QSFer Blaine D. Arden has a new MM Sci-Fantasy romance out (gay, pansexual, trans), Runaway Prince Hotel book 6: Tech Prince Troubles.
He came to this human hotel to disappear. Instead, he found a barista who makes espresso taste like home—and glitches no one else can solve.
Adri Linari, overlooked tech mage and younger sibling of Niralen’s charismatic Crown Prince, is more comfortable with schematics than small talk. Overwhelmed by royal obligations, a sensory-frying engagement party, and the ache of always being the odd one out, he runs—straight to the Renversé Hotel in Princedelphia, Oregon. All he wants is quiet, a place to draw, and maybe fix a few circuits.
He doesn’t expect the barista whose espresso tastes like the calm he radiates.
Single trans dad Sam Walker thrives on structured chaos—managing Café Magnifique, co-parenting five incredible kids, and serving up caffeine and kindness to a revolving door of patrons. Falling for the mysterious, purple-skinned stranger who only ever orders espresso and somehow brightens his mornings? He doesn’t have time for that.
But something’s wrong in the hotel’s west wing, and now they’re tangled in logic-defying glitches that even mess with Sam’s precious machines—and an attraction that won’t stop buzzing.
“Tech Prince Troubles” is a spicy, slow-burn male/male urban fantasy romance full of mysterious glitches, coffee-fueled flirting, found family, single dad vibes, and an opinionated espresso machine named Gandalf. It’s book 6 in the Runaway Prince Hotel collab series, where magical royals find love over a cup of coffee. HEA guaranteed. Multi-Author series. All books can be read as standalone, but characters from other books do make appearances.
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Excerpt
Lucy popped into the office just as I turned off the screen, her ponytail swishing against her flushed cheeks. She leaned against the doorframe.
“If I want to beat the traffic, I need to pick up my grandmother now. I’ll be back in an hour.”
“Go. I’m done here anyway.”
“Thanks. See ya.”
Taking a deep breath, I pushed my chair back and went through my stretching exercises. Tammy’d kept me up late talking about her new boyfriend, and I was paying for the short night with nagging aches and pains. Knowing her, she was just now rolling out of bed to fix the kids breakfast before she and Bethany went shopping.
Author Bio
Blaine D. Arden is a non-binary, EPIC Award-winning author of Romantic SFF who sings eir way through life in platform boots.
Pronouns: ey/em/eir | she/her.