Title: Climbing the Savage Mountain
Author: T A Chase
Genre: MM Romance
Publisher: Pride Publishing
General Release Date: 13th October 2015
Blurb
After conquering the world’s tallest mountain, loving Toby shouldn’t be so scary.
Jensen Brockhoff wins his way back into Toby Schwartzel’s heart, but it won’t be that easy to erase the pain of the past. He has two more mountains to conquer and they’re the most difficult.
Toby understands Jensen’s obsession with the highest peaks in the world. He’s willing to wave goodbye as Jensen leaves on his trips, but he can’t help worrying that Jensen won’t come back. That the lure of the mountains will prove too difficult for his love to fight.
Climbing has always been Jensen’s way of escape, yet loving Toby is proving stronger and Jensen must choose between the man he loves and the passion that saved his life. Will Jensen give up his climbing gear to build a new life with Toby?
Publisher's Note: This book is a sequel to Mountains to Climb and is best read in order.
Guest Post - T A Chase
Hello everyone. I’m T.A. Chase and I appreciate you letting me stop by today to chat about my latest book, Climbing the Savage Mountain, which is part of the What’s His Passion line at Pride Publishing. It’s the sequel to Mountains to Climb.
I decided to write about mountain climbing after watching a show about Sir George Mallory. He was a British mountaineer who tried to summit Everest in the 1920s. He and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, disappeared on the mountain while attempting to be the first to summit in 1924. No one knows for sure if they made it or not. Their bodies were finally discovered in 1999.
There has been a great deal of speculation as to whether or not they made it to the top and most people believe that Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa were the first to summit in 1953. The thought being that a successful summit means ascending and descending the mountain. While Mallory might have made it to the top, he died at some point on Everest and some see that as not being successful.
It’s a tragic romantic story in many ways. Two young men attempt something that’s never been done before. Unfortunately, they die in the attempt, with no one to find their bodies or give them a proper burial.
Then seventy-five years later, his body was discovered by an expedition climbing specifically to find their remains. They have no way of knowing whether the men made it to the top or not.
There will always be that question whether they did it, yet in the end, it really doesn’t matter what the answer is. The point is that they tried and while they died doing it, they had been willing to risk it all for the chance to summit Everest.
If you read Climbing the Savage Mountain—K2’s nickname—you can see all the quotes I used from Mallory and other men who climbed Everest and K2, two of the deadliest mountains in the world. There is something special about the men and women who risk their lives conquering the heights of the world.
Thank you for letting me stop by. I hope you check my book out, but I thought I’d share an excerpt with you either way.
Excerpt from Climbing the Savage Mountain
Jensen looked up then and Toby saw the almost feverish glow in his lover’s eyes—a glow that caused his heart to sink. Jensen was leaving again, and Toby didn’t know if he could stand it one more time.
He trudged up the stairs to their bedroom where he quickly changed. His dress shirt went in the pile for the dry cleaners, along with his pants. His shoes were lined up neatly with the others at the bottom of the closet, socks and undershirt tossed into the hamper.
Toby dug out his favorite pair of ripped jeans and the Wyoming sweatshirt he’d stolen from Jensen. Once he got those on, he tugged on a pair of thick socks before heading back down to where Jensen waited for him. He tried to summon a smile for his lover when he stepped into the dining room, but he didn’t have one to give.
“Sit and eat.” Jensen motioned to his usual spot at the table. “I already poured you some cider.”
Toby frowned. “You managed to do all this after working at the gym today? You know you didn’t have to go to all this trouble. I could’ve picked something up on the way home.”
Jensen shook his head. “Don’t worry about it, Toby. I don’t mind cooking. It helps unclutter my mind.”
Like climbing, Jensen had discovered an affinity for cooking and he was quite good at it. Toby would never complain about returning from work to find a home-cooked meal on the table waiting for him. He just didn’t want it to be because Jensen was trying to figure out how to tell him he was leaving.
Gripping his knife until his knuckles turned white, Toby stared at Jensen. “Please tell me. You know the waiting makes it worse. How long will you be gone this time?”
Sighing, Jensen set his fork down before meeting Toby’s gaze. “Do you remember me telling you that Cat, Jigger and I had planned on climbing Everest last year?”
Toby nodded even while his heart sank. Everest. One of two mountains still on Jensen’s bucket list. He took a quick swallow of cider, wishing it were beer instead before he motioned for Jensen to continue.
“We couldn’t last year because the climbing season was suspended after all those Sherpas were killed and the rest went on strike. You can’t climb Everest without Sherpas to help you. I don’t care what anyone says. Those men are mountain gods. I wouldn’t go on any expedition to Everest that didn’t use them.” Jensen stabbed at his steak, his expression fierce.
“I remember you telling me about the avalanche and that it was the deadliest single day incident on the mountain ever—even worse than the nineteen-ninety-six storm.” Toby held back the shudder threatening to take over his body at the thought of Jensen being up on that mountain when the storms started rolling in.
“Yeah. So they canceled the season and we couldn’t go. Well, Jigger called this morning and said that we got our permit and we’re going this year.” He was practically bouncing in his chair. “I’m going to fly out to Wyoming at the end of February so we can get in some real climbs and train together. We’re flying into Katmandu around the end of March. We need to get to Base Camp in April.”
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About TA Chase
There is beauty in every kind of love, so why not live a life without boundaries? Experiencing everything the world offers fascinates TA and writing about the things that make each of us unique is how she shares those insights. When not writing, TA's watching movies, reading and living life to the fullest.
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