Book: Unicorns and Rainbow Poop
Author: Sam Kadence
Genre: YA | Contemporary | m/m
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Blurb
Ex-boyband member Dane Karlson is struggling to overcome an eating
disorder and a body dismorphic disorder. His fall through a glass table puts
him in rehab and on the road to recovery. Then a friend dies. When depression
causes him to lose ground, he calls for the only person he trusts--former bandmate
Tommy. But Tommy doesn’t know how to help. He begs his friend Sebastian “Bas”
Axelrod to aid them through the emotional struggle.
Bas, an openly gay high school student who’s recently lost his
grandmother, is trying to survive his last few months of school before escaping
to Stanford. Having just lost the only person in his family to care for him, he
is victim to the cruelty of the others. His younger brother bullies him, and
his parents are suing him for his gran's inheritance. When Tommy calls, Bas
can’t help but run to his side.
Together Dane and Bas find a middle ground, supporting each other
through the lows, dancing together during the highs. They build friendships and
plan for the prom and graduation, thinking positively as long as they are
together.
Excerpt
“So I was thinking since you and I
both care about Tommy, we have something in common. See, Tommy is stressed, and
I thought we could do something nice for him.”
Dane sat but glared at the man suspiciously.
“What sort of nice thing?”
Bas motioned to the bags. “We’re
going to make him cookies.”
Dane gulped. “I don’t like food.”
“You won’t be eating it. Tommy will. He canceled a class to come
here. Did he tell you? He was taking a theater class at the community college
back in Minnesota. Had to withdraw to be here. And with college, you know that
means giving up any money paid. Not that money matters much to you guys. Though
as young as you all are, I hope you’re well invested.”
Bas shrugged at him and began
taking things out of the bags. Flour, eggs, sugar—both white and brown—food
coloring, butter, vanilla, and lemons.
“I didn’t know,” Dane said quietly.
He’d thought Tommy would be the least affected by his problems. Of course he’d
been wrong about that too. Couldn’t he do anything right? “I don’t know
anything about cooking.”
“That’s okay. I got this recipe
online. It’s pretty easy. We’re making unicorn poop cookies.”
“What?”
“They are sugar cookies with food
coloring in them to make them all rainbow-like. Unicorns are good luck and all
that. Supposed to be the embodiment of goodness and purity.” Bas picked up his
tablet, tapped the screen, and flipped it so Dane could see. The cookies really
did look like a big pile of rainbow poop.
“Looks tasty,” Dane grumbled.
“We shall see, right? Think you can
measure for me?” He pulled out a couple of cookie sheets and turned on one of
the many ovens. “I got permission to use the kitchen here, but we can’t get too
rowdy or they’ll kick me out.” He winked at Dane. “I’m pretty sure the
orderlies outside are to make sure I’m not burning the place down.”
Dane got up and moved around the
counter to stare at the list of ingredients. Bas plugged in a big mixer and
took the mixing bowl out of it, bringing it to the counter for them to fill.
“This is really for Tommy?”
“Sure. We can send some to Ru and
Adam too if you’d like. I heard they are only an hour or so away.”
“I don’t want Ru to know I’m here,”
Dane said immediately. He didn’t need to mess up anyone else’s life.
“No worries. We need tell them nothing
other than that they are from you.”
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About the Author
Sam
Kadence has always dreamed about being someone else, somewhere else. With very
little musical talent, Sam decided the only way to make those dreams come true
was to try everything from cosplay at the local anime conventions to writing
novels about pretending to run away to become a musician.
Sam has a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing,
sells textbooks for a living, enjoys taking photographs of Asian Ball Joint
Dolls to tell more stories, and has eclectic taste in music from J-pop to rock
and country. All of which finds its way into the books eventually.
Author
Contact:
@parisbvamp
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