Tristan’s mission in life.To distance himself from Trevor, even after discovering they weren’t really related, he left for college at sixteen. Moving into the city, building a new life, and running an anonymous blog about what he considers sick, twisted feelings might make Tristan famous on the Internet, but it isn’t enough to get over his obsession. Every time he goes home, a quick glance at Trevor brings it all flooding back.
When commitment-phobe Trevor announces he’s got a serious boyfriend during one of Tristan’s rare visits home, the adoring kid brother will be forced to run once again. This time, however, Trevor doesn’t stand back and watch him leave.
Instead, he follows him, making it nigh on impossible for Tristan to keep his love a secret for much longer.
Excerpt
Growing up, I never really had a role model. Well, I had
plenty, but none of them of my own. My dad and my big brother were my
superheroes, and then when I discovered just how I loved my brother, I was even
less inclined to pick my own model to follow. I didn’t know of anyone who’d
made their dreams come true in my situation, so what would have been the point?
No, instead I went after my brother’s role models or, later on, his random
crushes.
First there was Marat Safin. My brother was obsessed with
him. He’d never watched a tennis match in his life, but after running across
his photo, he became an aficionado. What did I do? Well, I picked up tennis and
was fairly good at it. I made it to a few competitions and might have continued
to do well. But then my brother saw this Japanese movie made after a manga,
where two men fall in love. They’d met in high school and one of them was on
the track team. Yup, you guessed it, as his obsession with runners got hold of
him, so did mine. Track replaced tennis and I did soon make the school’s track
team. That ended up helping a lot with my college admission.
Then there was David Beckham. I think that one’s one of my
brother’s favorites to this day. Then some rock star or another, then the
actors. I lost track of all of them. I do remember Keanu, Brad, Stuart
Townsend, the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Adam Lambert, and a few
others. I had vast collections of photos of all of them. I knew everything they
did, watched their movies or went to their concerts. Anything to figure out
what it was in them that made my brother like them so I could try to emulate
it.
I never managed to be anything but myself. And even if I
had, I was his little brother despite everything, so he never once looked my
way with a shred of interest. Yet I kept trying to copy whoever caught his eye,
even after having left home. Play toys, fuck buddies, celebrity crushes, I got
myself acquainted with all of them. In a twisted way, I never gave up hope of
my brother suddenly realizing he wanted me. Bad? Maybe. But it kept me alive,
pushed me forward.
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About the author
Writer, traveler, and coffee addict, Alina Popescu has been in love with books all her life. She started writing when she was ten and she has always been drawn to sci-fi, fantasy, and the supernatural realm. Born and raised in Romania, she finds her inspiration in books of all genres, in movies, and the occasional manga comic book. She is a proud geek who needs her fast Internet and gadgets more than she needs air.Social Links
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