Can’t-Wait Wednesday | Bishop’s Move by Santino Hassell and Piper Vaughn

Breaking the Spine created the feature “Waiting on” Wednesday, and Wishful Endings adopted it as Can’t-Wait Wednesday. It’s where bloggers are invited to gush about their most coveted upcoming releases.

Here’s mine:

In near-future Chicago, virtual reality is an escape from the grit and grime of everyday life.

Lucky Amonte will be paying off his VR gaming system forever, but it’s worth it to experience his dirtiest fantasies with anonymous strangers in the Drift. After work and in the game, he’s LuckyStrike—the androgynous, chubby fashionisto who fiercely rocks big hoop earrings and flashy ensembles. He also craves rough sex, a little humiliation and dominance, and he’s finally found the perfect virtual partner in sexy, mysterious Bishop.

Jamie Bishop spent most of his twenties incarcerated for protecting someone he loved. Now he’s stuck in a thankless job delivering pizzas and passing coded messages for his shady boss. Life isn’t kind to ex-felons, but in the Drift, he’s simply Bishop. Clean-cut and average. No prison tats. No brawny, intimidating physique. And there, he has Lucky, whose desires align perfectly with his own.

When their fantasy and real lives collide, Bishop is forced to decide—either play it safe and keep a low profile or make a move and find out whether their virtual chemistry is more than just a game. But drawing Lucky into his world could put both their lives on the line.

Content warning: This book contains some breath control play and a scene portraying characters who consensually act out a fantasy of a nonconsensual situation.

Publication date | March 19th, 2018

So…who didn’t see this coming? I don’t know what it is about ex-con books, but I am so drawn to them. I’m so excited to see what these authors do with this plot, and on top of that, I’m ready for some sexy kink!