Overview

A bootylicious go-go boy. A strait-laced real estate developer. A habanero-frosted donut. And the dead guy who brought them all together.

When gentrification threatens The Lumberjock, Portland's oldest and seediest gay bar, owner and dancer Matty Higgins is desperate to find a way to keep the business afloat. Apparently, the bathroom glory holes and vintage porn are looking tired next to a bright new donut shop and the sleek apartment tower going up in the neighborhood. To make extra money, Matty starts giving tours of the Underground, the historical tunnels beneath the bar that were infamous dens of crime during the city's Wild West era.

Real estate developer Jaxon Sellers thinks he can convince Matty to sell his bar if only he can get some time alone with him and prove he's less of a douchebag than the other builders. When Jax signs up for Matty's tour of the tunnels, the two discover that the Underground's crime-ridden past is still very much alive. Matty and Jax find themselves suspects in the murder of a local business owner, and the two must work together to solve the crime before the killer comes for them — or before they kill each other.

Glazing the Donut is a full-length MM romance that is part crime mystery, part enemies-to-lovers romance, and all campy comedy peppered with some explicit gay sex. Written by a gay guy primarily for gay guys who don't think they'll like romance novels, this story includes inconvenient boners, tasteful dry humping, hipster barista go-go boys, very rude Mexican drug runners, Cher references, and, of course, a very sweet love story. During its live release on Kindle Vella, it consistently ranked in the top 10 of all LGBTQ novels, and within the top 100 of all novels on the platform. It's the first of a set of standalone comedy romance adventure novels involving other characters in the story.