GUEST POST: Midnight Angel by Kevin Klehr #FriendlyFriday @kevinklehr

Today I welcome my good friend and fellow Sydney-sider, Kevin Klehr.

AN ANGEL, TWO LOVERS AND NEW YEAR’S EVE

Traditionally, I don’t write romance. I write love stories within my books, and my one attempt at a commercial release in the genre met with mixed reaction. Some adored it. Some vehemently hated it. There was no middle ground. A bit like modern democracy.

One reader complained because there’s a major plot twist she didn’t see coming, so she gave it away in her review. This hasn’t put me off playing in that genre, though.

When my publisher asked for holiday themed stories, I was eager to work on a short romantic project instead of my usual works that take years to perfect. The first idea that came to mind was a story similar to Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, a favourite of mine ever since I saw the 1930’s movie version as a kid.

So, the gay angel character who many readers love from my Actors and Angels series was employed to be my protagonist’s saviour. Guy initially appeared in my first novel, Drama Queens with Love Scenes, as the insecure angel who befriends Allan, a twentysomething who finds himself in the theatre district of the Afterlife, with no idea how he died. Together they form a strong friendship which carries through to the other books in the series.

In my free short story, Conversations with An Angel, Guy is older. His confidence is much stronger, and he’s learnt a lot more about love. So, in my New Year’s Eve tale, Midnight Angel, he’s continuing his habit of helping gay men find love.

This new novelette doesn’t contain various ghosts of New Year’s past, present and future. It’s Guy alone who shows Luke what his heart truly desires by reimagining his present and showing him a potential future.

Luke is keen on a man named Nate and has invited him and his best female friend over for dinner. The story opens with the stark fact that these guests haven’t turned up. To say anymore would give away the rest of the story, but what I will add is that Guy is good at showing the people he takes an interest in, their true worth, and Luke is destined for love. Just not the way he imagined it.

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Blurb

Dinner is overcooked. The guests haven’t arrived.

But this angel has other ideas. He’s about to grant Luke the New Year’s Eve party he thought he wanted.

10,500 words

ABOUT KEVIN

Kevin is the author of a number of books including the Actors and Angels series and the Nate and Cameron Collection.

The Actors and Angels series are three comedies about theatre in the Afterlife, where two friends explore their love for each other through several lifetimes with the help of a gay angel. The third in the series scored a Rainbow Award for Best Gay Alternative Universe/Reality novel.

The Nate and Cameron collection are two novellas that delve into a relationship between a dreamer and a realist, where the latter is coming to terms with loving second best. The two stories, Nate and the New Yorker and Nate’s Last Tango, are also available in one paperback edition.

And his latest novel, Social Media Central, explores a future where everyone is addicted to their screens.

Kevin lives with his long-term partner, Warren, in their humble apartment affectionately named Sabrina), in Australia’s own “Emerald City,” Sydney.

Website: https://kevinklehr.com

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4298144.Kevin_Klehr