Part of the Sapphire Cove series…SAPPHIRE STORM is the third book in an extremely bingeable series…oozing White Lotus vibes!

As the author’s note at the beginning makes clear, during the writing of Sapphire Storm, Christopher lost his mother, famed vampire chronicler, Anne Rice to complications related to a stroke. She was more than a parent — she was also his close friend, colleague and frequent collaborator. Her loss echoes through the pages of Sapphire Storm by way of the character of Roman Walker, who is also struggling with the loss of his mother. Is it possible to tell a sweet story with a happily ever after while feeling such loss? Christopher thinks so.

SAPPHIRE STORM

C. Travis Rice (Christopher Rice)

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A gorgeous young fitness celebrity seeking revenge finds himself embroiled in a sinister plot. When his target becomes his ally, it ignites a fiery and forbidden attraction that might just consume them in flames.

Ethan Blake has dedicated his life to satisfying other people’s appetites. At forty-three, he’s finally landed his dream job—head pastry chef at the exclusive Sapphire Cove resort. Now he’s got a jet-setting career that’s taken him to romantic locations all over the world. But years before, after his parents threw him out for being gay, Ethan supported himself in a manner he’d rather keep under the covers today.

Roman Walker is a twenty-five-year-old fitness celebrity awash in thirsty followers. But when he walks through the doors of Sapphire Cove, it’s not just to oversee the menu for his celebrity client’s wedding. Decades ago, Roman and Ethan crossed paths on a New York street corner during a terrible, life-changing moment that scarred them both. Now Roman’s back for revenge.

But when his plan goes wildly off the rails, Roman suddenly finds himself at the center of an even stranger and darker scenario concocted by his most famous client. Well-versed in the ways of the wealthy and the entitled, Roman’s former target offers to be his strongest partner during a moment that might derail the young man’s newfound career. But the experienced older man’s offer also alights an enticing and off-limits attraction that both find irresistible, even as it exposes old secrets and incurs the fury of the powerful and the famous.

With the drama and desire of a Jackie Collins novel, the Sapphire Cove series is destined to be a favorite for queer romance readers. 

About the Author: Christopher Rice is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and is the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling  author of A Density of Souls; Bone Music, Blood Echo, and Blood Victory in the Burning Girl series; and Bram Stoker Award finalists The Heavens Rise and The Vines. An executive producer for television, he also penned two novels with his mother, Anne Rice,  Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra and Ramses The Damned: The Reign of Osiris. Together with his best friend and producing partner, New York Times bestselling novelist Eric Shaw Quinn, Christopher runs the production company Dinner Partners. Among other projects, they produce the podcast and video network TDPS, which can be found at www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com. He lives in West Hollywood, California, and writes tales of romance between men under the pseudonym C. Travis Rice.

The Sapphire Cove Series (can be read as a standalone)

Book 1: Sapphire Sunset

Book 2: Sapphire Spring

Book 3: Sapphire Storm