Many thanks to KZ Snow for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Xylophone, for a lucky commenter to win! Xylophone will be released on December 12 by Dreamspinner Press.

Daren Boothe’s most significant secret centers on an unlikely object: a xylophone. That secret led him to develop his professional alter-ego, a sensual, androgynous dancer. When Dare begins his second (and considerably more wholesome) job playing clarinet in a polka band, he meets a young man who takes his grandmother out dancing. But Dare knows the man has his own secret.

Jonah Day immediately recognizes the clarinetist. Three years earlier they crossed paths in a therapist’s office, but they both abandoned that route to mental health. Neither was ready then to open up about the psychological traumas that haunted them.

In an attempt to heal their wounds, Dare and Jonah turn to each other. Understanding and empathy come instantly, accompanied by ambivalence about their growing attraction. But the repercussions of victimization are many. Soon, the very experiences Dare and Jonah share threaten to drive them apart.

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Other Books by KZ

• Obsessed – Changeling Press
• Bastards and Pretty Boys, InDescent, To Be Where You Are, and Fugly – Liquid Silver Books
• The Utopia-X series, Mobry’s Dick, Electric Melty Tingles, and Carny’s Magic – Loose Id
• Jude in Chains, The Prayer Waltz, Mongrel, precious_boy, Visible Friend, Abercrombie Zombie, The Zero Knot, & A Hole in God’s Pocket – Dreamspinner Press

About KZ

KZ Snow has published over thirty shorts, novellas, and novels in a variety of genres and with a variety of publishers, including Loose Id, Dreamspinner Press, Ellora’s Cave, Cerridwen Press, Liquid Silver Books, Changeling Press, and Samhain Publishing (under a different name). At the urging of two headstrong characters, she began writing m/m romance about five years ago and fell in love with it. Her work has since been exclusively in that genre.

She lives with one human and two canine companions in rural Wisconsin.

You can visit KZ at her website or blog, where you’ll find more information about all of her books and upcoming projects.

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